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W/e 16.11.18

This week we were privileged to be visited by Mark and Mrs Larkin from SCIAF. They taught the children all about SCIAF’s work in Cambodia and the children were able to compare and and contrast their life with the children there by creating a comic strip of their daily routine.

Congratulations to our children who were selected for the badminton team. Following their successful cluster win, they competed against several school from ERC. Well done to all involved!

On Friday, P6a turned into working elves to prepare their enterprise for the Christmas fete. Please consider buying one of our wonderful decorations for £1 on the 30th November.

 

W/E 9.11.18

This week we used Bonfire night as inspiration for our writing. We wrote acrostic poems using GUNPOWDER PLOT to begin each line. We also learned about the history behind the celebration.

As fireworks  play a large part of this, we created our own scratch art using oil pastels and paint to produce our interpretation of a fireworks display.

In science we began our genetics block and looked at inherited traits Vs learned behaviour.

The children were fascinated to find out who could roll their tongue, who had a straight pinky or who had a longer second toe. they compared these traits and discussed if their parents also had these traits. They then learned the reason for this was due to dominant or recessive genes.

Armed with this information, the children worked in groups to create posters comparing examples of what they thought were inherited traits compared to non-inherited traits.

Primary 6’s STEM challenge this week was to work cooperatively to achieve a goal using sticks, cups and cubes. The winning group were able to create a tower 45cm tall, balancing on a 1cm cube!  Many of the groups succeeded by using talking and listening skills and working together as a team.

Mrs Nelson.

Inventions showcase

Thank you to all the parents who attended the inventions showcase and to those who assisted the children in their task. The whole school visited our showcase and were blown away by the creativity, effort and standard of work that had gone into the task.

The purpose of this task was to promote thinking skills, improve creativity and problem solving skills and to incorporate STEM into homework along with it’s presence in the classroom.

 

Spooky goings on in Primary 6

This morning we invited P6b in to hear some spooky stories. We turned the lights out, sat around our cauldron and created a fantastic atmosphere!! Ask us about those Sticky notes …………………………..

Primary 6a and 6b joined together for some spooky stories this morning

 

Term 1 part 2

Welcome to term 1 part 2.

PE days will continue to be a Wednesday and Thursday although children are also outside daily so should bring a waterproof jacket with them at all times.

We picked our pumpkins ready for use in class- more  information will follow shortly.

We will continue with Street Child as a class novel and The Victorians as a topic.

We have began our Italian lessons and were luckily enough to be visited by some high school pupils to help.

 Liam shared some research and facts he had discoved on Jurassic food chains.

End of term 1

We have been learning to use algorithms and used them to create a sandwich for an alien!

We have also enjoyed some active maths games when revising our tables.

Pupils continued to share their science presentations with the other pupils.

In science we learned about food chains and food webs and created our own posters to showcase our learning.

Maths in context- The playground project

Primary 6 pupils developed their skills through collating all the survey results gathered during the pupil voice outdoor learning lessons.

They had to decide which of the 4 operations to use and when. They then decided as a group how to display their results. They investigated reasons that may have skewed the results and then they created a presentation that they professionally delivered to SLT. Their work is displayed in the schools STEAM room and can be viewed by all visitors, staff and pupils.

  

W/E 28th September ’18

What another exciting week here in P6a!

We are continuing to work on our mental maths and the children are offered challenges that they can accept to stretch their abilities.

The children created Venn diagrams based upon Victorian and modern day toys as part of our data handling topic.

They joined together with P6b and  applied their math skills in a contextualized situation when learning about Victorian food and its availability and the varied diets of each class. They measured weight, time and temperature  to cook a delicious apple cake using apples that were grown in the school garden. They discussed sustainability and the importance of eating healthily along with hygienic practices such as washing their hands and washing the produce.

We were delighted that we received a delivery of back copies of First News. The articles were all relevant and child friendly and Hannah even found an article based on the athlete that she had researched when she learned about The European Games in Primary 5!

  

 

Primary 6a were learning about colour blending and they applied this knowledge to the tree silhouette that they had painted last week. the results are outstanding and the chalk  looks  vibrant against the black paint.

Could those children who have not yet brought in an old top to use as an art shirt please do so asap.

Finally, Prrimary 6a created their own Victorian Thaumatropes!

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Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty.