We have had a very busy month of October in Primary 7M with lots of fun activities and learning.

Before the holidays the class got to take part in a Science lesson creating Slime! This meant that the pupils needed to measure out ingredients and create a write up of our experiment.

Pupils were developing their Growth Mindsets with a diamond nine challenge where they were ordering characteristics of becoming an effective learner into an order that they thought was most important. We then discussed the orders that each group chose and why.

Pupils lead our reading lesson through their enthusiasm and enjoyment of the books that they were reading and created book reviews to recommend the books to others.

Primary 7 planned and organised a fantastic sharing and learning assembly and afternoon. The pupils put so much effort and hard work into creating an informative assembly on Growth Mindset! Pupils then invited parents back to the class to teach them about Growth Mindset.

During outdoor learning day pupils demonstrated their knowledge of the body systems, created their own games to help improve a concept within maths and then used materials from the outdoors to create a character and a description of their character. Pupils were all very enthusiastic about the activities and the sun thankfully joined us for our day learning outside!

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

This week in class some of Primary 7M pupils have been presenting their Great Scot personal projects that they have been working on for the last few weeks as a homework task. These presentations have been very interesting and it is clear that a lot of time and hard work was put into creating these. We can’t wait to watch the rest of them next week!

During topic this week we have been continuing our Great Scot topic by looking at the life of Robert Burns. The pupils went on a treasure hunt around the classroom to collect all of the important dates and information about his life. They then had to work in their table groups to put these into chronological order so that they could create an accurate timeline.

Sadly, this was our last week skiing at Firpark. The pupils all had a fantastic time and even recieved a class star pupil for their resilience and teamwork. The pupils all received a certificate with their achieved level from the ski centre.

Learning Journals were handed out this week and need to be returned to school by Friday the 5th of October.
Also a reminder that the first parents nights will be next week Thursday the 4th and the again the following week on Tuesday the 9th. Slips were sent home today with your allocated time and date.

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

During topic this week we have been working with P7S to create power point presentations on the life of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In writing we have been using the information that we have researched on Charles Rennie Mackintosh to create news paper reports on significant events in his life.

On our second week of skiing we were learning how to use the toll and how we can use the position of our skies to slow ourselves down so that we can have more control, we need to have pizzas instead of fries with our skies.

In maths we have created probability posters to explain to aliens how probability works and how we can calculate probability in fractions, decimals and percentages.

We have started to design our Cauliflower Christmas Card designs which will be coming home soon for you to view and order.

Skiing this week will be on Wednesday the 26th and this will be our last session.

Please remember to return parents night request dates on Monday the 24th and personal Projects are also due on Monday.

Miss McLean and Primary 7M.

It has been an extremely busy week for Primary 7M.

At the beginning of the week the pupils have been continuing their Great Scots topic with the life of Alexander Graham Bell. Pupils watched a very interesting video clip on his invention of the telephone while taking notes. Pupils then worked in their table groups to arrange a timeline of his life. We were working against the clock.

During maths this week we have been looking at the concept of chance and uncertainty. The pupils have been carrying out different investigations to work out the probability of events.

On Thursday we had a very exciting afternoon out of school for our first week of skiing. The pupils all had a great time and learned a lot during our time there. The technicians at the ski centre commented on how quickly the “kitting up” process was due to the pupils excellent listening and following instructions. The class are all excited for going back next week!

Our schools House Captain interviews were carried out this week, and the 8 House Captains and Vice Captains were chosen, all applications were of an excellent calibre and those individuals that made it into the interview stage all preformed well. However, many Primary 7 pupils applied and only 8 could be chosen. Well done to all of those that put themselves forward.
Primary 7M are happy to announce that the Vice Captain of Green Elder is Millie Fraser and the Vice Captain of Blue Willow is Finn McLaren. We are all proud of you!

Eco Committee applications were also due this week and Primary 7Ms Eco Representative will be Callum Lockie. Well Done Callum!

Remember the second afternoon of skiing will take place Thursday the 20th from 12:15 and arriving back at school at 3:15pm. Please make sure your child brings appropriate clothing to chance into as well as long socks and gloves.

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

Remember Meet the Teacher is on Tuesday 4th- 5:00-6:30pm!

This week we have been looking at writing our Autobiographies. Pupils created a mind map of all their important life events and as a class we looked at how we would structure these into our own Autobiography.

Pupils worked in their table groups to create a mind map of all of the things we have been getting up to in class.

The pupils decided as a class that they would like to start reading more detective and mystery novels. We decided to design our reading corner display to go along with this idea. Have a look!

This weeks Star Pupil was Grace, for her hard working and motivated attitude to all aspects of learning.

Remember skiing permission slips and money need to be handed in by Wednesday the 12th.

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

We have had another busy week in Primary 7M!

During PE we have been completing the bleep test and working on our fitness skills. This was really challenging but also very fun. We are looking forward to monitoring our progress as we continue to work on our levels of fitness.

The Primary 7 classes had a visitor in this week, Mr Sullivan, who is the director of Cannon. He discussed different skills and attributes that will be useful for entering the world of work. Pupils then used this information to help then when completing their CV for the House and Vice Captain positions.

In maths this week pupils have been researching ancient number systems. Pupils worked in groups to look into number systems used by the Babylonians, Romans, Greeks and Egyptians. We then used this information to create posters to teach the rest of the class.

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

Week 1- 20th-24th August

Pupils returned to class this week well rested and ready to learn. The positive attitude and excitement that the pupils arrived with was fantastic to see. Already the Primary 7 pupils have began to adapt to their new role at the top of the school and are trying their best to be good role models to the rest of the school and the new Primary 1’s. They have taken on new roles such as wet playtime monitors and assisting the P1’s during their lunchtime and ensuring they are settling in. All pupils have taken on their roles with a great sense of pride and maturity. Well Done!!

We have been working this week to create our new ‘Class Charter’ where the pupils have been identifying the rights that are important to their education and deciding the responsibilities we should have to help uphold these. We all agreed and signed our charter and related this to upholding the Redwell Way.

After the success and enjoyment of last years class novel “Wonder” we have decide to make our first class novel “Auggie and Me”. This book carries on from Wonder through the viewpoint of some of the other main characters. We have only just started but we are enjoying it already!

We have been discussing how we can safely use the internet and social media as well as the dangers that we need to be aware of. Pupils creates information packed leaflets on how to stay safe. Maybe you could ask your child what they have learned? They are full of useful knowledge and safety tips!

Looking forward to another fantastic week!

Miss McLean and Primary 7M

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