P6/7 have settled in well this term. It has been a busy, but fun filled term so far.
In literacy we have been reading ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar as our class novel. We have been learning how to answer different VIPERS questions linked to this book. In writing our text type this term has been narrative. We have been writing our own imaginative stories using different genres. We have been working in groups to create PowerPoints to present to the rest of the class. We will be working on asking questions as an audience and answering questions as a speaker.
In maths we have been reading and interpreting timetables. We have been using different strategies to support us when working out elapsed time and duration of a journey. We have been reading bus and train timetables to support this learning.
We have been revising our understanding of place value and how we can use it to multiply and divide by 10,100 and 1000.
We have been part of the STEM Space Project which supports us to develop spatial reasoning skills through maths lessons. We’re enjoying the activities, and they’ve got us thinking hard!
We did a short artist study on the Scottish artist Richie Collins and created our own pieces of art inspired by his work.
In STEM we have been learning about the forces involved with flight through a variety of experiments. We have been trying out paper airplane designs to see how different variables affect the effectiveness of the plane.
In Health and Wellbeing, we have been learning about smoking and the effects that it can have on our bodies.
We are working towards our Pope Francis award in RME. We have been learning to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit at home, at school and in parish.
We have been lucky to have lots of sport opportunities in school this term. The playground leaders have been working hard to learn new games to support the younger children at break time and lunchtime. Matthew from Dunfermline Rugby Club came in for two taster sessions that the whole class got to participate in. We had a group of pupils who took part in the Junior Leader Training at the Community Centre with Mrs Fernie.
On Friday’s we are lucky to have the Junior Leaders in to lead basketball sessions. We also have a STEM club that runs on a Friday afternoon.
The P7 pupils had their first transition morning at St Columbas. The morning was filled with information about the school followed by a chance to socialise with pupils from the cluster schools.
We have been lucky to have Mrs Reid back in school to support us in the school library. We visit every second Tuesday to sign books in and out. We have a quiet reading space where we read for pleasure.
This term we have enjoyed spending time with our P1 and P2 buddies. We have enjoyed shared reading sessions and supporting them during team games. We have also been learning songs to sing with them at the buddy service.