On Monday, we did a maths problem solving task called Powerlines where we worked with a partner from a different group. We were given numbers and circles connected as well as a total to make. We had to use all of the numbers and place then in the circles so that all the connected circles added to the total given. I really enjoyed it because it was fun. – Finn

On Monday afternoon we had our Christmas party and played games like Corners, musical statues and musical bumps. It was very fun! – Mariam

On Monday we also got to choose any piece of our writing which we would like to finish off. I chose the newspaper article about the Willy Wonka tickets. Some people then read their writing aloud to the class. – Zunairah

On Tuesday some P7’s came to our class and we did a Kahoot Quiz all about Christmas. – Finn

I thought it was really fun because there were mixed true/false Qs and also because me and Jamie won! – Zunairah

Mr Blackwood, the music instructor, came in to our class and brought some WW2 artefacts. He was talking about what each of the artefacts are, such as a medal which was given out to women who had 8 or more children, some hats and helmets. – Ismail

He taught us that in the 1900’s and during WW2 there were planes which looked like rockets and I remember they were called V1 and V2 with a 5 cylinder engine. – Finn

The first man couldn’t be put on the moon if it wasn’t for Germany because it was German engineering which created the jet engine. – Zunairah

He also brought in a photo of a very tall building which was built in 1938 and destroyed in 1939 because it was a big landmark in the war and planes flying through the sky would recognise that it was in Britain so they had to destroy it. He also brought in a book which had loads of German stamps in it and some were worth 5 million Deutsche Marks and other ones at 250,000 Deutsche Marks and these were to represent how much things were worth. – Finn

We learned that a loaf of bread would be a very low Deutsche mark amount and then it got much higher. – Murdo

Yesterday, P7’s came back to our class and we did some Christmas art. We drew a Christmas tree template and then cut it out and put it on a piece of card and then we painted designs on the card around the tree. Then we took the Christmas tree template off and it looked like a white Christmas tree with a coloured background. – Varda

Kapla

For Kapla, we had 200 little wooden blocks and a book  per group and we would have to look in  the  book and choose something to make out of the wooden blocks. – Myra

P.E.

In P.E.  we were learning line dances such as macarena and cha cha slide. – Myra

in P.E. me and Olivia were leading dancing and we taught the macarena, the cha cha slide and sturdy – Gabby

In Scottish dancing, we were learning the Military 2- step. My partner was Mariam and I thought it was really fun. – Gabby

Woodland

We were finding insects and looking at them with magnifying glasses. We had a booklet and we used that to find out what each of the insects were. – Jamie

I enjoyed it because we got to find some bugs we did like and some we don’t normally see up close every day. – Isam

Omar and I found a really thick worm and we named him Thick Billy. – Zunairah

As a class, we found centipedes, millipedes, worms, maggots, a woodlouse, spider and we came across a little robin.

Social Studies

Fact, Opinion and Point of View:

A fact is something that is true and we can prove it. We were stating facts about WW2 such as the kids had to practise evacuating at school. – Finn

An opinion is something someone personally thinks, e.g, we were looking at Anne Frank’s diary and she thought there was a long narrow hallway at the top of the annex stairs. This is her opinion as some people may think it was wide and not narrow. – Gabby

A point of view is the way someone sees something, e.g. If there was a 9 on the ground and people were standing on either side, 1 person would see the number 6 and the other would see a 9. – Finn

Air-raid Shelters:

In Social Studies, we were learning about Anderson Shelters which were built from corrugated iron in gardens and Morrison shelters which were made from thick iron and wire like a hamster cage. – Zunairah

There is also another shelter called the communal shelter. This is where lots of people can hide during the bombing raids. These were normally in underground train stations or dug out tunnels in school playgrounds. – Jamie

Zunairah and I made an air-raid shelter with an explosion at the back which looked like a chunky, red star. See 3rd pic down. – Jamie

I was proud of that explosion as I spent a lot of time and effort on that. – Zunairah

Anti-bullying Week

On Wednesday this week, a campus police officer came in and she talked about bullying and cyber bullying. Bullying is face-to-face and cyber bullying is online. – Isaac

She mentioned using different apps and cyber bullying can really hurt other people and it can happen anywhere and not just outside, e.g. you could be sitting in your bedroom reading hurtful text messages. – Zunairah

The police officer told us a story about a girl who was popular with her classmates and very clever but sadly people made a group chat on Whatsapp and said horrible things about her. The police got involved and she wasn’t wanting to go to school or eat food because she was so terrified. – Lewis

The main message that we learned is that you do not want to be the person that would make others feel bad about themselves and don’t do things to people you wouldn’t want done to yourself. – Ethan

We also watched a video about a child who had epilepsy and he had a lot of seizures. Boys were bullying him and a girl and her dad saw it. The dad laughed and his daughter got mad with him at home because she wanted him to stop the boys and give them into trouble. – Sophie W

We learned that it is not nice to laugh at people whether they have a disability, a hidden disability or no disability at all. – Ava

I have also learned that even though the bullying could be cyber (on your phone), it could still be physical because it can cause you to hurt yourself. – Ismail

Goodbye

Today is Chloe’s last day at Crookfur Primary. I hope you enjoy your new school in Dubai and flex all your amazing art skills. – Murdo

Chloe, I will really miss you and hope you have a wonderful time in Dubai. – Gabby

I hope you have a good time in Dubai and I hope you can see all your friends there again. – Olivia

Chloe, we are always in your heart even though you are in Dubai and we are in Glasgow. – Aritri

Chloe, we hope you have had a fantastic time here at Crookfur. We are all going to miss you very much. Enjoy yourself and safe travels to Dubai. All the best,

P6 and Mrs Ferguson 🙂

This week we have been celebrating Book Week Scotland.

Throughout the week we have taken time for personal reading and documented how many books/ chapters we have read.

We have also been focusing on Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We engaged in many STEM activities relating to this book such as creating our own surveys about favourite chocolate bars and forming bar graphs or pie charts to display our findings.

In pairs, we then used an online programme called TinkerCad to design a 3D model of our own imaginary chocolate bar and wrapper. This required creativity, maths skills, excellent ICT skills and a lot of patience!

We are really proud of what we have created. Have a look below…

In addition, Primary 6 met up with our P1 buddies this afternoon and read them a story from their Book Bags. We loved the chance to see them again and take on this responsibility.

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Problem Solving

In maths we were doing problem solving and we had to try and sort the kids into their rooms meanwhile trying to use the least amount of moves. -Myra

Ayan and me were drawing a little bedroom for the kids and trying to work out how many moves it takes to swap around. You need to get the numbers less than 20. -Aritri

Writing

In writing we were writing a news article about world war 2 starting as if we were in 1939 and we had to do a headline, a byline, the lead , the body, the tail and we added in a picture. – Sophie W

WW2 Art

This week, we had a choice of drawing checked poppies or creating a stained glass window with poppies. We were focusing on poppies this week because it’s Remembrance Day today which is when we remember everyone who fought in wars. – Chloe

Writing

In writing we created mind-maps about WW2. Different people focused on different parts of WW2 such as the affects on people and the environment, weapons and machinery and how and why the war started. I learned that the Allies had over 25 million civilian casualties and about 18 million military casualties. – Matthew

To find our information we used info sheets and watched videos on the board. I learned that the war started in September 1939 and it ended in 1945. Germany were attacking Poland and the British Prime Minister told Hitler to draw back his troops but they ignored him so they went to war. – Morven

Social Studies

In Social Studies we got into groups and used our notes from our mind-maps to create posters about our focus. My group drew a huge picture of Hitler and added information on the back about why and how the war started. We created our posters to present them to the class next week. Zunairah

Heartstone

We were discussing with Mrs Nasar what type of people live around us. We talked about old people, young people, teenagers and discussed where we feel safe. – Ethan

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We designed dragons out of junk we found in our houses. – Isam

We were making dragons from Harry Potter because we are reading the Harry Potter book, The Philosopher Stone.  – Myra

At first we were designing what the dragon looked like and its personality  – Gabby

The subject is called IDL which stands for interdisciplinary learning and its a different mixture of subjects in one lesson – Chloe

When we were making our dragons I found it fun and challenging – David

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Health and well-being

Gabby- In Health and well-being we were making 3D models of our brain using different materials such as play dough, paper and string.

Maths

Myra- For maths week Scotland we were learning about the beauty of maths through dance. First we were watching videos and  we were making storyboards using compass points and which direction they were facing and their actions. We got into groups and had to create a symmetrical dance to perform.

Outdoor learning

Lewis- In outdoor learning we were making famous locations in Harry Potter. We were using natural materials that we found in the woodland. I enjoyed it!

Art

Sophie W- In art we drew a sphere and then we used yellow and red to blend orange in the middle. Then we added some shadow and highlights. Finally we stuck it to some complementary colours.

Zunairah- We used light and dark to create a tone.

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This week in Maths the Dedicated Decimals were learning 20, 25 and 50 times tables. Lucas

In P.E we were learning to develop our netball skills, doing passing, intercepting and pivots. Jamie MacK

In Science some senior high school people came to our classroom to teach us about light and reflections. We also did an experiment with a glass triangular prism. Varda

Last week in Science we were doing an experiment with vinegar,baking soda and fairy liquid. After we mixed it together in a cup it fizzed up and overflowed.  Isam