October in P6B …

October 22, 2021 by gw19mackaycharlotte@glow

Hello everyone!

First of all, Miss Mackay was absolutely blown away by the outstanding effort that we all put in when planning and creating our ‘This is Me’ poems recently; each and every one of us went the extra mile to include poetry techniques and personalise our pieces to reflect ourselves.

We have been enjoying the month of October so far in Primary 6b! We quickly settled back in after the October break and have been learning lots of new things. This week, we created eye-catching Aboriginal-inspired artwork using mixed-media and the pointillism technique; we think that we did a really fantastic job. If you haven’t seen any of these yet, please check out Twitter! We selected bright colours to ensure a contrast between the Australian animal and the background. When teachers and other pupils have visited our classroom this week, they’ve been so impressed by our vibrant pieces of Art displayed all over our walls!

This week, we also connected with pupils from Bangalore, India, and communicated with them through a Zoom call. First of all, we researched the country of India and some of us were able to share our knowledge of the languages spoken there. We prepared questions to ask the class and they also asked us quite a few things about our country and culture! This was a fantastic experience and we can’t wait to collaborate with them again soon, to further enhance our global awareness.

We are looking forward to taking part in our first Committee meetings next week, where we will have the opportunity to lead and drive change within our school, using our own ideas and voice; we each selected a Committee to join that focuses on an aspect of school life that we are interested in and will spend next Wednesday afternoon creating our Action Plan for the coming months ahead. We can’t wait to get stuck in and make a difference! Some of us spent time creating a handmade Primary 6 voice box, for the classes in the Lodge to share their views.

Over the next few days, we are going to design our carnival-themed pumpkins to display on our patch outside the school – we are excited to walk around the exhibit and see all of the wonderful designs next Friday, just before Halloween. Miss Mackay also has some spooky Halloween art and writing ideas in mind for next week, so keep your eyes peeled as our learning will be shared on Twitter!

We can’t wait to experience the buzz and excitement around COP26 over the next couple of weeks, in the run up to the Conference! We think it is amazing that this world-renowned event will be taking place just 20-minutes along the motorway. We will be developing our understanding of pollution and the effects on our planet, as well as possible solutions; raising awareness of climate change and potential dangers; creating speeches to persuade others to care for Earth, and researching influential climate activists.

We have included a couple of photos of us for you to see us speaking with the pupils from India today! We really loved it!