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Primary 6 comes to an end :(

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Primary 6 has been an absolutely fantastic year for all of us!

Here are some memories and best moments from throughout the year:

Jamie: Winning the East Renfrewshire Sumdog competition

TJ: My first day at school

Esther: Visiting the Scottish Parliament

Zidane: Visiting Castle Semple

Ben: When I showed my Rainforest poem to the head teacher

Ellie: Being a member of the Daily 6 newspaper group

Harrison: Kayaking at Castle Semple

Jenna: Finding out who my Primary 6 teacher was (best teacher ever)

Daniel: Coming third place in the Euro Quiz

Ava: Visiting Scotland Street Museum

Zipporah: Our Europe topic

Faizan: Kayaking at Castle Semple

Sophia: Class debates

Ksenia: Having Miss Aslam as a teacher

Flora: Finding out who my Primary 6 teacher was

We hope everyone has an amazing summer!

 

Physical Education

Fidget Spinners

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On Thursday the 11th of May, the latest craze – Fidget Spinners – was incorporated into our P.E lesson. This fitted in perfectly as we had been doing gymnastics. We used our Fidget Spinners to do different balances and to create our own routine. Some of the routines included balances, benches and different types of rolls. It was so much fun to use them in P.E.

Written by TJ

 

Physical Education

Primary 6 love to dance

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Primary 6 have been so busy that we have forgotten to update our blog with all the fun things we have been doing!

On Wednesday the 10th of May we took part in a Bollywood dancing lesson. We began by doing a warm-up which involved copying some basic Bollywood dance moves along with some music in the background.  We then worked in groups to learn a dance routine to a popular Bollywood song and presented this to the class . To end the lesson we had a ‘dance battle’. It was boys vs. girls and was great fun! We have some great dancers in our class!

Written by Flora

 

Numeracy

Math fun!

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In numeracy, the red group have been learning about circles. We have learned the definitions of the  terms, radius, diameter and circumference. An activity we thoroughly enjoyed was blowing bubbles on to a piece of card and watching them pop. We then measured the diameter and used this to calculate the circumference. Blowing bubbles made our learning so much  fun! Check out the picture below!

Kodesh and Ivrit, Religions

Primary 6 Kabbalat Shabbat

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On the Friday 28th of April, Primary 6 organised Kabbalat Shabbat. The theme of our Kabbalat Shabbat was  grape juice (Kiddush), this is what we  drink on Shabbat.

We began by singing some Shabbat songs. Then Aba (Daniel) and Ima (Flora) blessed the children (Ava and Esther).  After that we sang some more songs which was followed by a Q&A about the grape juice.

A funny moment was when Louis accidentally spilt his juice, it was hilarious. After that Aba  said Kiddush and Challah and we all got to eat and drink. To end Kabbalat Shabbat we sang our favourite song, Bim Bom. It was a great Kabbalat Shabbat and we all enjoyed it as much as everyone else did. Thank you to all of our parents who came along to watch!

 

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Written by Daniel

 

 

 

jewish festival, Kodesh and Ivrit

Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebrations

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Yom Ha’atzmaut is a modern holiday celebrating Israel’s independence in 1948.

On Tuesday the 2nd of May Primary 6 led the Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations in the school. We were very happy to be given such a big responsibility.

Before the day arrived we worked as a class to discuss who was going to lead each station and what each station would involve. We decided on 7 stations. These were sports, arts and crafts, biscuit decorating, a quiz, Israeli dancing, party games and an outdoor treasure hunt. It was a very busy morning but it was a great success and everyone enjoyed themselves. We look forward to having similar responsibilities next year in Primary 7!

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Written by Zak and Harrison

 

Social Studies

Dragons’ Den

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As part of our Victorians topic, we have been looking at many famous inventions and inventors. We became inventors and designed our very own inventions! Mrs Carlton was invited to be a judge on our panel for our Dragons Den styled lesson. During the lesson we presented and promoted our inventions.

We prepared for the lesson through various activities such as the ‘just a minute’ challenge and ‘would you rather.’ We had to consider our audience, the style and form of our presentations as well as answer challenging questions.

Mrs Carlton gave us oral feedback on our presentations about whether she would invest in our inventions or not and each group gave us some written feedback.

It was a fun learning experience!

Written by Flora & Ellie

 

Competitions, Physical Education

Football Competition

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On Thursday the 16th of March a team of primary 6 and primary 7 pupils participated in the cluster football competition. There were 4 schools including us however, some schools had more than one team.

We won 3, drew 1 and lost 2 and resulted in coming joint first. There were 3 pitches altogether. Sadly we lost the first game but won the next. Everyone enjoyed the competition. We would like to thank Mr Fry for helping us prepare for the competition.

Written by Zak and Zidane

jewish festival, School

Happy Purim

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On Friday the 10th of March, Calderwood Lodge celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim. Purim commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.

During the day we took part in different stations in each classroom. We began in the hall where each class paraded on the stage.

Station A – Quiz

Station B – Drama

Station C – Games in the hall

Station D – Hamantaschen and story telling

Station E – Mask Making

Station F – Mishloach Manot bag decorating

Station G – Dancing with Shosh

Station H – Puzzles and games

We all enjoyed dressing up in our fancy clothes and costumes. Here is what Primary 6 dressed as:

Esther – Doctor

Zipporah – Guitarist

Zidane and Fatimah – Pirates

Ava and Jenna – Mario and Luigi

Daniel – Storm Trooper

Jamie – Ash Ketchum

Ben – Astronaut

Flora – Ice Skater

Zaynah – Wonder Woman

Harrison – Bobba Fet

Faizan – Kylo Ren

Louis – Freddy Fuzz Bear

Sophia – Little Red Riding Hood

Ksenia – Unicorn

T.J – Mad Hatter

Zak – Dalmation

Ellie – Persian Girl

Miss Aslam – Bunch of purple grapes

Our favourite staff costumes were Mr Guetta who was dressed as a girl from Tel Aviv and Miss Aslam and Miss Reid who were dressed as a bunch of grapes.

It was a day full of fun and excitement!

Written by Jenna and Daniel