Hi everyone!

A quick post this week to let you know about what we’ve been up to.

On Tuesday we welcomed a new pupil in to our class. Skye has settled in so well and we can’t wait to spend the rest of the year with her.

In literacy we started to form our critical essays on our poem ‘Matilda’ and we are doing really well! Next week we will finish writing them and will self/peer/teacher assess them.

In maths we began to round up our angles topic. We have all developed our knowledge of angles and have done so well in this topic. We are protractor pros!

Health and wellbeing saw us discuss our ‘circle of trust’ and the difference between day to day changes compared to bigger life changes. I was so impressed with how mature our learners were throughout the discussions.

On Friday Primary 7 took part in their history of Kilmaurs walk around the village. There was so much interesting information to find out and we managed to keep up with Mrs Quig. She was a fantastic tour guide!

Achievements this week:

HotChocFri – Rory who chose to take Ona

Star of the week – Lucas for excellence in maths

Group of the week – Lucas, Kodi, Skye, Ruby and Rory

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Brown

Well we often say it has been a busy week, but this one has been jam packed! It was lovely to meet all of the parents this week. I’ve enjoyed putting faces to the people the pupils talk about so often.

This week we have had 3 visitors in class. On Monday Rory’s Mum. Tara came in to begin a 4 week British Sign Language course. We learned to sign the alphabet, ask someone their name and reply. We have been practising all week and can’t wait to show Tara our progress. Well done to all our learners for their effort and progress!

We also had Laura (Mrs Brown’s sister in-law) and niece Ellie in as part of our parenting topic. Pupils interviewed Laura on what it is like to be a parent but also what her job as a children’s nurse involves. They did wonderfully and Ellie settled in so well that she didn’t want to leave!

In health and wellbeing we had a go at discussing our mental wellbeing using blob trees. Learners worked in pairs to identify a ‘blob’ on the tree which represented how they felt. For a Monday morning there were lots of tired ‘blobs’!

It was Charley and Dylan’s turn to lead the lesson as they used their privilege cards. They chose to play some mental maths games which we all enjoyed!

In P.E we are currently learning about athletics. P6/7 were set a challenge to come up with a new athletics sport for the Olympics. We had Wheelbarrow races whilst balancing things on our heads, hurdle/long jump/javelin and dribbling/long jump/hurdles!

In literacy we continued our study of ‘Matilda’ and will begin writing a critical essay on it next week. We have also continued working on angles in maths and are beginning to get used to using protractors!

Achievements this week:

Group of the week – Megan, Theo, Josh and Kate

Star of the week – Kate for excellent effort in literacy

HotChocFri attendee – Maia who took Kodi

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Have a wonderful long weekend (again!)

Mrs Brown

We really got stuck in to term 4 this week and everyone worked so hard!

In maths we continued learning about angles. We named angles using 3 letters. identified missing angles in triangles and  used protractors to measure angles. It’s difficult but we are enjoying the challenge!

In literacy we started our critical study of the poem ‘Matilda’, the story of a young girl who tells lies so often that no one believes her!

We enjoyed learning about the Glasgow Mural Trail in art and we recreated some of our favourites.

A few pupils traded in their privilege cards this week. Jacob and Robbi led us through a sports quiz and Josh taught us all about games.

Achievements this week:

HotChocFri – Kodi who attended with Robbi

Group of the week – Ona, Maia, Dylan and Charley

Star of the week – Megan for excellent effort in maths.

iCycle pupils please remember your bikes on Monday 🙂

Have a great weekend!

Well we are back and refreshed after a lovely 2 week break, but only for 4 days! As P6/7 head off on their next long weekend, we look back at our short (but busy) week!

On Monday we started our new maths topic, Angles. We learned the name of 5 key types of angle – see if your child can remember.

On Tuesday we visited Dumfries House where we took part in rock climbing and den building. We had a fantastic day!

On Thursday we visited the Maxwell Church for our Easter service. it was a lovely morning! In the afternoon Theo used his privilege card to lead a 15 minute lesson. He chose to teach descriptive writing and was a fantastic teacher!

Achievements this week:

Group of the week – Jacob, Aoife, Allyssa & Robbi.

Star of the week – Josh for his excellent input at Dumfries House!

Happy Easter everyone! Enjoy your treats 🙂

Mrs Brown

We did it! We made it to the Easter holiday but not without working hard first.

Our final week has been jam packed with fun activities, real world problems and seeing the final product of our hard work.

We finished reading Coraline in class and completed a ‘soft introduction’ to critical essay writing. We will focus on this area in term 4 with a view to thinking critically about what we read.

In maths we did some ‘adulting’ and it’s fair to say it was stressful! Cries were heard of ‘I don’t want to grow up!’ and ‘I feel sorry for my parents!’ as we learned to budget bills, fun times and unexpected expenses for hobbies. Learners worked very well and managed to budget their ‘wages’ to afford rent, a car, food, utilities and some spare for holidays or hobbies.

As you can see, Kodi and Ruby were NOT impressed!

A huge portion of our week was dedicated to digital learning within literacy. Having written our own scripts, we spent time recruiting a cast and directing our films. We then edited the raw footage so that the end product was a short film fit for the big screen! The ultimate moment was when we gathered as a class to ‘premiere’ our films, with cinema snacks of course!

I am so proud of everyone, the films were brilliant, creative and so well organised. I was so impressed that we sent a few to assembly to be shown.

Achievements this week:

Group of the week – all of us for our hard work!

Superstar awards – Megan and Dylan.

Star of the week – Theo for being resilient.

All that’s left to say is have a fantastic break! I can’t wait to see everyone back in school, refreshed after the holiday. I look forward to meeting parents in term 4, my door is always open 🙂

Mrs Brown

Time is running out as we approach our Easter holiday! It has been an extremely busy week in P6/7 with another busy one ahead of us next week.

We were delighted to welcome PC Lynch in to class to discuss hate crime. Pupils displayed fantastic knowledge on the subject.  P6/7 know that they have the power to be part of the generation who stamp out hate crime. I have every faith in them!

In maths we completed our measure and weight topic and challenged ourselves in problem solving. We took on our first Nando’s challenge, where pupils determined the level of challenge they took on. It was great to see so many of us tackling ‘Extra Hot’ challenges! Look out for the Nando’s homework challenge next week!

We continued to read Coraline in class with a focus to writing succinct chapter summaries. We also completed our scripts which we will move on to film next week. I can’t wait to see the product of everyone’s hard work!

In health and wellbeing we finished our Internet Safety learning by discussing our online activity and addressed potential dangers.

We also continued to learn about how to look after our mental wellbeing. Wednesday was International Day of Happiness so we focused on the concept of ‘gratitude’ and what makes us happy!

See if you feature on your child’s ‘what makes me smile’ below. As you can see we all have so many things to be grateful for!

Achievements this week:

Superstar awards – Kate & Josh for excellence in writing

Group of the week – Kate, Aoife, Jacob & Lucas

Star of the week – Jacob for being selfless.

HotChocFriday attendee – Charley for her positive attitude.

See you all on Monday!!

Mrs Brown

I have attached the maths homework for this week  in case any worksheets  go missing.

Learners should also complete 2 spelling tasks (1 pink, 1 green) and write a script for a 15 second clip of their favourite programme.

Worksheet:

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This week P6/7 took on a number of new challenges, whilst experiencing success in a number of areas!

Our week started off with the concept of using formula to calculate volume of cubes, cuboids and prisms…that was tough!! With some practise, group work and time in our new Lightbulb area, we got there. The ‘Lightbulb area’ is a space outside our classroom where we can work in small groups to consolidate things that are confusing us or learn new concepts. We named it the lightbulb area as it’s a place where you have those lightbulb moments!

We presented our Blue Planet solo talks and boy were we awesome! There were informative posters, elaborate Powerpoints and very confident speakers. We took time to give each other constructive feedback and everyone seemed to appreciate this.

In health and wellbeing we continued our learning about internet safety but also introduced mental wellbeing. We participated in some mindfulness exercises. Not everyone enjoyed them but it’s part of the process of finding out which strategies work for us. We also started the #100HappyDays challenge. Today we were happy to see everyone’s fantastic World Book Day costumes (see below).

Achievements this week:

HotChocFri – Ruby who chose to take Kodi

Star of the week – Aoife for excellent effort in all areas

Group of the week – Disney (Jacob, Lucas, Aoife & Kate)

Theo received a Superstar award at assembly for his Blue Planet presentation.

Well done everyone! 🙂