Recently, Primary 6c have been learning about art techniques. We drew our own unique winter trees. To do this we went outside into the P 2 – 5 playground to get inspiration from natural winter trees. The stationary we used were the following: sharp pencils, charcoal and blue a4 paper. We had to try and draw exactly what we saw. It was important that the tree branches became slimmer the higher up the tree.
Next, we added white paint onto the tips of our branches. To do this we had to be very delicate with our paintbrush strokes. After that we sprayed some paint on to make a snowy effect. Finally we added some pink and green glitter for the finishing touches. Overall we really enjoyed this task!
On Tuesday 15th December Primary 6 watched Tim Peake’s rocket lift off. When they were ready to blast off to the ISS it was really nerve wracking because we were terrified that something was going to go wrong. Luckily the journey was extremely successful as they have reached there destination.
We enjoyed watching the clip of the lift off, as it was very fun to watch. He is the first male British person to go to the ISS so it is an important occassion. We can’t wait till we get the result of our rocket seeds, and we also can’t wait till Tim Peake arrives back in the UK.
On Tuesday 8th December, Netherlee Primary School held a Christmas Fayre. P6c held a stall selling snowmen made out of socks. We called the stall “The Spectacular Sock Snowman Stall”. We were raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. In total we raised an amazing £85!
They sold out extremely quickly because everyone thought they were adorable. We split the snowmen into three groups. The first one was the small one, then there was the medium and last there was the large. The small one were £2.00, medium £2.50 and the large £3.00.
Primary 6 have been sharing our learning with the primary 1s. We have been learning about the British astronaut Tim Peake, and we have also been learning about how to teach the primary 1s. We had to think carefully about the words that we used so that they could understand us. They were showing us their drawings of spaceman and we were showing them PowerPoints about the ISS and Tim Peake we were also using posters to catch their little eyes! We showed them our Sky Studios video about a mission to Mars. We enjoyed sharing our learning with the primary 1s and would love to do it again!
On Friday I went to karate because it was my grading. A grading is a week where you can move up a belt. I moved up to a purple belt 2 tabs. I am very excited to be a purple belt. I have been learning karate for four years. At my karate grading I did kata. Kata is a bunch of karate moves in a row. We also did compound steps. Compound steps are moves like step punch block. I also did free fighting in free fighting you can punch and kick which is soft touch.
Today, we acted out an improvised drama scene about a rocket launch! First we took part in a 10 second shape warm up game. Miss Bell asked us to create a shape of an object as a group. It was so exciting! For the main activity, we were each learning in different roles. For example: astronaut, doctor, meteorologist and mission control commentator. It was loads of fun being able to improvise and act in character because we got to use our voices and bodies dramatically! We were very happy with the results and had loads of fun!
In Global Citizenship a person from Mary’s Meals charity came in to talk about what they do. Before the lady came in we did some research on Mary’s Meals and if we had any questions we put them on a Microsoft Word document. We worked on our own for this but if you were an older pupil you could choose to go with a younger one so I chose to go with a girl called Olivia Prentice [P1a]. At around about 1:30 the lady arrived and showed us a PowerPoint then she asked us some questions. Most of the Global Citizenship representatives knew all the questions. Aafter all the questions were answered we put our painting shirts on and got into groups of three to paint a bag for Mary’s Meals to take away and sell. I went in a group with Olivia again and a boy called Charlie Annad [P1b]. A photographer came in from the Evening Times and took a photo of the three of us painting the bag and asked for our names. After we had finished and tidied up some of the older ones took back the younger ones. I had a great afternoon and really enjoyed working with different people from around the school.
On Thursday 19th November Primary 6c made rockets. All week, we have been discussing Tim Peake’s mission to the International Space Station. So in groups of three we designed rockets to launch outside. We created interesting designs including four fins and a nose cone. To make the rockets launch, we mixed 1 Alka-Seltzer tablet and 4 table spoons of water in a film canister. Then we went outside and launched one of the rockets. The rockets went so high; it went over the nursery! This reaction happened because the carbon dioxide realised from the tablet created a lot of pressure in the canister. Then the force of thrust was greater than the force of gravity and air resistance. Next week, we will all be launching our own rockets.
On Sunday the 15th of November I did a cross country in Gourock. It was very muddy and there were steep hills, most girls slipped on the hills – luckily I didn’t . When I was walking the mile my foot got stuck in a mud hole – funnily enough it had a pile on leaves over so I couldn’t see it!
No girls over took me except at the start of the race when the man shot the airgun in the air – that’s why I was thirteenth. I have already improved my time by 15.1 seconds so I’m very proud of these achievements, I can’t wait to achieve more!
On Thursday 12th November P6 performed their version of ‘Mars’ by Holst. We wrote a few lines to chant about the planets and Mr Watson showed us the notes and beats we were supposed to play on the glockenspiels, drums and our own instruments like guitars, flutes and clarinets. Our practise paid off and our performance went successfully. The P3s, 4s and 5s watched us and we were glad when they gave us feedback – they thought we were outstanding! It was a fun, great experience.
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