Hello! Welcome back…
We are here to share a few of our key learning experiences from across March.
We finished off February by celebrating World Book Day, as we had a go at creating a digital doodle using software, along with illustrator David Litchfield! We also created fantastic alternative front-cover designs for our favourite books. As it was Fairtrade Fortnight, we spent some time hearing from a family running a cocoa farm in West Africa, about their experiences of joining a co-operative.
Many of us have created & presented about a specific Article of the UNCRC – the right to education, to play, to be safe from harm, and many more. It has been interesting hearing about children’s rights around the world & deepening our understanding of the UNCRC. We were delighted to gain the Gold RRS award recently; it’s been great to share our knowledge! We also had a visit from Mark Booker, who works with SCIAF – this inspired many of us to create products to sell; our class raised over £300 for SCIAF! Amazing.
In Maths, we have been developing our mental agility & numerical fluency through Number Talks; we are improving day-by-day. We have also focused on co-ordinates, and revisited perimeter, time, amongst other maths concepts to keep our skills fresh! We have been working hard to solve long multiplication and long division calculations, focusing on perseverance & a growth-mindset. The Triangular Prisms have been focusing on algebra, inequalities & area lately, whereas the Pyramids have been working on triangles, shape and most recently, decimals. Some of us have been working hard on telling the time & interpreting/presenting data effectively.
Our Writing has focused on creating an imaginative piece, using detailed descriptive language and sophisticated vocabulary. We are improving in checking over our pieces, to ensure we have correct punctuation and that our writing is coherent and relevant.
We spent time discussing the importance of staying safe online and created some top tips for how to do this. We then moved on to learn about healthy ways of life, focusing on being self-aware and making conscious, responsible decisions as we grow older.
We really enjoyed listening to different genres and styles of Music, discussing our opinions of the various songs – the Beatles, Bob Marley, Bollywood, to name a few! Many of us have shared suggestions for our next listen & response session.
We learnt about crime & punishment during the Victorian era, such as the use of the ‘crank’ and assessed a variety of crimes to determine appropriate levels of punishment; we also compared with our modern day justice system.
The Taekwondo taster session was fantastic today – we all engaged with James & practised some moves; Miss Mackay observed lots of potential!
Today we also completed our wildly colourful tiger art pieces, which focused on proportion and the use of contrasting oil pastel colours – check these out on Twitter!
We are looking forward to our trip to Greenbank Gardens following the Easter holiday, to spend time in our local community, celebrating Earth Day.
Have a lovely Easter break,
Primary 6B & Miss Mackay 🙂
