P7B 2021/22

It’s the start of a busy term for primary 7. We will try and post as many pictures as possible I throughout our adventures.
We’ve been working in committees to organise our events as well as having science teachers from Eastwood visiting to do some experiments with us!

On Monday Mrs Allan taught us for the day whilst Mrs Norman went with the other class for Bikeability. We played benchball and dodgeball in PE. We enjoyed learning to play Wordle. Mrs Allan spoke to us about how the Scottish Parliament works.

On Tuesday we presented some of our famous mathematician presentations, we all looked at different mathematicians and impressed Mrs Norman with our knowledge.

Fleming finally went on our House reward trip on Wednesday to see Sing 2, we all had great fun. For those of us that stayed in school we created some Wildflower garden pictures by creating a tie-dye background then using black pen to outline the flowers. They were so beautiful that lots of other teachers have tried them with their classes this week!

On Thursday we finally got to complete our Level 2 Bikeability. It was sunny and snowy all in one day! We all improved so much throughout the day and we are all pleased with our certificates and badges.

Our last day of this term was 1st April…we played a prank on Mrs Norman and Mrs Allan by switching classes! Mrs Norman tried to trick us by sending us to another teacher for a ‘long stand’.

We have all worked exceptionally hard over the last term, please take time to rest and enjoy the break ready for our final term in Primary school!!

Date – 25.03.22

Written by – Millie

On Monday we learned about probability and chance. We looked at the language we use when discussing the chance of snow compared to the probability of flipping heads or tails on a coin.

On Thursday we went to the Baptist Church with the whole of P7 and one class from Mearns. Whilst we were there we learnt a lot about why we celebrate Easter and we did lots of fun activities. We did a quiz, watched a bit of drama, decorated scratch-off eggs, coloured in a cross and last but definitely not least had doughnuts and cookies and juice! It was so much fun. 

For PE this week, we did the bleep test. The aim is to get to the other side of the room before it beeps! There are different levels, every new level gets faster!It was very fun but very exhausting. After, we got a bit of free choice so we chose to play dodgeball.

In the muga, we split into 4 teams and played touch rugby. For a warm up we played rugby tig. It’s basically tig except you have to touch them with a rugby ball.

When we had Mrs Nassar on Wednesday for Heartstone, we read about a scene on a train. Once we had finished reading it, some people got to do some roleplay and acted it out. It was very funny!!

For drama this week, we had to make a script about being on a phone call with someone. Some groups did theirs about a scam, some about calling 999 and even some about a prank call! Then once the scripts were written, we showed them to the class. It was hilarious to see what everybody came up with.

On Thursday for writing we did Editing and Redrafting, we had to choose a piece of writing and we then edited and redrafted it.

Today we are saying goodbye to Mr Wilson as he returns to university for a few weeks before graduating ahead of having his own class in August. All the Primary 7’s have gained valuable and rich experiences with Mr Wilson and have represented themselves and their schools to the highest of standards.

I am sure they will all have fond memories of the lessons Mr Wilson has worked on with them and we look forward to inviting Mr Wilson back in the summer term to celebrate some of our special events with us.

Before Mr Wilson left we shared our books with Primary 2, reading our stories and celebrating our success.

As it was British Science Week we looked at ‘Growth’ and produced work focusing on farming in the future. Mr Wilson taught us all about chemical reactions and we got to put some ‘Mentos’ in to a bottle of coke to see what reaction took place.  We then created lemon volcanoes, they smell a lot better than vinegar volcanoes!!

The sun was shining for Mr Wilson’s last day and we got one last rugby session before lunch when Mr Wilson joined us in the MUGA for a game of football at lunchtime. 

Primary 7 will miss Mr Wilson and wish him all the best with his own class in August.

Date – 07.03.22

Written by – Hannah and Sophie

Maths

 As a whole class we have been looking at scale this week. We had a task with a map to find two places then measure the distance between them with a ruler. Then we calculated the measurements to scale.

We also worked on scale outside for outdoor learning. We had to draw objects to scale with chalk on the floor.

Literacy

For literacy we were working on summarising. We read a text about a mischievous cat called Oscar the ASBO cat. We then had to highlight the key words in the text and make it into a summary.

We have also been making books that we will be reading to the P1’s. We have been including lots of bright pictures and interesting story lines.

Drama

In drama we did a debate on whether Red Riding Hood was innocent of killing grandma against the big bad wolf. We set the classroom up like a proper courtroom. It was really fun!

Music 

In music we were reading notes and playing them on the glockenspiel. We learnt some of the notes on the stave like crotchets and quavers. We played the song When the Saints Go Marching in.

PE

On Monday we were doing fitness. We got into a pair and counted how many pushups or situps the other person could do. On Thursday we were doing touch rugby. We played tig but the tigers had to tig you with a rugby ball and if you got caught you had to stand like a ruby post. We also played rugby basketball.

It has been another busy and fun week in Primary 7B. It was lovely to get to see so many parents during our parents appointments. Thank you once again for all the time and effort you use to support your young learners. Mrs Norman

Date – 04.03.2022

Written by – Holly and Chloe

Monday –   Today we did some P.E and in PE we started a new topic witc was fitness and we had to do stuff like: push ups,planks, burpees, wall sits, stepping on and off of a bench and finally running and touching a line and then running back. We then had to try and ‘sell’ books in our group.

Tuesday – On Tuesday morning we did maths. We had Mrs Hutcherson for music and drama. In drama we had to do improvisation and improvise a place that we were told and other people had to guess where we were. In music we had to learn a famous song called When the Saints Go Marching On.

Wednesday – On Wednesday in the morning we did maths. The fraction force were doing decimal fractions!!!! After we had done our text book page on decimal fractions some of us had fun finding the decimal fractions in dominos. After that we did heart stone with Mrs Nasar!!!! We were finishing graffiti art with positive words on it for example(happy) , which was very fun!!!!!! At the end of the day we got into groups of 4 or 5 and we made books for the p1!!!!!!! We created them with paper and pen! This gets our imagination and creativity out on a piece of paper!!!!! Wednesday was so much fun!!!!!!

Thursday – 

On Thursday it was World Book Day so we started off the day with a book hunt that Mr Wilson had put around the school and we had to match up the books with some riddles. We then continued our books from Wednesday and after lunch we had our reading cafe and we had some crisps/chocolate and a drink whilst reading or continuing to make our book.

Friday – We  started off Friday by doing some maths and then after break we did some of our topics and then we had our first assembly in almost 2 years!!! After lunch we had Flexible Friday and we could either finish our topic work,continue our book or do our job description!

Altogether we had a great week!!

It has been another busy week in Primary 7B with a lot of learning opportunities and interesting discussions taking place.

As part of Mother Tongue Languages day on Monday we used our country of Germany to link in to our learning. We investigated the country of Germany and Mrs Norman taught us some German. We created flags for around the school and signs for different rooms.

We learned about ratio with Mr Wilson and used real life materials to investigate the concept. We were able to link it to our learning about fractions. We even got to use some of Mr Wilson’s special post it’s to reflect on our learning. On Friday we got to select activities linked to ratio and enjoyed applying our knowledge.

Our unexpected snow day led to a STEM challenge. We needed to create a person and a set of skis, a sledge or a snowboard to allow our character to move down the hill in the snow. Our creations were very creative, with some groups even considering the placement of the person on the equipment. Additionally we needed to use materials that we then could return to use in the classroom. Some of them worked better than others but we all were able to consider what adaptions we could make.

When Mrs Jamieson came out to announce a snowman competition we couldn’t help but get competitive!! Our snowman kept growing and growing until he was taller than Mr Wilson! By the end of the day he was looking a little bit tired.

In writing we considered inspirational characters from stories or people who changed the world and wrote some letters to them asking some questions about facts we would like to know. We started the lesson with a game to guess the famous character our partner had chosen.

We finished Mother Tongue Languages week with a day dressed in our German colours. Everyone went to so much effort and we all looked fantastic. Thank you to our students who brought in their German flags.

This week has been another wonderful week in Primary 7, Mr Wilson continued to help lead our learning with experiences that were both challenging and engaging. We were all over the moon when his visiting tutor from university came to observe him and got to see the fantastic lessons he has been planning for us. As a class all the students were outstanding and once again represented themselves, and their school, to the highest of standards. As a class teacher I was so proud of them all.

On Monday we were visited by Mrs Nassar and Mrs Riaz to share important messages about respect and diversity. We really appreciated the visit and the opportunity to ask questions and hear experiences.

We very kindly got to borrow circuit board equipment from Eastwood High school for our electricity lesson. We linked our learning into experiences within the war, in particular black outs.

In numeracy and mathematics we were looking at Distance, Speed and Time. To help us see the relevance of this topic Mr Wilson showed us some clips of the Speed Skating at the Winter Olympics. We used the skaters times and the distance they skated to work out how fast they were going. We then used some toy cars and ramps to record our own findings, calculate the answers using our distance, speed and time formula before we then added some variables to our experiment.

On Thursday afternoon we got to take part in an art lesson with Mr Wilson linked to literacy. We used our Anderson Shelters and a diary extract to create war themed images using a range of media. By using different visual elements we added a variety of context to our work. We continued to use these on Friday for some drama based around being in a shelter.

On Friday morning we were scheduled to have the MUGA for some PE but due to the snow we opted to have a play in the MUGA. Some people opted to make snowmen and towers, create bunkers or challenge each other to throw a snowball the furthest. When we came back in we didn’t have long before break so we took the opportunity to watch some of the Olympic Speed skating live to link to our speed, distance, time learning earlier in the week.

Lets hope everyone has a lovely weekend and ready to return on Monday for another fantastic week in Primary 7.

Over the last two weeks we have been busy busy in between our mid-term holiday.

We blew our teachers away with our hard work, positive mindset and have a go attitude towards our standardised tests, we took the advice of Mrs Norman…

In class with Mr Wilson we have been using our literacy focus of war to expand our knowledge and understanding. Today in class we were welcomed by a 1940 classroom that was both interesting and slightly scary! We created our own evacuee tag as well as practised for an air raid! We are so glad attend school at a time where we are seen as individuals and supported where we need it!

We created Anderson shelters in class today, adding extra detail and materials to ensure it was authentic looking as well as sturdy. Don’t they look great!

Whilst I was off the children of Primary 7 continued to update their learning blog and worked extremely hard with Mr Wilson. I was so proud to hear such excellent reports upon my return and it was so lovely to be welcomed back by the wonderful students in Primary 7. Mrs Norman

P7’s blog 17th – 21st January 

By – Holly and Ewan

Monday – On Monday we started off by going to the gym hall for P.E and we did some gymnastics. In gymnastics we were practicing our cartwheels by doing them on a bench, on the floor and hopping over a bench. After break we had some maths and then after lunch we did some literacy.

Tuesday – On Tuesday we made some posters about ethical trading and some of us worked in pairs and groups. We also did some drama with Mrs Hutchinson and we were doing mimes again and it was really fun.

Wednesday – On Wednesday we did some Heart stone with Mrs Nassar and we read some more pages of the book and we found out that Chandra (the main character) has to go on a big quest with 7 mice!

Thursday – We had woodland we made outfits out of sticks and stones, leafs. We also did some P.E out in the MUGA and we started by playing a game then we went onto dodgeball and it was really fun. We also had writing and we had to write a persuasive letter on our favourite tv show, movie, book or sport.

Friday – We started off Friday by doing some maths and we were doing some problem solving and we managed to do 2 of them! Then after break we did some more maths and then after lunch we finished our writing from Thursday and after that we finished our war and ethical trading posters and out fact files and then the secret student (Dilraj) got to do what she wanted and the rest of the class joined in.

This week was very fun!!!

P7’s blog 24th – 28th January  By Sophie and Shravya

Maths 

In maths this week we were learning symmetry and we were doing a work booklet.

Individual groups were doing BODMAS, decimal fractions and Fractions,  

We were all intrigued to know what we were doing for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) We were drawing circles with a compass on a piece of paper and overlapping them we got to choose if we wanted to colour them in with felt tips, crayons, pastels and paints. We made them very colourful and some of us went for a theme!

Literacy

In literacy we completed some comprehension activities in our groups. 

We looked at some Homophones like Leek and Leak. 

Writing

In writing we were doing persuasive writing on school uniforms and some people were for having school uniforms and some people were against it. We needed to think of our argument and persuade our reader that we were right.

Are you for or against school uniforms?   

RME/Global Goals 

In RME we were learning about Humanism and what they don’t and do believe in. Humanist people believe in being kind and caring but don’t believe in god and they also think some planets touched each other and then the big bang happened and the earth appeared. 

Mrs Hutchison

With Mrs Hutchison we were doing Music and drama we had to do drama based on a story.

In music we were learning new music notes. We also did what Simon says with music notes by clapping the rhythm  but you must not clap the forbidden rhythm.

Outdoor Education

We continued to look at the impact John Muir has had in the world by looking at National Park in America and Scotland. We compared them and identified similarities and differences.

In the MUGA this week we worked with Mr Wilson and developing our fitness and increasing our speed by looking at how our body works to help propel us forward at a quicker pace.

Thank you to Murray for sharing his war based graphic comics with us.

Well done to Sophie for receiving a commended award at her ballet exams.

Well done to all the Primary 7’s for their continued effort and hard work this week.