P7 had a great time at their Science Transition event at Kilmarnock Academy on Wednesday. They got to work with pupils from other schools and visit the school’s Science Department. 
Andrew in P7McN recently held a birthday party where he asked his guests not to give him any presents but instead to make a donation to a charity of his choice. Andrew’s charity of choice was the Children’s Ward at Crosshouse Hospital and he has managed to raise in excess of £300! Everyone in P7 is very proud of you and the fact that you have put others before yourself. A true Onthank citizen! 
As part of work towards Gold Dyslexia Friendly Schools status, P7Mc along with the rest of the school undertook a variety of learning activities that didn’t require any writing implements. We continued to use the Active Spelling strategies we have already blogged about. We also worked in pairs to solve Tarsia Puzzles about simplifying fractions. We did this in pairs, discussing what we already knew and working together to solve the jigsaw. In the afternoon we painted our own versions of the Great Wave off Kanagawa. We weren’t allowed to sketch any of it out first and had to go straight in with paint. We are all quite pleased with our results.
As part of our work on raising awareness of Dyslexia in the school, P7Mc have been making good use of their Learning Toolkits to reinforce their work on spelling rules and patterns. The pictures show members of the class showing some of the different activities they regularly participate in as part of their learning. Some of favourites include Speed Spelling, using Scrabble tiles, Play-doh and rainbow writing with chalk. 
