We were exploring work by Piet Mondrian as part of Maths Week Scotland where the theme is Beauty in Maths.
Monthly Archives: September 2022
P6/7 Reciprocal Reading
During Literacy circles groups read Goodnight Mister Tom with expression and fluency as part of the ‘reader’ role.
P6/7 Outdoor Learning
As part of a reward for class Secret Student where pupils follow school and class values including SHANARRI they had the opportunity to participate in den building and sports.
P6 – Quentin Blake Workshop
Quentin Blake Illustration Workshop
Primary 5 and Primary 6 had lots of fun at the Dick Institute exploring the Quentin Blake exhibition yesterday followed by an illustrating workshop.
They explored the exhibition, spotting the mistakes that Quentin Blake often made in his work. The pupils found that quite often Quentin Blake would stick a fresh bit of paper over a section of an existing illustration to replace small sections such as the head if he was not happy with what he had originally drawn.
The pupils then participated in a workshop where they were encouraged to draw their peers (dressed up) in the same style as Quentin Blake, using short thin lines, thick lines, messy and quick. They had the opportunity to use a range of materials to draw their illustrations such as ink, quills, charcoal, pens and pencils.
P6/7 WW2 and outdoor learning
As part of our topic on WW2 we have been learning about the campaign’Dig for Victory’ and rationing so the challenge today was to recreate a WW2 meal using natural elements. .
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P6/7 Measure
Today the class were measuring the area of shapes which they created on Geoboards.
P6/7 – School Values
School Values
Pupil Consultation
Primary 6/7 started the process of our pupil consultation for renewing our school values. They worked collaboratively in groups then as a whole class to rank a list of values which were most important and meaningful to them. From this list they came up with their top 4 values: kindness, honesty, equity and ambition.
Following this, they worked in groups to write down what these values meant to them then shared with the rest of the class.
Next, as a class the pupils co-constructed their own definitions of each value whilst being mindful of using language that pupils throughout the school would understand.
The Primary 6/7 pupils also discussed what makes Fenwick unique. It was really lovely to hear their thoughts.
At a whole school assembly, dedicated to renewing our school values, some of our P6/7 pupils shared their work along with representatives from all other classes. It was interesting to see that several of the values the P6/7 pupils had chosen were also present in the choices of other classes. Following this, along with the staff and parent consultation the overall values became very clear with them now being confirmed as, honesty, ambition, kindness and respect. Work will now be well underway to embed these across our whole school community.
P6-7 Maths, IDL and Outdoor Learning
We measured out an area of 12m squared then created and designed the area as an allotment that might have been planned during rationing in WW2 when people were encouraged to plant their own food.
P6/7 IDL
Exploring what life was like during Blackouts in WW2 and the rules you had to follow.
P6/7 HOTS
Creating questions from Blooms Higher Order Thinking Skills to challenge our knowledge and understanding and question what we hear and see after watching Newsround.
