‘Welcome back to the P6a blog, this week we had lots of fun!’ Beth

‘Today was Earth Day, so the whole school (including teachers) came dressed in green or blue or something to do with animals/conservation.’ Bella

‘Earth Day was created in the 1960s when an oil spill happened in America and it pushed people to think more about the environment. They created a day to celebrate our world.’ Molly

‘In outdoor learning we used compasses to find North, South, East and West. Then blindfolded our partners, gave them directions. When we asked, where are you? They had to guess their location.’ Harry

‘We did this as it is part of our John Muir award, as we have to learn how to use a compass. I found this fun!’ Ayyan

‘In writing this week, we wrote a recount on our Easter Holidays. I wrote about going ice-skating with my friends.’ Lexi

‘I enjoyed reading Beth’s recount and giving her a Positive Point and a Helpful Hint.’ Jess

 

 

 

‘This week with Mrs Hutchison, we have changed from drama to art. We coloured a sheet with music notes, like colour by number, related to Easter.’ Eleanor

‘In music we also did vocal exercises.’ Euan

‘Today in class, we learned about block printing. The theme we are focusing on is Blue Planet. We had to create a line drawing with 2 different sea animals and repeat these. For my pattern I chose seals, jellyfish and pearls.’ Emilia

 

‘This week we found out that Crookfur won Beat the Street for the second time in a row!’ James

‘In topic, we were learning about the Mariana Trench. It was really interesting. We also made a mind map about it.’ Sophia

‘We learned about 1 of the only fish that we have discovered that lives there, the snailfish. I found it really surprising that a giant steel wrecking ball can’t handle the pressure of the Mariana Trench yet a small fish can!’ Ayyan

‘Today we were practising our tennis skills. In pairs, if you threw the tennis ball and hit it you got 1 point, if you got a throw, hit and catch it was 2 points. I enjoyed it.’ Hollie

 

‘In Maths, Mrs Hobson gave us a new Sumdog challenge in which we had to solve 50 questions on measurement. When we completed this, we got 50 coins!’ Ayyan

‘Thank you for coming to read today’s blog. Catch you later!’ Evan

 

‘Welcome to P6a’s blog!’ Isla

‘On Monday, we got to vote for which games we would like to play in P.E. as a treat before the Easter holidays. Some of these were number football and dodgeball.’ Euan

‘Today, we made chocolate nests for Easter, I really enjoyed this!’ Jess

‘We were split into 3 groups, 1 for chocolate nests, the other played Sumdog or made an Easter card. Then we swapped over. I really hope my chocolate nest is yummy!’ Molly

‘This week we were finishing our French profiles about ourselves and practised reading to each other. We also had to translate these back into English. I enjoyed this!’ Eleanor

‘In Outdoor Learning, we brought our chairs into the woodland area and chose a place to put them. Then we sketched scenery but imagining what it looked like 150 years ago.’ Tia

‘In Maths we were learning to estimate volume. First we estimated how much liquid was in a bottle then the answer was revealed. I found it fun to guess this.’ Ayyan

 

‘In Music with Mrs Hutchison, some people had to work out which musical note was which. Other people were learning about rhythms.’ Bella

‘Since it was the last week of term in drama, we chose a game to play. We played clap, clap, stamp, stamp, name.’ Harry

 

‘In Blue Planet this week, we were learning about the Bermuda Triangle. Christopher Columbus is reported to have seen stars and lights moving around in the sky in 1492. People then thought aliens may have something to do with ships and planes disappearing.’ James

‘My theory is that aliens have kidnapped people and taken them away.’ Harry

‘Scientific reasons suggest that hexagonal clouds control the weather and cause super waves that can be 45ft long!’ Bruce

 

‘In Literacy, some people were reading a fact or opinion text. After this, the questions asked us which statements were fact or opinion. I found this tricky but think I got most of them right.’ Ayyan

‘Hope you enjoyed our blog, see you after the Easter holidays!’ Leaah

 

‘Welcome to this week’s blog. We hope you enjoy reading about our week!’ Molly

‘In outdoor learning, we completed a scavenger hunt to find living things, I found lots of birds but couldn’t spot any clovers.’ Lauren

‘I found lots of ants but couldn’t see any dandelions.’ Tia

‘This week in drama with Mrs Hutchison, we were doing more improvisation. We were in small groups and had to either act like Jack (and persuade his friend about the beanstalk) or his friend. Another scene was acting as Jack and explaining to your mum what had just happened.’ Jess

‘I really enjoyed this because some of the groups that acted were really funny.’ Harry

‘Today with Mrs Hutchison, my art group, were drawing flowers that we saw and coloured them in to make them look realistic.’ Isla

‘This week, (after trials last week) some of us went to Rouken Glen Country park to compete in a race. I came 77th out of roughly 200 boys!’ James

‘For the girls’ race, I came 56th out of about 160! This was quite fun! The other girls did very well.’ Eleanor

‘This morning the JRSOs came in to tell us about Sustran’s walk and wheel. It’s a competition in which you compete against other schools and if you get more than 15% of your school walking each day for 2 weeks, you get a prize.’ Ayyan

‘On Thursday, we luckily did a little extra P.E. outside, as it was very good weather.’ Euan

‘This week in maths we did something  a bit different. We did a rotation which was 4 stations, each one had a different thing to do. There was mental maths strategies with Mrs Hobson, Sumdog, a maths calendar with a mix of questions and maths board games. This was fun!’ Eleanor

‘On Monday, we were working in our reciprocal reading groups and read a non-fiction text about turtles. Together we clarified tricky words form the text, created 3 questions and a short summary.’ Molly

‘In science, we were learning about plants and farming. We had to invent 3 farming machines that would help to grow crops and then we peer assessed these and some showed theirs to the class.’ Ayyan

‘One of my inventions was called Big Foot! It has wheels, a propeller and an umbrella to prevent rust. It can fly and plants cabbage seeds.’ Luca Fr

‘In P.E. today, we were learning more ball and racket skills. We played a warm up game called Bingo, which involved meeting a target. Once you’d done this you shouted out “BINGO!”  Bella

‘When we were doing tennis, I found it really hard and fun.  I was also picked by the audience to demonstrate.’ Soph

‘Thank you for reading this week’s blog. See you next week!’ Sam

 

 

 

 

‘Hi, welcome to this week’s blog starring P6a, this week was science week!’ Bruce

‘On Monday we were doing try outs for the Rouken Glen cross country competition.  This was tough but really fun.’ Euan

‘I was one of the people who got chosen for the team, James, Harry and Sam were also chosen.  I look forward to competing.’ Luca Fi

‘On Tuesday during outdoor learning we collected half a beaker full of soil in groups, then on Friday we completed an experiment.  We were trying to find out about the different layers of soil and finding out if they were good quality or not.  I enjoyed this!’ Molly

‘As part of science week we watched a live lesson about farming machinery with a focus on precise weeding.  We got to try this out ourselves with corn and peas.  We had the choice of different tools such as a spoon or tweezers, we had to pick as many peas as possible in 20 seconds.  This was really fun.’ Eleanor

‘I found this activity harder when we could only pick up one pea at a time, it also got harder when we introduced quality control.’ Molly

‘During maths with Mrs Lamont we made graphs about height and age, on my graph I found the taller the person the older they were.’ Euan

‘On Thursday some of us worked with Mrs Nasar, we read an instructions text on how to set a timer on a mobile phone.  I really liked this.’ Lexi

‘This week in music with Mrs Hutchison we were practicing how to draw a treble clef and also how to draw notes on the stave.  I really enjoyed this.’ Jess

‘Today in our lesson for our Blue Planet topic we will be having a picnic as it is unfortunately Miss Bruce’s last day with us.  We are happy she is going to teach her own class now!’ Ayyan

‘In PE we were starting a new topic, which was racket sports.  Today we focused on badminton which I really enjoyed.’ Luca Fi

‘Today we finished reading our class novel ‘Chill’, it was a scary book which kept us on the edge of our seats…the ending helped everything make sense.’ Lauren

‘We hope you have enjoyed our blog, see you again next week, bye!’ Dylan

 

‘Welcome to this week’s blog, we hope you enjoy finding out what we did this week.’ Euan

‘This week when we were doing outdoor learning we continued with the John Muir project.  Each table got a different area, we got gloves and bin bags to clear up our area. ‘Jess

‘My table got the teepee area, we managed to clear up a lot of the leaves. Hopefully now more grass can grow.’ Eleanor

‘In maths this week we played games on the Chromebooks which were about area and perimeter.  I learnt a lot.’ Harry

‘In maths we were doing a worksheet which was about the area of a triangle.  We realised the area of a triangle is half the area of a rectangle/square.’ Lexi

‘On Monday in PE we were doing fitness stations, which included planks, skipping, relay and rest stations.  I had fun.’ Lexi

‘During writing on Wednesday everyone got into partners and researched facts about animals.  We answered questions such as, where they live, who they live with, what they eat and what eats them.  We took notes on this and will be making a fact file next week.’ Molly

‘In topic we were finishing up our vision of enclosures for our sea animals.  We chose an animal and drew what we think might be suitable for them.  Luca and I chose a shark, we drew this on squared paper.’ Ayyan

‘On Thursday in drama we did something called ‘What’s on the TV’ Molly and I chose to act out Cbeebies. It was really fun.’ Bella

‘In PE today we were presenting our gymnastics routines with a partner in front of the class.  I enjoyed it.’ Leaah

‘I really enjoyed watching all of the routines, I thought they were really good.  My group won as well as 2 others!’ Cara

‘Today some children went with Mrs Hutchison to do art.  We made notan, which was like a mirrored image.  I enjoyed this.’ Isla

‘We hope you liked our blog, tune in next week for more.’ Hollie

 

 

 

 

 

‘Hello and welcome to another blog with P6a.  Read on and find out what we got up to.’  Bruce

‘This week we got accepted into the John Muir award, I am excited to take part in this.  We went outside and completed 1000 steps and also did some observations.’ James

‘In outdoor learning we looked for insects in their habitats, this is a picture of me and Lauren being explorers.’ Jess

‘On Thursday for World Book Day we completed a quiz guessing the names of characters, the name of books and authors.  We had a picnic, we enjoyed some crisps and chocolate.  We also got to see a live author talking, we then watched some Matilda.’ Bella

‘I enjoyed doing the quiz… I also won it! World Book Day was fun.’ Eleanor

‘This week in writing we had to persuade someone to buy an item or visit a place.  I got a restaurant deal, I found it very tricky.’ Harry

‘This week in PE we were practicing for our routine, which is next week.  We have to include starting positions, an inversion and travelling.  I really enjoyed it.’ Luca Fr

‘I enjoyed doing our Fairtrade lesson,  we learnt about how chocolate is made.  I learnt how important Fairtrade is.’ Hashim

‘In my opinion me and Beth’s poster is really awesome mostly because we created the coolest rap ever.’ Lauren

‘For health and wellbeing this week we continued to work on our Fairtrade posters.  Bruce and I made sure there were lots of pictures and subheadings, our theme was blue and green because that is the colours of the Fairtrade logo.’ Ayyan

‘Today we had the first in person assembly in 2 years, it was nice to see everyone together again.  I got a certificate for contributing in reciprocal reading.’ Euan

‘Thank you for reading our blog.  I hope you enjoy your weekend.’ Molly

 

 

‘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

 

 

 

 

‘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!!!

 

 

 

 

 

‘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

 

‘Welcome back to another P6a blog!’ Emilia

‘In P.E. today, we were doing rolls to travel across the floor. My favourite was the teddy bear roll.’ Jessica

‘My favourite roll in P.E. was the tuck roll.’ Harry

‘I found the teddy bear rolls quite hard.’ Sophia

‘My favourite was a front roll on a decline. It is easier to roll down a wedge and it is faster and fun.’ Ayyan

 

‘In writing, we were learning about setting. My setting was a beach and the paragraph was written from my perspective.’ Lexi

‘I found writing fun this week, writing about someone who plays pranks on other people!’ Warren

‘This is going to build up to planning and writing a full story. My character that I have planned is a girl called Luna.’ Eleanor

‘During P.E. on Monday we were focusing on fitness in circuits. There were 5 stations. My favourite station was the rest station and my least favourite was the squat zone!’ Molly

‘In drama we were doing a mime called Burglar Bill. Eleanor was the old neighbour, Molly was the miser, Nathan was Burglar Bill and I was P.C. Plod. I really enjoyed this because it was very fun!’ Bella

‘I enjoyed watching this mime because they were all exaggerating!’ Beth

‘In music, Mrs Hutchison taught us lots of new notes for example, te tiri.’ Evan

‘We also had a special visitor this week. His name was Kevin and he taught us all about young carers.’ Cara

‘On Thursday, we also presented games with Tony in our Playground Leadership lesson. My table presented number dodgeball to the class.’ Emilia

‘In topic, we got to pick an ocean or sea and research facts about it.’ Heather

‘Evan, Euan and I researched information about the Indian Ocean. It is 8,047m deep!’ Hamiz

‘Sam and I wrote about the Mediterranean Sea and it flows past Italy and France.’ Harry

 

‘In Health and Wellbeing we were learning all about Incy Wincy spider and how he never gives up! We wrote examples of challenges we have in life and ways we can try to overcome these challenges.’ Jessica

‘I had an idea for 2 people to stand at the front of the classroom and hear each others thoughts and opinions on whether or not we should always try or should we just give up! Mrs Hobson agreed and we had some volunteers for this!’ Evan

 

‘I made a diorama of the ocean as Blue Planet is our new topic. My brother and I made it last weekend and I showed it to the class.’ Molly

‘Unfortunately, this was the last week that Serena will be at our school and it is really sad because we’ll miss her. We wish her good luck at her new school!’ Molly