Primary 6 have been busy settling into our new class and classroom. We have already covered lots of work. Here are just some of the things we have been learning.
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Primary 6 Newsletter and Timetable
Primary 6 are working hard and are picking up from where we left off in July. Our class newsletter and timetable has been attached. These have also been uploaded to our TEAMS page. Important information has been included in these documents.
LEGO Spike with Primary 6/7
The Digital leaders took out Primary 6/7 to do LEGO Spike. LEGO spike is coding with lego. The META skills they used were teamwork, communication, collaborating, creativity, critical thinking and leading. Some of the contraption included a pinball machine, a ferris wheel, a swing set and mini golf. LEGO spike allows pupils to code their machines to move. 
P6/7 Newsletter – term 4
Here is our newsletter for P6/7. Newsletter term 4 2025-2026
Science in Primary 6/7
Science in Primary 6/7
Primary 6/7 have been enjoying a STEM challenge. We made volcanoes and exploded them.
We used a plastic bottle to create the main vent to explode the lava. We used washing up soap, vinegar, bicarbonate soda, warm water and food colouring.
Mr Doodle in Primary 6/7
Miss Tapner has been teaching us how to draw in the style of Mr Doodle. We doodled away and seen where our pencils took us.
STEM in Primary 6/7
Primary 6/7 have been doing STEM challenges Our latest challenge was to design and create a bridge to hold maths textbooks. The winning team were the team that’s bridge held the most textbooks. Two teams bridges held 20 textbooks, others collapsed after one book book being placed on it.
We also worked on our META skills.
Science at Dumfries High School.
Primary 6/7 has recently attended Dumfries High School for a science afternoon. We were studying whether substances were soluble or not? We got to use Bunsen Burners – which was great! We had a fun afternoon, plus learning all about being safe in a science lab. META skills we used were; communicating, adapting, leading, critical thinking, focusing, feeling and collaborating.
Primary 6/7 Newsletter
STEM in Primary 6/7.
As part of our Space topic, we had to order planets, satellite’s and objects in order of distance from the sun. We first had to calculate each object and it’s distance before placing them in order. This was a hard task and we used many skills to complete the task.
The META skills we used were:
- communication
- adapting
- critical thinking
- focusing
- leading
- collaborating
