In our maths, we have been developing our confidence in place value and handling decimal numbers. For our Monday Mission we were set the ultimate decimal challenge of multiplying 90 decimals by 10, 100 or 1000 whilst timing ourselves.
After completing the challenge we peer assessed our answers and gave ourselves a final score.
Well done to our top 2 finishers who both scored 90/90 and completed the challenge in under 7 minutes!
This week we began preparation and planning of our Second Issue of Mearns Monthly Mail.
Our journalists, reporters and photographers were out interviewing pupils and staff ahead of or February Edition.
We are delighted that our very first paper sold out twice in two days and we have raised over £150 through sales and advertising.
We can’t wait for you to see our next newspaper!
Today we began the preparation for our Showcase event at the end of our Mearns Masters Block of Coding.
We created posters which summarise our game and give instructions on how to play. We then created encrypted invitations which reveal the secret time and location of our event if de-coded correctly.
We look forward to sharing our Scratch games with others next week!
Today was a very proud day in our class for pupils and Miss Hardie as the first printed edition of our newspaper Mearns Monthly Mail was delivered!
We went round the school to sell copies of the newspaper to other year groups and we have been delighted with the response we have had.
Now onto the February edition!
Today we began a new topic in our writing – characterisation. Now we have developed our descriptive language through setting the scene, we are confident in moving forward to create our very own characters.
First we analysed excerpts from famous texts including Harry Potter and Treasure Island. We were able to identify the character’s appearance, personality and special skills successfully.
We then moved on to using our character prompt pictures to create our own profiles. We discussed the importance of using VCOP to add detail and clarity to our writing. We look forward to more characterisation in the coming weeks.
Today it was Safer Internet day 2022 and in Primary 6 we spent time exploring the importance of maintaining safe and respectful relationships online.
First, we discussed various scenarios that could occur online and how different people would feel in these situations. We highlighted that it is important to always consider how others feel before we send a message. Then, we created an ‘alternative solution’ as to how the conversation online could have been resolved by using a kind and respectful response approach.
Afterwards, we were given the task of designing our own game that was specifically focused on forming and sustaining respectful relationships online.
We pitched our ideas to the rest of the class and even created our own logo, tag line, game background and plan for different levels.
A very successful day of discussions and pitching!
