Primary 6 and 7 were asked by the minister to contribute to the village poppy display by painting rocks with the names of all those who lost their lives fighting in World War 1 and World War 2. We then laid the stones around the war memorial.
We also created mix media Poppy art.
For the last two weeks Primary 6 have been learning how to use the bar modelling strategy in maths. The main aim of a bar model is to be a pictorial representation of the underlying structure of a maths problem.
Bar modelling is an early introduction to algebra and hopefully as the children become more familiar with this strategy so will their confidence when tackling more complex maths problems.
Initially we are exploring how to use this strategy as a whole group in preparation for Barvember. Barvember has been created by White Rose Maths, where daily bar modelling problems are released throughout the month of November.
I have attached a copy of some of the problems we have been tackling in class. As you can see the problems become progressively harder. My aim is for the children to independently tackle problem 4, however this will take time as they familiarise themselves with this way of working.
Thurs 7th Nov 2019 Barvember Solutions
Today Primary 6 were using clay to create their very own Dragon eyes! I think they have all done an amazing job, take a look at the pictures and see for yourself their fantastic creations.
This session Primary 6 and 7 are going to be working towards their John Muir award. This award asks us to discover a wild place within our local environment and explore all it has to offer. If you would like to know more about this please follow the link https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/john-muir-award
In Dunlop we are incredibly fortunate that we have so many beautiful spots on our doorstep for us all to discover.
On Wednesday both classes ventured down to the Millennium Woods. Whilst we were there the children were asked to sketch a particular viewpoint, which when back in the class they would paint in watercolours. Their second task was to write down a variety of descriptions, using their senses. These descriptions will be used to create a piece of creative writing.
As we work towards the award the children will be given the opportunity to suggest ideas and we are really looking forward to hearing what they come up with.
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to report that all of the children have settled very well and are enjoying learning in Primary 1. It is great to see how confidently they already move around the classroom, playground and park and interact with each other, myself, their buddy and other teaching staff.
Term 1 planning is as follows:
Numeracy & Mathematics
The children also complete mental maths, Numicon and Number Talks activities each day which help them understand mathematical ideas and relationships essential for successful reasoning and problem-solving.
Literacy & Modern Language
Spelling words will continue to be sent home every three weeks, with week 3 being consolidation of sounds and spelling words covered so far.
To date we have explored a, t, s, i, p, n, r & m. We will continue with d, e, c, k, g, l, f, o, b, u, h, w, j & v – 2 sounds per week (plus consolidation) until Christmas holidays.
We are also exploring:
French
We will be using the Camembear resource to explore greetings and colours.
Health & Wellbeing
P.E.
The children are enjoying the Daily Mile. They are participating in Games and practicing large ball skills as well as completing Cosmic Yoga and Dance activities and through these activities have an awareness that being active is a healthy way to be.
Health
We are developing positive relationships, co-operation, turn taking, tidying up, taking care of resources and showing an awareness of our school Values within the daily routine of the class.
We will be exploring:
Social Studies and Science
The children will be finding out about People in the Past through The Great Fire of London. We will explore how people lived in the past and how their lives were different to ours. We will also look at local shops and services in comparison.
Our Science topics this term are Rain, Wind & Snow and Vibrations.
The children will:
Expressive Arts
Our art lessons will be topic-related painting, drawing and collage. We will also investigate colour mixing and observe our local environment to record ideas, thoughts and feelings.
We will practice seasonal songs in class and use our instruments to keep a beat or practice a rhythm.
Technologies
The children participate in Education City and Busy Things on the classroom computers and are also learning to:
Within technologies the children are using the class camera to record tasks and will develop practical skills using tools to solve problems within topic work.
Numeracy and Maths
This term the focus our numeracy focus will be on place value of numbers to a million and addition and subtraction. Developing a deeper understanding of;
Place Value
Online games to reinforce place value – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value
Addition and Subtraction
The children will also develop their problem solving skills by completing tasks which reinforce the general class learning on place value.
Literacy
Reading
This term the children will read two novels as a whole class group, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Margorian and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. We will continue to use our six reading strategies – Prediction, Metalinguistics, visualisation, Inference, Main Idea and Summary to help demonstrate a deeper understanding of the story.
Media Block
After reading our WW2 themed novels, we will be watching the film adaptations. During this period we will look at how the film maker uses different aspect of film, such as camera angles, lighting, music etc to convey understanding to the viewer. A letter will be sent home prior to this.
Writing
The focus for writing will be narrative, looking closely at developing a setting and characterisation. The children will be encouraged to use figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.
We will also be writing newspaper reports and biographies as part of our World War 2 topic.
Listening and Talking
In November the class will be asked to prepare a speech on an influential character from World War 2, this could be a member of their family.
Health and Wellbeing
This term we will be discussing mental health. Using the Pixar film Inside Out the children will examine the different emotions that we all feel, both during this uncertain time of Covid and as we grow older.
In PE the focus will be on Netball and games.
IDL
This term our topic is on the subject of World War 2. We will look at war on the home front, the Blitz, evacuation, rationing etc. After the October holidays we will look at war in Germany, with a focus on the Holocaust.
Please see the attached documents below for next weeks family learning task. We hope you have great fun completing these tasks.
Mrs Nouillan’s Health Week Family Task
We have all heard the phrase, “That is not how my teacher does it!” we have therefore created some numeracy help sheets to show you how we would encourage the children to set out their tasks.
Hopefully you will find this document useful.
As part of our climate change topic primary 6 have been learning about different types of renewable energy. We have been completing different STEAM challenges and our last one was to build a simple wind turbine. The children had to work in groups and were given different resources, depending on the country they represented.
As you can see from the videos below, some of the turbines were more successful than others.
A huge well done to all of our finalists who took part in our Scottish Poetry competition. They were all fantastic, the poor judges had a very tough job.
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