P6a Blog Week Beginning 21/02/22

‘Welcome back to another week’s blog, this week is a special week, it’s mother tongue week.’ Emilia

‘On Monday, every class got a language that they learnt about and celebrated.  We got Scottish Gaelic, I enjoyed learning about this.  We had a special visitor who came in Mr McColgan-Smith (a parent) he taught us some Gaelic words and also a song about porridge!’ James

‘We made a video of us singing the song, it will feature in this week’s assembly.’ Lauren

‘In maths we were learning about coordinates. We had to think of 2 points on the grid, we then plotted them trying to find the stars, I really enjoyed it.’ Lexi

‘In health and wellbeing we started learning about Fairtrade, we were learning about different Fairtrade foods.’ Cara

‘In writing we had a debate about many things such as, if homework is important and if children should wear school uniforms, we also spoke about if we thought aliens were real.’ Eleanor

‘On Thursday it snowed, luckily the school let us play outside and they held a snowman competition, me and some other girls made a snowman with 3 teeth, a giant chin and a snowball in his hand.  Bella’s jokes were snow bad.’ Molly

‘In music this week we were using the glockenspiel, to play different rhythms, I really enjoyed this. ‘Jess

‘In drama Mrs Hutchison told people to come to the front and they had to move around the room randomly.  She would then tell us to freeze and you had to say what it looked like you were doing in your frozen position.’ Harry

‘First of all, my jokes aren’t bad, my jokes are snow cool.  Our snowman was called Jim.’ Bella

‘In gymnastics we were doing the vault, and I found it really fun.’ Sophia

This week in PE we were practicing for our routine which we will be making next week.  We learned to do paired balances, for example one of them was front support.’ Luca Fr

‘I enjoyed gymnastics today, me and Beth had fun doing our balances.’ Lauren

‘This week we have been busy, on Friday we were doing gymnastics (rolls, jumps, travelling and balances).  I am excited to make our routine next week.’ Tia

‘I hope you enjoyed our week as much as we did.’ Lauren

 

 

 

 

Week beginning 14/02/22

‘Welcome back to our blog, read on and see what we got up to!’ Cara

PE

‘On Monday we had different stations in PE, each station had a separate task to complete, there was a rest station, skipping, mountain climbing, burpees and lunges.’ Ayyan

‘Today we were doing gymnastics in PE, we were learning to do inversions such as handstands, shoulder stands and headstands.’ Bella

‘In PE we also learnt how to do a frog stand, it was very hard but I managed it in the end.’  Euan

Drama

‘During drama this week we were focusing on improvisation.  We all got into partners, someone was the surgeon and someone was the patient.  We had to improvise a scene showing their conversation.  We also watched videos of comedians improvising.  I really enjoyed this.’ Molly

‘Bella and I went together, I was the patient and she was the doctor, I found it really fun.’ Eleanor

‘During drama this week Beth and I performed our scene in front of the class and I think they enjoyed it, because it was really funny’  Lauren

Literacy

‘In writing we had to decide if we thought Sea World should be shut down or not.  I sadly found out if an orcas fin is down they are sick, lonely or depressed’ Lexi

‘At first I was against it shutting down, but after reading the facts it convinced me to choose for.’ Harry

Outdoor Learning

‘This week we started planning our John Muir application, we researched questions on Chromebooks about his life.  It was interesting.’ James

Topic

‘In topic we were making food webs, I found it hard because I didn’t know what animals were the predators and what animals were the prey.’ Sophia

Playground Leadership

‘In playground leadership we were creating games and then playing them with the rest of the class. ‘ Hollie

‘This week was the last week of playground leadership with Tony, 3 tables got to show their game.  Next week the other 3 will show their game.  I enjoyed this a lot.’ Luca Fr

Maths

‘During maths my group were learning how to divide and multiply lengths, prices and amounts.  It was challenging at the beginning but I got the hang of it.’ Molly

‘Sadly, on Thursday it was Skye’s last day at Crookfur.  We will miss her very much.’ Lexi

‘I hope you have enjoyed our weekly roundup.’ Lauren

CHEERIO!!!

 

 

 

 

 

The first 2 weeks of February in P6a!

‘Hello, welcome to our blog. We have been up to many different activities recently. Read on to find out more!’ Isla

(We are having technical difficulties with our iPod this week, so no photos unfortunately!)

Drama

‘Recently in drama, we were making phone calls with a friend. We had to write a script and some people shared these with the class.’ Jessica

‘I created a scene with  Ayyan and James about Boris Johnson! I enjoyed this a lot!’ Harry

‘I created a phone call scene myself about a plumber, we were learning to project our voice.’ Hamiz

Writing

‘In writing this week, we were finishing of our creative stories about a character we created.’ Sophia

‘We also had to describe a setting and character.’ Ben

‘My story was about a griffin who had to save the trees and was reincarnated as a human!’ Bella

‘I finished my story about a £5 that was stolen and her name was Penny.’ Molly

P.E.

‘Today we were practicing our gymnastics skills. We had to present to the judges, travel across the mat, finish with a roll and then present again.’ Lexi

‘We were also learning about balances, such as a bridge and I enjoyed it.’ Evan

‘Other balances we learned were front support, 3point balances and shoulder stands.’ Lauren

 

Maths

‘In Maths, we were learning about length. We were trying to figure out how to convert different units of measurement. For example, mm, cm, m and km.’ Ayyan

‘We also were converting measurement and answering word problems.’ James

HWB

‘This week in Health and Wellbeing we were discussing where foods come from and we could either pick abroad or Scotland.’ Cara

Modern Languages

‘Last week was Modern Languages week and we were trying to talk in different languages.’ Hollie

‘The theme on the recognition board was to say words in other languages.’ Luca Fr

‘My name went on the board because I learned how to say ‘good morning’ and ‘thank you’ in Japanese.’ Nathan

Topic

‘I enjoyed learning more about our Blue Planet topic as I liked learning about different types of fish and overfishing.’ Hashim

‘In Topic we learned about different food webs and how if 1 of the species became extinct, it would result in other types of fish becoming extinct or being overpopulated.’ Ayyan

Music 

‘In Music we were learning how to add and subtract  musical notes with Mrs Hutchison.’ Euan

Playground Leadership

‘Last week, Tony form Active Schools came in and we taught each other different kinds of games to play.’ Tia

 

‘Thank you for tuning into our blog. See you next week. Bye!’ Dylan