Monthly Archives: April 2013
Perimeter Perimeter…
Perimeter – the length of the outside edge of a shape . . .
The Perimeter Song – Watch it two or three times, you’ll know the words, and you’ll never forget what perimeter is again.
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The Perimeter Song – Click Here!
Within our measure topic, we need to be able to calculate the perimeter of different shapes and objects. The game below will test your perimeter knowledge. Level 1 is quite simple, but it gets harder as you move through the levels. Let us know how you get on playing the game.
Perimeter Game – CLICK HERE!
See you tomorrow – for some more work with “Perimeter . . . Perimeter”
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Bio-Ability!
This week in our Biodiversity and Sustainability (Bio-Ability) topic; we’ve managed to:
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Begin our art work, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
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Learn how to create a science report: using the words ‘hypothesis’, ‘apparatus’ and ‘method’
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Planting our bedding plants, vegetables and making insect cairns in our garden
We’ll update you on progress next week. We need to choose a day for our Garden Party – which we’ll decide on next week.
The projects are looking fantastic – We can’t wait to start reading them.
See you on Monday! Have a great weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Reading Scales!
REMINDER: Personal Projects are due tomorrow! (Friday 26th April 2013)
REMINDER: P7 Flag Football – GROUP A tomorrow – REMEMBER your PE kit!
As part of our measure topic in maths, something we need to be able to do is read scales.
Some scales are simple to read; but what we’ve found out are that others are a bit more tricky.
Play the games below to see how you are at reading scales:
Reading Scales 1 – CLICK HERE!
Reading Scales 2 – CLICK HERE!
Looking forward to seeing your projects over the weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Rock Challenge DVD!
Today we gave each pupil a copy of our Rock Challenge performance on DVD. We’d like to thank Mr Nairn for his assistance with the copying of the DVDs!
We had originally planned to put on a performance for parents/carers; however due to a lack of space within the school, and the fact that the lights and staging lifted the performance, we felt it was better to give you a copy which you can watch time and time again.
Play the DVD from 7 minutes – this will take you to Georgia’s introduction before the performance.
Following on from our Sonnet 18 blog post yesterday – here’s a video showing that children really CAN learn and recite the sonnet to an audience:
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Sonnet 18 – Performance CLICK HERE!
See you tomorrow!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
William Shakespeare
April is ‘Poetry Month’.
Yesterday we studied William Shakespeare’s use of old English in Sonnet 18. We learned that a sonnet has 14 lines, and the two final lines rhyme. Today we begun developing ways to learn the poem. We will continue to work on learning this by heart over the next few weeks. Our aim is to perform this at our Summer Garden Party.
You’ll find the poem in both written and audio form below:
SONNET 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
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Shakespeare – Sonnet 18
See you in the morning!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Earth Day – 2013
Today is Earth Day – a day in which people around the world not only celebrate the living things on our planet, but also campaign to protect our world from Global Warming. The videos below deliver the message that we need to act NOW, before it’s too late. Hopefully with our biodiversity and sustainability work this term, we will have a positive impact on the world.
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Earth Day – 2013
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Earth Day – VIDEO
Earth Day – WEBSITE
See you tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Football Success!
Very well done to the Lochardil P6/7 A team who qualified for the National Finals of the SSFA Primary Schools Cup yesterday in Dundee.
Great performances all round yesterday in very windy conditions overcoming teams from Dundee, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Avoch and Scone. Well done to the players Ryan, Danni, Charlie, Leon, Bradi, Ewan, Scott and Cameron; and to the coaches Tim and Iain – a fantastic achievement.
The finals will be played in Glasgow on Monday 22nd April so good luck to them all.
It was great to get outside in the sunshine today during maths, reading and french. Here is hoping the good weather continues!
Have a great weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Build a shed…
P7s – Bring your PE kit tomorrow!
Over the next four weeks, our topic in maths is ‘Measure’. In measure, we’ll be looking at length, weight and volume; in addition to perimeter and area. Multiplying and Dividing by 10 – 100 – 1,000 are crucial skills when converting the different units.
Ever fancied building a shed? Well you better get your multiplication and division skills brushed up. Play the game below; answer the 15 questions correctly, and you will complete your shed. (You can click the shed to take you to the game also)
BUILD A SHED – CLICK HERE!
Let us know how you get on!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Quiztime under the spotlight…
Click the attachment below to find out about an EXCITING opportunity from BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 : Flyer
Pupils of the Month
Let’s find out who P6/7’s Pupils of the Month were for March
Aimee – Aimee is conscientious, giving 100% in every task that she puts her mind to. She was a crucial part of the technical team in our Rock Challenge performance last month, operating the spotlights – Well Done Aimee!
Lewis – Lewis has been demonstrating excellent sportsmanship during our orienteering unit in PE. He has supported and encouraged his team to succeed – an excellent quality witnessed by pupils and staff. Great effort Lewis!
Anna N – Anna always offers a helping hand to her peers and her teachers. Her enthusiasm shines through in every task she puts her mind to. One of our readers at the Easter Service – working hard to perfect her pace and volume. Excellent work Anna!
Well done to the three of our Pupils of the Month. They have modelled the qualities that we like to see in our Lochardil Citizens.
Our Summer Garden Party…
Tomorrow the preparation begins for our Summer Garden Party – it’s going to be quite the ECO-Extravaganza.
The ECO Art group tomorrow will begin to design Georgia O’Keeffe style art work – an American artist who created iconic flower designs.
Your task: Research Georgia O’Keeffe flower art work by TUESDAY 23rd April 2013. Either print out your favourite flower design, or create your own design inspired by O’Keeffe using coloured pencils. You will then begin your flower canvas whilst working with Mrs Prentice. If you’re in the art group tomorrow, have a look at her art work tonight to get some ideas.
Those people working in the ECO Planting, ECO Bedding Plants and ECO Cairns groups should bring shoes for working out in the garden, and preferably a change of clothes as you may get dirty.
We look forward to getting outdoors tomorrow!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Welcome Back!
Welcome back P6/7. It’s our final term altogether before the P7s depart and we gain a shiny new P7. We’ve an exciting term ahead between our Scottish Opera performance and Loch Insh (P7).
Talking of Scottish Opera… It is that time of year again. This year we’re doing ‘The Legend of Slim McBride and The Lost Tribe’. It’s going to be an excellent link to our ‘Biodiversity and Sustainability’ topic.
Let’s find tell you a bit more about our new topic…
Our Aim
Children will prepare for and organise a Summer Ecological Garden Party for the Lochardil community. At the garden party learners aim to: sell vegetables which they’ve grown in the garden, have summer snacks, sell eco-themed art work, and present on the work they’ve done in biodiversity and sustainability.
Our sub-topics and questions
| ‘We Go Eco’ What can we do to make our school more ecological? ‘Here, There, Everywhere’ ‘Plant Attack’ The skills we want to develop |
