The children are having a fabulous time at Mearns Primary participating in their STEM fayre.
They have met a real life space scientist and had an opportunity to share ideas with other schools  and participate in a variety of workshops.
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Articulate
Pupils have now written,edited and redrafted their critical analysis of their chosen piece of art. They have began their class presentations which they will all present over the next few weeks.
Outdoor learning
P6a took full advantage of the beautiful, fresh, but cold weather to take their art lesson outdoors.
We have been learning to work with clay over the last few weeks so the children had to source natural materials to add to their clay to create a face. As it was so cold, snowy and icy they had to use their skills of observation to find and source effective materials.
They loved this task and we will repeat it later on in the year so that they can compare and contrast the experience in different environmental conditions.
W/c 26.11.18
Hello it’s Elise and I am here to talk to you about this week. We were visited by an Italian teacher up in St. Luke’s . She was teaching us about animals and how to say their names in Italian !.Then we all played a couple of games on an app called Linguascope. I really really enjoyed it .
 
 
In Science the children used their maths skills to work together to decide how they were going to carry out a survey on an inherited characteristic, conducted and recorded the survey and then collated the results. They then used ICT to create a variety of graphs of these results.
 
  
The elves were busy again making Christmas crafts, biscuits and decorating the classroom for the |Christmas fete.
A fantastic time was had by all!
Next week PE days will be on a Monday and Thursday.
Committees will take place on Wednesday. All pupils in the Outdoor learning committee should ensure they have waterproof clothes with them on that day!
Mrs Nelson.
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.
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!
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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!
Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty.
W/E 20th September 2018
For maths week we received a visit from a nurse who explained how she used maths in context in her real life job and how important this was to her patients and her multidisciplinary team.
The children had learned to create a SWAY presentation or a powerpoint based upon their science topic of the power and uses of water.
They began to share them with the class this week and will continue to do so over the next few weeks until all children have presented their work.
Primary 6a began to read “Street child” by Berlie Doherty as their class novel. This is related to their Victorians topic. In literacy we have been looking at adjectives as part of our grammar lessons and characterization as a reading skill. The children worked co-operatively to create character descriptions of some of the characters we have been introduced to so far in the novel.
Well done to Artur who created an amazing Victorian factory at home from recycled material. He kindly brought this in to share with the class.
w/e 7th September 2018
This week the children have been focusing on their mental maths skills each day along with their planned lessons. They have been learning to decompose a number or round it up or down to help them add mentally.
In science they finished their water topic by researching water and its uses. They used ICT to create a sway or powerpoint that they will share and present to the class over the next few weeks.
They continued learning about the lives of Victorian children and were learning all about Victorian food. They made gruel and porridge and compared the taste of the two!
P6a Science part 2
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Following on from the previous lesson, P6a investigated how to separate water from other components in a mixture. They collected some muddy water and some dirty water and used a variety of filtration devices to identify which was the most effective at purifying the water.
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P6a
Welcome back to St Marks after a wonderful, sunny summer!
Primary 6a have gotten off to a fantastic start with this terms learning.
They have been learning about mixtures and water and exploring the use of a variety of separation techniques during science.
They have picked up where they left off, in Primary 5 with their ukulele lessons.
They have began their social studies topic which this term will have a historical focus, learning all about The Victorians. They will be reading an associated novel during literacy lessons, which will be allocated shortly. During literacy this term we will also be reading the LW3 books and deepening our knowledge of common grammar rules.
We also loved budding up with Primary 2 and helping them to read stories and we created questions to challenge them.
Keep checking our blog for regular updates on learning experience throughout the year.
Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty.
  
