For today’s Maths lesson, Primary 7 went outside to do some maths activities. We did a Maths Question Hunt with lots of different questions hidden around the playground. Along with some activities such as Place Value Bingo, a Maths Relay Race and much more. All of us had great fun and we hope to do it again.
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Primary 7 were creating obstacle courses for Marty the Robot. They had to code Marty to avoid the obstacles. They had to experiment and find the right way to code Marty to the end. We are all enjoying experimenting with Marty.
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As part of Maths Week Scotland, Primary 7 have been making Clip movies on the iPads about jobs that use Maths to help them. We have found out that there is loads and loads of jobs that use Maths such as chefs, pilots, builders and many more. It was fun creating them and we would love to do it again.
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On Friday afternoon the whole school braved the weather and set off up Trindle Green as part of our sponsored walk. We are very lucky to have such a beautiful walk on our doorstep and as you can see from the smiling faces everyone had great fun!
So far our Sponsored Event has raised over £1300! Thank you to all families who have supported this event and helped us to raise such an incredible amount of money. It is not too late to hand sponsor money into the school, if you still have some at home.
This term, as part of our PE lessons, Primary 7 will be completing fitness circuits. The children will log their progress each week and this information will be used as part of work on data handling.
It has been lovely to welcome my class back to Primary 7, and everyone seems excited to begin what is shaping up to be a very busy year!
Literacy – Reading
This term the children will continue to develop their reading skills, focusing on our six reading strategies. The children will be encouraged to work independently, sharing their learning with their partner on completion of their tasks. This will help to develop a deeper understanding of the text.
Writing
In term one we will focus on functional writing, in the form of letters, explanation texts and persuasive writing. We will be paying particularly close attention to our tools for writing, improving punctuation and using more complex sentence structures.
This term we will also focus on handwriting, paying close attention to the formation of letters.
Personal Talk
This term I will be asking the children to prepare a speech on an influential scientist. I will send home more information closer to the time.
Numeracy
Initially, we will be revising Place Value, and the 4 operations, developing mental strategies to help solve a variety of problems. Before moving onto Data Handling. The children will use a mixture of digital, concrete and written methods during numeracy lessons to reinforce their learning.
IDL
Our main topic this session will be the Human Body, focussing on the respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems. This is a science based topic their will be a mixture of written work and fun experiments.
We will also continue our work on John Muir, working towards the Explorer Award. Our hope is to re-establish the school Eco Garden. This is a large undertaking as initially we have to clear and prepare the ground before any planting can begin.
Health and Wellbeing
Alongside our work on the human body the children will be looking at how we can prevent causing harm to our bodies, ie through substance misuse and leading a healthy lifestyle.
As part of our work on emotional health, we will be focusing on self esteem and image, paying particular attention to the effects of social media and peer pressure.
Primary 7 had great fun today getting to know Marty the Robot. Using block coding the children were able to programme their robots, making him dance, walk, light up and wave. Over the next few weeks P7 will take their learning forward and use code to solve a number of problems using Marty.
A huge thank you to Gary Neilson, East Ayrshire’s IT Coordinator for Education, for giving us the opportunity to borrow this amazing resource. Primary 7 had great fun!
This term Primary 7 will be learning more about various processes of the human body, including the respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems. We have kick started our learning by revising the different functions of the organs within the body by completing a human body team challenge.
