Glow Blogs

Today we came into class to several pieces of tape on the floor. We tried to think why they were there. Mrs Spence helped by placing a 0 at one end and a 1 at the other. As a class we worked out that they were number lines. Mrs Spence then put a blank piece ... Continue reading "P3a - Fractions on a Number Line"

We had an incredible time today at The Sky Up Studios. We worked on our script writing skills before attending and it definitely paid off. In our studio groups, we had assigned job roles and everyone worked well as a team. The Sky staff reminded us of the skills we were developing throughout the process, ... Continue reading "Sky Up Studios- P7A"

Primary 4A are learning about the environment in class. Recently we have been celebrating Earth Day. We made posters with clear messages about helping the environment. Here are our winning posters.

Salt and Pepper have been settling into our class this week. Salt is very confident and loves to watch us learn. Pepper can be a little more nervous so we are helping her adjust to our classroom by sitting with her quietly and offering her some treats.

Now that our gerbils have been in class for a few days we have started putting our hands in with some treats. Salt and Pepper both took a small treat from us today.

This week we started to learn about exclamation marks. We got out our reading books and had to hunt through them to see if we could find exclamation marks. Then we wrote them on the board. We then thought of sentences that sound different if they had a full stop instead of an exclamation mark. ... Continue reading "P3a Exclamation Marks"

We have been busy this week in P1b learning how to write a recount. We looked at a book called 'Shopping with Dad' and talked about things we have bought at the shops. We learned that it is important to sequence events in the correct order. When we were writing we remembered to use a ... Continue reading "A busy week in P1b"

Yesterday we cleaned out our gerbilarium. Before we cleaned out their cage we needed to put them in their exercise balls. Pepper was very good and likes going in her exercise ball. Salt however didn't want to get in her ball. Daniel and Leah had to use her favourite tube to put her into her ... Continue reading "Cleaning Out Our Gerbilarium"

This week we went on a trip to the Owl Centre at Polkemmet Country Park. In the morning we met different owls and played a game to help us understand what they eat. Next we got to look round all the cages and try to find answers to different questions. Then we had a flying ... Continue reading "P3a Trip to Owl Centre"

This week Primary 4A participated in the West Lothian Sumdog contest. We are very proud to come 10th out of the 233 classes who participated. Well done Primary 4A!