On Friday 11th November P7 went to the Aviation Museum to participate in a Remembrance Service. -Skye
Reuben and Leah laid a wreath on behalf of Heathhall Primary School and we observed a 2 minute silence. – Archie
After laying the wreath we got to visit the hanger with the Spitfire aeroplane which was very interesting to hear all about. – Leah
On Thursday 6th October P7 went to visit DGOne in order to participate in Operation Safety.
We visited lots of activities which were connected with the emergency services. – Ria
At the ‘Fire’ station we had to throw a pretend rocket and whichever card it landed on we had to decide whether we could burn it on a bonfire or not.
In one of the activities we went into a room and saw a body lying on the floor. We had to decide how to respond in this situation. We learnt how to place someone in the recovery position. – Leah
At the water safety station we got to see how the fire service dress when they are going to save someone. We learnt what we should do when someone is drowning in the water. – Ava
When visiting Scottish Power we had to figure out how to stay safe around electricity.- Corrie
At the police activity we talked about online safety and made a video about how to stay safe online.- Aila
Next we visited the Youth Work station where we were talking about who our role models were and why. – Grace
I thought that Operation Safety was fun and we learned a lot. – Kacey.
We developed our teamwork and communication skills while we were at Operation Safety.- Skye
This term Primary 7 have been working on Technologies during skills academy. We focussed on engineering and design briefs.
During the first week we created a Powerpoint based on all the different disciplines. We worked in groups to do this. -Jaiden.
In week 2 we needed to create a carriage to travel down a zip line. The teacher told us what we could use. I found this challenge fun and our carriage didn’t work but if we had another chance we would know how to fix it. – CJ
During week 3 we had to make a logo for our Ferris wheel by finding a picture and adding the text we wanted on it. We developed our graphic design skills. – Moaz
We were put into groups to make a ferris wheel out of cardboard and other materials. The Ferris wheel had to stand, spin and carry passengers. I enjoyed this STEM challenge and it was fun watching other groups. During this I developed my creativity, communication and problem solving skills.- Reuben
On Monday 3rd October P7 visited Dumfries High School to take part in Play In A Day!
The topic we were learning about was social media and what could go wrong on social media. – Iona
At Play In A Day we developed our drama skills by scripting and acting out a play about the dangers of social media.- Reuben
Some of the pupils at DHS took little groups to help us make up a dance for the rap which we learned. _ Lacey
We used our acting skills to create a play in little groups.- Kacey.
We each got to go in a little group and act out situations which could happen on an online platform. – Aila
We all got to act the play out in front of some of our parents. We all really enjoyed it!- Moaz
At Play In A Day I thought it was really fun when we were acting it out but it was also a little nerve-wracking. _ Ella
We participated in lots of fun games such as Eastenders and Zip Zap.- Jaiden
Before lunch we went outside to play some sports with the Sports Ambassadors. We played rounders and ultimate frizbee. – Wilson
At the end of the day we were all pleased with ourselves for performing in front of our parents. – Skye
As part of Maths Week Scotland we had a visit from the Maths Roadshow. We visited different stations around the room solving different kinds of maths puzzles. – Lucy
We had to use our problem solving skills to put the puzzles together and work them out with a partner. – Sonny
I thought it was a great opportunity to be able to take part in this and most people really enjoyed it. _ Lyla
It was a fantastic experience. Some of the puzzles were really challenging and some of them were easier to solve. – Corey
It was really fun and we got to develop lots of different problem solving strategies.- Corrie
Everyone is looking very smart and we are all eager to learn!
Leah and Reuben were voted in as our Pupil Councillor and Vice Pupil Councillor for this year.
We showed the P1s how to use the playground toys properly. We played games with little groups of children and gave them ideas on what they could do. We developed our creativity, leadership and team-player skills. We felt good doing this. -Isla
During the open afternoon there were several different stations for people to complete different challenges. Some of the activities were building a bridge using cardboard and Make Do materials, transferring water along a straw pipeline, programming the Botleys and coding the MicroBits. We developed our designing and creativity skills. It was a really fun afternoon. -Arran
During the first couple of weeks we got to know one another. We complimented each other’s strengths and got to find out al about each other. We set targets for the year ahead and at home we created a poster to share important information about ourselves. We developed our creativity, caring and communication skills. The first couple of weeks helped us feel comfortable in class.- Shubhra.
We have been completing a variety of different pieces of writing. We created a Recipe for the Perfect Summer which consisted of everything we did during the summer. We also wrote about what our Perfect Classroom would be like and we researched the life of Queen Elizabeth II in order to write a biography. We developed our creativity, research and writing skills. The writing has been fun. – Grace
In P.E we have been learning different sports. We have learnt to play disc golf, chicken hero and football. Everyone shared their thoughts and ideas on the new games. We developed our teamwork and leadership skills. It was really fun learning new games. -Kallan
In skills academy we learnt all about the different types of engineering. We had to design our own way of transporting an egg down a zip line using only certain materials. We had to test our design and then adjust our design. We developed our team player and creativity skills. It was a good experience. – Leah
