To celebrate a whole term of hard work P7  will be having a movie afternoon tomorrow (Wednesday).  After a very close vote – the winning film is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.  This film is rated a PG.  If you do not wish your child to watch a PG rated film please contact the office before 10am.

The weeks are flying by and before we know it, it will be residential time. So, to help you start preparing please see the packing list below.

We are continuing to work on descriptive writing and today we looked at using figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification and alliteration when describing a storm scene.

In maths we were rounding decimal numbers. It sounds tricky but as long as we follow the rule of “five or more rounds up, four or less rounds down” we can do it easily!

For homework this week, please access some of the following games to practice your multiplication table facts.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/multiples-and-factors

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

This week in Health and Well Being, we were doing first aid and learning about the importance of the recovery position.  We practiced putting each other into the position so that we will be confident to do it if we ever need to help someone in real life.

In writing we have been focusing on Descriptive Language. This week we were thinking about how we can show our readers how people are feeling, rather than simply telling them. Here are just two of the fabulous pieces of writing that we produced.  Well done to Brooke and Kayla for their fantastic work!

Today the class decided on their first fundraising venture for their Leavers’ Hoodies.  They decided on a Haribo Hamper raffle and are looking for class donations that can be brought in anytime over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance for your support for with mission #1!

This week’s homework is multiplication using formal method. Worksheets have been sent home today and are due back in on Friday.

We’ve had an incredibly busy week, full of Science experiments, fitness, skipping, multiplication and rounding numbers.

What a busy week we have had in P7.

In Science we made our own sedimentary rocks.

In Social Studies we have been learning about Democracy and our government.  On Thursday we learned what democracy means and then did a group task based on the differences between a democracy and a dictatorship.  On Friday we started looking at the different levels of government and researched the local councillors for our Ward in East Ayrshire Council.

In PE, we are continuing to develop our jump rope skills and have started linking footwork together to make our own skipping routines.  We also got the big ropes out and had a go of jumping in and out of them.

With all this busy work we definitely need some chill time too, so we make sure to include a bit of E.R.I.C. time every day.  This stands for “Everyone Reads In Class” and is an important part of the Reading Schools award that we are hoping to achieve this year.

What a busy week for our first full week in P7!

In science we have been learning about materials and have learned to identify different types of rocks.

In Social Studies we had a discussion about what we know about Democracy.

In PE we continued to build on our jump rope and skipping skills from last year.