In literacy, P6/7 have been analysing the Tale of the Three Brothers from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We created detailed story maps depicting the main points of the story. We are now learning to write narrative poems and will use the Tale of the Three Brothers as our inspiration.

We have started to apply our learning of Figurative Language (alliteration, similes/metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification) to our writing.

We finished our Fractions topic in maths and have moved onto Data and Analysis. So far, we have learned how to interpret and read bar and line graphs. The children chose what they would like to gather data on before drawing their own graphs.

Next week we will be looking at pie charts in more depth, before creating a display in the school hall showing how many pupils attend clubs and activities with graphs and charts.

Last week we celebrated Children’s Mental Health week – this year’s theme was Growing Together. We took part in a live assembly before discussing how we can look after our mental health. The children were encouraged to think about their support network that they can go to for help if needed.

We have been focusing on Substance Misuse and have so far learned about the dangers of smoking and drinking alcohol. Next week we will be learning about legal and illegal drugs.

Our current topic is Energy and Sustainability. We learned about what it means to be sustainable. To start our topic, we learned about the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and we have chosen the ones we would like to focus on (see picture below). We also explored renewable and non-renewable sources of energy, discussing advantages and disadvantages of things like oil, coal, wind energy, geothermal energy, solar energy etc. This week we started learning about Oil and Gas in Scotland – we looked at what happens on an oil rig and how we get oil, and the children will make a poster for our wall display showing what they have learned.

We were very fortunate to have Mrs Armstrong with us last week doing an art lesson. The children made robots using electrical circuits before doing some robot-themed prints. P6/7 have been enjoying drama recently, where we have been looking at improvising and playing a character, thinking about body language and facial expressions.