Tag Archives: Primary 6

Fishy update

The children continue to monitor, record and care for the hatchery daily. All of our eggs have now developed into Alvins and the children are enjoying watching them grow.

They have created posters and fact files illustrating the importance of The River Clyde in the past and present. This is because the burn that we hope to release the fish into runs into The River Clyde.

P6a are also participating in Eco schools Scotland marine litter competition and have researched the effects of pollution on marine life and how it can end up in the sea from Barrhead.  They created powerpoints and AWAY’s that they will share with the school across the coming weeks to raise awareness of the problem.

Science center visit

Primary 6a loved their visit to The Science center this week. They had plenty of time to explore all three floors and each child enjoyed discovering and experimenting with all the different activities.

Of course the reason for our visit was to prepare P6a for the imminent arrival of their new babies!

The hatchery will be delivered to the school this coming week and  we shall receive the fish eggs the week after. The children were enthusiastic and attentive as they were taught how to use the equipment and how to care for the fish. Regular updates will follow and please join us at our coffee and chat to hear about our journey and learning related to Clyde in the Classroom.

Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty

Homework w/c 19th November

Children should complete Sumdog as their maths homework this week. This will provide challenge as the questions become harder as they move up the levels and get more correct.

ERC are running a Sumdog competition this week and it would be fantastic if some pupils could make it on to the leaderboard.

All pupils have logins and passwords that have been tested in school. If any child can’t remember their login details, they can copy these down and bring them home.

If any pupils are struggling to gain access to the online activities, then a chromebook will be available for them to complete their tasks at the supervised, free,  early bird club, open daily from 8am and in the family room at 3pm (a guardian should be present at this time).

Any pupils still struggling to gain access  can speak to Mrs Nelson or Mrs McBrearty to make arrangements for them.

Thank you.

S.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.

 

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.