Today P1B worked in groups to solve a problem - How many presents has Teddy been given since he was born if each year he is given the same number of presents as his age. Lots of super discussion and use of strategies to work out the answer!

P1B had fun sharing their learning today. We showed parents how we use technology in our classroom to help us with our work.

P4DK have been learning about food chains. First, we went outside to investigate what food chains we could find in our environment and then we created our own paper chain food chains. Ask us about the producer, consumer, prey and predator. 🌱 🐛 🐦 🦊

P5JM have been thinking about their ambitions for the future, and what skills and attributes they would need. We've got aspiring doctors, teachers, engineers, pilots, astronauts...even a professional arm wrestler!

Today P4HDK have been learning about Viking raids. We enjoyed using our creative skills to craft, design and then paint our own Viking shields.

P1B have been learning about people who help and care for us in our community. We looked at information books and painted pictures of people who help and care for us.

Some learners in P2/1B have been learning about number stories. We thought about the best strategy to find all the ways to make 3.

P1B have been learning about what we can do if we are feeling sad or upset. We came up with great ideas about who could help and ways we can cheer ourselves up. We used emotion puppets to role play and linked our feelings to the Emotionworks cogs.

P2/1B went bird watching today. We enjoyed listening to the sounds of the birds and thought of ways to help them in the cold weather. We wondered how many we might see in the warmer months.

P4WM have been creating bonnie menus for Rabbie Burns night. We were applying our learning about traditional Scottish foods and loved talking about the foods we love to eat too Mrs Kerr is really proud of us! 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This afternoon P1B went bird watching. 🐦‍⬛We saw lots of birds, listened to different bird sounds and even found feathers to investigate 🪶. We are excited to develop our learning further!

P4HDK have been learning how birds survive in winter. Today we went outside and created bird feeders to help the birds in our environment. #SustainableDevelopment

Inspired by Steven Brown's McCoo, p5JM loved creating their own Highland Coos. Using oil pastels, they experimented with different techniques and had great fun adding accessories to make them all unique!

P4HDK showed fantastic creativity skills when learning about Viking runes and we had fun discovering how to write our name using the Viking rune alphabet.

P2L have been busy using their creative skills in the block area this week. So many churches were built which included significant features associated with church buildings.

P2/1B have started to learn about fractions. We can split shapes into two equal halves and then split the number of learners in our class in half.

P5JM were studying Scots through Oor Wullie, today. They planned their stories before transferring them to comic strips. They were able to include some Scots language, onomatopoeia and of course, his famous bucket!

A new year has started but we still have the same thoughtful & caring children at Williamston. Pupils have been writing green promises with Mrs Kerr to focus on how they can make small changes to make a big positive impact on our environment. 🌎💕#learningforsustainability

P2L have started to look at Christianity. They will be learning some of the key facts and beliefs about Christianity. This week we enjoyed drawing and decorating crosses. I wonder what we will discover next.......?

So many meta-skills being used today in P1B as a group of pupils created a zoo, complete with carpark. Collaboration, problem solving and adapting ideas, not to mention the literacy and numeracy skills also being used!