The purple reading group have been reading about Germany and the Germans.

The sun is back!

The orange group have been practising their division.

On Wednesday it was Burns Day! We researched information about Robert Burns and created a PowerPoint.  We also translated one of Burns’ poems from Scots into English.  Then we danced to Auld Lang Syne.  Ella also showed the class her highland dancing!

In maths the White Group have been learning about data analysis and have been creating various graphs this week.

Miss Amigo came in to help us with our Spanish, we were learning how to greet each other and how to name different parts of the face and body.

In maths the Pink Group have been working on their algebra.

Today, we spoke more about our Global Goals and the problem plastic causes when it is washed into the Oceans.

In maths the yellow group have been practising subtraction sums.

In P.E with Miss Black we have been doing movement sequences.

We wrote a persuasive text trying to persuade other to stop using non-renewable energy sources and use renewable energy sources instead!

We wrote a persuasive argument of our own choice. We tried to use a variety of techniques including repetition, emotive language, exaggeration, rhetorical question and group of three.  The class came up with lots of interesting topics.

We started our focus groups. There are 6 Focus Groups in the school.  Eco, Charities, Right Respecting Local, Rights Respecting Global, Media and World of Work.

In maths, the white group have been learning about misleading data.

In maths, the pink group have finished algebra and have started learning about percentages, decimals and fractions.

In maths, the orange group have been practicing their division.

In maths, the yellow group have been practicing their subtraction.

In language we were learning about personification and had to give objects a human characteristic.

House points have been given out this week, there are four houses in the school. Fleming, Slessor, Livingstone, Stevenson.

Mrs. Amigo came in to do Spanish with us. She taught us greetings, parts of the body and numbers to ten.  She also showed us some Spanish traditions.

Mrs. Watson has been teaching us about tech tonic plates.

At assembly, the P7 classes presented Mrs. Kirkwood with a cheque for £1081.77 to Erskine Charity.

In maths the white group finished off their topic on data analysis and started on a topic on adding and subtracting.

In maths the pink group have been adding and subtracting with decimals.

In maths, the orange group have also started addition and subtraction.

In maths, the yellow group have been learning about weight.

In grammar and punctuation some groups have been learning about colons and semi-colons.

All the groups have new reading books, we are reading fiction books.

In Spanish, Mrs. Amigo has been teaching us the days of the week.

Mrs. Ahmed showed us how to make ovens using pizza boxes and foil.

On Wednesday we went to Whitelee Windfarm. We went on a bus trip around the windfarm to see some of the turbines.  We also carried out an experiment where we built our own mini-turbine.

On Tuesday we went to the library.

Our music teacher, Mr. Crocket, brought in his trombone to play.

In art we created landscapes of Scotland using oil pastels.

We started a new topic – Scottish Wars of Independence.

James, Hannah, Eilidh, Mahek, Molly in P5A represented the school at the local cross country competition at Rouken Glen Park.

We started our new health topic – drugs.

In maths the pink group have been continuing their work on decimals.

The white group have been continuing their work on addition and subtraction.

The orange group have also been continuing their work on addition and subtraction.

The yellow group have been reading scales and measuring weights.

On Thursday it was World Book Day – We did some activities about our favourite stories.

In language, the purple group started a new book called Farm Boy. The blue group are reading Clockwork.  The red group are reading Mr. Majeika and the green group are reading The Emperor’s Underwear.

We created posters about the different types of renewable energy.

In P.E we played a new game called boccia. It was very fun. To play boccia, each team has either red or blue boccia balls and you have to throw or roll these balls into a hula hoop or you can use a white boccia ball instead of a hula hoop.

We have a new pupil in our class called Scott!

It was our first week back and we had to do check-ups, oh boy!

In art, we created figures using pictures of ourselves and drawings which we will put on the class door.

We have been getting back into story writing. We discussed different descriptive techniques; adjectives, adverbs, alliteration, simile and onomatopoeia.  We worked in groups to write a definition for each and then to create a sentence using the technique.  We used these techniques today to create a Christmas Elf.

We discussed Gender Equality this morning as part of our Global Goals. We carried out a survey to see the gender representation of various roles in our local community.

This week we started getting ready for our Christmas show.

James:  I enjoyed practising songs for the show next week.

Isa:  In Maths I have learnt about rounding to the nearest 10.

Ruby: orange group have been doing division in maths.

Tiya: white group have been doing time in maths.

Mahek: we did tracing art to display at the school reception.

We are very excited to have moved into our new classroom this week!

James:

-We have been learning about global goals today.  I designed a poster promoting life under the sea.  We are also learning about equivalent fractions in Maths and have started learning songs for our Christmas Show.

Mark:

-In Maths the white group have started learning about TIME and what it means.  We’ve also been learning about renewable and non-renewable energy.

Caitlin:

-In Maths the pink group are learning about simplifying fractions and equivalent fractions.

Olivia S:

-In Maths the white group have learnt about angles and time.

Misbah:

In PE we have learnt how to play 5 Bat Cricket.

Adam:

We are learning songs for the Christmas show.  My favourite song is Jingle Bell Rock!

Amara: My global goal was about protecting Life Below Water.

Molly:  The choir went to a concert on Thursday at Isobel Mair.  There were lots of stalls and donkeys there.

Mahek:

In PE, we were doing Active Rest, spotty dogs, squats and jump squats.

The pink maths group have been working on simplifying fractions this week.

The white group have been learning about angles and their names.

The orange group have been learning how to multiply two digit numbers by 2, 3, 4 and 5.

The yellow group have been learning about measuring in cm using a ruler.

In our reading groups we have been learning about vanishing habitats and species (purple group), Australia (blue group), reptiles (red group) and tadpoles and frogs (green group).

We created a persuasive letter in writing and learnt about different techniques such as; groups of three, rhetorical questions, exaggeration, emotive language and repetition.

In art we created repeated pictures in the style of screen printing using tracing paper.

In P.E we did dab tag and worked on our football skills.

We have started learning about renewable and non-renewable energy and the importance of plants.

The orange group have been learning about probability. We have been answering questions, saying how possible something is of happening.

The white group have been learning about area and perimeter. We have looked at the area of rectangles, squares, right angled triangles and compound shapes.

The pink group have been continuing our learning on data analysis. This week we studied pie charts and created our own graphs.

The yellow group have been learning about 3D shapes.

We went on our school trip to see the Tall Ship at the Transport Museum.  We discussed the Titanic and what we had been learning about.  We then got to be archaeologists and dig up Titanic artefacts and discussed who would have owned them and what they were used for.  Some pupils took part in a scavenger hunt in the museum and on the ship.

We were talking about The Global Goals today. We learnt that in some places in the world affected by war and conflict, children have to leave their homes.  We packed a suitcase with the items we would take from home if we had to leave for a very long journey.

This week, we have each given a solo talk about the Titanic. The presentations have been very interesting.