Hello,

We have been working so hard over the past few weeks since the beginning of Primary 6; Miss Mackay is so proud of us all.

Yesterday was a special day as we participated in our Pope Francis Faith Award Enrolment Service; Canon Eddie came in to lead us in a special prayer service, where we made clear our dedication to the award, which we will be all be working towards over the next 2 years. We are excited to embark on this journey together!

This week, we kicked things off with our ‘Words of the Week’, such as ‘overwhelm’ as we investigated their meaning and used them in different contexts. Our Comprehension task this week focused on the Australian Outback, where we examined a first-hand experience of living there, and learned the meaning of many new words, using dictionaries. We have been reading and listening to the audiobook ‘Wonder’. Whilst listening, we have been practising the Visualisation technique, by sketching along to see if our imagination matches up with the author’s ideas. We have also been doing some research into Treacher-Collins syndrome, to better understand the experience of the main character Auggie.

For Writing this week, we spent some time reading letters sent to us from our brand new Romanian pen-friends; they were absolutely beautiful and full of lots of great information and questions. We were keen to demonstrate our skills and write back to our new friends, so we wrote them letters, to share information about our lives, answer their questions and ask them what we were wondering; many of us included some Romanian words! We even created our own Success Criteria, which matched Miss Mackay’s ideas almost exactly!

We read the poem ‘Refugees’ by Brian Bilston. At first, we were shocked by the language used by the author. We soon realised the author’s intention and techniques used to show two different perspectives. We used this as inspiration to begin to create our artwork ‘Behind Their Eyes’ to symbolise the recent experience of those fleeing Afghanistan. We are taking our time to add detail by shading and we also used mixed media. Check these out on Twitter!

In Maths, we have been practising Multiplication and Division calculations, using various methods. We have also been focusing on Time, converting 12-hour time to 24-hour, and calculating durations. We have enjoyed playing Place Value Bingo, to enhance our understanding of 5-and-6 digit numbers.

Today has a few exciting surprises in store for us! To celebrate St. Cadocs Feast Day, we went to Mass this morning to receive communion. We are also going to be taking part in a Talent Show to showcase our wonderful talents, meeting Miss Mackay’s dog, and spending some more time with our Primary 1 buddies! We can’t wait to see them again.

Our Australia Projects are taking shape; some of us have been researching animals, history, famous people. We will be presenting our findings and creations during the week of 4th October!

We hope that everyone enjoys a restful long September weekend and we thank you for all of your support over the last few weeks.

Thank you for reading about all we have been up to. Speak to you soon,

Primary 6B

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