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Health and Wellbeing

Primary 6 Try Bowling

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On Wednesday, Primary 6 were lucky to have coaches come to visit from Arthurlie Bowling Club. The coaches taught us how to roll a bowling ball considering the weight of the ball and the bias. It was very difficult at first as the balls were very light, but with plenty of practice our confidence grew!

 

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Jamie showing us how to position ourselves

We moved on to target practice where we were given points depending on which hole our ball fell into.

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This was tricky but we managed to get some points by the end of the session

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We would like to thank Arthurlie Bowling Club very much for giving us the opportunity to try out this sport.

Literacy across learning

Learning and Teaching Assembly

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On Friday 17th Febuary, our class and primary 5 led a learning and teaching assembly on expressive arts. We learned how to work with another class and improve our confidence in speaking to an audience.

At the begining of the assembly we spoke about our art lessons; in particular our lesson on Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Primary 5 talked about their mandalas and landscapes.

We then Moved on to drama where Ewan, Joseph, Ryan, Harley and Cameron performed their Thesues & The Minotaur story. They had lots of expression in their performance.

We then spoke about what we had learned in music and clapped out some of the rhythms we had learned. We then sang a song called “The Sands o’ the Shore’ and we really enjoyed it.

Finally we spoke about some dance that we had taken part in at school and out of school. Lucy and Jessica performed a highland dance to start with. Then Primary 5 children performed the Gay Gordons dance. Jessica, Emma, Paige and Jamie then performed a short Just Dance routine to let our audience know what the Dance-a-thon day might be like.

Everyone enjoyed watching our assembly about what we had be doing in expressive arts and we enjoyed performing to such a great audience!

Social Subjects

Victorian Classroom Visit

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On Tuesday 24th January, Primary 6a and Primary 6b visited Scotland Street School Museum. We visited a Victorian classroom because we are learning about the Victorians in Social Studies.

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There was a Victorian teacher that gave us a lesson doing our times tables and teaching us to spell and write. He was very strict and quite scary!dscf2487

Elise reciting spelling words

We wrote on a blackboard slate with a piece of chalk then we wrote on a piece of paper using a pen with a nib and an inkwell, it was fun! The Victorian classroom was very dull, with no colours and no windows to look out of.dscf2469

We really enjoyed the Victorian classroom but we definitely prefer our own colourful and active classroom!

Literacy across learning

Literacy Circles Get Graphic!

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In class we have been learning about Greek myths and legends in our literacy circles. We learned about Theseus and the Minotaur, Odysseus and the Cyclops, Perseus and Medusa, Medusa and Athena and Daedalus and Icarus.

We got into groups and chose our favourite Greek myths. We then read the text again and tried to simplify it for a younger audience. For our writing lesson, we planned our story using the mountain climber template and then put our story into a graphic novel. We made sure to include a beast, a villain, a destination a hero and Gods. Our graphic novels told the story of our chosen myth by mostly using our drawings and only small bits of text.

Our groups were:

Theseus and the Minotaur- Joseph, Ryan, Harley and Ewan

Daedalus and Icarus- Jessica, Emma, Elise

Perseus and Medusa- Paige, Charlie, Amber and Jeanie

Medusa and Athena- Jamie, Sophie, Beth and Chloe

Odysseus and the Cyclops- Jordan, James, Cameron and Fraser.

Once we had finished our graphic novels we went on to tell our stories to Primary 2. We changed some of the words to make them easier for P2 to understand and acted out some of the scenes. We have really enjoyed the experience. d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6

Science

Introduction to The Solar System

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In Primary 6, we have been learning about the solar system. Even though we were introduced to the topic last week, we have already learned so many interesting facts. For example:

  • There were originally 9 planets, however in 2006 Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet.
  • Mars is also known as the Red Planet. Scientists found frozen water on Mars and realised that perhaps there could be life on it. They have sent robots onto Mars to discover if there really is life on Mars! Mars also has a huge volcano that is twice the size of Mount Everest.
  • There are two categories of planets: Terrestrial Planets (have rocky surfaces) and Gas Giants (massive and made up of gas).
  • Jupiter’s mass is greater than all of the planets in the solar system put together, it has a raging storm called the Great Red Spot.
  • Venus’ surface is covered in lots of volcanoes and lava, it has no water because it is too hot.

We have done a read to learn passage about the solar system where we highlighted key information and identified the main idea.  Jeanie P6b

We also made notes using a mind map whilst watching videos on tigtag about the Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants. Jamie P6b

We are really enjoying learning about the solar system. We are looking forward to telling you more about it in the future.

Social Subjects

Scottish Parliament Visit

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Debating Chamber

On Wednesday 2nd November, the Primary 6 classes visited the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh. We went on a tour around the building and visited the Debating Chamber.  We stood in the same spot as Nicola Sturgeon, we saw the lights and cameras and loved the design inside the chamber. We spent time learning about the history of the Scottish Parliament and got to dress up and use props.  James even caught a glimpse of the First Minister herself! After we went on the tour, we received a special visit from the Presiding Officer, Ken Macintosh. We were very lucky to get to ask him some questions about his job.

Ken Macintosh

 

Social Subjects

Introducing the Scottish Parliament

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Primary 6b have been learning about the Scottish Parliament this week.  We went on the internet using our school laptops and visited the Scottish Parliament website. We used the website to find out information on the Scottish Parliament and how it works, by taking notes in our jotters.  We learnt many interesting facts about the Scottish Parliament, for example; there is an election every five years and golf and football were banned by the Scottish Government in 1471, in favour of archery.

This week we have also written a letter to our constituency MSP, Tom Arthur. We hope that he is able to come and visit our school and tell us more about the life of a MSP.

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Bienvenue!

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Our first two weeks in Primary 6 have been great. We have introduced a class novel called “Why the Whales Came” by Michael Morpurgo. We are particularly interested in finding more about the character ‘Birdman.’ We have also learned about the Isles of Scilly and managed to point them out on a map. We have been learning some new French phrases and revisiting French clothing and numbers. We are really enjoying it so far. Some of our class have learned to find the perimeter of a shape, some have learned to tell the time and others have learned more about division. Each morning, we have been reading “Billionaire Boy” by David Walliams, it is really funny. Thank you for reading our class blog, where we will keep you updated on our class work.

Au Revoir,

P6b