This week we had several visitors stop by P6B. Primary 3B and Mrs Grieve visited our class so that we could compare jotters and give each other constructive feedback. Then on Friday the Dog Trust delivered a presentation to the class about how to look after a dog. It was really interesting because a lot of us either own dogs or would like one in the future.

On Wednesday we visited Eastwood High School where the Sports Leaders and the P.E. teachers divided us into groups and then we took part in football drills. We are all looking forward to going back across next week.

In our literacy and language lesson, Miss Crooks started teaching us the difference between fact and opinion. First, we read two articles and highlighted the facts and opinions in different colours. We then had to group statements into facts and opinions. Finally, we shared our answers which led to some interesting discussions.

In Science, Miss Crooks introduced us to the different bones and organs in the body. This was great because we were able to show off our French vocabulary that we had been taught by Mr Atkinson in the previous week.

In French, we used our body vocabulary and previous knowledge of colours to create profiles describing our appearances.

In Maths, Mr Atkinson worked with Emmy Noether to further develop their understanding of decimals. First, we learned strategies of how to multiply figures with three decimal places by one digit. Miss Crooks has started to teach converting 12 and 24 times to Albert Einstein. Isaac Newton have been continuing to learn the process of adding two digit numbers together by using the vertical lay out.

We only have two more Scotland/Brazil lessons left with Mr Atkinson so we have started to prepare for our new topic, Fairtrade. This week Miss Crooks asked us to think about what are our ‘needs’ and ‘wants’. Afterwards, we then separated our ideas into two categories which we discussed as a class.

Mr Atkinson’s Comment

Miss Crooks will be joining us for ten weeks and will be delivering whole class lessons as well as group lessons. Miss Crooks has requested for pupils to bring in empty chocolate wrappers to help make a Fairtrade display. Well done to everyone for bringing in your P.E. kit for going across to Eastwood High School – let’s keep this up! Our school trip to Dynamic Earth has also been confirmed. I am looking forward to meeting parents and guardians at the upcoming Parents Night.