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Welcome to this week’s blog.

Literacy

This week for literacy we looked at the character Alma. This helped us to identify and explain features of characters. We summarised the story and looked up definitions of words that relate to Alma. Additionally, we completed a theme chart that explained when each theme was presented in the video clip. The themes included rebellion, temptation, consequence, curiosity and innocence. Next week, we will continue working on tasks relating to Alma.

Numeracy

On Wednesday, we started our lesson participating in an “Esti-Mystery” task. First we had to estimate how many tops were in the jar and then we were given a set of clues to narrow down our options. This promoted group discussions and thinking skills.

We also built on our skills through measurement and time. We completed a range of tasks and activities. One activity was an area dice game which supported our skills in measuring the area of a rectangle.

IDL – Apprentice

In our teams, we started planning our adverts for the ‘No Bovver’ Hoverboard. We created a storyboard and an advert design to help with the planning process. Next week, we are going to film our adverts and edit them. We are very excited to see how they will turn out!

Climate Ready Classrooms

On Thursday, we took part in an online workshop with school across the council. We explored biodiversity, climate change and what we can do to look after our planet.

STEM

Today we planted maize seeds for the Glasgow University Seed Lit Project. Everyone had a role to participate in a debate. The debate had a focus on using organic and inorganic types of fertilisers.

Growth Mindset

To finish off our series of lessons on Growth Mindset, we created posters for other classes! These posters included inspirational quotes and illustrations.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for next week’s post!

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Maths

This week , our maths lessons focused on Maths Week Scotland. We looked at maths story books and participated in a range of activities linked to each book.

Bean Thirteen

We first looked at the story book “Bean Thirteen” which focused on factors, prime and composite numbers. We all practiced identifying factors, prime and composite numbers using a hundred square.

Also, in pairs, we solved maths riddles that were placed around our classroom. We tried to solve as many problems as we could within 10 minutes.

IDL – Apprentice

Since this week was Maths Week, in our teams we created a story book based on the maths book “The Maths Curse”.  We created a range of maths problems within the book.

Thank you for reading this week’s blog! Hope everyone has a lovely September weekend.

Hi readers,

here is what we got up to this week in P7a!

Maths

We revised Area and Perimeter, where we participated in a Scavenger Hunt. We measured sinks, jotters, desks and other items within our classroom using the skills we have learned.

Also, majority of the class have achieved a new record for our multiplication square challenge!

PE

In our final lesson of gymnastics, we played “The Floor is Lava”,  where we used gymnastics equipment. We practiced our skills that we have developed and also used our teamwork skills!

We also continued with Hockey this week. We played lots of matches against each other to build on our skills. We played “Tents and Campers” as a warm up exercise. This was a game that we all really enjoyed!

IDL – The Apprentice

We got given a task by Sir Alan Lord to create a chocolate bar and logo in our teams. The chocolate bar was called Blazin’ Raisin and we came up with catchy slogans for the chocolate bar.  Our chocolate bar wrappers were sent to P7b, where they voted for their favourite wrapper design.

We are looking forward to our next challenge!

Literacy

For writing this week we looked at STEAL to describe characters. We wrote about vampires, werewolves and witches. We created lots excellent writing with lots of examples of  powerful vocabulary.

Technology

We used the micro:bits again this week and followed a step-by-step video. In pairs we used the micro:bits to create a design and used inspiration from the video that we had followed. We have really enjoyed using them and building our confidence with creating new designs.

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PE

On Wednesday, we made up some routines using the skills we have developed and learnt in gymnastics. At the end of the lesson, we got into partners and practiced some leap frogs and we created some pyramids!

We also did some fitness with Mrs Lamont where we played Fitness Bingo! It was challenging but so much fun.

Numeracy

We worked on circles where we completed a worksheet that was based on radius and diameter. We also challenged ourselves by completing a multiplication square in 10 minutes. Lots of us got a new record this week!

Writing – Character

This week for writing we looked at the “show not tell” technique, where we used powerful vocabulary to discuss a characters emotions. We worked in pairs to identify and highlight powerful vocabulary that authors have used within their writing.

For our writing, we looked at three scenarios and used what we learned to write about a character’s emotions.

Apprentice (Topic)

We got into our teams for our new Apprentice topic. We discussed a team name and created a logo. We also completed a challenge in our teams where we created a house only using 4 pieces of paper. We are really excited to continue this topic and work in our teams to participate in a range of tasks.

Technology

With Mrs Lamont we used the micro:bits to do a coding challenge. When you clicked “A”, it went up by one. However, when you clicked “B” the counter went down by 1. We also needed to add in background music and when the counter got to 20, it had to show the words “full”. When you click A and B at the same time, the screen goes blank and the music stops.

STEAM

We learnt about organic and inorganic fertilisers. We made a presentation to discuss how they both work.

Growth Mindset – Brain vs a Calculator

This week we were placed into teams and discussed if our brains are better than a calculator. We came up with points that were for and against which started a mini debate in our classroom. Everyone was very engaged and shared excellent points!

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for next week’s blog post!

Welcome to this week’s blog!

Writing

On Wednesday, we looked at 3 different structures of poetry. They were Limericks, Cinquains and Haikus. We created a short piece of writing for each of them.

PE

On Wednesday, we used a volt for gymnastics. We jumped off the volt demonstrating a range of jumps. This included a straight jump, straddle jump, star jumps and full turns.

On Thursday, we went to the Muga and practiced dribbling and passing. We split up into 4 teams and played matches against each other.

Art

We each created a personality island based on the movie ‘Inside out’. We drew different islands of our personalities and decorated them with aspects based on us.

Maths

With Mrs Lamont, we looked at circles. This included the circumference, diameter, radius and sectors. We solved questions about them and we calculated the height and the length. Also, we used only circles to design flowers.

Today, we were split up into 5 teams where one person was nominated to memorise a problem solving question and then recite it back to our teams. We then worked together as a team to solve the calculation.

Humanism/Drama 

We have been learning about Humanism and how we need to be kind to one another. We were split into groups and created a scenario based on kindness. Each group then presented back to the rest of the class.

Thank you for reading! Stay tuned for next week’s blog.

Hi readers and happy Friday!

We started off our week by looking at many inspirational quotes. We all picked a quote each and then illustrated our chosen quote. This is how some of them turned out!

For PE, we continued learning new skills in gymnastics. We practiced our handstands and cartwheels. We challenged ourselves to try and do two skills in one sequence. Have a look at our handstands!

This week we also looked at micro:bits. We had to plug them into our chromebooks and pair them up to design a LED display. We found it challenging but very fun.

This afternoon we used the KAPLA to challenge ourselves to create the tallest tower. We even got some of the towers to be as tall as Miss Tenby and Miss McNeil!

Before assembly today, we found out our new P7 House Captains. Well done to everyone that became a House Captain and to everyone that applied, we are all so proud!

Stay tuned for next weeks blog!

Hi readers!

It was our first proper week back at school and this is what we did:

We started reading our first class novel called “Cloud Busting”. We made predictions and we drew the characters that we have been introduced to.

We also looked at the book called “Wonder” and drew a self portrait based on the book.

“The book is about a boy called August and he has a facial deformity. The book teaches us to showcase our uniqueness.” Millie.

For PE, we did gymnastics in the hall and Hockey in the muga. We used the beams in and mats in gymnastics to practice balancing and stretches. In hockey, we practiced dribbling, shooting and passing.

With Mr Atkinson, we all completed a quiz to find out what our STEM job would be. We also learned about plants and their features.

“My job was a machine engineer. This means I would build planes, drones and cars.” Calvin.

“My Job was a marine engineer. I am excited to find out more information on this role.” Mason.

Over the summer, we have made house captain applications and worked very hard to show why we deserve to be voted for.  The whole school voted on Friday afternoon and we are so excited to find out our winners!

Stay tuned for next weeks blog post!