Today, Hafsa, Hussain, Laiba and Konstantinos went to Edinburgh with Miss Cohen to attend the SE Awards Ceremony in Edinburgh. We had great fun discussing our Skills Swap workshops to our stall visitors, and showing them our points loyalty cards which we use to promote a cashless, circular economy. We received a CHAMPION certificate for our exemplary Social Enterprise and Learning for Sustainability practice.💚♻️👏🏽

It was such a beaut day, so we took our lunch alfresco to Princes St Gardens and enjoyed it in the sun with a view of the castle…bliss! 😎🌞We had an ice cream on the way home and played charades and Stop the bus on the train!🍦

Well done for representing the school so well guys!

#ChangingourWorld19

On Monday, we had our annual Sports Day event! We had such good fun at the Come and Try sessions, where there was an amazing range of activities to participate in; Karate, Cricket, Netball, Soft tennis, Yoga, Beanbag throw, Highland caber throwing and welly wangin’, water balloon passing, HIIT workout and dodgeball!

In the afternoon, we managed to compete in the sack race and the relay race before the heavy rain started! Typical! But what fun we had in the hailstones trying to find shelter! ☔️💦😅

We even had the chance to try out the Tug of War inside with our Sports Leader helpers from Bellahouston Academy! Things got heated and veeeery competitive lol!

We will reschedule the races for this Friday afternoon so that we can have closure to our sporting event!

On Tuesday, Primary 7 visited the Anne Frank exhibition currently being held at St Mungo’s Museum, which pays tribute to her legacy and life. Anne Frank would have celebrated her 90th birthday on the 12th June. As Zainab said, “It’s crazy to think that one person could have so much power”. This is very true – and we should look to all of the amazing, positive role models that use their power and position to benefit society and bring about sustainable, loving change.

On Wednesday and Thursday, a big group of children who are attending Bellahouston Secondary attended their induction days.

On Friday, some P7s attended the TedX Glasgow event which took place at the SECC and Armadillo. There were a range of guest speakers discussing some incredibly important themes; Democracy in Politics, mental health and male identity, environmental waste and plastic pollution and many more! We enjoyed listening to the talks, as well as attending the lunchtime silent disco which was a personal FAVE 🥳👏🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🎧🎉

The remaining P7s went to the Tramway in the morning to learn more about careers and professions in the Arts world. 🎭🎟🎬🎤🎧🎸🎫 They had a live Q&A session with employees from the Citizens Theatre, to which they could only respond yes or no to our questions about the nature of their role/occupation.

All in all, a busy and exciting week!

Can’t wait for Sports Day and our Leavers trip to Blair Drummond next week!

Today, we made broccoli based pizzas in Primary 7 👅🤟🏽🥰

They were delicious, and such a healthy alternative to the traditional dough base. As requested, the link for the recipe is below guys;

1. Broccoli Crust:
2. 1 small head of broccoli about 2-3 cups riced.
3. 2 eggs.
4. 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
5. 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese.
6. 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
7. 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning optional.
8. Toppings.

If you do try these at home, please comment or send me a photo of your yummy homemade treats! Be creative with toppings and enjoy!

Bon appetite! 🥦🍅🧀🍕

Yesterday we went to the “Garden of  Singing Trees” that is called Quad Park – that was kind of not that bad. I was quite surprised with the greenery and beauty. I was not expecting it. The place used old materials to create fun game pitches and jungle bars. You might like to see it yourself.;)  Saad K

On Tuesday afternoon my class went to a place called the Quad. Its is known as the garden of singing trees. If you go on a Saturday then you get oven baked PIZZAAAAAAAAAA!!! #ovenbaked #FUN #kenmurest #QUADD #outdoor. What we did there was we played a lot of  games such as #YOGA #CRICKET #BADMINTON. XD 😉 🙂 ;OOO – aMiNa

Yesterday we went to the Quad. We played Badminton ,hide and seek and lots of other stuff. Also it was really sunny and there was so much pollen I think.

#soo fun!!!#pollen went up my nose 👀👃🏽🤭🤪so fun.

We also played cricket in Square park and we went on the slide ,swings and other stuff.

#i never knew about this park #WOW!!!

Yesterday’s Quad visit was amazing because everything was made of natural materials. We also were talking about Kentucky, also know as the leader of KFC. We also went on the monkey bars and we went in the tree house. After that we went to Maxwell Square Park and I also played cricket and went on the slides. -Tanzeel

Yesterday me and my class went to a place called the Quad. We went there to relax and a nice afternoon. The things we did there were play in a badminton court, and climbing on wooden stumps. Me and my friends just played hide and seek tig and by mistake we ran out the Quad and came out of the front gate. #oops 🙈-Adam.

Yesterday, the p7’s visited a secret garden called the Quad. Inside, the quad concealed a badminton court, a garden and a PIZZA OVEN! Miss Cohen also brought some yoga mats to chill in the shade. Some of the boys and girls played badminton doubles and fours. The weather yesterday was surprisingly warm for Scotland’s standards. So warm that a few boys went crazy and worshipped a BIN! All in all, it was a pretty epic visit and I would love to go back there again. #BinmanLife #Binman -Salahudin

Yesterday I went to the Quad – it was really fun! We played so much in the hot weather. Me and Zainab played singles badminton then after we played in teams boys v girls #girlswon. After the quad we went to square park and played cricket it was so hot but really fun. it was 22degrees #sweatingbuckets we are on a mission to visit one park every week. thank you Miss Cohen! – Abeera

Yesterday, we went to a park called the Quad. Me and Abeera played badminton and then we played 4v4. 🏸🏸🏸We played girls v boys then we played mixed. It was so hot – it was 22 degrees but felt like 100!! We then went to Square park. I played in the park with swings and slides but other people played cricket. #somuchfun we are on a mission  to visit a park every  week in Term 4. – Zainab

Yesterday we went to a park called the Quad. It was hiding between bushes on Kenmure St. The gate was huge and black and it had the garden of sunny trees written on it. We entered and played. We could play anything we like such as cricket, badminton, yoga or whatever we wanted. We spent 1 hour in there. It was very hot…too hot for me!! -Almaas

We discovered a Quad and it was in Pollokshields and we went in and it had a badminton net and an outdoor playground. Immediately we knew what we wanted to play… BADMINTON! Firstly we played girls vs. boys and then we played mixed badminton, then we played doubles and it was so fun and amazing! The heat was hitting me so much that I was sweating! #mission # weathergoals ☀️🌞🍃 -Hafsa

We can’t wait for our next exploration of Glasgow’s finest parks!!! 🌿💕☀️

Hi all,

It’s been a while since we have posted. We are sure you’ve been missing our updates and photographs which document our learning journey! But fret not, we are back with enthusiasm for our final term (cue the sobbing and grab the Kleenex) of Primary 7!

Here are some important dates for your diaries Parents and P7 (they should be pencilled in, but await further confirmation via text or letter from the school office):

This week (W.B. 13th May)

Parent/Child transition workshop – Wed 15th May, 1.30pm

Digital Learning workshop – Fri 17th May, 10.45am – 11.45am

Induction dates for Secondary school

Notre Dame Induction – 20th, 21st, 22nd May

St Mungo’s Induction – 21st & 22nd May

Holyrood Induction – 21st & 22nd May

Hutcheson’s Grammer Induction – 29th May

Hillpark Secondary School Induction – 6th & 7th June

Bellahouston Induction – 12th & 13th June

Woodfarm Secondary Induction – 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st June

Shawlands Academy Induction – 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th June

May Holiday – 24th & 27th May

Eid Party – 11th June, 5pm – 7pm

Sports Day – 14th June

P7 Leavers trip Blair Drummond Safari Park – 18th June

P7 Leavers Assembly – 25th June

Final day of P7 – 28th June, 1pm finish

Start Secondary School – 14th August

Events outside of school:

Hidden Gardens at the Tramway have the following events on in the summer months;

WINDOW LEDGE GARDENING
SAT 18 MAY 1–3.30PM
– Learn about houseplants, herbs and balcony plants
– Make a macramé pot holder
– Meet the Cacti and Succulent Society
– Create poetry inspired by The Hidden Gardens
– Bring your favourite house plant with you and share top tips!

FATHER’S DAY EXTRAVAGANZA 
SUN 16 JUNE 1-4PM
Fun activities plus healthy treats, live music and much more!
Drop In | Dress for the weather

Miss Cohen has sent home a survey that she would love Primary 7 to help their parents complete and return to her ASAP (before this Thurs 16th’s Digital Learning workshop).

Miss Cohen will update the homepage of the blog to include a Term 4 overview – so you can have a look over what we will be learning about in the coming weeks.

I hope you are enjoying the amazing weather this week!

Miss Cohen 🙂

Primary 7 had a great morning leading the P6 and P6/7s around their planned carousel of learning task on Data Handling.

They taught their peers how to use a Venn diagram, and create their own criteria, how to use KeyNote to translate data into 2D and 3D graphs, how to calculate the mean, mode, median and range of a given set of amounts, how to use a protractor accurately when measuring real life angles/objects, and where to recognise each style of graph in an everyday context and for what use.

Primary 7 then peer assessed the groups using traffic lights and registers, analysing if the group were able to meet the success criteria and objectives within the time.

It was really enjoyable, and looking forward to doing more in Term 4!

Last week, Saleeha, Zeenat and Miss Cohen went through to Edinburgh for the evening to attend Social Bite’s Gala dinner, with special guest Malala hosting the red carpet event. Zeenat and Saleeha both looked GORGEOUS, and their dresses were the envy of many!

Malala was so inspiring. Her stories of Asian culture really resonated with the girls, and inspired them to have hope, faith and courage in their lives.

It was lovely to see Alice and Rachael again – and hear about SB’s exciting plans to do the Wee Sleep Out and Big Sleep Outs on an International Scale in 2020.

Watch this space…