{"id":794,"date":"2023-03-25T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp56202223\/?p=794"},"modified":"2023-03-26T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T11:10:38","slug":"primary-5-6-week-beginning-20-03-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp56202223\/2023\/03\/25\/primary-5-6-week-beginning-20-03-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 5\/6: Week Beginning 20\/03\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Atkinson\u2019s comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pupils thoroughly enjoyed participating in the K’Nex Challenge which required them to build bridges of a certain length. A winning design was then selected and the students went on to compete against the other class winners across primary 6 by building a crane. Well done to everyone for some excellent and interesting models!<\/p>\n

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Literacy and English<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Isla –\u00a0<\/strong>Our comprehension this week focused on exploring story plots and how characters interact.<\/p>\n

Lewis – <\/strong>In Writing we wrote our final section of our “out of this world” story which focused on explaining how the issue from last week in our story was resolved. We were also encouraged to include important information such as how our characters felt about the situation being fixed. We were also reminded to include similes, metaphors, descriptive vocabulary and punctuate our sentences.<\/p>\n

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Numeracy and Maths<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ruairidh \u2013 <\/strong>My group has been learning the names of the different types of angles, what they look like and how to describe the features of an acute, obtuse, right and reflex angle.<\/p>\n

Sophia –\u00a0<\/strong>The P6 have been revising how to divide 2 and 3 digit numbers involving remainders.<\/p>\n

Heena \u2013 <\/strong>Miss Hutchison gave us a problem solving task which challenged us to calculate answers to questions to find out a bank pin number.<\/p>\n

Health and Wellbeing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Retal \u2013<\/strong> In Netball we were developing our knowledge and skills of blocking, marking and intercepting.<\/p>\n

Maya \u2013<\/strong> On Monday we worked in groups to research different types of dances from other countries and cultures. We then took part in our own version of Strictly Come Dancing and performed the dances to the class!<\/p>\n

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Spanish<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Sara \u2013<\/strong> Miss Hutchison taught us how to say different family members names in Spanish!<\/p>\n

Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alfie \u2013<\/strong> This we we started coding and programming the micro:bits which are like tiny computers. We learned how to change the light display, design short animations and even created our very own thermometers!<\/p>\n

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Mr Atkinson\u2019s comment: The pupils thoroughly enjoyed participating in the K’Nex Challenge which required them to build bridges of a certain length. A winning design was then selected and the students went on to compete against the other class winners across primary 6 by building a crane. Well done to everyone for some excellent and … <\/p>\n

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