We met Anne Hunter from Clackmannanshire Sports Development today. Anne is going to be taking us through a 6 week training programme to enable us to be Young Leaders.

We spoke about the what we would need to consider in order to be a successful leader:

communication

safety

co-operation

responsibility

enjoyment

organisation

Anne took us through a variety of activities that made us consider how best to communicate effectively with younger children.

Here are some photos of us in action…

We spent the afternoon setting up an experiment to investigate what plants need to survive. We spoke about using a control experiment and how to ensure a fair test. We will check and record our results daily.

Here are some photos of us in action…

As part of our learning in Health and Wellbeing we have decided to establish our own P6B Code of Conduct. We looked at an example of a Code of Conduct and highlighted the key points that we thought we’d like to include in our version. It is still very much a work in progress but we are hoping to share it with you soon.

Here are some photos of us hard at work…

We made the most of the winter weather to help us consolidate our learning of 3D shape. We went outside to make our own 3D shapes in the playground.

Have a look at our photos…

Dear Parent/Carer,

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

Learning focus this term:

This term the children will continue to develop their learning about Enterprise and Fundraising by:

• working cooperatively to plan and run a fundraising event
• considering their rights and responsibilities
• investigating profit and loss
• working to time scales.

In a series of science lessons, the children will be learning about the water cycle and the processes of a plant. Through these lessons pupils will learn to/about:

• Fertilisers and the benefits and risks to society.
• How to conduct a fair experiment and undertake practical activities.
• Identify how plants benefit society.

The children will also learn about Living and Growing through a series of Health and Wellbeing lessons. They will learn about:

• Describe and explain the function of the main body parts.
• Explain ways to keep the body clean and healthy and why.
• Identify changes that will take place as we mature.

Core Literacy:

We will conduct an in depth study of our class novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyle. We will also be taking part in Scots Language week and a literacy focus week.

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 different authors, creative writing, spoken word, poetry and our own talking and listening skills.
• Pupils will read various texts in Scots language. We will be using our class novel and Scots week as stimuli for developing our creative writing.
• 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.
• The children will read a novel during class reading lessons and will use Blooms Buttons and Book Detective strategies to check their comprehension.

Core Numeracy:

• Pupils will consolidate their multiplication, division, fractions and decimal skills – practice of times tables at home would be greatly appreciated.
• Pupils will be using mental and written strategies to solve mathematical problems
• Problem solving- pupils will apply their knowledge of multiplication, division, decimals and fractions to solve problems.

General Information:

Our PE days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

We will continue to have Art, Music and Spanish on a three week cycle.

Homework will be issued on a Monday and should be returned on Friday morning.

Reading homework will be issued on a Monday and should be completed for the following Monday.

Many thanks,

Mrs Brown

Welcome back to our Blog after the Christmas holidays!

I hope you all had a lovely time over the festive period. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the lovely gifts I received at Christmas time.

We have been really busy since we came back to school preparing for our sharing of learning afternoon this Friday and we’re looking forward to seeing you all there.

We have also been making use of our improved class library area and have been revising multiplication and division…