Murrayfield Primary Academy

This week, our Year 1 and Year 2 mathematicians are diving into the world of money! From identifying shiny coins to setting up our very own classroom shops, they are learning all about value, adding up totals, and giving change.

4A and 4B have become cartographers - learning about sketch maps and birds eye view. We took a virtual walk down Nacton Road drafting our maps before taking our time to draw out the finer details.

This week, Nursery have been learning what it is like to work on a building site. They have been using lots of different tools to design and make buildings.

In Year 3, we have been creating Wonka bars and adverts to go with them.

In Leappad we have been looking at changing habitats of animals and how animals adapt to these changes and the pupils drew some pictures which showed adaptations that would allow animals to live in new habitats.

We have also been writing about Humanism and the pupils have been discussing their own ideas and sharing views about where the universe came from, how life formed and about morals (if they are influenced by nature or nurture).

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Does your child turn three this term? If so we'd love to welcome them to our Ofsted-rated Good Nursery in September. Find out how to apply and what to expect, here: https://murrayfieldacademy.paradigmtrust.org/our-nursery/

Year 4 had their parent share recently where everyone was invited to participate in lessons in their first year at Hogwarts.

We learnt how to levitate a feather, play wizards chess and write our own spells after we caught our acceptance letters as they flew to us. Thank you to all adults who came and made the event special.

3A have been creating realistic self-portraits focusing on scale and proportion.

Leappad 2 pupils were looking at genetic variation in science this term. They used coin flips to randomly select from the characteristics and physical features of two parent aliens which resulted in the set of siblings they were able to draw.

The students really enjoyed seeing variation in practice and it really deepened their understanding on the topic and led to fantastic discussions around inherited and non-inherited characteristics.

The children in year 5 are enjoying the book 'Rooftoppers' in our shared reading lessons.