This week, Primary 6 had an exciting and active week of learning!

On Thursday, we enjoyed our school trip to Lochore Meadows, where we took part in mountain biking and canoeing. Everyone showed great determination, teamwork and enthusiasm while trying these outdoor activities. It was fantastic to see pupils challenging themselves and building their confidence.

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been learning about food labels and how to make healthy choices. We explored the information found on packaging and discussed how it can help us make informed decisions about the foods we eat.

In Numeracy, we have been investigating patterns and developing our skills in interpreting data from charts and graphs. We practised analysing information, spotting trends and explaining what the data tells us.

This week also marked our final Bikeability session. Throughout the programme, pupils have developed important cycling skills and road safety awareness. Well done to everyone for their effort and commitment during the course.

During Loose Parts, we used our creativity and problem-solving skills to design and build new inventions to help protect endangered animals. We worked collaboratively to think of innovative ways to support wildlife and their habitats.

It has been a busy and enjoyable week, and we are very proud of all the hard work, enthusiasm and positive attitudes shown by Primary 6! 🚴‍♀️🛶🐾📊🍎

What a busy and exciting week we have had in Primary 6!

We helped to run our school’s Target Zones event. There were lots of different activities, including basketball shooting, football shooting and shot put. We enjoyed taking part and encouraging others to do their best. We also completed a general knowledge quiz to earn points for our teams and took part in a variety of fun team games.

Another highlight of the week was visiting Primary 1 to support our buddies during their first induction visit to school. We enjoyed helping them settle in and showing them around. We are looking forward to welcoming them properly after the summer holidays.

To celebrate the start of the Women’s World Cup, each of us was given two teams in a class sweepstake. We will be carrying out daily tasks and challenges linked to our teams throughout the tournament. It has already helped us learn more about the countries taking part and the competition itself.

We were also very proud to present our class assembly to the rest of the school and then to our parents and families. We shared some of the learning we have completed throughout the year, including our topics on Discrimination, World War II, the Euro Quiz, and Biodiversity. We worked hard to prepare and did an excellent job speaking confidently in front of an audience.

The week ended with our annual Sports Day on Friday. Everyone showed great determination, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the events. It was a fantastic way to finish another successful week in Primary 6.

This week in P6 we have been very busy with lots of exciting learning activities.

In Loose Parts, we have been creating our own games and working together to design and build them. We used our creativity and teamwork skills to make our ideas come to life.

In Writing, we wrote balanced arguments linked to our biodiversity topic. Some of us explored the question “Should zoos exist?” while others discussed “Should wolves be reintroduced into the wild?”. We learned how to present both sides of an argument clearly and fairly.

In Numeracy, we have been learning how to multiply decimals by single digits. We have been practising using different strategies to help us solve problems accurately.

In Art, we continued working on our close-up animal drawings. This week we focused on front and side face profiles, carefully looking at shape, detail and shading.

We are also continuing to work hard on our assembly and are beginning to bring all the different parts together.

During Outdoor Learning, we planted sunflowers. We are excited to watch them grow over the next few weeks!

This week in Primary 6, we have been busy with lots of exciting learning across the curriculum.

In maths, we have been learning how to multiply and divide decimals. We practised using different strategies to solve problems and worked hard to improve our confidence with decimal calculations.

In literacy, we have been writing persuasive pieces to encourage others to help save endangered species. We used powerful vocabulary, facts, and persuasive techniques to convince our readers why protecting animals and habitats is so important.

For Loose Parts, we celebrated Bee Week by creating bee habitats. We used a variety of materials to design safe and creative spaces for bees while learning about the important role bees play in biodiversity and pollination.

During Outdoor Learning, we went on a sound journey around the school grounds. We explored and recorded the different sounds we could hear in nature and around our environment. It helped us become more aware of the world around us.

In art, we began our animal close-up pieces. We focused carefully on texture, detail, and observation to make our artwork realistic and eye-catching.

We also started planning our solo talk presentations. We had to choose a biodiversity theme to research and present, and we are looking forward to learning more about our chosen topics.

It has been another fun and busy week in P6!

This week in P6 we have continued filming our road safety adverts. We focused on important topics such as cycling safety, walking in the dark, the Green Cross Code and staying safe in and around cars. We used iMovie to edit our videos and scripted our own voice overs. Once completed, we shared our adverts with the rest of the class and gave each other constructive feedback to help improve our work.

In biodiversity, we have been learning about the biodiversity of food. We explored food webs and investigated the journey from farm to fork in a range of different meals. This helped us understand where our food comes from and how living things are connected.

In writing, we wrote friendly letters to our future buddies. We told them all about Newport, what their classroom might look like and what a typical school day could include to help them feel excited and prepared.

We also began learning British Sign Language (BSL) and started by learning the alphabet.

In reading, we explored persuasive texts about endangered animals. We identified facts, opinions and persuasive language, and discussed how authors use these techniques to influence the reader.

This week has been a shorter one than usual due to the bank holiday and in-service day, but we still managed to pack in lots of exciting learning!

In PE, we focused on athletics, developing our skills in hurdling, sprinting, and relays. We worked hard on improving our technique, speed, and confidence when moving over hurdles and competing as part of a team.

In Science, we explored how plants benefit society in many important ways. We learned about their uses in food, medicine, textiles, and fuel, and discussed how essential plants are in our everyday lives.

In Maths, we have been continuing our learning on 3D shapes, identifying their properties and using mathematical language to describe vertices, edges, and faces.

As part of Bikeability, we completed another session and had the opportunity to get out onto the roads. This helped us build confidence, awareness, and important road safety skills.

We also had lots of fun creating our very own “Zog Flying Licences” for our future Primary 1 buddies. This linked beautifully with our nursery visits, where we spent more time building relationships and getting to know the children we will be supporting next year.

Even though it was a short week, it was definitely a busy and rewarding one!

This week in P6 has been full of creativity, collaboration and new challenges!

In literacy, we have been putting together and illustrating our moral stories for our buddies. The children worked carefully to ensure their stories had clear messages and engaging illustrations to share.

In Loose Parts play, we explored animal habitats. Pupils used a variety of materials to design and build imaginative environments, thinking carefully about what each animal would need to survive.

In ICT, we brought our learning to life through stop motion animation. Using toys and everyday objects, we created short animations showing animals in their habitats. The children showed great patience and creativity throughout the process.

We also began Bikeability this week, developing our cycling skills and learning how to stay safe on the road.

Another highlight was meeting our future buddies again, helping to build positive relationships ahead of working together more closely.

In PE athletics, we focused on the standing long jump. Pupils used their maths skills to measure and record their jumps, linking sport with numeracy in a fun and practical way.

A fantastic week of learning across the curriculum!

This week has been full of excitement, learning and teamwork in P6!

At our Spring Assembly, we proudly performed our Spring News Live drama for the whole school. We took on the roles of news anchors, reporters and even creative salespeople who managed to sell sunshine in a jar! Everyone spoke clearly, used great expression and showed fantastic confidence on stage. We were very proud of how well our performance went.

In Numeracy, we have been enjoying some Easter-themed multiplication and division activities. These fun challenges helped us practise our skills while getting into the spring spirit.

During Art, we explored the idea of positive and negative space. We learned how the space around an object is just as important as the object itself and created some very eye-catching artwork.

We also had the chance to join the P7 pupils for House Team Games. We had great fun competing in a game of Rotten Egg, showing brilliant teamwork and enthusiasm.

As part of our media study, we watched Wonder and compared it to the novel Wonder. We discussed the similarities and differences between the book and the film and thought carefully about how stories can be told in different ways.

In Daily Write, we focused on using punctuation carefully to make our writing clearer and more interesting for the reader.

We are now looking forward to a well-deserved break.

Happy Easter from Primary 6! 🐣🌷

We’ve had another fantastic week full of learning, teamwork and creativity in Primary 6.

This week, we proudly took part in the Euro Quiz after spending lots of time researching and preparing our answers. Everyone worked incredibly hard on their research and it was great to finally take part in the quiz. Well done to all involved for your effort and enthusiasm!

We also had our committee meetings this week, where pupils had the opportunity to share their ideas and take responsibility for improving different areas of our school life.

In Rights Respecting Schools, we have been designing Rights Leaflets and creating ChatterPix to share important messages about children’s rights in a fun and engaging way.

For Numeracy, we have been learning how to multiply numbers by 10s, 100s and 1000s. We’ve been using our place value knowledge to help us understand how digits move when we multiply.

In our Daily Write, our new focus is punctuation. We are working hard to include a variety of punctuation in our writing to make it more interesting and engaging for the reader.

We have also continued practising our Spring Assembly drama and there has been some wonderful acting on display. We can’t wait to perform it soon!

 

What a busy week of learning and achievement, well done, Primary 6!