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We had lots of fun yesterday at sports day!

Making Playdough

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Farm to Fork

This week, we explored the food production process that begins at the farm and ends up on our plates!

We built our knowledge around the different stages, such as:

• Harvesting
• Processing
• Packaging
• Distribution
• Retail

In pairs, we became Tech Detectives to identify technological elements from a variety of packaging.

We then created infographics to display our knowledge.

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Eid Celebrations

This week, we explored the celebration of Eid and the traditions involved.

Mosques Around the World

In pairs, we researched a range of different mosques around the world. We presented our findings on Google Slides or created a poster.

Islamic art – Tessellation

With Mrs Lamont, we followed a step-by-step video to create Islamic designs and patterns.

Finally, we enjoyed cooking pakora with Mrs Nasar as part of the Eid celebrations!

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P7a

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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

We have been enjoying reading out class novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This week, we have been writing diary entries based on a character from the book. The characters included Susan, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Mr Tumnus.

We created a wardrobe that included our diary entries inside.

We also created leaflets about visiting the Professor’s house. We discussed what there is to see, what time it would open and what it would look like.

We are looking forward to reading more!

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P7a

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Farmers Footprint

This week , we took a closer look at a typical day for a farmer in Dang District.  It highlighted the extremely tough life that farmers have, most of whom are women.

We discussed how failed crops and climate change can have an impact on farmers lives. We identified the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that would link to farmers in Dang District.

At the end of the lesson, we tested each others knowledge with a quiz!

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Wind Power Challenge 

We were given the challenge to design, make and test a wind turbine that will pick a cup of pennies off the floor. We were given a range of different items to use for our design. 

This challenged our creativity and critical thinking skills.

We used our problem-solving, team working and presentation skills to complete this challenge. 

Throughout this lesson, we also discovered how STEM can help solve global issues and achieve the UN Global Goals.

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IDL – Civil Rights Movement

On Tuesday, we started looking at the Civil Rights Movement.  We watched “I Have a Dream” speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. which took place on 28^th August 1963.

In groups, we looked at 4 extracts from Martin Luther King’s speech and highlighted powerful words and phrases that he used.

We then used these powerful words and phrases for our art! We sketched TVs and Radios from the 1963 and used Stippling to create shadows.

Meta Moments

On Thursday we participated in a whole school event – Meta Moments. We had different visitors come in and speak about their professions and how they use Meta Skills in their jobs.

We had an Influencer, Governor, Politician and a rugby player from the Glasgow Warriors rugby team come in and speak to our year group.

We showed our curiosity skills by asking lots of questions.

Science

This week, we used Tinkercad to create battery powered educational toys.

We also researched about how batteries have changed over the years. With this information, we created a timeline showing the changes throughout the years.

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World Book Day

This week we became storytellers and created our own children’s books! We loved using our creativity and imaginative skills to create books for the lower school.

We really enjoyed reading our books to Primary 2a and Primary 3c 🙂

IDL – Indian Farmers Protests

This week, we looked into the Indian Farmer Protests deeper. We researched the reasons for this movement, key figures and key events that have taken place.

We used our research to create information leaflets.

Debating – Lord Provost Debate

This week we watched the Lord Provost debate on teams and we are so proud of our Crookfur debaters!

They all spoke very clear and listened well to the other team’s points.

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Literacy 

We have started creating children’s books for World Book Day. We planned our stories using a storyboard and looked at children’s books for inspiration.

IDL – Democracy 

This week, we explored different movements.  We research different movements and presented our information onto a mind map.

We researched:

• The purpose/aim of the movement?
• How it began?
• Key figures involved?
• What action took place in this movement? (protests, strikes etc)
• Any shocking facts about the movement?
• What was the change that happened in the end?

Science – The Yeast Experiment

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Debating

We have enjoyed developing our debating skills and taking part in class debates. This week’s debate focused on the argument of ‘litter should be kept out of our oceans.’

We look forward to participating in more debates 🙂

Literacy – Dictionary Relay Race!

We were split into teams to participate in a dictionary relay race. We were given a table with a range of different questions, and we had to take it in turns to look for the answers in the dictionary. We started with the person whose birthday comes next and then worked our way in order.

Internet Safety Day

For Internet Safety Day, we watched a live lesson that spoke about Phishing and Scams.  We participated in a range of activities during the live lesson. This included:

• Identifying SCAM warning signs
• Identifying clues for phishing scams
• Creating a safe password based off a recipe

We also enjoyed our workshop with the Campus Police Officer where we developed our knowledge and understanding further on why it is important to stay safe online.

IDL – Votes for Women

For the open afternoons this week, we participated in a range of stations to develop our knowledge further on the roles of the Suffragettes and the Suffragists. These stations included:

• Guess the headlines
• Suffrage around the world
• Famous figures
• Vote or not?
• Pins and poster making

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P7a