Wow! What a week it has been in Primary 7. We have completed our China topic and marked this with wonderful presentations from all pupils, as well as a Chopstick challenge afternoon.

I am so immensely proud of every single pupil who came out to present to the class. We had voiced over videos, amazing poster boards and wonderful ICT skills shown through Powerpoint. Pupils spoke confidently and covered a huge range of topics. I was amazed by how much I learned from the projects and appreciate the amount of effort put in by pupils, as well as support given from home.

Please take a look at the photos of the pupils presenting – concentration faces were on!

We rounded off our topic with an afternoon learning to use chopsticks. We trialled picking up small objects before trying to eat egg fried rice with them. We enjoyed tasting the rice, shrimp and prawn crackers. I am so pleased to announce that no rice landed on the floor – quite an achievement!

We also welcomed a new pupil in to our class. John was been warmly welcomed and is settling in well!

Primary 7 have had a very creative few weeks. We have worked on Scottish landscape art over a number of sessions. In our previous update I shared the initial sketch stage with you. I’m delighted to share some of our completed pieces below. I’m sure you’ll agree they are fantastic!

We have also been working so hard on our China study and have really enjoyed learning about Dynasties, Confucious the philosopher in RME and Chinese new year. I have heard that pupils are working well at home and making good progress on their projects. We can’t wait to see these on the 21st.

We also had our first session of four rugby inputs from Kilmarnock Rugby Club. Pupils loved the session and the games included. Sadly I am still trying to get my breath back after playing some of the games.

We have Mr Keachie in on a Tuesday afternoon to teach us brass tuition. Pupils will be given a trumpet or trombone to practise over the coming weeks, I apologise in advance for the noise at home!

1. Mr Keachie treated us to a tune on the piano!