It is hard to believe that this is the final term for our Primary 7 pupils!

We have a very busy and exciting term ahead. Lots of leadership opportunities, transition events and planning our very special P7 service.

We are delighted to share some of our learning from our Snapshot Week through our class Blog.

Literacy-Reading

‘Weslandia’ by Paul Fleischman

 

We are enjoying our new class novel ‘Weslandia’.  Tasks this week included identifying the main idea and use of language in a True, False, Can’t Tell activity. In our Literacy pairs/trios we discussed ideas and explored supporting evidence to justify our reasons. A perfect class novel for the final term in Primary 7!!

This story deals with relationships, respect and ambition so we decided to use these themes as part of a H&WB lesson.  We looked at the individual strengths, likes and character traits of every P7 pupil and shared what makes them special. This was a wonderful way to share our appreciation for our amazing and unique pupils!

Numeracy

In Numeracy we have been exploring Money, Budgets and calculating Profit and Loss. We used real life scenarios to develop our understanding of the importance of budgets to calculate spending.

Dealing with our Emotions- Assembly

On Tuesday, Primary 7 pupils organised the whole school assembly.  We identified different emotions and discussed  possible coping strategies.  The ‘Bubble Bounce’ activity helped us focus and regulate our breathing.

The Daily Mile is an important part of our assembly as this activity allows us to have movement breaks-and enjoy the sunshine for once!!

Our Rights Respecting School Learner Participation Group shared our new Playground Charter. As a school, we discussed the importance of Rights Holders(pupils) and Duty Bearers(Adults). We agreed that we must work together to continue to make our school a safe, happy and respectful learning environment for everyone!

Writing/IDL

For writing this week we enjoyed researching and selecting accurate information for our Rainforest Information leaflets.  We explored a range of sources and selected the most interesting and relevant facts to include in our leaflets.

RE

The month of May is very important as we honour and remember Mary.  During this month we will focus on The Rosary and life of Mary.

PE –Some talented future tennis players in Primary 7!

We have been focusing on hand-eye coordination when passing and receiving the ball. Resilience is an important factor in Tennis and pupils have been working hard to build confidence and focus. It was wonderful to see a huge improvement in growth mindset this week.  Well done Primary 7!

Art- Flowers in the style of Georgia O’Keefe

As part of our Class Novel and IDL topic we have been appreciating the beauty of nature in our environment. We invested the work of artist Georgia O’Keefe.  We produced line drawings of a close up view of a flower and used bold colours of paint to create tone and texture in the detail.

‘I’ll paint what I see-what the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it.’ –Georgia O’Keefe

Open Afternoon

A huge thank you to parents/carers who attended our whole school Open Afternoon.  Primary 7 pupils embraced this opportunity to share learning and explore different areas of the curriculum in our classroom. It is always wonderful to share our learning with you.

Outdoor Learning/Digital Technology

It was wonderful to visit the Knowe Garden on Friday. So many flowers and colours in the garden!

This was a fantastic opportunity for us to develop our photography skills. We worked together to capture interesting photos to show growth and beauty in our natural environment.

What a lovely way to end a very busy week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to a snapshot of our learning in November!

We hope you enjoy looking at some of the work in our Snapshot Jotters.  Our blog shows a snapshot of some of the other learning experiences in Primary 7.

Remembrance Assembly

To start off our Snapshot Learning week, Primary 7 pupils were responsible for planning, presenting and leading the whole school Remembrance assembly.

We worked collaboratively and organised the presentation together.  As a class, we discussed the best way to  share information with younger pupils.

IDL The Way Forward- Antarctica Presentation

As part of our IDL topic, we have been busy learning about Antarctica.  As a class we have been researching living things, features, geography and human impact.

As you can imagine, we were delighted to welcome Wendy and Lana from ‘The Way Forward’ to come along and share some first hand experience of  Antarctica.

Wendy has a wealth of experience in waste industry expertise and sustainable environmental solutions in Scotland.  It was fantastic to hear a recount of her adventures in Antarctica and see some amazing footage and photographs.  Wendy then took the time to answer lots of interesting questions from Primary 7.  Thank you for sharing your experience with us Wendy.  The adventure of a lifetime!!

Climate Ready Classroom

We worked with Primary 6 in mixed groups and took part in Climate Ready Classrooms workshops. It was a very interesting day, lots of learning and great discussion.

We identified opportunities to tackle Climate Change and started to create our Action Plan.

We can make a difference to Our World!

 

Snapshot Afternoon

It was wonderful to welcome so many of our parents and families into our school for our Snapshot Afternoon.

Primary 7 pupils embraced this opportunity to share our learning and explore different areas of the curriculum in our classroom.

We shared Themes and character descriptions in our class novel ‘The Silver Swan’.  We also looked at Predators and Prey of species in Antarctica as part of our IDL topic. Some pupils explored shape and line in Art to sketch Emperor Penguins.

A few pupils independently demonstrated their digital skills by using coding in Scratch.

Other pupils had the opportunity to explore Numeracy resources and tools used in Chromebooks to support our learning.

A very busy afternoon!!

PE- Gymnastics

Encouraging creativity skills and developing a range of techniques to explore different balance,posture and sequences in gymnastics.  Team work and positive attitudes all round!  Well done!

Numeracy

In Numeracy we have been exploring different strategies to solve addition and subtraction calculations.  We have also been making connections and using table facts to help us solve multiplication problems involving multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.

The Silver Swan- Our Class Novel

This week we read the final page of our class novel- ‘The Silver Swan’.  Some excellent discussions and a range of reading activities. Recently, we have been exploring the different themes in the novel.  We completed our final summary of the text in our Chromebooks.  In Tools for Reading and Writing we have been using the text to identify verbs and adverbs.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas Art

Shepherds in the style of Monet

This week we have been exploring the art work of Claude Monet. We decided to use his impressionist style for our Christmas Art!

We researched some examples of his style and then created outlines of the shepherds.   It was fun blending lots of vibrant colours with chalk pastels to create the features and background.

 

The Match Girl’s Christmas

Amazing auditions- well done everyone! Every pupil has an important role in the production of our Christmas Performance. Fantastic team effort Primary 7.  Looking forward to the rehearsals next week!

Scottish Dancing

As part of Dance and PE, we have been learning a few Scottish Dances with Primary 6.  Today, we participated in the Canadian Barn Dance, Military Two Step and St. Bernard’s Waltz.  A fun morning!

Let the Christmas fun begin!!