Take a look at our P7 fun day!
The P7s displayed a competitive edge during bubble football and then showcased their fantastic dancing skills in the afternoon at their party. Lots of happy smiling P7s, we cannot believe tomorrow is their last day at Dunlop Primary.
P7 can find more photos on Teams > Files > P7 Fun Day
P7 had a fantastic day at Craufurdland where they took part in crate stacking, team building and the Tree Top Trials. Myself and all the staff were very impressed with their bravery and team work in all the challenges.
A happy bunch of P7s enjoying their cafe lunch.
Primary 7 had an exciting visit to Stewarton Academy yesterday where they received their new S1 timetables and found out their classes. They also lead a STEM activity as part of their Young STEM Leaders Programme. P7’s excellent presentation skills were highlighted and they should be extremely proud of themselves.
P7 also took part in a Kapla challenge to see who could work as a team to build the tallest tower. This was a close call but the girls won the challenge.
In November 2019 Dunlop Primary and ECC were inspected by HMIe. We received a fantastic report which highlighted some of the amazing practice within the school. After the initial report was published Mrs Wilson was contacted by our lead inspector, as after some reflection he felt that our Literacy should be highlighted as excellent practice, and to reflect this Education Scotland got in touch to create a Sketchnote and blog. This will be showcased nationally in the Education Scotland newsletter and website.
As a staff team we are immensely proud that our school has received the recognition we feel it deserves. This has been a real team effort and a reflection of strong support that staff, parents and children continue to give each other.
I am immensely proud to have been part of this journey and am looking forward to where we go next.
Miss White
Literacy
Reading
Pupils will read The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke and apply the six reading comprehension strategies (prior knowledge, metalinguistics, visualisation, inference, main idea and summary).
Writing
This term we will focus on the genres of persuasive and discursive writing. Pupils will continue to develop their tools for writing (grammar, punctuation and spelling) and apply this consistently across all writing contexts.
Listening and Talking
In line with their John Muir Award, pupils will deliver a speech on an area of environmental sustainability. This can be an area of their choice. A letter will be sent home with more information.
Numeracy and Maths
We will continually revise and consolidate areas of prior learning as well as focusing on application of skills in problem solving contexts. Additionally, we will have a large focus on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. Below is a list of some key areas within fractions, decimals and percentages we will be looking at:
I.D.L
This term we are making the most of the outdoors and working towards our John Muir Award. We have explored our local area and taken part in a range of activities so far this term including pond dipping and den building. Moving forward, we will be learning about geocaching, including hiding our very own around our local area. As part of this award pupils will then use digital technologies to share their knowledge and experiences.
We have also been focusing on Inheritance for Science which includes lifecycles of plants.
Young STEM Leaders
P7 have made a start to their Young STEM Leaders programme which is being led virtually by Stewarton Academy. To find out more about this programme, click on the link here: https://youtu.be/dL_73uZXDps
Health and Wellbeing
Since coming back, we used the context of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse to create discussion on emotional and mental wellbeing and created some lovely watercolour art pieces off the back of this. We will also have a focus on P7 to S1 transition.
Over the next couple weeks, we will have our Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood fortnight – more information on this can be found by accessing the parental information booklets within the ‘Useful Documents’ section of the blog.
This week saw Dunlop Primary celebrating World Book Day! Although P4-7 are still at home we didn’t want to miss out on all the fun. We asked the children to do a bit of Extreme Reading and they certainly didn’t let us down! Please watch the attached video to see what they all got up to!
Congratulations to our winners! It was such a difficult decision for the judges as they all did extremely well.
Literacy
Reading
Pupils will read two novels this term and apply the six reading comprehension strategies (prior knowledge, metalinguistics, visualisation, inference, main idea and summary). We are currently reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and then will move on to Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.
Media Block
After reading both of the above novels, pupils will complete a Media Block which involves developing literacy skills using moving image text. Pupils will analyse and discuss how the film maker uses various ‘Tools of Film’ (such as camera, sound/music, lighting/colour etc) to tell a visual story. A letter will be sent home prior to this.
Writing
Narrative writing – focusing on describing a setting, characterisation and incorporating a range of figurative language (hyperbole, personification, metaphors, similes etc). We will also be looking at techniques used to build suspense in story writing.
As part of our WW2 topic, we will be writing newspaper reports and biographies.
Pupils will continue to develop their tools for writing and applying this consistently across all writing.
Listening and Talking
In November, Primary 7 will deliver their Rosemary Thomson speeches. Letters will be sent home with more information.
Numeracy and Maths
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Measure
P7 have already covered a block of learning on perimeter and area. They focused on perimeter and area of composite shapes.
I.D.L
This term our topic is World War 2. We will be learning about 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.
Health and Wellbeing
Primary 7 will be learning about substance misuse and the effects this has on them physically and mentally. We will also be looking at Growth and Fixed Mindsets and through our IDL topic the children will look at equality and relationships, using the Story of Anne Frank.
