We have been improving our imaginative writing skills this term. In particular we challenged ourselves to use more ambitious and descriptive vocabulary to set the scene and also to describe our characters. We also used the five points of characterisation to help us to invent more believable characters. We wrote three pieces of imaginative writing- The Lighthouse, The House in the Woods and The Blitz.
Homefront Histories
Primary 7 had a fabulous day when Mr Bowen from Homefront Histories visited us. He brought lots of original artefacts from WW2 and turned the two classrooms into a museum. We moved around the different stations in our groups and found out some extremely interesting information about the war. We also have some wonderful photographs of us working in our groups and wearing some of the army uniforms. In the afternoon we went outside to use the manual air raid siren and we sang some WW2 songs. It was an amazing day!
Literacy Across Learning.
We have been working on note-making skills and then using our notes to create new discursive and persuasive texts. We have found the topics really interesting and had some excellent discussions and debates in class.
During Big Writing lessons we spend time on VCOP (V- Vocabulary, C- Connctives, O-Openers and P- Punctuation .) We can then use some of the ideas to improve our writing. We have also managed to find some fabulous WOW words to incorporate into our own writing.
The literacy skills that we learn are applied across different curricular areas.
Safety in the Park
Primary 7A and B had a fantastic afternoon at Arthurlie House at the very start of term when we took part in the Safety in the Park experiential Learning Event. We moved around the various stations in our groups and took part in workshops where we had discussions about things that we can do to help us keep ourselves safe.
The Five Pillars of Islam
Primary 7 have been learning about the Five Pillars of Islam. These pillars ensure that a Muslim’s faith provides a framework for their everyday life. We worked in groups to research and present the relevant information for each pillar. We learned so much from Mr Abdul Aziz who visited us and talked about his faith.
Numeracy and Mathematics
From 11th -17th September the Scottish Government launched a National Maths Week. Our school got involved and all of the children took part in special maths activities. We taught the children in Pr1B games to help them to have fun while using their number skills.
Primary 7 Assembly
On Friday 6h October 2017 both Primary 7 classes shared their learning journey so far this term. We worked in groups to decide what information we wanted to share with the rest of the school and then wrote our script together.
Kirstie spoke about some of the responsibilities that we have as Primary 7 pupils. Jamie and Ross reported about our experiences at the Safety in the Park experiential learning afternoon and Thomas talked about the skills that we have covered during art lessons. Olivia shared some of the Big Writing strategies that we use to help us to improve our writing and Aiden and Adrian shared their thoughts on our class novel ‘Wonder’ by RJ Palacio.
Kenzie and Emily told the rest of the school about Mr Aziz from Glasgow Central Mosque who spoke to us about what being a Muslim means to him.
Lewis and Connor spoke about the skills that we have been learning through playing Possession Games and Lily , Gary and George talked about National Maths Week and how we use Sumdog to improve the speed and accuracy of our numeracy skills.
Mia and Paige were happy to tell everyone what a wonderful day we had when the Singing Children of Africa visited our school and performed for us.
We all enjoyed singing ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ and Mrs Esplin and Miss Graham were very proud of us all.
Debate at East Renfrewshire Council Offices
Today PR7A and Pr7B were invited to take part in the Provost’s Debate at East Renfrewshire Council Chambers. The motion being debated was-
This house believes that People Over 60 Should Continue to Receive Their Free Bus Entitlement.
In our class Olivia proposed the motion with Paige, Aiden and Lewis along with some children in Pr7B forming the remainder of her team.
Lily was second to oppose the motion and she had Emily and Kirstie along with some children from Pr7B in her team.
We had a fantastic morning and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being allowed to have our debate in the Council Chambers.
Both teams made some extremely relevant, interesting points during what turned into a very lively debate. At the end of the debate the motion was carried by 23 votes to 9.
Primary 7 would like to say thankyou very much to Provost Jim Fletcher for ensuring that they had such a memorable experience.
Bottles
As a follow-up to our still life drawing lesson we applied the technique of drawing elipses but this time used charcoal and chalk to show tone in our bottles.
Glass Bottles
In art we have been working on the technique of drawing elipses to draw a glass bottle. The finished glass bottles look absolutely fantastic.
