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This week in P5 we have been learning how to recite our Scottish poems and learning all about the poet's craft. We have have looked in detail at stories too and how Scot's language compares to English. We created our own Scottish poems using a range of describin' and daein words! As a class we ... Continue reading "This week in P5..."

In P5/4, we have been getting ready to recite our Scottish poems. We have been working hard to deconstruct the poems to help us learn some new words in Scot's language and we had great time trying to read them out loud. We wrote down the meaning of Scottish words we found in the ... Continue reading "Literacy in P5/4"

Linking our Literacy to Scots Week P7B are reading Hag Storm by Victoria Williamson. The story is based on the life of Robert Burns and one of his most famous and best -loved poems, Tam O'Shanter. We read through Tam O'Shanter and retold the story in our own words using a glossary of Scots words ... Continue reading "Hag Storm! P7B linking Literacy to our Scots Week activities"

Over the last week or so we have been expanding our knowledge of Scots language in class. We have been reading and investigating Scots language and created our own class Scots dictionary/ word bank to use in class. We then used this new vocabulary to write our own Scots poetry. Our poems were structured in ... Continue reading "Scots Week in P6B"

This week we have explored the Scots language and culture. We looked at the history of the language and how it has evolved over the centuries and we used some Scots dictionaries and apps to create our own poems. We also worked on our reading strategies and rehearsed some poems to present to each other ... Continue reading "Scots Week in P7A"

This week has been busy looking more at Scot's language through poems by different authors and enjoying listening to stories in Scot's. We created our own Scot's dictionary using some online resources and got more familiar with Class Notebook through Microsoft Teams. We enjoyed listening to the online lesson from 2 authors this week all ... Continue reading "This week in P4"

We have been learning about directional language and using it to lead a partner on a short journey. We did this in the classroom and then took our learning outside. Then we moved onto learning about the 4 points of a compass. We made our own compass and marked on the points. Some of us ... Continue reading "Direction work in P3"

Over the last few weeks all classes have been working on Scots language activities. A knowledge and understanding of Scots language and Scottish texts allows children and young people to explore and appreciate Scottish culture. Learning Scots can often improve learners' engagement in learning and their development of wider literacy skills. In the nursery I ... Continue reading "Scots whae hae!"

Last week P5 continued to look at more of our Scots language through stories and poems written by lots of different authors. We explored these in our reciprocal reading roles too. We created our own Scots dictionary during our ICT lesson. We used class notebook/our electronic jotters to present our work using a range of ... Continue reading "In P5..."

P7A have expressed interest in exploring the online 'Wordle and Nerdle' games, we have been using our talking and listening skills to explore strategies within numeracy and literacy. There have been some interesting learning conversations around vowel patterns, commonly used consonants and probability. Have a look at a few of our recent class attempts.