This week in P6B we have been learning about…

Literacy

• In literacy we did a report on our group book we had to choose 4 chapters and do a report on them.
• This week we have been learning about onomatopoeia and we made poems and art.

Maths

• In maths we read decimals points of scales and we were also round them to the nearest whole number.
• We were estimating and rounding. We were rounding to the nearest decimal.
• In math with Mrs Ralston we are learning about angles and we wrote our name. We had to highlight or colour in all the angels like a straight angle, an acute angle, obtuse angle and more .

HWB

• On Thursday for P.E we went in the gym hall for P.E we played lots of games such as secret tig and elephant football.
• We did a debate about whether elderly people should use an ipad and we also talked about stereotyping.
• On Thursday we went to the gym hall and played octopus and elephant football.

Road Safety Week

• Since it is Road safety week this week we designed poster and we will vote one poster to go the Campus Cop!

Science

• With Miss Ralston we learnt about space, first we drew the planets on a sheet of A3 paper then took 9 of them to create a ginormous sun.

This week in P6b we have been learning about…

Literacy and English

• We started to work on our new spelling rule(ic).
• On Thursday we done play scrips and started acting some of it out. We also got new books.
• On Tuesday we started our new spelling sound which is /ic/.
• In literacy we were focusing on persuasive writing and play scripts.
• This week we did some acting in literacy everyone was in a group and you chose a person each and acted it out.
• On Thursday we got a script to act out. I was Beth, S was the 1st lady, C was Harry, E was the 2nd lady, H was the Scragscutt, and L was the stage director. -M
• Last week we created a product to stop your siblings from touching your PS5 and today we are creating a script for an advert for our product.- H
• We presented our topic group presentations to some people from Miss Doig and Miss Daly’s classes.

Maths

• With Miss Ralston we done angles. We learnt acute, obtuse, reflex, straight and right angles. Then if you were done you done a work sheet for football to see what angle would kick the ball.
• We played a game where three people were up at the front and people drew an angle then they had to guess what angle it is.
• We took part in a Virgin Money live lesson on Thursday morning. It was about budgeting.

HWB

• On Tuesday for P.E we started dodgeball. We worked on our throwing , aiming and pace. Afterwards we played a game of Swedish handball where we worked as a team throwing the ball around trying to get the ball to touch the red line.
• In health and wellbeing we were shown a power point about anti-bullying week and we discussed the difference between bullying and banter.

Book Week Scotland

• In the afternoon we decorated potatoes with our buddies to help them with the learning of Supertato (the book they are reading).
• On Tuesday, in the afternoon we met our p1 buddies, we all got potatoes and decorated them with pipe cleaners, paper and more, this linked to the book our buddies are reading (Supertato).

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Miss McNeil and P6b

This week in P6B we were learning about…

Maths

• On Thursday we solved some maths problems. We used problem solving strategies. They include making an organised list, trial and error, act it out, working backwards and spotting a pattern. – A

Health and Wellbeing

• On Tuesday we made learning passports and we were learning about growth mindset. -K
• On Thursday we went over to Eastwood and did sports. My group did athletics and we played cups and saucers. Then we got into partners and tried not to drop the ball. Finally we threw javelins and tried to see who could throw the javelin the furthest. – R
• Today at P.E. we played rounders. We were practising striking and fielding. – L

Literacy and English

• Yesterday we designed a product based on a problem. We created a product that would protect someone’s PS5. – P
• Today we made an advertisement poster for our product. I included persuasive features such as rhetorical questions, slogans and emotive language. – S
• Today we made a poster. It tried to persuade people that the product would protect the PS5. – S

IDL

• With Miss Ralston, we researched a specific planet. I researched Mars and found out the size, atmosphere and some other facts about it. -A
• We learned about Remembrance Day and the importance of poppies. – M

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

From Miss McNeil and P6b

This week in P6b we have been learning about…

Health and Wellbeing

• On Thursday, we went to Eastwood to do our PE. I took part in the football group. We played a number game. – H
• On Thursday, we went to Eastwood to do our PE. I did athletics. We did different types of races, like hopping and running. We also had to do ladders and the hurdles. If you lost the race you had to go back and do the hurdles again. – M
• On Thursday we went to Eastwood for PE and I did tennis. For the warm-up we had to run from cone to cone. For our main activity we got into pairs and there were two cones. We had to hit the cones with the ball and whoever hit the cones first won. – E
• On Thursday at the high school we did rugby and we played a game called 10 passes. You had to do 10 passes without the other team intercepting it. – L

Scotland versus the USA

• We started planning our group talks and made the slides. Our group talks are about Scotland versus America. – A

Science

• We learned about Space with Miss Ralston. We discovered which planets were the closest and furthest away from the sun. – M
• When learning about Space we also learned about the gas giants and the rocky planets. – S

Problem Solving

• We enjoyed working in groups to solve different problems. We chose the best strategy to use and discussed it with each other.

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

From Miss McNeil and P6B