Littlemill P6-7 22-23

New Roles for our Senior Class

Another busy week in P6/7!

In Numeracy this week we have been working on ‘greater than’ and ‘less than’ symbols using numbers all the way up to the millions! We learned about the crocodile faces and where the crocodile eats the biggest number. We worked in groups to roll dice to create numbers, read them and decide which symbol to put in.

We also played a game where two people picked a number and one person was the crocodile! The crocodile had to decide which symbol went in the middle. It was great fun. We have started rounding numbers to the nearest hundred, nearest thousand, ten thousand and hundred thousand. Mrs Kilday showed us a rap about it and we said we didn’t really like it because we are too old for singing. Mrs Kilday thinks we are only pretending and that we secretly love it…

We also started reading a new novel called ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ as part of our topic. We also learned about the Blitz that happened in London, and the Air Raids. We are enjoying listening to the audio book and following the story (especially when we get peace and quiet to do that on a Thursday when the other classes are out!) We looked at where the Allies and the Axis countries were on the world map, and AJ was first to find them all. AJ is our new resident Geographer!

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We are really excited for Mrs Kilday’s Kahoot quiz of the week this afternoon, where we have to try to remember all of the things we have learned this week!

Stay tuned for more next week!

Hello everyone!

What a busy week. In numeracy we have started to revise number concepts in place value and are partitioning numbers in the MILLIONS! We also went back to daily Number Talks and looking at different strategies when adding big numbers.

We have also made a start to our new Interdisciplinary topic, WWII. We learned why the war started, when it started and when it ended. We also learned about the countries involved and about the leaders of each country. We went on a Scavenger Hunt around the school to find questions about the beginning of the war, and worked in teams to find the correct answer.

Everyone worked together to find the correct answers! Hunter and AJ lost one outside in the wind, but used quick-thinking and wrote the answer in the box.

We have also started making House Captain speeches, and these speeches will be performed at next week’s assembly to decide on this years 2022/2023 House Captains and Vice Captains.

We have had a very busy week this week, and will be starting new spelling words and reading books next week! We will also be continuing our work on WWII, and rounding numbers to the nearest 100,000 and even 1,000,000!!!

Have a great weekend and stay tuned for more next week.

Mrs Kilday and P6/7

It is so lovely to be back in school with the new P6/7 class. I am really excited for the coming year.

This year the blog will be used to inform parents/carers and showcase the learning that takes place in the classroom, and anywhere else our learning may take us!

We will have PE on Mondays and Thursdays. As PE is part of the curriculum, it is important that everyone takes part. Shorts and appropriate gym shoes are fine, but if children prefer to change their top as well they can. I will have a box in the classroom where gym kits can be kept, or if they are kept in schoolbags can children have them for PE days.

The class TEAMS page will be set up and can be accessed through the pupil’s Glow accounts. Passwords will be given out in the next week to access this. TEAMS will be used in class and for some homework tasks, so it is important that iPads are brought into school each day if they go home. There is a ‘General’ channel on the TEAMS page for the children and this is monitored, but gives the children a chance to chat out with school time. Other channels will be added as the year goes on.

There will be a post on every week to keep you updated on our time in P6/7 – so stay tuned!

Looking forward to a fantastic year.

Mrs Kilday