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Numeracy

This week we played The Festive Pirate Game. We worked in pairs to try and win the most amount of points. We used our knowledge and skills of Coordinates to tactically win and steal points from other teams.

We also completed Christmas code crackers, as well as using our problem solving skills to complete different maths puzzles.

P7 Christmas Party!

We all had so much fun at our Christmas party where we played lots of party games!

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IDL – World War 2

To finish off our topic, we were put into groups to research another aspect of World War 2. The topics included the role of women, evacuees, school life, the Royal Air Force and how weapons were developed during the war.

We enjoyed creating PowerPoint presentations based on our topic and we are looking forward to presenting them to the class next week.

Drama – Freeze Frames

In groups we created freeze frames based on World War 2. These scenarios focused on evacuees and their life during the war.

As a starter activity, we played Say it Another Way where we had to say nursery rhymes in a different way. Here are some examples:

• Say it as if you are a teacher
• Say it as if you are in a hurry
• Say it as if you are very tired. Say it as if you are a robot

We used an interactive wheel to decide how we were going to say the nursery rhyme.

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Topic – WW2

This week we watched a video based on what life looked like during WW2. We took notes from the video, as well as books. We discussed the similarities and differences from then and now.

We also took a look at old newspapers and ration books.

Tinkercad

This week we also focused on how people stayed safe during WW2. We looked at Morrison Shelters, Anderson Shelters and public shelters. For our task, we then created a Morrison Shelter and a Anderson Shelter on Tikercad!

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Literacy

For this week’s writing, we looked at expanded noun phrases. We use expanded noun phrases to add more detail to our sentences by adding an adjective or adjectives to our nouns.

We looked at a video clip relating to our topic and completed activities to use the skill we have developed. One activity included a “5 senses carousel activity”. This involved us writing down phrases that linked to each of the senses.

Our challenge was to use expanded noun phrases and ambitious vocabulary. This activity helped us with our writing for this week where we produced a piece of writing based on the video we had watched.

Topic – World War 2

For our topic, we focused on the lives of evacuees during WW2.

We created luggage tags and posters that displayed lots of information about evacuees during WW2.

French

This week for French we revised colours. In pairs we played connect 4 to practice our language skills. The first person to get 4 in a row wins!

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Numeracy – Data Handling

This week, we were using Excel to create and interpret different graphs. We each created two graphs based data we have gathered from the class.

Topic – World War II

This week’s focus was the Blitz. We researched about what happened during the Blitz and then created a report.

Also, we created an art piece based on the Blitz.

We are so happy with the way they have turned out!

Road Safety Week

This week was Road Safety Week. We created leaflets that included key information on how to stay safe on the roads. We used our knowledge from Bikeability to help us create the leaflets.

Book Week Scotland

On Wednesday, we had a whole-class discussion about books we enjoy reading.

We created a class list of book recommendations, as well as discussed books that we thought were based around the theme of hope.

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IDL – The Business Apprentice

Last Friday, we presented our inventions to Mr Flood for him to vote for his favourite product.

Literacy – Inference.

This week we focused on inference. We made inferences from a range of different pictures. This influenced lots of discussions from the class.

Topic – World War II

This week we started our new topic on World War II. In pairs, we researched key events of World War II and we put them in order onto a timeline.

For writing this week, we created a persuasive text based on WWII. Also, we created our own propaganda poster using the persuasive language that we have developed through our writing.

Today, we researched countries that were Axis and Allies Powers during World War II. We then used a map to plot the Axis and Allies Powers.

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Numeracy – Data Handling

This week we continued to look at different graphs. We revised bar graphs and started focusing on line graphs and pie charts.

We gathered data from the class to then display on different graphs.

We also took part in a ‘Data Escape Room’ live lesson! We enjoyed working together using our detective skills to solve the problems.

IDL – The Business Apprentice

This week we continued working on our inventions from last week’s task. We have created adverts, logos and a PowerPoint presentation to showcase our ideas.

Today we presented our ideas to Mr Flood for him to vote.

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PE – Eastwood High School

We are continuing to build on our sports and teamwork skills at Eastwood High School.

Each week we have had the opportunity to try new games with different sports.

IDL – The Business Apprentice

For our final task, we have been working in our teams to come up with a new invention!

Each team has created a new product to meet a specific target audience. We have been writing a pitch, creating a PowerPoint and designing a logo to showcase our ideas.

Next week we will be filming and editing an advert to go along with our new product.

We are looking forward to presenting and advertising our latest inventions.

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Here is what we got up to during our first week back at school!

Numeracy – Data and Analysis

This week we started a new focus on Data and Analysis. In pairs, we created a survey to ask our peers to answer. We gathered information to then populate a tally chart.

PE – Eastwood High School

We are continuing to build on a range of sports skills at Eastwood High School. It has been great working in our teams on a new skill each week.

IDL – The Business Apprentice

This week we prepared resources for our stalls for a sales task. We thought of creative ways to sell biscuits for tokens.

Today, we were advertising and selling our products to the other primary 7 classes. Take a look at our stalls!

French

We continued our French revision this week and researched countries that spoke French. We found out that French is the official language in 28 countries!

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Numeracy

We continued to build on our skills within measurement and time. As a class, we achieved lots of new records for our multiplication square challenge.

As a finishing task, we were given a challenge to identify which number doesn’t belong in the box. It created lots of discussions and it challenged our thinking skills.

Literacy

This week’s writing was inspired by the story of Alma. We participated in lots of tasks that helped support our writing, such as highlighting figurative language in a text based on the story.

IDL – The Apprentice

This week our task was to film and edit our adverts for the “No  Bovver Hoverboard”. We had lots of fun working in our teams to come up with creative ways to make our adverts engaging. We used iMovie to incorporate sound effects and animations throughout our adverts. Our adverts were then sent to P7c to vote.

Art – Tim Burton

Our Art this week was inspired by the artist Tim Burton. We created a character using charcoal to sketch and create a shaded effect. They have turned out great and we are excited to add them to our art gallery.

STEM

This week we joined up with the other Primary 7 classes to work with Mr Atkinson to study the growth of our plants. We worked in our teams and used our measuring skills to help with the plant growth. Take a look!

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