We have been very busy preparing for our assembly next week!
We hope to see mums, dads, brothers, sister grans, grandpas, aunties and uncles next Wednesday at 9:15 to find out all about our learning!
P6b Bakeoff
Today we baked Fairtrade muffins in class. In our groups we made hot chocolate muffins, chocolate chip muffins, Malteser muffins and button muffins.
We developed our communication and team work skills and our instruction following.
They tasted scrumptious!
Fairtrade Thursday
We are learning all about Fairtrade with P6a. Yesterday we walked to Morrisons to find Fairtrade products. Then we compared them with non Fairtrade products to find the difference in price. It was quite hard to do because there were not many Fairtrade products in Morrisons!
We found out that some Fairtrade products were more expensive than those that were not Fairtrade. Even although they are more expensive we know they are worth buying because they give farmers a fair amount of money for their work and they stop children working on farms or plantations.
Mosque Trip
Today Primary 6 visited Central Mosque because we have been learning all about it in RME.
Umair – ‘I learned that you always have to face Mecca when Muslims pray.’
Saman – ‘I learned that you always have to take your shoes off before you enter the prayer room because it keeps it clean.’
Alice – ‘I found it interesting that Muslims have to wash before you pray.’
Aidan – ‘I learned that there are different times that Muslims pray.’
Jack – ‘I learned that there is no reason for the designs inside the Mosque.’
Katherine – ‘I learned that men and women pray in different parts of the Mosque.’
Kieran – ‘I learned that Muslims don’t sit down the whole time they are praying.’
Science – Forces (Friction & Air Resistance)
Primary 6 were learning that gravity is the main force acting on any falling object and maintains a downward motion by making parachutes. The moving objects (parachutes) slow down because of friction/air resistance.
Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom!
As mentioned in a previous post and to celebrate the end of Chinese New Year we cooked a feast today!
On the menu today was sweet and sour stir fry Quorn ‘chicken’ with soy and ginger noodles and Chinese BBQ Quorn ‘chicken’ with egg-fried rice and vegetables. Of course there were prawn crackers to dip in too!
The aromas coming from our classroom were just delicious and we couldn’t wait to have a try before lunch!
Once we finished the sweet and sour dish it was time to cook the BBQ one with the next group. Take a look…
Here’s one of our finished dishes –
Living or Non-Living?
Over the past few weeks in Science we have been looking at the differences between living and non-living things.
Today, our success criteria was to sort living things into groups and explain our reasoning.
We made posters in groups to sort living things into: amphibians, fish, birds, mammals and reptiles. We then swapped our posters with another group to peer assess.
Reptiles
Alice – “Reptiles have 4 legs or no legs!”
Uzair – “They have scales not fur.”
Amphibians
Umair – “They lay eggs.”
Jack – “Smooth skin!”
Katherine – “They live on land and water.”
Fish
Luc – “Fish are cold-blooded creatures and have gills not lungs to breathe.”
Kieran – “Scales too!”
Isher – “They’re cold-blooded.”
Aidan – “They usually lay eggs but can have babies too.”
Mammals
Saman – “Dogs, cats and me – we’re mammals!”
Shazil – “Mammals feed their babies milk.”
Yasmin – “Mammals are warm-blooded and need air to breathe.”
Birds
Rayyan – “Birds can fly – I wish I could fly too.”
Zoha – “Birds have feather not fur.”
Rydha – “They have ear holes instead of ears to listen.”
We think we have learned lots already about living and non-living things – what do you think?!
Panda Update
Our clay pandas have now dried and we painted them after the February holiday. Tomorrow, during Golden Time, we will glaze them to give them a protective layer. We cannot wait to take them home to show our families!
Clay Pandas
Pandas are a deemed to be ‘national treasures’ in China so we decided to re-create these giant and lovable creatures using clay.
After we let them air-dry we will paint and glaze them before we take them home!
We’ll keep you posted with some pictures of the finished pandas…
1 2 3 Blow!
Have a closer look at our wonderful cherry blossom tree pictures. These were created through the technique of ‘blow painting’.
We used straws to blow the watery paint mixture around the paper which created very effective branches. Neon pink paint and tissue paper were then added to finish our designs.
