On Wednesday we joined with the rest of the school in a commemoration assembly for Queen Elizabeth who sadly passed away last Thursday.
We then went outside and spent some time learning about scale and created some scale pictures of the Queen having studied a profile picture of her from a stamp. I am sure you will agree we made a tremendous job using sticks, stones and cones to create these.
In the afternoon we enjoyed some jam sandwiches, shortbread and a wee chat about our experiences of the royal family before starting on some grid art and pop art pictures of Queen Elizabeth.
Writing
We worked in groups to investigate how to enhance descriptions in our writing. We used pictures to stimulate discussion and created some fantastic pieces of writing as a result. The buzz in the class as we worked together was immense.
Star writers from last week were proud to receive their certificates and we heard one of them read out her story to us too.
PE
Outside for PE this week we started sharing some of the games we have been creating in our groups. We worked on stamina and accuracy this week and really enjoyed teaching and learning from each other.
This week has flown in! Here are some of the things we have been up to this week
Maths games
Learning is always so much more fun when we do it with others and play games as we go. Mrs Kelly introduced us to Tarsia cards and we also used some challenge cards and played hit the button to improve our speed and accuracy with multiplication tables.
Group reading
After reading the first few chapters of our class novel Holes, we worked together to analyse the setting, the characters and some of the techniques the author used to engage us in the story.
Announcement of prefects
Miss Hunter came round our classes this week and announced the prefects. She said it was a really tough decision as there had been so many worthwhile candidates. Fortunately there are lots of other leadership roles available in Primary 7 and lots we can create for ourselves too, so those who didn’t make it as prefects have plenty of other things to aim for!
Congratulations to our new prefects pictured below.
Another fabulous week in primary seven has flown past!
Here we are enjoying some outdoor time learning to follow instructions and create pictures marking different types of angles with different natural materials.
Here is a photo of our star writers for the week.
We did well completing homework this week and we have discussed how to make it even better, neater and more meaningful next week too.
Well what a fabulous first full week back we have had!
We started our week enjoying some fun lessons focussing on children’s rights and creating our class charter, then Mrs Short worked with us on the topic of growth mindsets.
On Wednesday we were really fortunate to have a visit from the author, , who encouraged us to draw some of the characters from her books. Later in the day we learned about how to punctuate dialogue correctly and created som short pieces of writing using this skill.
Thursday was a bright and sunny day for most of the time, so after some digital learning in the morning, we headed outside for some orienteering and maths work before beginning to make some wind chimes while focusing on developing our teamwork and creativity skills.
Closely linked to our current Mearns Masters pathway, Primary 6.21 have enjoyed learning about the environment and delivering a solo talk on an area of their interest. Some of the topics were habitat loss, rising water levels, fossil fuels, wild fires and the power of plants.
Each solo talk focused on developing solutions to current world issues and how they feel we could improve or overcome these issues.
Mairead Mackechnie, Education officer from Scottish Parliament, visited Primary 6 and helped develop their knowledge and understanding of politics in Scotland.
Primary 6 enjoyed learning about the importance of the voting process and why it is important to have your say in how the country is run.
Primary 6.21 have enjoyed learning some new vocabulary in French and being able to introduce themselves and describe their appearance .
They have continued to develop their confidence when translating and have also been working on their pronunciation when sharing their learning with their peers.
P6 have also enjoyed playing French splat. They have continued to challenge themselves and are able to use the sound buttons to record the phrases they are working on and improve their pronunciation.
As part of the Gastronomers Mearns Masters pathway Primary 6.21 developed their skills, knowledge and understanding of food preparation and cooking, Over the course of the 6 week block they worked on gaining confidence when working with knives and working with heat.
The theme of the pathway was Mexican cuisine. The children created a variety of different meals such such fajitas, tacos and guacamole.
Click the thinglink or scan the QR below to watch the recipes come to life!
Primary 6.21 enjoyed reading the nowhere emporium. They have developed their understanding of the characters, setting and story by discussing, sharing and evaluating the novel. They were also tasked with creating their own literal, informative and evaluative questions for a partner to answer.
They decided to create an interactive book review sharing their knowledge and opinion of the novel. Can you scan the QR codes to find out more about the novel.
This week the class were tasked with creating Quorn tacos and an avocado and tomato salad. This focus of the week was to create further independence in the kitchen by following the recipe given when collecting their ingredients and starting the cooking process. This provided the class with the opportunity to select the appropriate amount of ingredients and prepare each ingredient according to the recipe and apply the skills they have been developing over the course of the pathway.
The class are now preparing for their Mexican Fiesta Showcase!
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