Newsletter term 3 2023-2024 – Copy

Today 23.1.24. we were using our core strength and stamina to work in teams and complete tasks. One of the hardest was using our core strength to play a game of air hockey.

Four pupils from Primary 6 recently took part in the Scottish Schools Swimming Competition at DGOne. They have made it through to the next stage, which is the nationals. The date has to be confirmed but well done to Olly, Abbie, Abigail and Will.

Primary 6 has been working with a budget of £100 to plan a party for 8 children.  We worked in two’s to complete this task. The criteria was:

• to plan a party for 8 children
• entertainment had to be provided
• games had to be provided
• food, drink and a cake had to be provided

Primary 6 has been learning to use a protractor to measure an angle within a 1 degree accuracy. We then moved on to drawing acute and obtuse angles using a protractor.

Primary 6 have been using an Atlas to identify a country on a blank world map. We had to locate a country on a map of the world and draw a line from a present to this country in our own map. We then had to find the flag of that country and colour the Christmas present the colour of the flag.

Primary 6 have been using their Ipad slot to complete a scavenger hunt on Google Maps. We had to find the geographical feature, identify the country and then identify another geographical feature close by.

We used lots of our META skills for this task.

Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils are busy rehearsing for their Christmas performance. This year, we are doing A Matchgirl’s Christmas, which is based in Victorian times. 

We have been busy completing an online workshop on Cracking Cryptography through My World of Work. We are doing another workshop tomorrow on Game Design.

Primary 6 has been designing and testing rockets as part of our STEM challenges. We predicted whether they would fly. Our next task is to redesign our rockets based on what we now know.