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Goodbye P6, Hello P7!

What a way to end the year! We have spent our week having fun in the class and making memories to last a lifetime! We have had lots of fun creating games, making art, playing chess, and working together. On Wednesday we took our trip to the Heads of Ayr Farm Park where we saw lots of animals, and had a blast playing at the soft play and outdoor areas.

Today we say goodbye to Primary 6. We have had the most amazing year together. I will forever cherish the memories we have made as a class and am honoured to have been your teacher this year. You have given me the most joyous year ever! I am wishing you all the best for Primary 7 and for all of your future journeys. I know you will all do so well and leave your mark on the world. You are all awesome! I am so proud of every one of you. Thank you for the most wonderful year!

Miss Higgins x

P6s Super Cool Health Week!

During Health Week we have taken part in:

  • A cooking input from a chef at Lochside. We made fruit kebabs and pitta breads.
  • Laser Tag and Silent Disco.
  • A water safety input led by the RNLI.
  • A fire safety input led by a fire fighter.
  • A cooking demonstration from the Cotton Trail. We tried vegetable soup and made wraps.
  • Busy Hands Calm Minds in which we each went to an activity to relax.
  • Den building as a whole-school with our families.
  • An input from Kilmarnock Football Club.
  • Our leadership sessions which we ran for the whole-school.
  • An oral health input.
  • Line dancing with Miss Brown

We have had the best week!! We cannot to continue our week with tonight’s Big Sleepover!

P6 Vs. Comics

This week we engaged in a live lesson with Jamie Smart, author of Bunny Vs. Monkey. During this lesson, our class got to hear all about the process of creating a comic story, how to create characters, and were shown a step-by-step process of how to draw Bunny and Monkey. Following this lesson, the class all designed their own characters for a comic and have begun to create their own stories which include these characters. We have also worked with P1 to plant sunflowers and paint wildflowers. Primary 6 have also been learning to create collages of an animal. Today we had so much fun at Sports Day!

Our Week

P6 went on a walk with P1 to go pond dipping on Thursday. On Wednesday, P6 also participated in development session with our P5s and P7s. During this session pupils worked in groups to discuss our local community.  We have also continued to practice for Sports Day.

Our Week

This week has been super busy for us in P6. We have been learning how to write a persuasive letter and have began researching topics for our next persuasive piece. We have also continued to read our class novel. In maths we have continued to learn how to measure and name angles. We have been enjoying the sunshine while working hard on our Sports Championship activities throughout the week. We have also been spending some time with our buddies. Finally, we had a great time being Danger Detectives on our trip on Wednesday.

Our Week

P6 have been working really hard this week on their persuasive writing. We are have been learning aboht the different features of a persuasive text and have practiced using them in short pieces. We have been practicing for our Sports Championship, so far we have been doing the 100m sprint, the standing long jump and the vertical jump. Yesterday, we worked in pairs to examine a product of pupil choice that exists in shops currently. Each pair wrote about the good things about the product and suggested improvements that could be made. They then designed the new model of the product and wrote about the improvements they had made and how they would benefit the users of the products. Today we had an excellent discussion surrounding making and keeping friends. All pupils were engaged in various scenarios where they then discussed and shared how they might feel in each situation and what they would do if they happened in our/classes and school.

Reminders for next week –

– Our Big Talks begin on Monday. This was our homework for week 1.

– Week 2 homework can be handed in on Monday, and the week 3 spelling homework words will be handed out.

– We have a class trip to Danger Detectives on Wednesday, a lot of our experience will take place outdoors, please ensure appropriate footwear is worn.

Our Week

This week we have been very busy! We’ve had lots of fun participating in Home Circles, Discovery Dens and beginning our athletics. We have begun to explore angles in maths, learning the names of various angles and  how to measure them. We also began reading our new novel study –  The Wreck of the Zanzibar.

Homework Week 1

Our homework focus for week 1 is to begin working on our Big Talks. For this Big Talk, pupils have been given the following topic – 

You can choose any famous person to spend an entire day with. Who would you choose and why? You are in charge of planning the entire day, what will you plan to do?

Below is a list of some prompts pupils can use to support their Big Talk preparation:

  • Who is your famous person?
  • Why have you chosen this person? What makes them special to you?
  • Where are you going to spend your day? Make sure that your plans are relevant to where your location is. For example – if your day is taking place in Glasgow make sure each activity can be done in Glasgow.
  • How will you break up your day? Morning/afternoon/evening? By activity? By location?
  • Why have you chosen your activities?

Big Talk Expectations – 

  • Big Talks will be presented the week beginning the 12th of May.
  • All pupils have been given a date for their presentation – these can be found on the back of their homework sheet which have been given home with pupils and on the list below.
  • Big Talks are expected to last around 5 minutes in Primary 6
  • Pupils can make use of a PowerPoint, poster, prompts, or visuals to support their Big Talks.

Big Talk Dates – 

  • Monday – Finlay, Lucie, Steven, Leighton, Brooke
  • Tuesday – Cole, Mikey, Luna, Alfie, Jessica
  • Wednesday – Poppy, Harry, Noah, Harper
  • Thursday – Sophie, Maddisen, Tristan, Jalyn
  • Friday – Brody, Myia, Kayla, Andrew

Our Week

This week P6 have had a good start to Term 4. We have began to explore our new novel study – The Wreck of The Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo. We have not yet read any of our book, but we worked in small groups to design our own covers based on the title. We then looked at all of the covers that exist for the book and wrote our predictions as to what the book will be about. We are excited to start! We have also been working on some art focused on the theme ‘On The Farm’.  We also completed an Easter mystery maths activity and have carried out some revision on Fractions.

Happy Easter!

We have had an exciting final week for Term 3.

We completed our stories that we were writing for our buddies, and finished them off with our own illustrations and front covers. We completed our novel study of Holes by Louis Sachar. We loved this book! We also watched the movie on Tuesday. We also created our own electrical circuits. We spent some time outside in the sun and have finished off our week by designing our eggs for our competition.

Have a lovely holiday!