March 31, 2022
by Miss Frew
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Can you believe we’ve just finished Term 3!? One more term left before our P7s head off to “the big school!”
Here are a collection of photos and some comments from pupils about the highlights from this term:
Well done to our pupils becoming Wellbeing Champions!
We are really looking forward to Term 4. Have a lovely Easter Holiday everyone!
-Miss Frew and P7F x
March 28, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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March 25, 2022
by Emma Ferguson
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Happy Friday night everyone! What fantastic weather we have had this week!!
P4 have been busy again this week. We have continued to work on our Ancient Egyptian Art and it is almost finished. The death masks are very colourful using the collage paper. Painting skills are definitely improving and you will see this soon when the work comes home!!!
Spelling words were ‘ie’ sounding ‘i’ or ‘j’ and the kids had very active learning stations. We used stampers, magnetic letters, scrabble tiles and Play doh to learn our spelling words.
P.E has been Creative Dance again this week and the children chose to look at ‘The Firebird’ as it related to work previously covered during ‘Making Thinking Visible’ tasks. They are super fun and you can see by the photographs they are trying very hard and concentrating on the task.
They had to play in the secret garden and throw the golden apples to each other. They did very well!!!
We started to research Ancient Egyptian Gods. We had some personalisation and choice within this task. We used the internet and books to find out facts and we are creating our own Leaflets. You might hear about ‘Digging a Little Deeper’ with research.
We had some fun in writing last week as we had to write persuasive letters. I decided we should write letters to Mrs Campbell requesting a school trip but this was a school trip with a difference – it was to Egypt!!! The kids wrote fabulous persuasive letters arguing their case to go to Egypt to learn more about the Ancient Culture – they were extremely persuasive but sadly Mrs Campbell says there’s not enough money in our school budget!!! Maybe the Parent Council can raise some funds!
The class have had a wee change recently to their reading books as they have been reading Play Scripts. They thoroughly enjoy them and they have been lots of fun!! We did some more acting this week as we found old school assembly scripts about Ancient Egypt so there’s more acting to come in P4!!!!
Maths has been slightly different too as we have been looking at rounding numbers up to 4 digits to the nearest 10 or 100 or 1000. This is a work in progress but a great start made by all!! We have also been chatting about fractions specifically looking at 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8s.
Have a smashing weekend everyone and enjoy this nice weather!
Take care, Mrs Fx
March 25, 2022
by Mrs Johnstone
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The time has been passing quickly over the last couple of weeks and it’s hard to believe we’ve almost reached the end of term 3!
Here’s a round-up of what we’ve been up to in P7J.
Interdisciplinary Learning
We have been learning about China. In Literacy, we have identified the features of information leaflets and created our own leaflets on some of China’s main cities. We have also been researching tourist attractions and worked in pairs to create and present PowerPoint slideshows. The paints have been out for art, as we looked at Ming vases and designed our own; these are looking fantastic on the classroom wall display.
For STEM, we were challenged to build a section of The Great Wall of China, with a zip-line linking two towers. This was quite tough, and relied on teamwork and resilience.
We have even been learning some Mandarin!
Numeracy and Mathematics
Lots of effort has been going into learning about fractions and the various related calculations. Some super posters have been made to demonstrate what everyone has learned so far about improper and mixed fractions, equivalent and simplified fractions and finding fractions of a quantity. The next focus is on making links between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Please remember to return your home learning scrapbooks to school before the holiday.
Literacy and English
This week the focus has been on identifying the features of a balanced argument and writing our own. As it has been Eco-week, we looked at the question: should fines be given for dropping litter? Next week, we will develop what we have learned into having a debate about another environmental issue.
Eco-Week
On Monday we participated in a live lesson, by ‘Keep Scotland Beautiful’, about waste and litter. There were three workshops to take part in and follow-up activities too: we designed litter monsters, made yarn dolls and set up an experiment to observe how different materials break down in compost.
We were also weeding the raised beds and planting tomato seeds.
March 25, 2022
by EAjoanne.mair2@glow
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Loudoun Spring Sessions P7 Transition 2022 (1) (1)
Please click on the link for some transition activities available on:
April 8th, 1pm -3pm @ Loudoun Leisure Centre
&
April 13th, 10am – 12noon @Newmilns Snow & Sports Complex
This will give pupils an opportunity to meet new friends prior to starting at Loudoun.
March 25, 2022
by EAjoanne.mair2@glow
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Loudoun Easter 2022 – Multi Sports (1) Loudoun Easter 2022 – Multi Sports
Please click on the links for some activities available during the Easter holidays.
Than you.
March 25, 2022
by Miss Frew
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Literacy
We have continued to work on writing instructions this week and we wrote instructions for “How to Play Jenga.” We had to focus on the layout of our text and having clear instructions. Here are some examples of our work:
Well done!
Maths
Maths has been challenging this week as we have focused on fractions. We learned how to convert fractions into decimals and investigated the link between fractions and decimals. We are also continuing to learn our times tables. Please check teams on a Monday for homework for that week as this will help practice the skills we are developing in class.
IDL
We have continued to learn about China and were given a STEM challenge to build a section of the Great Wall of China using various construction materials. We have to work as a team and investigate how best to make the wall strong enough to stand on its own. This was great fun! 
March 23, 2022 by Mrs Miller | 0 comments
In PE, we have been working on a block of racquet skills. We are developing our hand and eye coordination. It’s been hard work but we are improving!
Here are some pictures of our measure work. We have measured weight, capacity, length and area.
We enjoy our active spelling activities. We do these three times a week to help us learn our spelling words. Ask your child which activities they enjoy, they could do these at home to help when working on their spelling words. Remember to help your child practise their phoneme words and common words that are written in their diaries.
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March 23, 2022
by Mrs Miller
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Can you help us to help the planet?? We need to work together!
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March 23, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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I am very excited to inform you that this summer we will be able to take our pupils on a trip.
Stage: Primary 1-4
Date: Wednesday 8th June, 2022
Destination: Ayr Farm Park
Cost: £10
Please check your child’s bag for Parentpay letter for activation letter.
Please activate as soon as possible.
The transport costs will be paid for by the school.
The amount has to be paid by 20th May 2022.
