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Hi We are P.7a and this is our first blog of the year.

 

Mrs Kerr arrived at the start of this week as our new teacher.    We have been talking about what type of learners we are and how we learn best.  There are three different types of learning styles and they are kinaesthic, visual and auditory.  We are now going to try to plan our learning now that we know how we learn best.

Yesterday we started Art work for Rememberance day and these are going to be displayed in Giffnock Library during the month of November.

Our topic is going to be World War 2 and we are going to design our own learning experiences based on how and what we want to learn.  “We are excited because we like to learn about History.”  Cate. 

“Learning about World War 2 will be interesting because it will be fun to learn new things.”  Ibrahim

 

Hope you will enjoy reading our Blog!

Av revior!

Today we had a visit from Dawn who works at SSPCA.  We found out that SSPCA will rescue every animal from domestic to exotic. They will also try to rehome animals.

Did you know it is against the law to be cruel to animals?

We pretended to be judges and guessed at what punishment should be given – banning the person from having animals, jail for 1 year or £40,000 fine.

How do you know when a pet needs rescued?

you will hear them bark, howl, scratch at walls or door, strong smell coming from the house.

Dawn told us the SSPCA will put cello tape on the door to see if someone is coming to the house. If the cello tape is not broken they will phone the police and ask for a warrant to rescue the animal.

Thank you Dawn for all the information today, we enjoyed playing snakes and ladders and remember to call 03000 999 999 if you see an animal needing help.

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities. All spelling groups should also complete sentences for words at least two nights of the week.

Maths – Mental Maths Grid.

For Thursday 24th

Reading

Rowlings – To the end of Eye of the Wolf.

Walliams –To the end of Journey to Jo’burg.

Dahls – To the end of Christophe’s Story.

Things to Remember!

Movie Night on Tuesday 22nd! Come and see either The Greatest Showman or Paddington 2!

School will be closed from Friday 25th until Tuesday 29th May.

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities. All spelling groups should also complete sentences for words at least two nights of the week.

Maths – Education City.

For Thursday 17th

Reading

Rowlings – To page 67 of Eye of the Wolf.

Walliams –To page 55 of Journey to Jo’burg.

Dahls – To page 52 of Christophe’s Story.

Bikeability

Bikeability is well underway with our first road session last week going very well! Can all pupils please keep up to date with their ‘Tales of the Road’ Bikeability booklet, this will help you become familiar with road signs, road etiquette and some of the manoeuvres. Please keep this book in your school bag as we will also be using it in class.

Our new enterprise topic is underway! We’ve sorted ourselves into our Entrepreneurial Groups and have started designing our group logo.

Watch this space for some enterprising new products coming to Braidbar soon!

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities. All spelling groups should also complete sentences for words at least two nights of the week.

Maths – Education City

For Thursday 26th

Reading

Rowlings – To page 51 of Project Nemesis.

Walliams –To page 42 of Dark Secrets.

Dahls – To page 32 of Raiders!

School Show!

School show rehearsals are well underway! Please make sure you are practising your songs from home. Below is a link to the music for our opening song, ‘The Greatest Show’ so that you can practise from home. Please let me know if you require another copy of any of the song lyrics.

 

 

As part of our Life on Barralay topic, p6a have been exploring ways to live more sustainably. After some fact finding on plastic, we decided to make a plastic pledge to say how we will cut down on our usage. It takes 500 to 1000 years for plastic waste away, and does lots of damage to the environment in that time! We’re hoping that our plastic pledge will help others think about how they use plastic and we’re excited to see that the government are thinking about this too.

 

We also thought about how to reuse our plastic. In a technologies lesson, we turned old plastic into new and useful designs. In the end, we had a huge range of new things, such as bird feeders, book marks, vases, pet toys, decorations, pencil holders, dog treat containers and even a watering can!

 Cate’s container for her puppy’s treats!

  Oliver’s new watering can/bottle. Watch out Nathan!

Muhammad Mu’aadh created a vase for his mum.

Zoe created this beatiful wishing well which she later filled with hand lotion.

Harris made these book marks using old toilet roll tubes – each different haired book mark represents one of his friends.

Libby made a toy for her lovely dogs, Loki and Missy, using an old sock (hope they don’t mind the smell!) and old recycled string.

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities. Bumblebees should also complete sentences for words on Monday and Tuesday.

Maths – Mental Maths grid on Monday and Wednesday.

For Thursday 26th

Reading

Rowlings – To the end of Twenty Seventeen.

Walliams – To the end of Lailas Lion (The remainig two stories).

Dahls – To the end of Children Behaving Badly.

Wednesday 25th

Remember! The School Photographer will be out at school all day on Wednesday. All classes will have their photograph taken, although there is no obligation to buy photographs.

Welcome back! Primary 6a hope that everyone had a lovely, restful two week break.

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities. Bumblebees should also complete sentences for words on Monday and Tuesday.

Maths – Education City. Please note that a mental maths grid will be circulated every two weeks and should be completed on a Monday and a Wednesday. This will be issued starting from next week.

For Thursday 19th

Reading

Rowlings – To page 57 of Twenty Seven.

Walliams – To page 51 of Lailas Lion (The first two stories).

Dahls – To page 29 of Children Behaving Badly.

For Friday 20th

Art – As part of our Barralay topic, we will be thinking about how to practice the Island ethos of reduce, reuse, recycle! In art, we are going to make something new and useful from something old! If all children could bring in something ‘old’ for Friday. Examples include old toilet roll tubes, glass jars, tins, etc. We will think about what we will make throuhgout the week to allow time for necessary materials to be gathered.

 

Today P6A and Mrs Macintyre  have been re-enacting Holi, a festival in India where Hindus throw coloured paint over each other in a joyful celebrattion to remember that good triumphs over villany. We did this because we have been learning about this festival and the story behind it in RME. We re-enacted this from using balloons with food couloring in the balloons. It was extremely joyful. We did this after lunch.

By Ibrahim and Zayaan, p6a

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