Our trip to Burns House Museum in Mauchline today was really enjoyable. We took part in two workshops in the morning session. One workshop was a museum tour where we dressed up in clothes of Burns’ era and the other was a drama and music workshop where we performed the story of Tam O’Shanter. Mrs Martin was very proud of the knowledge P6/7 were able to so confidently share about Tam O’Shanter and was delighted to see how much everyone in the class had remembered from their learning over the past two weeks. In the afternoon session, we took part in an art workshop which culminated in everyone putting on a shadow puppet theatre production. What a brilliant day!

Every Monday morning, P6/7 are asked to write details and information for the week ahead, including homework expectations into their homework diary. The link below will show you this board.

Monday Morning Board – 21.1.19

Oh we do love a good book in P6/7! So far this year we have read Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo and now we are reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman!

In class, as part of our mental maths, we have been using the ‘Daily Ten’ on the Topmarks website. Even if they don’t admit it to you at home, everyone has really been enjoying the timed challenges. I have told the class that they can access this website at home from a number of devices any time they wish. It’s good fun and really does help improve mental agility! Follow the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Literacy Homework- copy spelling words three times and then write six up-levelled sentences that include one of your spelling words and demonstrate awareness of VCOP.

Learn one of the extracts of Tam O’Shanter. Try saying it out loud with a family member, copying it down a few times or setting a daily target of lines to remember. Electronic links to the extracts are on the P6/7 blog page.

Numeracy Homework – simple equations HAM worksheet. Write directly on worksheet.

All homework due Friday 18th January.

P6/7 have been learning about the story of Tam o’Shanter by Robert Burns. For the Scottish Poetry Competition at the end of January, learners have been asked to learn an extract of the poem as part of their homework this week. Learners were all given a copy to practise at home. There is a choice of two extracts. One details the beginning of the poem and the other concludes the poem. Scots language can be tricky to master, so any help you can give at home, is much appreciated! Below are copies of both extracts.

Tam O’Shanter Extract 1

Tam O’Shanter Extract 2

We have been enjoying a mixture of sports in PE lately. On Mondays we have been lucky enough to have been visited by coaches from Kilmarnock FC to teach us football skills and on our other PE day we have been developing our abilities in gymnastics. A particular favourite was trying to create a human pyramid! #teamwork #fitandfun #physicaleducation

Recently, P6/7 have been learning about creating Glow blogs and finding out about many of the other exciting features of Glow. Mrs Martin will be running our P6/7 class Glow Blog which you can access via the Kilmaurs Glow Blog page. On this page, you will find photographs of all the great stuff we get up to in class as well as weekly homework activities and other relevant information. Please try to access our page regularly to keep up with the adventures of P6/7! Thanks for stopping by!