Over the last couple of weeks, P6 have been treated to three amazing visitors. As you know the final IDL focus for the class was exploring music and culture. We had three volunteers who visited the classes to deliver engaging and interactive sessions about how they use music in their careers. A big thank you to Melody (ex-pupil), Aria’s dad and Abi’s dad!
Hi P6B readers, I wanted to update you on what we have been doing in our Learning Journeys since our last entry.
I am delighted to share that Primary P6B have achieved the FairAware Award from the Fairtrade Foundation after confidently sharing their knowledge with the rest of the school at a recent assembly!
After exploring the META Skills of Communicating and Collaborating, P6B started their current Learning Journey – The Water Treatment Campaign! So far, the pupils have revisited prior learning by creating and labelling diagrams of the water cycle. With this knowledge the pupils researched and plotted the locations of different reservoirs around Scotland. The class also had a rich discussion about why dams are located in specific areas, taking into consideration the Scottish landscape features such as the height of hills. Mr MacDonald, who is a project manager at Mackenzie Construction, visited the class and shared with the children his role and what his organisation does to help with transporting and managing water supplies. Interestingly he mentioned aqueducts which has led to the pupils learning about how they were constructed by the Romans and they even attempted to make some using clay. Visitors from Scottish Water also came and delivered a workshop to help the children plan their campaigns focusing on water wastage and conserving it. As part of this project the pupils calculated the amount of water their families use on a daily basis and discussed how they could improve on their results. Soon the pupils will be presenting their group campaigns to the class in a variety of formats including Google Slides, posters and Adobe Express. P6B have also begun to design water filtration systems after conducting some research as to how water is treated and will be testing these shortly.
Mr Atkinson
