Hello!

This month’s post will be shorter than usual, as we have several classmates off at the moment; a fair few of us (including Miss Mackay) have been affected by COVID unfortunately.

Nevertheless, we have been working very hard in class & at home – a brilliant start to 2022! Some of our key learning focuses have been:

• Learning about the impact of plastic on our planet, on land and below water. We wrote informative reports to share our understanding. Alongside this, we have been creating plastic products at home, using plastic pieces and other materials!
• We also have learnt about Global Goal 5 – some of the issues surrounding Gender Equality and considered what we could do within our own lives to help to reduce inequalities in society. This linked into our recognition of the Holocaust this week, where we discussed the nature of this terrible event & listened to a Holocaust survivor share his experiences.
• Amazing Scottish-inspired poetry, using lots of traditional Scots words – they are braw! We also learnt about Rabbie Burns.
• In Maths, we have been focusing on decimals, volume, long multiplication, division & fractions.
• We began our new class novel – ‘The Street Child’ – which ties in with our focus on the Victorians this term. We have explored features of the Victorian era and the key events which shaped this period of time.
• In French, we have been doing some revision about Days of the Week, Months of the Year & will be moving on to look at Physical Appearance next week!
• Science with Mrs Donaghy has been all about ‘Brilliant Botanicals’, exploring the uses and beauty of plants.

We are really hoping to see everyone back in class next week! Fingers crossed…

Have a lovely weekend,

P6B & Miss Mackay.