Category Archives: Social Subjects

Outdoor learning – mapping

April 28, 2018 Miss Berrett

This week, we have been working with the primary 6’s from St Clare’s to begin our new Social Studies topic which will focus on the natural and social geography of our new school and surrounding area.

We began by investigating the outside of our school, sketching the building from a bird’s eye view. This will develop our sense of place and also help us to create a final aerial view map, like the one below.

We will continue to develop our mapping and geography skills throughout this term by studying ordinance survey maps of the local area and rest of Scotland.

Researching Victorian Inventions

March 11, 2018 Miss Berrett

In social studies, we have been learning about inventions from the Victorian era. We worked in groups to research a Victorian invention that is still important today and compared how it has changed from the Victorian times to now. Using the chrome books meant we could find out a lot of information about our chosen invention and create an eye catching poster to present our research to the class.

From the presentation we learnt a lot about inventions like the radio, electric train, moving pictures and even ice cream! We are now going to create our own inventions in groups and make an advert to encourage people to buy our invention. We can’t wait to record our adverts!

Scotland Street Trip to experience a Victorian Classroom

February 13, 2018 Miss Berrett

This week we travelled back in time to experience what life was like for pupils in a Victorian classroom.

We walked into Scotland Street and as soon as the boys put on their waistcoats and the girls put in their pinafores we were marched in straight lines to the classroom. The terrifying teacher came out and get us our orders to sit in silence and not speak unless spoken to.

In the classroom we had to address the teacher as ‘ma’am’ and completed work on slates. She even brought out the belt which had our knees trembling!

Luckily we were brought back to 2018 after a nerve wracking lesson. We learned a lot about how tough it was for children at school during this time and how different it is today. It was a fantastic real life experience that we will remember for a long time!

Our new topic: The Victorians

January 13, 2018 Miss Berrett

This week pupils have began their new Social Studies topic, ‘The Victorians’ which everyone is very excited about starting. Pupils were given the opportunity to explain what they already know about this topic and more importantly, what they would specifically like to find out about this era.

The class are very interested in finding out what life was like for children their age during this time, so over the next few weeks we will carry out research to find out what life was like for Victorian children which will then allow pupils to compare it to their own lives. Everyone is looking forward to developing their knowledge of this era and visiting Scotland Street in a few weeks to become Victorian Pupils!

Forest School

May 19, 2017 User deactivated

On Mondays from now on we are going to be doing Forest Schools. During Forest Schools we learn about nature and exploring everything . We are doing this because we are learning about John Muir and taking part in the Discovery Award . We like making things in Forest Schools and doing activities like climbing trees. When we are there we find animals like worms, spiders and dead snails or live snails.

Photographs will follow.

By Abigail and Shakira