Yesterday we were learning about estimating! We made estimates about how many pencils were in a pot, hot many hops we could do in 30 seconds, how many star jumps in a minute and to estimate a piece of string that was our height! We know that estimating means making a reasonable guess 😊

For our mini topic of Scotland this January, our book focus was "Stick Mannie" by Julia Donaldson, translated into Scots by James Robertson. At outdoor learning we collected sticks, and a little help from Mrs Mackay's glue gun, we made our own Stick Mannie characters! 🌳

Well done G, out final Laurieston Legend of 2025 who got the award for always showing the school value of honesty ⭐

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! See you all next year 😊🎄

Well done to K who is this week's Laurieston Legend for the value of nurturing. She is a role model for others and always has a kind and caring attitude to everyone around her. ⭐

Today we did a lesson on visualisation which really made us use our listening skills. We listened to the book "Stuck" by Oliver Jeffers but didn't get to see any of the pictures, and had to draw all of the items that Floyd managed to get stuck in a tree!

Well done to L, this week's Laurieston Legend who consistently shows the value of inclusion. ⭐

Look at this amazing moving clock!! 🤩

Today we looked at time using both digital and analogue clocks and learned how to read a clock when it shows quarter past and quarter to the hour. We also created some clocks using lots of different materials!

Well done to E, our Laurieston Legend this week who consistently shows the value of respect to both his peers and staff. 👏👏⭐⭐

Today for outdoor learning we combined Scottish book week and world children's day by taking a book and a biscuit to the woods, did some paired reading and then enjoyed our free play in Fun 31 time. #fun31

Today we were looking at 3D shapes. We talked about shapes we saw in everyday life and which shapes rolled and which ones you could stack! We also had a great game of shape bingo and enjoyed building with the stackable shapes! 🔺🟨🟢

Today we revisited telling the time! We discussed seconds, minutes and hours and then used our little analogue clocks to show our understanding of "o'clock"! 🕒🕓🕕

Today we looked at sequencing a story. We've listened to "Rumble in the jungle" by Giles Andreae and then worked together to put the animals in the story in the right order. We then picked 4 of them to write about using our "First, next , then, finally" structure. Finished stories coming tomorrow! 📝

Today in numeracy we were practising adding using partitioning. We broke numbers down into tens and ones, or hundreds tens and ones and then added the different values back together. We used lots of practical materials to help us with this task! ➕🧮

Well done to this week's Laurieston Legend who consistently shows the value of honesty. Well done C! 👏⭐

We combined our topic of the rainforest with some measuring today in outdoor learning and found natural resources the same length as some rainforest animals. Did you know a capybara is over a metre long?!

Today we were learning about symmetry! We looked at lots of different shapes and decided which ones had lines of symmetry and the used mirrors to create symmetrical shapes and put designs on them!

We had a brilliant afternoon at our neon party! Thanks to @lauriestonpta.bsky.social for organising everything!!

Today in outdoor learning we had great fun down at the Glen collecting leaves that had different textures, colours and patterns. We then made our own nature crowns 👑

We are excited about our PTA Neon Glow Party on Friday afternoon. See the information below 🎃

Today we looked at subtraction in numeracy. We practised counting backwards and used our number lines and 100 squares to help us. We also did lots of fun active stations to support our learning!

Our finished pumpkin patch 😊🎃.

Well done to I, this week's Laurieston Legend who consistently shows and demonstrates the value of inclusion. 👏⭐

Today we started to make some spooky Halloween pumpkins. We had to take our time and show patience to wait for the the glue to dry on each step before we moved on. Check back tomorrow for more finished results! 🎃🦇

Yesterday we looked at the book "How to catch a star" by Oliver Jeffers for a prediction and visualisation task. We didn't get to look at the cover, and only heard the first 2 pages of the book and then had to make a prediction about how the boy caught a star! ⭐⭐

Today we looked at the properties of 2D shapes. We talked about how many sides and corners shapes have and about where we see different shapes in every day life! 🔵🟩🔺🛑

Today we looked at maths through stories, using the book "Pezzittino" by Leo Lionni. We explored how small pieces can make something amazing. We used cubes, coloured squares, and Lego to build our own characters and models, just like Pezzettino discovering where he belongs!

Well done to this week's Laurieston Legend. A always demonstrates the value of Respect to both adults and his peers. He listens to others' ideas and opinions and always leads by example. ⭐

Today we read more of our book "The Explorer" and discussed what important items we would need if we were an explorer! We drew what we would need and then wrote a few sentences about why we would need these items! 🌳🎒🚶🧢🔦⛺🧭🗺️

Last week was @mathsweek.scot last week and we completed many challenges to support our learning. We looked at adding, numbers greater than and less than, finding the missing number in an adding some and did lots of active learning.

We created some autumn inspired art yesterday afternoon. We talked about what colours made us think of autumn and what happens to the trees in different seasons. We then used different techniques to create our beautiful autumnal trees! 🍁🍂

In outdoor learning we created our own dens in the woods, linking our criteria to our class novel "The Explorer", where our main characters have just discovered an abandoned den are making it their own! Brilliant ideas, teamwork and collaboration between classes! 👏🌳🌳

Today in IDL we were learning about deforestation. Earlier in the week we did some persuasive writing and learned some good persuasive words, and today we designed posters to try and persuade people to help stop deforestation! Ask us about the reasons the world needs rainforests! 🌍🌲🌳

Today in French we combined our previous learning about colours with our recent learning about numbers! We then got to play some fun interactive games to reinforce this learning. These links will be on our Teams page soon if you want to share your learning at home! 🇫🇷🔢🔴🟡🟢🔵🟣🟠

We have been trying out lots of different methods to help us learn our new spelling sounds. We love building our words with our magnet letters & showing our comprehension by using our new words in a sentence. Our weekly words are on Teams along with different methods for us to practise at home 😊

Well done to H, this week's Laurieston Legend who consistently displays the value of honesty. A brilliant role model to everyone 😊👏

In STEM we got creative and learned how to make the perfect aeroplane. We listened to all the step by step instructions carefully and all created a brilliant plane! Of course we had to test them out outside! 😊✈️

Continuing on from making maps earlier in the week, today we were look at grid references in maths. We linked it to our book, thinking about how the explorers could use a map to help them find important survival items, but only if they knew how to read it! 🗺️

We had a brilliant time visiting Meadowbank Library today. We got to stamp books, listen to some great stories and some of us who had our own library cards chose books to take home. Hopefully we'll get another visit organised later in the year! 📚

Today we listened to more of our class novel, "The Explorer" by Katherine Rundell. We discussed what important things an explorer would need if they were lost in a jungle and decided a map would really help, so we made our own! 🗺️ 🌎

Well done to our first Laurieston legend of this year! She always follows all the school values, but is an especially kind and caring pupil with a nurturing nature who definitely deserves this week's recognition. Well done, Z! 😊

In outdoor learning this week we were looking for different types of bugs, and then we built them hotels! We all worked well in teams, sourcing the resources we needed and then enjoyed some play in the trees!

Today we met Valerie the cow who came to visit us with @fvrhet.bsky.social as part of their Moo Maths programme. We 'milked' the cow and managed to measure out 750ml! We also learnt that cows have 4 stomachs and all they need is grass to produce milk!

We had another day of recapping our knowledge of place value using number cards, digital games and concrete materials. With each number, we make sure we know the value of each digit. 🔢

In outdoor learning yesterday we were looking for tracks and trails from wildlife! We saw nests and burrows, found feathers and slug trails and then had fun climbing trees! 🌳

To round up our learning of colours in French, we had games of colour match dominoes! @falkirk1plus2.bsky.social Looking forward to moving on to a new topic area in French next week! 🇫🇷 @lauriestonp4-3.bsky.social @lauriestonp4.bsky.social

This week we were looking at writing sentences and remembering to use our 'always toolkit'. We started an adventure story and described our explorer using adjectives. Some confident individuals were happy to read their stories back to the class! ⭐

A box of books arrived from @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social and it contained a huge variety of fiction and non fiction, with something that appealed to everyone! We have selected a book which we can bring home for reading for pleasure. Can you tell your adult about the book you selected? 📚

Today we were looking at rounding numbers to the nearest 10, as well as revisiting what we learned about place value last week. We worked with a partner to compete tasks at stations to show we understood our learning.