We drew ellipses to help us to form our bottles. It was quite tricky but we were delighted with the finished work.
Mandarin
We have been learning Mandarin based on our previous lessons
Our main focus has been Mandarin characters we have been able to create our own Mandarin characters for example fire + mountain = volcano
and one person + another one = following. We recently went down to P2 and P4 and showed our presentations about mandarin.
I enjoyed one symbol + another symbol = another symbol
Ryan
I enjoyed showing off our mandarin skills to P2 and P4
Codi
There once was a皇帝 go-wan who lived near the大山Dàshān near 山shān the was a 森林Sēnlín and in森林Sēnlín there was a熊貓Xióngmāo the had a best-friend his friend was a 人Rén their favourite food is白饭 mi
and Zhú竹.One night when the 亮Yuèliàng was shining really bright the皇帝 go-wan got lost in the森林 Sēnlín
BY Codi, EmmaB, Olivia, Sophie
One day I went to a big大Dà zoo. In the zoo I saw an animal. It was big (da) and it was white白色Báisè and 黑色Hēisè 。 I asked my沉默Chénmò.What is that? My Chénmò said it was a panda( Shumao). It was eating竹
竹Zhú.It began to climb up a 绿色的树Lǜsè de shù .
by Julia, Racheal, Amy, EmmaF,Breanne
We utilised our ICT skills to create animations based on our short stories.
We will be able to use these skills in the future to help us communicate with Chinese people and in some jobs being bilingual is an asset.
William Morris String Prints
This week we created a string print tile based on our William Morris artwork.
We used paper, cardboard and string.
To create the tiles we had to first simplify our design. Next we drew our simple design onto the cardboard
We measured around our design using the string and then stuck it down using PVA glue.
We needed to take our time during this process and concentrate fully on the task.
We then created prints using our tiles and selected complimentary colours.
Click on the video link below
William Morris Artwork
We have been learning about the Victorian designer William Morris. Our Learning Intention was to replicate the style of William Morris.
We looked at examples of William Morris’ wallpaper and identified the key features
The key features are:
- Nature focus e.g. birds and flowers
- Natural and muted colours
- Simple but ornate design
- Create a sense of movement
We decided to go outside and take photographs of nature which we then used to help us create effective designs.
We worked in team to take striking photographs of nature.
I enjoyed taking photographs outside
Julia
I like our photo because the flower is about to blossom and there are raindrops on the leaves
Emma F
We all discovered that we enjoy being outside and exploring nature.
We are going to create a printing tile to allow us to create our wallpaper.
Victorian Population Study & Graph
Copy of Breanne Scatter Graph Blackpool
This week in ICT Primary 6 researched the rise of the population within Blackpool during the Victorian period. The rise of the population was due to the invention of the steam train and the construction of railway lines and other transport methods such as the tram.
We decided to display our information using a line graph. We learned how to utilise Microsoft Excel to display the data. Our graph shows that improvements to the railway and other amenities resulted in a substantial rise in the population of Blackpool.
I enjoyed creating the graph because I am more confident in using Excel and I liked making it colourful Breanne
I was successful at creating my graph because I included a title and labelled my x and y axis. Olivia
We plan to carry out a survey about transport in the modern day and compare with transport utilised in the Victorian period. This will develop our understanding of data handling and the past.
Diary of a Victorian Child
In Primary 6 we are learning how to write a diary recount. We watched a variety of videos about Victorian children and the difficult jobs they had to do. We took notes to help us support and structure our writing.
In order to create a successful recount we had to write using:
- First person
- Past tense
- Include self reflections
- Write in character
- Use the correct format
- Proper sentences
We also enhanced our writing by using Victorian vocabulary for example:
Pea soupers- fog
Daddles- hands
Door knockers- beard
Collie shangles- quarrel/fight
Chukkaboo- friends
My recount was successful because I used first person, past tense and imagery to describe what my character was feeling.
Adam
My recount was successful because I got into character and included feeling sentences
Emma B
I was successful because I now know what it would be like to be a Victorian child.
Codi Leigh
We will use these writing techniques to enhance our writing.
This research and writing process made us realise how different life was for children during the Victorian period and makes us realize how lucky we are. We are very happy that laws were put in place to improve everyones life and health and wellbeing ( we wouldn’t be writing a recount if we were in Victorian times instead we would be in the mines , factories or the workhouse.)
October 24th 1865
Dear Diary
I live in a small flat in Glasgow. I live with my family. I have nine brothers and five sisters. My name is Tobi, I am 10 years old and we are very poor. I have to work to help my family.
My job is working in the coal mines and it is a very hard job. Everyday I wake up 3 o clock in the morning and walk to work which starts at 4 o’clock. I get paid only 5 shillings a day which isn’t a lot. My master’s name is John Stevens and he is a horrible bully. I am a putter which means you have to push heavy trucks of coal in the mines. It is very hard working in the mines. once I feel asleep in the mines and got caught by the master. I did not mean to but because it was so dark it just happened. The master whipped me until I bled. Another time I ate my lunch in the mines and again I got caught. This time I got whipped even more. My lunch was only a slice of bread. I hate my master. He has a huge door knocker which is as dark as demons.
Being a putter is such a hard job for a nine year old like me. I am sad and angry and I get scared in the mines being all alone I want a better education and that’s were school comes in handy. I am getting more lonely and depressed. Now when I get up for work my back feels like it is going to break and I need something to help me get up in the morning. I have scratches all over my body and I feel like I am dying. My mum died two days ago and I am distraught about the death. My brothers and sisters tried to help her but it was too late she was only 39 years old when she died. I want to be free of this pain.
Yours faithfully
Tobi
By Lewis
Life of a Victorian Child
Primary 6 have been learning about life in the Victorian period. We have been researching about what life was like for Victorian children. Poor children were not allowed to go to school instead they had to work in a variety of jobs. One of the jobs poor children had to do was sweep the chimneys. Often orphans had to do this job because they were sold to chimney sweeps. They were able to do this job because they were small and thin and could climb up the chimneys.
We imagined how the children must feel doing such a difficult job and agreed that it must have been a very hard and lonely life.
Using our art skills we created pictures to reflect the emotions felt by a lonely chimney sweep. We used shape analysis to create effective silhouettes and then drew them onto a background we had painted using watercolours. We chose to do a night sky to show how lonely and hard the job must be.
I chose to use pastels to create the silhouette of the chimney sweep on top of the watercolour background. I drew only one chimney sweep to show how lonely he is.
Olivia
We all successfully created art which reflects the feelings of a Victorian working child.
We are going to use our research to create a diary and a poem about Victorian life.
Click on the link below to watch us create our pictures
Tartan Day-29th January 2016
Tomorrow our school will be celebrating Robert Burns day by hosting a Tartan Day and a Celebrating Scotland Assembly.
We have been learning My Hoggie by Robert Burns and also a Scottish song called Sands O’ the Shore.
We all had to learn two stanzas each, Scots language and how to perform using expression. We have been learning how to perform the poem using rhythm also.
Starry Starry Night
In Primary 6 we have been analysing the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. In particular we have focused on his famous painting Starry Starry night.
We were challenged to use similar techniques used by the artist. We used a variety of media to create our own version of the famous painting.
We used curved lines for the wind, short straight lines for the sky and hatching for the buildings and the foreground.
I enjoyed using different brush strokes to create my painting
Ryan
I enjoyed using curved lines to represent the wind blowing
Sophie
Primary 6a Christmas Carols
As part of our music and enterprise project P6 have been learning to perform a number of Christmas Carols. We chose to perform We Three Kings, Silent Night & Winter Wonderland. First we had to learn the words to the songs and to perform them practising the correct pitch. We decided to sing the beginning of Silent Night in Polish and Julia taught us the words . We also chose to sing We Three Kings a cappella style which means without music.
We developed our singing skills, our expressive art skills and ICT skills to produce CDs to sell at the Christmas Fayre. We are hoping to raise as much money as possible for the school. Each CD costs only £2.50 and will ensure that everyone has a lovely festive period.
Please come along to the Christmas Fayre on Saturday the 5th of December to purchase our fantastic festive CD. If you can’t come you can purchase one from the school.
Have a listen to one our tracks.
I felt that I improved my singing skills and enjoyed singing together. Emma B
I feel more confident about how to utilise ICT to create a CD cover
Codi-leigh
