We’ve had a great first week of term 4. This week we started a new novel study, The Butterfly Lion. We have been looking at persuasive language and how we use this in our everyday lives.

In maths we were revising our multiplication and division strategies. We also started learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

As part of our topic work we were discussing what we already know about natural disasters. This week we focussed on volcanoes and looked at how volcanic eruptions happen. In ICT we were learning how to create a secure password and we were using a website to check how secure a password is and how quickly it could be cracked.

We were also working on our skills development by building bridges that had to be at least 50cm long & that a small car could go across.

It’s been another busy week here for P6, where everyone got the opportunity to showcase their creativity skills in our Easter Egg competition.

Have a look at some of our amazing creations.
We hope you all have a lovely Easter break. 🐣

This week we designed and created our own Easter game, then we went along to P3 to teach them how to play them. Everyone had great fun.

We also got to plan, organise and set up a literacy afternoon for our ECC friends on Tuesday afternoon.

It’s been another busy week in P6.
On Tuesday we visited the ECC with P1 to have a Teddy Bear’s Picnic with our new buddies. We read a lovely story together & enjoyed playing in the greenspace.
In literacy we were learning about suffixes as part of our spelling. We were also focussing on metalinguistics in reading, to help us work out the meaning of new and unfamiliar words.

In maths we were learning about pie charts and have also been learning to calculate the fraction of a quantity.

We also created some lovely spring and Easter themed art work.

This week we have been working on our gymnastics skills in PE. We have been learning to use the springboard and improve our balancing skills.

In literacy we have been learning about words with silent letters. We have read some more of our class novel & have been trying hard to read with more expression.

We were also learning about the importance of recycling & how this can help the environment, and the best ways to encourage people to bin their rubbish properly.

 Today we took part in a music workshop with the Benedetti Foundation, we were learning all about rhythm and took part in some fantastic activities. Some pupils even the got the opportunity to play some of the different instruments we were learning about.

This is week 3 of our Numeracy homework block.  A worksheet linked to previous learning has been sent home today to be returned on Friday 13th March.

It’s been another busy week in P6.  This week we took part in a book swap for World Book Day. We also picked a book to take down & read to our buddies at the ECC.

We also had a visit from PC Shirkie who was teaching us all about online safety & the importance of only adding people that we are actually friends with and know on our different games & platforms.

We have been learning how to analyse data and how data can be misleading at times. We also used Excel to create our own line graphs this week.

This is week two of our Numeracy homework block.  A worksheet linked to previous learning has been sent home today to be returned on Friday.

This week we have been learning about organising information. We looked at the different types of graphs, and when to use each one. We created our own graphs and were able to answer questions using the information. We were also learning to use Excel in ICT to organise and display information.

We were also learning about the different types on pollution, such as air, water and soil pollution and the impact it can have on the environment and others.

We also had great fun getting to make some foam clay models. Check out some of our fabulous creations.

This is week one of our Numeracy homework block. Worksheets linked to previous learning will be sent home on a Monday to be returned on the Friday.  This block will run for three weeks.