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Primary 1 have been playing and working hard to learn their sounds. In school bags this week are a page of sounds taught, illustrating the action too. We have been writing, recognising and saying the sounds in class. Please continue to practise these sounds at home. You may also wish to try blending the sounds ... Continue reading "Primary 1 - Literacy"

P2/1 has been learning about our village of Pumpherston. Granny has bought a new house in Pumpherston and we helped her find out all she needs to know about the area. We looked on google maps to find out what was in the village and we learned about the different people who can help ... Continue reading "P2/1 - Our Local Area"

As part of our Local Community IDL topic we have been exploring mapping and grid references. We used Google maps to find out about the local area and highlighted how land has been used on a map of the local area. Today we went outside to work on shape, position and movement. We used positional ... Continue reading "P4 Local Community IDL"

LI: To use the internet to carry out research I can... research transport links within our local area. The children worked with their partner to research the rail and bus links within Pumpherston and Uphall Station. They had to find out where they could go by train or by bus. Then they highlighted these on ... Continue reading "P5 IDL: The Local Community"

P6 have been exploring different topics in the Amazon such as the wildlife, foliage, tribes and impact that human activity has had on this area and our local environment. .

In our local community topic we have been identifying places where we live and belong to in Pumpherston and Uphall. We surveyed the class and created graphs to show the most visited places. P4/3 have also created maps of the area using grid references as a link to mathematics. At the moment we are focusing ... Continue reading "P4/3 Our Local Community Topic"

As part of our topic, Primary 1 have been learning all about the local area. We looked at lots of photos talked about the different features of our community including the park, the train station and the shop. This week the children have been looking at different types of housing and talking about where they ... Continue reading "Primary 1 Local Area Interdisciplinary Learning"

We have been really busy since we started Primary 2. We have been working hard to make sure we feel safe and happy at school. We have also been working hard on our learning. Here are some of the learning and activities we have enjoyed so far in Primary 2A. I like playing in ... Continue reading "We love P2A!"

This week, classes are taking part in the London Mini Marathon Challenge. It involves jogging or running 2.6 miles across two weeks from the 28th of September until Friday the 9th of October. In PE, students have been developing their stamina and the Mini Marathon is a great opportunity for them to apply their knowledge ... Continue reading "London Mini Marathon Challenge"

P7S had fun this morning creating their own 3D origami modular shapes whilst following instructions on a webinar. Japan is our current context so the link to cross curricular tasks allowed us to encompass a range of outcomes. The class had to listen very carefully to each sequential instruction, other skills they demonstrated were resilience ... Continue reading "Maths Week P7S A webinar on 3D shapes and their properties"