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Academy9 Insights – Talking Teamwork
Sophie Piper works at Jacobs and has been a Project Manager there for three years. She has worked across a number of different industries including Defence, Water, Environment and Social Value. Before she started work at Jacobs Sophie spent 11 years in the British Army as a Royal Engineers officer. During her time in the Army, she did a lot of Development work, providing critical infrastructure to those in need including toilets, clean water and buildings for houses and schools. Throughout her career whether in Nepal, Kenya or Scotland there has been many new lessons to take away, but there<br><br><a class="more-link" href="https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/academy9/2025/10/14/academy9-insights-talking-teamwork/">Read More</a>Room 2
We have been looking back at our first term in Primary 1. It has been filled with lots of lovely memories and we can’t believe we are at the end of this term already! Today we discussed some of our achievements so far and wanted to share some of these with you: IC – I have got more confident with building stuff because I have been learning it at my house and then doing it in the class. OMcM – I have got more confident with running because I figured out a trick. My trick is that I move my …3D Shapes with Room 15
Hello everyone, Welcome to Room 15’s blog! In our Maths lessons we have been learning about shape. “We went on a shape hunt around the class.” LC “We are learning about 3D shapes and their properties.” LD “We learned about tessellation – that’s patterns repeating with no gaps or overlaps.” LM “We looked at 2D and 3D shapes and can describe how they look.” RF “We made 3D shapes using spaghetti and playdoh.” RM Have a look at some of our creations below. Have a wonderful October holidays everyone!Room 14
Good afternoon, Please see below some of the activities Room 14 have enjoyed this week: “Making the light work with the hot wires” – MM “Practising out rounding skills” HR “I liked making 3D shapes with straws, magnets and blocks.”RD “I liked playing sharks and seaweed during PE” – AS “I liked playing basketball” HM “I liked playing rugby in PE” JMcG “Practising our spelling words” -ED “I liked playing noun stop the bus” – FK We hope you all have a great October break with you families. Thank you Mrs Ventre and Room 14Room 11 indi fun
We have made it to the October holidays and after a lot of hard work, it is time for a well earned rest. We have been loving our new maths topic- positional language and directions, including grid referencing. As part of this we got out the indi’s and the whole class loved setting up different paths for the cars. They worked in small groups, discussing strategies and sharing ideas. As well as this, the children were tasked with designing their own treasure maps with directions to find the treasure. In PE this week, we worked a lot on team games …Digital Skills Big Ideas
Digital technology Digital technology is used to store, process and share computer data about almost all aspects of our lives and society. This is underpinned by computer technology, including hardware, software and networks. It is essential that these systems and their data should be secured to protect them, and us, from cyber threats. Essential digital skills Being able to use digital technology increases opportunities to engage in society, including finding information, accessing essential services and communicating with other people. Creativity and communication Having access to vast quantities of information, media and statistical data requires skills to …Latest News
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