Welcome to Primary 6/2!

We have had a busy  but exciting start to the new term. The pupils took ownership over their new classroom and  decided the different areas they wanted.

Have a look at some of the areas we have set up and the fantastic work the pupils have produced already!

Literacy Area

The pupils can explore different aspects of literacy through active resources, games and  challenges.

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Maths Area

The pupils can consolidate their learning using a variety of resources and activities  and  challenge themselves with puzzles and problems available to them on the learning wall.

Tuff Tray

The tuff tray is changed regularly depending on the topic, theme or curricular area being explored by the class. This week it allows the pupils to explore fractions using a variety of resources and challenges.

Class Charter

The class decided on emotions as the topic for our class charter. Each pupil created their own emoji and choose the rights we will focus on in our classroom this term.

Calm Corner

Meet our class worry monster! If anyone has a worry they can tell the worry monster and the problem can be shared and hopefully solved! The calm corner has lots of strategies and resources for the pupils to use if they feel a variety of emotions.

P6 are beginning to make their own solar system. They will use paper mache to create the spheres before leaving them to dry. In addition, we will use them to look at the enormous size of the solar system.

Tune in next week to see them being painted.

Science – Our Air

As part of our preparation for our visit to the Science Centre on the 14th of June we have been learning about ‘Our Air’. We explored the human body’s defence mechanism for protecting the nose from small particles of matter in the air around us (for example sand, dust). We used our sticky ping pong bats to represent mucus in our noses and the tissue paper as particles in our air, we caught the air particles from going into our lungs (the floor) by catching them with our bats (mucus).

Enterprise

For our Enterprise project we created a product that was locally sourced. We did this as we have been learning about air pollution and understand the importance of buying produced that haven’t had to travel from a far away country. In groups we thought about the product we could make, then we researched the ingrediencies needed and made sure we could buy them within the UK.  We then created a product name, picture and UPS (unique selling point). Finally, in our groups we presented our product in front of the class, we created a mini advert and  received feedback about our product. We loved this project so much!

Music

Mrs Carey came to visit us and we got to work in a groups to compose a four beat rhythm pattern, using the beats ta, tete, tiri tiri / tiri te / te tiri. We used claves to create out beat, other groups then had to guess which beats we had used. We were super good at this!

Morning with the Pandas 

We joined the online call ‘An Adventure with Pandas’. It was so fun we got to answer questions in Mandarin, see videos of Panda and learn more about the giant pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, who were returning back to China.

Music

Mrs Carey came to visit us and we got to work in a groups to compose a four beat rhythm pattern, using the beats ta, tete, tiri tiri / tiri te / te tiri.

Talent Show 

We won 10 stars in the Jar by working as a team and working hard in class! We then got to vote what we wanted our class reward to be! We voted for a class talent show! We got time to present our talents and celebrate each others amazing confidence! Well done to everyone!!

Talking and Listening

For talking and listening we worked in groups to create a voice over for a movie trailer. We watched the trailer without any music and had to think about the plot, characters and setting. We created scripts that told a story and encourage people to watch the movie, it was tricky to make sure what we said matched with what was on the screen! We got really creative and some of us used our instruments to add tension! We had great fun doing this and we loved listening to our peers ideas.

Our Class Trip to the Co-Op

Today my class visited the CO-OP for Fairtrade information since we have been learning about it. We walked out of school then crossed the street to get there. When we got there a man called Lee told us about Fairtrade products and how they were the first to make Fairtrade products and how every purchase helps people using Fairtrade. He set us a task to search for four different Fairtrade products and one had to be non drinkable and non edible. After that he told us CO-OP premium gives Fairtrade 2P of every pound we spend at the CO-OP . Finally we lined up to either get an apple, banana or a tangerine and took a picture with a BIG Fairtrade banana! Then we walked back to school while eating our juicy, squishy and Fairtrade piece of fruit. We really enjoyed being at the CO-OP and we want to have another trip there.

By Brayden Miller

World Book Day 

During world book day this year we took part in a scavenger hunt where we had to answer questions about different books then find the answers. There were lots of questions around the hall. We also got to read a book that we brought from home or one of our favourites from the library  in darkness using torches to read.  This was super cosy and we found that the darkest place was under the table!

Planters

This month we visited primary 2.1, we planted bulbs in pots so we can plant next term when it is a bit warmer. We are sharing our planter with primary 2 and thought we could help them when with planting. Primary 2 were amazing they knew exactly how to plant the bulbs and they even showed us around their  classroom. We have been taking care of these in class and a couple of our bulbs have sprouted.

Bike Ability Practice

The Primary 7’s helped us play games using our bikes and scooters! Look at us go!

Watch out everyone else! P5 have begun training for the Cross Arthurlie sports day! Cue “Eye of the tiger!” And a montage!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory🍫

Our topic this term has been Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  We read about the five golden ticket winners and then created character wheels about them. We also acted like the winning and we got interviewed by the rest of the class. We create a new idea for a Wonka sweet and heard from Mr Willy Wonka himself encouraging us to make a unique invention. Once we came up with our idea we brought them to life through our writing creating the sweet itself and the invention room. Finally designed our door leading to our room. We also turned our classroom door into a Wonka bar! We finished our topic by watching a bit of the 1971 and 2005 movie, we reviewed the difference between the book and movies. ⭐️

We all have had so much fun during this topic❤️

Watch the video of us hearing from Mr Wonka:

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Silhouettes🖥

In ICT we made our silhouettes on the computer.    It was hard but it was worth it in end because they look amazing! We had to  take a picture of each others side profiles, then we had to make sure we were stood in front of a white background. We uploaded the pictures from the iPads onto a compute and copied them onto a PowerPoint. After that we changed the format and removed background and then changed the brightness. We were then left with wonderful silhouettes. Can  you guess who is who❓

Mandarin 🇨🇳

In mandarin we have been learning numbers to 🔟 and we are all getting very good at them. We have been practising saying them out loud and we got a chance to write them✍️ . We have been learning about the spring festival and all the wonderful traditions that take place during this time. Finally we learnt how to say different colours. This is our last week of Mandarin but we will continue to practice what we know in class.

P.E🤸‍♀️

In PE we were doing gymnastics. We learned how to do different rolls, handstands and cart wheels. We made sure we were using the equipment safely. We also learned to play Jedi dodgeball.  We have to use tactics, strategies and lots of team work in this game, we are getting better at it. P.E has been so fun 🎾. I (Evie) have been in charge of taking photos during PE and I have captured some great ones, check them out!

Outdoor Learning🌲

We went outdoors and wrote a poem about all the things we saw, we had to use a number – verb -alliteration and noun format every line. We typed this up and saved it on our google classrooms. If you want I’m sure your child would be happy to show you what they came up with.💻 We also created our own maths games outside and had a chance to teach other groups what we came up with.

Class News 🧾

This month we have had lots of presentations and show and tells. We have loved learning more about our class mates and proud of the confidence they have shown. 😊

Signing out Evie and Lucy!!

We have ben learning how to code using different software. We then transferred our code onto a piece of hardware called a microbit which has LEDs to show the code.

First we started with a flashing heart, then our names and now more challenging code like a dice and the rock, paper, scissors game.

We know how important coding is for things in our everyday life and maybe some of us will need to use it in our jobs in the future.

We have been learning about rhythm and pitch during our music lessons with Mrs Carey. We were tapping out rhythms using the drumsticks and showed excellent teamwork to keep in time with others.