Month: February 2018

Hi P7,

If you wish to send me your front cover for the Book Week Comp, please do so to gw17cohennadine@glow.sch.uk.

Can’t wait to see your entries!

Miss Cohen

Yesterday, Primary 7 went to St Mungo’s Museum for a workshop which explored Sectarianism in Glasgow. It was really interesting – and cool to see all of the street names and areas mentioned in our Divided City novel; Castle Street, High Street, the Merchant City, Gallowgate, Tolbooth Steeple, Provand’s Lordship, St. Enoch, Trongate, King William of Orange’s statue in Cathedral Square.

Subhaan happy to stop for a coffee break, instead of being arrested haha!

King William of Orange’s statue Provand’s Lordship – built in 1400s

The activities involved organising different groups in society on a “ladder of responsibility” – to see who we thought had the greatest influence in combatting Sectarianism.

We looked at scarves and posters, which had very EXTREME viewpoints. We realised that religion was being linked to football, when really there was no evidence or history to confirm this connection.

We studied the case story of Mark Scott, a young boy who was killed because he was wearing a football scarf. We discussed if we would call him a “victim”. Muntaha suggested that “Yeah, we would. He is a victim of the way he has been brought up”. I think this realisation is very true. We are all products of traditions, cultures, upbringing and family.

We visited Glasgow Cathedral, and went inside and lit a candle for our special intentions. We also went downstairs in the gothic cathedral to St. Mungo’s tomb.

We had lunch in the Necropolis, Glasgow’s oldest cemetery. We enjoyed spectacular views over the whole city.

Here are the boys marching towards Parkhead, Celtic’s football stadium.

We admired some of the city’s amazing Graffiti as we wandered too. Glasgow is a city of artists!

L-l-l-lots of walking, I was on the sofa for most of the evening. How did you feel after our trip yesterday, P7? Mums and Dads, have you visited any of the places on our maps? What’s your impression on our workshop yesterday?

Miss Cohen

February Film Festival Fortnight

Watch the following short video clips at home as part of the above mentioned event. Record the title of the video, a short summary on what themes are present, and your opinion on the way it is filmed.

https://movingimageeducation.org/browse-films/films/the-way-we-played

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJ4BBQ0nhc

https://movingimageeducation.org/analyse-film/resources/ten-tools#

 

We visited the Scotland Street School Museum on Thursday morning. They have an exhibition running at the moment titled ‘Glaswegasians’. It explores the impact of Asian community members in Glasgow, and how they have influenced politics, culture and attitude in our city. It was very interesting!

 Our fab Langside College team came to deliver another Athletics-inspired P.E. lesson. This week, we tried the long jump. Areeba Nasir and Zainab really showed us how its done!

 As Muntaha received 50 dojo points, her personalised privilege request was to have some yummy toffee apples with her friends. It was a SWEET way to end the week. De-lish!

 Mark, a representative from Sense over Sectarianism, came in to deliver one of a series of workshops on the earlier mentioned theme. We clarified definitions of the following; sectarianism, discrimination, stereotype. Mark referenced our class novel, Divided City, several times during his visit, which allowed us to make valuable connections between the text and its key themes.

Meril, a Welsh musician, came to perform for us at St Albert’s. He is also performing as part of Glasgow’s Celtic Connections music event. His style was very original, and he could sing with such intonation and soul. What a treat!

Meril said that he was inspired by the Beatles. Miss Cohen asked Primary 7 what their favourite songs were. These were the responses;

Zainab – Big Shaq: Man’s not hot

Muntaha – Havana

Maria M – Khaled: Young and broke

Furqan – Alan Walker: Fade

Dany – Hattrick

Iesa – Charlie Puth: Tension

James – Whizz Khalifa: See you again

Nabeeha – Dave: No words

 

As it was National Storytelling week, we had a fun and interactive assembly on Monday morning with Ben (a Southside Storyteller).

Miss Cohen had asked Primary 7 to bring in their favourite story books or poems from the house, and on Friday we went down to the infant classes to read them aloud. It was loads of fun reading to the younger pupils, and we’re considering setting up our own Friday lunchtime reading club to promote storytelling throughout the school.

Parents and teachers – what are your favourite novels/short stories/poems? We’d love to hear your feedback!

Although Primary 7 were only in school for two days after the February holidays, we still managed to pack plenty in (surprise surprise!)

On Thursday, we went to Holyrood Secondary for the Science Road Show event, along with St. Brigid’s Primary School. We talked about light sources and colour, and our class had lots of prior knowledge on the subjects discussed because of the input we have had this term with Miss Brookes. Aiden from P6/7 asked two very good questions; “Sometimes people are colour blind, why?” and “How come dogs cannot tell the difference between colours as well as humans?”. The teacher explained that this is due to a difference in eye receptors.

We did an experiment where you had to draw a line with felt tip pen on a cotton pad, and hold it above a cup of still water. As time passed, the ink began to run into an array of different colours. It was pretty cool!

We did some baking in class in preparation for Friday’s coffee morning – raspberry and white choc traybake, coconut and carrot slices and a lemon drizzle loaf. Our classroom smelt heavenly ha!

On Friday morning, we hosted our coffee morning on the theme of ‘Migration’. Miss Cohen had invited parents and partnership agencies (Milk Café, Awaz FM, Mambo Film Production, Scottish Refugee Council etc) along to chat and share their experiences of Migration. The responses and discussion had were amazing – and really make you appreciate everyone’s journey and heritage. Ally, our filmer, will be coming back into school again soon, and showing us even more digital techniques. We made a timelapse – which looks really effective. Move over Pixar! Here are some pictures of our successful morning;

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Cohen

Miss Cohen set us a creative homework task to design our very own window display, as if we were partaking in Strathbungo’s Winter Wanderland event in February. Gurpreet designed this colourful, unicorn-themed design. An amazing effort! You can come and design my house any day of the week!

Students from Langside College have started working with us to develop our fitness and Athletics skills. Jack, Jack and Megan are really friendly and great coaches.

On Thursday, as it was Burns Day, Mrs Harker had arranged a school panto for us based on the life of Robert Burns and the wee moose. We loved it!

 

 

 

Merol, an extremely talented Welsh musician, came to visit us and play some amazing tunes. He is performing as part of the Celtic Connections festival, and we loved learning that he was inspired by the Beatles.