Author: Mrs Macintyre

Recently in primary 6 we have been studying microorganisms as part of our focus in science and health and wellbeing. In addition to learning about the various roles played by microorganisms, on Friday we carried out an experiment which proved that they are alive!

To plastic bottles we added warm water, yeast (the microorganism), and sugar. We mixed the components together and then topped the bottle with an empty balloon. After a while, some of the ballons started to fill with (a tiny amount of) air, which was produced by the yeast feeding on the sugar.  This production of gas indicates that the microorganisms are a living organism.

A huge well done to Mr Alex Duff who won two silver medals at his Boys Brigade Athletics event at the weekend. He secured second place in the 200m sprint and long jump, competing against all other Boy Brigade groups in Scotland. Well done Alex! 

Hi all,

Please find attached a letter about our upcoming trip to Scotland Street Museum for an authentic Victorian classroom experience! Please return the slip by Friday 18th and indicate if you would be available to help out on the day.

P6 Scotland Street Museum Jan 2019

Please find this weeks homework listed below:

Spelling –

Monday and Tuesday – Words x 4

Wednesday and Thursday – Your choice of active spelling strategy.

Literacy –

All reading groups – All of ‘First News’.

Please create two questions about the text. Remember our focus is fact and opinion, so if you want to link your questions to this theme then please feel free!

Maths –

This week you will find your maths homework in the homework section on ‘Education City’. Please complete the three activities allocated to your group. If you have any issues with digital technology, please let me know! The mental maths grid will now be issued every second week.

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a restful and festive break and are excited to to return to term 3 for another exciting session of learning!

Please see homework for this week detailed below.

Spelling – Learners have selected their own ten spelling words by way of revision. Please complete the same activities for these words.

Monday and Tuesday – Words x 4

Wednesday and Thursday – Your choice of active spelling strategy

Mental Maths – Please complete the mental maths grid as normal

Reading homework will be issued as normal from next week.

Also, for those who returned their letter to attend Scripture Union Club, please note that this starts tomorrow at lunch time.

Welcome to the final week of 2018! Primary 6 have worked so hard in these last few weeks and are very deserving on this approaching break! Please see some notes for the week ahead…

• There will be no homework this week!
• The Parent Council are hosting a movie evening on Tuesday 18th. Please put a note in the diary or contact the office if you would like to secure some tickets.
• The p6 party is set to take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 19th. Please come into school that day wearing your party clothes.
• School will finish at 2.30pm on Friday 21st and will re-open on Monday 7th January.

I hope that you all have a restful, enjoyable and festive Christmas Break!

Recently, as part of looking at sustainability within our Barralay topic, we have been learning about the ever increasing levels of plastic on our earth, and some of the negative effects this is having.

We used group discussion and the iPads to research ways to be more sustainable, especially in relation to reducing plastic. Some suggestions included giving up plastic straws, taking a reusable bag to the shops with us, drinking from a reusable water bottle, and avoiding snacks which are packaged in excessive plastic packaging.

We discovered that very little plastic is actually recycled, so we decided to up-cycle some of our old plastic that we’d found around the house. From this, we were able to make a whole host of new and useful things, such as pencil cases and pencil holders, piggy banks, reusable plastic mugs, decorative plant pots, decorative accessories, and even fun and simple catching and throwing games!

Please find this weeks homework listed below:

Spelling –

Monday and Tuesday – Words x 4

Wednesday and Thursday – Your choice of active spelling strategy.

Literacy –

Rowlings – Up to page 35 of ‘Wonder’

Walliams – Up to page 100 of ‘The Nine Lives of Montezuma’

Dahls – Up to page 89 of ‘The Wreck of the Zanzibar’.

Please create two questions about the text.

Maths –

Please complete 4 different dates per night on your December calendar maths sheet (16 questions in total by Thursday). No need to do these in order, just choose the questions you most like the look of!

Please find this weeks homework listed below:

Spelling –

Monday and Tuesday – Words x 4

Wednesday and Thursday – Your choice of active spelling strategy.

Literacy –

Rowlings and Walliams – Up to page 59 of ‘The Nine Lives of Montezuma’

Dahls – Up to page 40 of ‘The Wreck of the Zanzibar’.

Please create two questions about the text.

Maths –

Mental Maths Grid.

Other News- 

Our Pupil Council are collecting donations all week to pass on to our local food bank. Suggestions of some possible donations include jam and other preserves, UHT milk, any toiletries, any tinned food, tea or coffee. Thank you!

On Thursday we were lucky to take part in a workshop focusing on ‘Tomorrow’s Older People’.

We discussed what an ‘older’ person looks like, what they might do, who they have around them and what different emotions and experiences they might have.

Following this discussion, we had the opportunity to create our own caring homes for these people. Using the materials that we had collected, and materials provided by the workshop organisers (thanks Claire, Maria and Paulina!) we created our own model homes, including different caring features, such as a place to grow food and garden, a games and cinema room, and even a zone for animals!