Hey everyone,

As well as being busy learning  this week, we had a great opportunity to ride some bikes on Tuesday. We overcame lots of obstacles, quite literally! Some of us are looking forward to biking and walking into school next week too as part of the ‘Big Walk and Wheel’ week.

It’s all gone so quickly! The children have had a blast and todays activities have been blessed with some great weather!

Weather has cleared up! Children are getting stuck into the second day of activities!Today we have raft building, canoeing, hill walking and some more groups on boat rides.

A short hour and a half journey and we’re at Lochgoilhead. Got settled in and the first activities out the way albeit very wet. Little ramble, some speed boating, Jacob’s ladder and a hike!

P7.1 were having a great time at PE today. Super confident moves!

These are some of the things P7.1 have been learning with Miss Griffith over the last few weeks.

Talking and Listening – Debate

The children took part in a debate, where we discussed the topic ‘children should strike for climate change’.

P7.1 used the ‘Lincoln Douglas’ debate format where we all had assigned roles. We spent time researching our roles, researching our positions, and practising debate skills with persuasive language.

In French, we have been learning to use every day language and have been researching Francophone cultures. Just before Christmas we took part in a French Christmas Market, where everyone spent time creating products to ‘sell’ and learning how to use the target conversational language about shopping. The class was turned into a Christmas market for the afternoon, where we put our skills to the test!

Recently in RME, we have been focusing on the religious or non-religious views of influential figures. Last week we studied Martin Luther King Jr and thought critically about how his actions may have influenced the actions of others and the Civil Rights movement.

Primary seven have been really busy on the run up for Christmas, but have also been finding time to have lots of fun!
On Monday we had a lovely time helping primary one with their STEM challenge; building a sleigh for Father Christmas. We have also had a great time at our Christmas party yesterday, playing lots of different games and busting out some great dancing moves.

We wish you all a very Merry Chirstmas,

From Mr Cummins, Miss Griffith and primary seven.

We’ve had a bit of a design focus in Primary 7 lately. We have been looking at Anderson Shelters in our WW2 topic, and took our interest in this outside. We created our own shelters, big enough for 6 people, and compared them to real Anderson Shelters. We have also started designing and making Anderson Shelter models, using a range of materials.
Our Friday challenge last week was also design related! We built bags out of newspaper that were strong enough to hold a can of of soup. It would’ve been easier, if there wasn’t a twist involved…

Primary Seven had a fantastic time at Glasgow Science Centre today! We explored many different experiments and demonstrations, looking at physics, biology and chemistry topics.

We were very lucky to be invited in today a Body Works Talk, with a really engaging host. We learnt all about the different vitals of the body, and explored the different systems in the body, including the digestive system!

In RME with Miss Griffith, Primary 7/1 have been discussing inspirational people and their values. We’ve considered who we find inspirational and why, and how their values align with ours. In groups, we discussed which values were most important to us and how we all have different beliefs. We then started looking at religious figures and how they might inspire people.

In Science this week, we have been learning about energy transfers. Our task was to come up with an experiment that demonstrated any type of energy transfer. We all chose to do something different and this led to great discussions. Soon we’ll have the opportunity to repeat the experiments that weren’t successful.