On Monday we had a visit from the English department of BODA to start our work on discursive writing. The primary 7s impressed with their ability to recognise fact, opinion and judgements, so well done P7. We have another 3 sessions to build up our skills for this type of writing before we get down to the actual writing.

Our topic work has centred around living sustainably and has involved a lot of research and explanation and persuasive writing, but this week we did some practical work. We created floating gardens (inspired by floating gardens created in Bangladesh to cope with flooding) by creating a simple wooden frame with wire mesh, covered with cloth and soil. Next we’re moving on to create a sustainable city, drawing a 2D plan and then creating a power point presentation to promote their city design.

On Wednesday we had our last basketball festival. The team played Kingswells and Gilcomstoun Primaries. We lost both our games but played really well, particularly in the 2nd game. In the first two weeks of next term we will finish playing the Scotstown Cup games and that will be our primary basketball season over.