Month: June 2023

Mr Atkinson’s comment:

It has been a brilliant final two weeks of term! Primary 5 pupils eagerly participated in the Pop UK project and the primary 6 pupils had a great time at the P1 Teddy Bear Picnic with their buddies. Some of the class also got to enjoy going on the winning house trip and most children have had the opportunity to meet their new teachers!

I will be sending home some jotters, folders and worksheets which can be kept and the remaining work will be given to your child’s new teacher as part of our transition process.

I would like to express my thanks to all the parents and guardians of P5/6 for your support this year. I also very much appreciate the kind messages I have received. It has been a great year and I am very proud of what the pupils have accomplished, some of which have been shared in these blogs.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and enjoyable summer holidays!

Literacy and English

Sara – For our final writing lesson we created acrostic summer themed poems using alliteration, metaphors, similes and rhyming.

Chloe – We also wrote letters to our new teachers about our interests, hobbies, likes, dislikes and what we are most looking forward to next year. Mr Atkinson is going to give these to the teachers for them to read.

Numeracy and Maths

Maya and John – The primary 6 pupils has been learning how to convert fractions into decimals and decimals into fractions. We have also been dividing numbers with decimals by 10 and 100.

Kyler – My group has been learning how to use calendars and timetables which will help us in real life. We have also been revising how to record the times of analogue and digital clocks in the word format.

Health and Wellbeing

Mehr – We had the opportunity to teach our friends the games/sports we had created instructions for in one of our previous writing lessons. We all had so much fun taking part!

IDL – Natural Disasters

Alfie – We have been learning about hurricanes and tornadoes which inspired us to create our very own by using a selection of colours to emphasise the detail, different lines and shading.

Sophie – In the final week of term we built volcanoes in groups. First we had to make a papier mâché mixture. We then placed this around plastic bottles, waited for them to dry and then painted them. The next day we took them outside and tried exploding them with Coke and Mentos!

Outdoor Learning

Aarohi – Our efforts with growing plants, fruits and vegetables in the courtyard and helping to maintain the Pocket Garden in this heat as well as learning about nature resulted in us achieving our John Muir award!

Clyde in the Classroom

Ruairidh – The song and lyrics we created for our Clyde in the Classroom competition entry was showcased in their end of project newsletter!

Mr Atkinson’s comment:

This week the primary 5 pupils were very excited to meet their future P1 buddies and give them the letters they wrote! The P6 children enjoyed listening to the author, Martin Stewart. Next week is going to be packed with some fantastic events including the Celebration of Achievement and Pop UK which you will hopefully hear about at home. Despite the heat the class has done a fantastic job with watering the courtyard plants and pocket garden. Also thank you for all the birthday messages!

Literacy and English

Eva – We wrote outdoor themed poems using alliteration, senses and we were challenged to write them from the perspective of the animal, object or thing.

John – During our comprehension lesson we used our skimming and scanning skills to find information to help us find evidence in the text to answer questions.

Numeracy and Maths

Heena – The primary 6 children have been adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals and using this knowledge to solve word problems.

Ruairidh – The primary 5 pupils have been learning how to record time in both the 12 and 24 hours format and calculate durations.

Health and Wellbeing

Harley – On Thursday we took part in relay races with Miss Daly’s class and in teams we ran around the school.

Maya – We have been learning how to improve our long jump and triple jump technique during our P.E. session on Monday.

IDL – Natural Disasters

Chloe – This week Mr Atkinson gave us the scenario of responding to a natural disaster of our choice. We worked in groups to form an emergency relief team and then we were tasked to create an early warning system by using the Microbits. Some of us included sounds, animations and the shake function to detect motion. We also used Tinkercad to design natural disaster-proof buildings and created presentations on what to do if our natural disaster occurred. We then presented to Mr Atkinson our emergency relief plan.

Outdoor Learning & John Muir 

Emma – We searched the woodland area in the school to find an item to sketch and to base our poems on. We then drew the object by using our knowledge of shading and different types of lines.

Mr Atkinson’s comment:

The class has had a fantastic time celebrating Sports Week and enjoyed participating in a range of activities including: gymnastics, karate, tennis, basketball, listening to a Judo talk and fitness drills. We finished the week with a fabulous Sports Day and it was also great to see some of you there! Below are some of the highlights from the week.