On Thursday  some people went  to Primary 3/4 to learn about germs. So they got into groups of 4. They next thing they did was got a piece of bread and they went to some places to make it dirty.  Then they talked about what has germs on it and what does not. They next watched a video  about how to keep the food nice and clean.

The next week they saw what the bread had turned into and thought that is what germs could do to you. They binned it because it was so soggy and green the green part is fungus. They left it out for 7 days to see what happened to it.

They also went up to the Primary 5/6 class room and tried some different foods. Primary 5/6 classroom had made an American diner for the younger ones to try out!

Everyone really enjoyed this and hope to do something like it again soon.

In Creativity we played Zip-zap. It was about eye contact and keeping sharp. We also did warm ups. We were even puppeteers and puppets. We really enjoyed it.

The first thing we did in community was we made a role-play about the consequences of parking in the drop off zone.

The second week we made posters about inconsiderate drivers parking in the drop off zone and a lot of people used a slogan which they made up which was go FAR with your car. Some people’s posters were put up outside near the drop off zone.

The third week we went outside and we were digging up the weeds in the garden plots and some people managed to plant some plants.

The last week we did a lot more planting and we planted onion bulbs and potatoes and overall it was a really interesting four weeks and everyone enjoyed it!

In term 3 P6/7 have been very busy.

Numeracy

In numeracy this term P6/7 have been focusing on percentages. They learnt how to successfully find a percentage of an amount and use this skill to find the cheapest price when completing a budgeting task.

                                                              Literacy 

This term in literacy p6/7 have been learning how  to add speech marks to text. They used their new found skill in a news articles when they wrote on the World War Two blitz.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing P6/7 have been focussing on the rights of a child and how we show this at Heathhall. They were also tasked to pair all the rights of a child with our values (Fairness, Achieving and Respect) on a mind map.

IDL      

In IDL this term P6/7 have been learning about WWII and the horrific effects of it. They had to write a newspaper article on the Aberdeen bombings or the Clydebank bombings with quotes and a picture.

On the 12th of March, P5/6 and P6/7 went to The Devils Porridge for a school trip. they explored what life would’ve been like back in the war. For example they listened to the air sirens, went into the Anderson shelters, wore some clothes from the war and even ate some carrot cakes! They were given a tour guide which helped them navigate the museum and learn about the Gretna bombing and how it effected peoples lives. Here are some pictures

On Wednesday 27th of March P5 went to New Lanark as part of their topic on the Victorians.

We did a lot on our school trip  including a ride, a tour and a class role play. We started the day with a class role play from the Victorian times. In the role play we did arithmetic ,writing and drill (Maths literacy and P.E). We got to write on slate our name and date . We also wrote the alphabet in cursive. We did  Maths on a slate with a slate pencil. They for some reason had a crocodile. (fake) After that the teacher made us try and guess which country she was pointing at on the map. Next  we did some Victorian style dancing .

We  did a 12 minute ride it was about a girl called Annie McLeod and how she lived and worked in mill.

After that we went on a tour with a woman called Lesley. First of all in the tour she took us to see the mill and told us that girls had to go under the machines and pull out clumps of wool so that they wouldn’t jam the machine and had to get out quickly so that their hair wouldn’t get caught. Lesley told us that it was girls who had to fix and work the machine because they were small and nimble while the boys did all the carrying and lifting. Once that was over Lesley took us into one of the houses, they were tiny there was one window to a house and they were only one room. Next we went to a house a bit later in time, (the first was in the Victorian era this one was around the time of WW1) this one was two rooms and two windows but was still quite small. Finally before leaving went to the town store where the people who lived there could get all the essentials they needed. All that was left to do after that was go back to the school. We all had a great day!

On the 4th April the House and Vice Captains hosted Heathhall’s Got Talent.

Before the actual Heathhall’s Got Talent show roughly 40 acts went to auditions where the house and vice captains had to choose just 12 acts to compete in the final.

The 12 acts were:

Alicia  P1/2                                                                                             Leah P2/3

Emily P7                                                                                     Ruby, Sophie, Eva and Holly P2/3

Mhairi P5/6 and Ellen P7                                                      Piper P2/3

Isla P3/4                                                                                     Charlie and Beth P5

Chloe P4                                                                                      Fletcher P3/4

Reece P7                                                                                        Ethan P7

All of the acts were AMAZING!

The 2nd place award went to Chloe who played a million dreams on the piano! Well done Chloe!

The WINNER was Isla who danced to Lost Boy! Well done Isla!

Also well done and thank you to the house captains for organising this event and thank you to the judges!

We also had some audience participation with Baby Shark and The Macarena!

Great Fun was had by everyone!

P5/6 has been very busy this term

Mathematics: In maths p5/6 have been learning about how to change mixed numbers to   improper fractions and back again with Mrs Clanachan. With Mrs Sloan they have been learning the formal written method.

Literacy: In literacy p5/6 were learning to write a recount so they wrote a recount about the blitz.  Also p5/6 did persuasive writing and debates. The debates were about  whether every household should have a pet and should you be gaming if you’re under the age of 16?

French: In French p5/6 has been learning all about their body for example: hair, how tall and eye colour. They were also learning the alphabet in French.

IDL:  In IDL p5/6 were learning all about WW2. They learned all about the evacuees to the blitz and the Anderson shelters to the black outs then p5/6 moved on from WW2 and moved to forces which are air resistance, gravity, friction and magnetism.

Art: In art p5/6 have been linking it to their topic which is forces so they built a bridge with card and dictionaries. They got little weights to see how long the bridge would last.

Quit your way talk: p5/6  got a talk from Lisa who works with ‘Quit your way’ which can help people to stop smoking. A couple of people got to experiment with all of the chemicals that are in the drug  which is really harmful for your body.

On Tuesday 26th of March, Ethan, Reece W, Ellie and Eva went to Troqueer Primary for the Roatary Quiz.

There were 8 rounds including Maths and Numeracy, expressive arts, science and modern technology, observation, Scotland and its people, Pot luck and more.

Out of 13 schools we came 5th!

Well done to the participants! Here are the photos:

In term 3 P5 have been doing quite a lot in maths.

‘With Mrs Clanachan we are currently doing decimal fractions as well as equivalent fractions, changing mixed numbers, simplifying fractions and fractions of amounts. We have also been doing number talks which is when we get a sum and we have to figure out as many ways to do the sum as possible . We have also been doing  maths with Mrs Sim. We have been doing 12 and 24 hour time ,time durations ,converting between minutes, hours and seconds. We have been doing pie charts and bar graphs.’

They have also been doing stuff about Victorians. They compared the life then and now. They did art on Charles Rennie Mackintosh and they made a rose.

On world book day they brought in their favourite book and recreated the front cover then made a summary of the book.

Also they have been on a school trip to New Lanark. They did a presentation on it.