Hello to all the P6A blog readers, it’s Mr Atkinson here! As you will know this year I am doing NCCT for primary P6A with a focus on developing Crookfur’s Inquiry Based Learning approach so I wanted to give you an update of what we have been doing.

In our first Learning Journey – Exploring the Solar System, we revisited the planets and recorded some of their features in a comparison table including their size, distance from the sun, length of day etc. Using the Chromebooks we researched astronauts who had ventured into space and created fact files on them. In our investigations we discovered how planets have been studied by using Rover explorers. We were then set a challenge to design and construct a working 3D model of our very own Rovers! We were taught how to draw to scale and we revised different types of measurements. Afterwards, we used recyclable material to build the models and we had to make sure they had real-life features such as cameras, arms and an energy source. It was very challenging making wheels and a pulling system so it required a Growth Mindset to overcome the successes and failures during our tests. At the end of this Learning Journey we did a showcase with the other P6 class and P5/6 and presented our model rovers and showed how they worked. Amongst all of this we visited the Glasgow Science Centre and experienced the IMAX: Space – The New Frontier 3D show.

P6A were then introduced to the META Skills of Creativity and Curiosity and were encouraged to apply these in a variety of lessons. We are going to revisit new META Skills this terms to help to continue to develop important life skills.

Our current Learning Journey – Fairtrade, is being supported by the organisation Fairtrade International. We are working hard towards renewing our FairAware Award by learning about the wants and needs of people from other countries, where products are from and how purchasing Fairtrade items environmentally, socially and financially help those that farm and gather the resources. Afterwards we learned how solve profit and loss calculations using coins and we were shocked to discover where the profits go in the supply chain process! To finish off our Learning Journey we designed our very own Fairtrade items using Tinkercad and then applied our persuasive skills to create advertising posters for our products as well as an advert which we recorded on the iPads and some of us edited on iMovie. We hope to show all of this at a future showcase!

Mr Atkinson

It has been a busy couple of weeks to start term 2. With our show just around the corner we have been working hard at learning lines and lyrics.

Rehearsals

We are so excited for our show which will be taking place in less than a week!!!  We all know our lines off by heart and we are so excited to perform.  EF

Now that we have learned our lines our focus next week will be adding actions and bringing the show to life. JM

Problem Solving

In problem solving we did a game where we were in groups of 9. Each of us had a card 1-9 and we had to get into smaller groups of 3 where our cards made a total.  HR

We have also been looking at different skills we use in problem solving.

P.E

In P.E we have been doing Scottish dancing, we learned the Slosh which will be in our Scottish show. We also learned the Canadian Barn dance and we did it to a less traditional song called ‘Bits and Pieces’. JM