Dalrymple P6 21-22

As we are now approaching the end of term, I wish to share with you our termly overview for term 4.

Primary 6 have been going to strings every week and have been learning lots of things. This week, Mrs Terrace introduced 2 new fingers onto the neck of their instruments to make new notes. Here is a short video of the class playing accompanied by Mrs Terrace.

Abigail took on the role of teacher on Friday afternoon to teach the class some of her taekwondo moves! The children loved it!

Primary 6 spent Friday morning carrying out tree maintenance with the help of Carolyn from the LOST team and Lorna from the John Muir Trust. They have to replace the broken plastic spirals, replace any lost bamboo and clear the grass from around the bottom of the tree.

Here are some more amazing models of natural disasters.

Here are some fantastic models brought in today for our Natural Disasters project. The children have been working very hard to make these either individually or as a pair.

This month, primary 6 have been asked to prepare a short lesson to teach the class. Up first was Mollie who showed the class how to draw an anime character. Everyone was able to produce a drawing similar to Mollie’s due to her excellent instructions.

Primary 6 have been learning new skills in gymnastics during their PE sessions. This week they have began to look at how to straddle over vault. Here is Rex demonstrating his new skill.

Earlier this school year, primary 6 decided they wanted to find funding to get a cooking kit which could be used within the school and to link with the community. After finding the funding themselves and completing the application form, we were lucky enough to receive money from The National Lottery Community Fund. The goal being to start with posting videos to the blog demonstrating how to cook different recipes and eventually (post covid!) have members of the community in to work with the children preparing meals. Today we had our first trial session to get to grips with all the new equipment. The first half of the class made Cajun pasta today and the second half of the class will make it tomorrow! The children are very proud of their end result and cannot wait to share more recipes. Below you will find pictures of today’s cooking session and a recipe for today’s dish of choice!

Cajun Pasta

325g diced chicken breast

100ml double cream

1 pepper

1 onion

1tbl spoon Cajun seasoning

400g chopped tomatoes

500ml of chicken stock (500ml boiling water mixed with 2 chicken stock cubes)

2 cups of pasta

1. Wash and dice one pepper and one onion.

2. Mix together in a bowl cajun seasoning and diced chicken.

3. Cook chicken until white throughout and then add in chopped pepper and onion.

4. After a minute or so, add in chopped tomatoes, chicken stock and pasta.

5. Leave on the boil for a few minutes and add the double cream.

Dish is complete when pasta is cooked through and has no white grains still showing in the middle.

Primary 6 have been working on their presentation skills and created one about their best friends. They then had to present them to the class.