Well done to all the pupils who were awarded certificates today as our April Achievers. As well as lots of certificates from our six classes, all the P4 pupils were awarded achievements for their efforts and improvement in swimming lessons this year.
This week in maths I was working on money. I learnt how to pay for things in shops using lots of different coins and notes. For spelling this week, I was able to choose words that I find particularly challenging and focus on them. I chose to put them into different sentences and used them in Spelling City for extra fun! In class I also work on learning how to touch type. I type in my spelling words and have to use the correct fingers to type them while trying not to look at the keyboard. In class we do lots of different reading activities. This week I chose activity twenty one where I had to make up my own dictionary using words from my book.
This week we have been learning about fractions in maths. When you want to find a fraction of an amount, the rule is to divide the whole number by the bottom number of the fraction and multiply your answer by the top number of the fraction.
In art we heard a very interesting story about a girl from Afghanistan who has beautiful eyes and is in a world famous picture. However, while the girl didn’t get money from the picture the photographer did. So, twenty years after the photo was taken, he looked for her. It took him two years to find her but eventually he found her and gave her money.
Last week we learnt about mode, mean, meridian and range as part of data handling. We also did some work looking at different types of angles and got to learn about degrees. One of the things we had to do was work out which way we would be facing if we had to turn a certain number of degrees.
We also had ZooLab in the school last week. There was a huge snail, a millipede, a tarantula, a tree frog and a snake. We got to hold them all apart from the tarantula. My favourite was the snake!
We enjoyed a visit from Zoolab today. We saw some minibeasts and some of us were brave enough to hold them!
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This week in EP6-7 we have been learning about Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. We learnt that the boy has his Bar Mitzvah at age thirteen and a girl has her Bat Mitzvah age twelve. In the Jewish faith they speak Hebrew and Bar Mitzvah means ‘son of the commandments’ while Bat Mitzvah means ‘daughter of the commandments’. When Jewish children have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah they have a big party, get lots of presents and they read from the Torah – which is the Old Testament. They also make speeches to their parents and families saying thank you for bring them up. Bar or Bat Mitzvah is a celebration of them becoming adults.
On Monday the 14th we all came back from the Easter holidays. We were asked to choose any article from a newspaper. We cut it out and stuck it into our reading jotters and we then had to write a summary of what it was about. This is so that we can work on our reading skills for use in our literacy circles. We also did some Alta maths which we did online on the computers in the ICT room.
On Wednesday the 16th James’s grandfather, Jock Murray, came in to talk to us. We had all been working on personal talks on a subject of our choice. James had chosen to speak about his granddad and invited him in so we could ask him some questions. He has lived a really interesting life and it was good to get a chance to speak to him.
GP6/7 spent part of last term learning about Japan. We were comparing the lifestyle, climate, religion and customs of Japan with Scotland.
We tried some sushi and also used chopsticks.
We would like to thank all the parents and grandparents who attended our Pupil Led Open Afternoon on Wednesday 26th March. We really enjoyed sharing our learning with you all and we hope you enjoyed all the baking that you bought. We raised an amazing £150!!
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