{"id":11697,"date":"2023-03-16T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/hurlfordpsecc\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:50:00","slug":"p7-16th-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/hurlfordpsecc\/2023\/03\/16\/p7-16th-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"P7 – 16th March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The P7 pupils have been as busy as ever over the last few weeks, here\u2019s a round-up of what\u2019s been going on.<\/p>\n

Literacy & English<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading and writing has had a focus on non-fiction texts. We have studied explanation texts and reports and followed up by writing our own. \u00a0This has also linked into our topic on China with last week\u2019s writing about how kites (which are thought to have originated from China) fly.<\/p>\n

I.D.L<\/strong><\/p>\n

More interdisciplinary \u00a0learning followed with the class working in groups to make their own kites with dragon themed designs. \u00a0There was some excellent team work going on with good talking and listening skills being applied.<\/p>\n

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Art has also been inspired by China and the beautiful cherry blossoms that you can find there. \u00a0We used mixed media to create cherry blossom scrolls: blended pastel backgrounds, ink blown branches and tissue paper blossoms which look amazing on our classroom wall.<\/p>\n

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\nNumeracy & Mathematics<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we have been revising our knowledge of what fractions are and using multiplication and division to find equivalent fractions.<\/p>\n

S.T.E.M<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks Miss Gibson has been working with the class on the \u2018If I were an engineer…\u2019 project where pupils have had to identify a problem and invent something to help solve it. This week they are writing letters to an engineer to explain their designs. There have been a wide range of creative and interesting ideas put forward by our pupils.<\/p>\n

Looking back a couple of weeks, the class were challenged to design and build an earthquake proof structure, having read and written about this type of natural disaster as part of literacy. Materials were limited to 20 straws, a base plate and 1m of tape per group. \u00a0The class rose to the challenge and tried their best. \u00a0We tested the structures at the end and thought about what worked best or could be improved.<\/p>\n

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John Muir Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been making bird feeders and planting seeds as part of the conservation<\/strong>\u00a0element of the award.\u00a0We used apples and sunflower seeds to make feeders for the playground; hopefully this has helped the birds over the last wee cold snap.<\/p>\n

We have planted beetroot, chives, courgette and broccoli seeds and have been keeping the warm and watered beside the window in our classroom.<\/p>\n

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\nNext week is the start of \u2018Food Fortnight\u2019 and we will also look at Fairtrade.<\/p>\n

Homework projects on a Chinese tourist attraction are due in on Wednesday. I can\u2019t wait to see what everyone has been working on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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