Here is our class blog for this week:

Next week, we will be writing short stories, and making them into books to send to Uganda to help pupils there to practise their English.

We’ll also continue to look at climate change as part of our literacy and science learning.

Here is P6R’s class blog for this week:

Next week, be will be researching current scientific issues and reporting on them, linking together our work in science, social studies, and writing.

Here are some photos from the P6 trip to the Riverside Museum last week.

We had a great time looking around onboard the tall ship, cleaning the decks and ringing the bell, as well as seeing inside the different rooms on the ship;

We then spent some time in the transport museum, looking at and climbing aboard some of the different vehicles;

We walked down the model street, visiting some of the old-fashioned shops, and trying on some wonderful outfits;

We looked around some of the different displays;

And we had a lot of fun!

Here is our class blog for last week:

We also had our P6 trip to the Riverside Museum in Glasgow on Friday, which was great fun! Pictures to follow…

Here is what we’ve been learning in P6R this week:

Next week, we’ll continue to focus on shape in maths.

We’ll also begin to learn about Christianity as part of our RME learning.

There will also be various workshops happening next week, including a drumming workshop and performance.

Primary 6 also will begin their  programme of Bikeability next week – letters have been sent out with further information about this.

We only had a four day week at school this week, but we still fitted in a lot of work! This is some of what we have been doing:

Next week, we’ll look at mixed and improper fractions in maths.

We have sports day next week, and our writing work will focus on this.

Class Newsletter: Term 4

Primary 6:

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

An Overview of our learning focus for Term 4

Health and Wellbeing:

We will be discussing and considering issues surrounding drugs, smoking and alcohol. We will be identifying the health risks and choices the pupils may face. We will explore the current issues surrounding these topics, the links between them and social stereotyping.

Core Literacy:

This term we will be reading and studying ‘Pyrate’s Boy’ as our class novel. We will be focusing on creative writing to ensure our stories are well structured and full of interesting and engaging language. Through our topic, we will be applying our learning to a variety of functional writing tasks.

Throughout this term we will be learning about/to:

• Identify the author’s style, applying prediction and inference skills and identifying various forms of rhetoric.
• Developing our knowledge and understanding of our own talking and listening skills.
• We will continue to use VCOP strategies to develop our writing.
• We will develop our creative writing skills, including quality descriptions, various forms of rhetoric and correct structure.
• Children will be given opportunities to develop their listening and talking skills through a variety of class based activities, including cooperative group work and debating.
• The children will read a novel during class reading lessons and will use Blooms Buttons and Book Detective strategies to develop their comprehension.

Core Numeracy:

• Developing knowledge and understanding of the strategies required to solve word problems.
• Using mental and written strategies to solve mathematical problems.
• Applying knowledge of multiplication, division, decimals and fractions to solve word problems.
• Revision and consolidation of the relationship between fractions, percentages and decimals.
• Reinforcement of multiplication and division facts to develop speed, accuracy and confidence.

Many thanks

Miss Robinson

Here is our mind map of what we have been learning in P6R this week:

Next week, our literacy and social studies will continue to link to our previous class novel, ‘Pyrate’s Boy’, and the themes which arose within it.

In maths, we will continue to look at fractions, decimals, and percentages.

Here is our mind map of what we’ve been doing in class this week:

Next week, we’ll begin to look at fractions in maths.

Our topic work will link into the themes covered in our previous class novel, ‘Pyrate’s Boy’.

We will also be considering how our brains work as part of our health and wellbeing learning.