Good Morning P6/7. I hope you have had a restful weekend and made the best of the weather when it was there. It is positive news in terms of lockdown restrictions so that’s something to look forward to at the end of the week. I am hopeful I will get to finish my phone calls this week to all of you.  We are into a new ‘Home Learning’ week and as always, we have some general information before the Home Learning.

General Information

Article of the Week – Article 12 –

Respect for the views of the child

Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously.

In the classroom we would always be gathering student feedback, input and ideas to improve many aspects of school life. Most commonly our Floorbook would allow child lead interest for an array of topics. In our current circumstances this includes consulting pupils via Teams on curricular areas such as preference of Sumdog over Heinemann, the time of the Team meeting, inclusion of more Expressive Art content and the creation of a Music Team after some pupils wished for more Music input during lockdown.

Elgin Academy Library – P7 pupils

Mrs. Toonen from Elgin Academy Library has added you all to EA Library Team on Glow. You may have seen this already. There are lots of recommendations and book related materials. Mrs. Toonen has uploaded a little introduction and her first recommendation – check it out.

Please finish your Film Poster this week and upload it to the EA Library Files section. More information in the ICT Section of this weeks learning.

Team Meet

This week’s Team meet will be on Wednesday at 12pm. Discussion this week with involve examples of Article 12 at home, school and any clubs or groups pupils are usually part of, a quiz and thoughts to the changes to the lockdown.

Home Learning

Literacy – Writing – Yearbook P7 Pupils

This week’s literacy is a two-week project to create a page for the P7 Yearbook. Emailed to you is the template of the Yearbook page. Pupils will have to take a selfie or ask a family member to take a headshot on a mobile device and upload it, insert and position the picture in their Yearbook page and complete the other sections. Pupils will then upload the finished Yearbook page onto a specific location in Teams. More details in this week’s ICT tasks below.

Check you GLOW Email inbox. The Template will be emailed to you. Below is a picture of the document.

Literacy – Writing – P6

In the link below you will find a story and some questions to help you think about how the structure of the story is formed. We will build upon this next too. You do not need to write the answers. You can discuss them verbally if you want. Sometimes that makes it easier.

Talk for writing

Literacy – Reading & Mindfulness

Please continue to read your chosen novel and keep up with current affairs through youth newspapers or Newsround.

Below I have included a reading comprehension for you too. There are three levels of challenge which are indicated by the star at the bottom. Click on the link below to access it. Pupils do not need to write their answers but could verbalise them. This sometimes make it easier for them to complete.

Internet Safety Reading Comprehension

Literacy – Modern Languages – French or German

Inspired by the NHS Rainbows we can adapt this for a number and colour task to keep our Modern Language vocabulary fresh before entering S1. Simply draw a rainbow using all the colours in the vocabulary resource and add numbers in your chosen language. Feel free to do more than one, and you can use anything you have available. Markers, paint, pencils etc. Get creative and have fun. Remember you could use Google Translate to practice your pronunciation.

Numeracy – BESTCO

Please continue with the work on Bestco. This is the final week of BESTCO and involves some personal shopping for individuals. There are examples of shopping you need to price for different individuals. To extend this activity, if you wish, you offer different budgets or ask your child to get the shopping under a budget. They could justify why they choose the shopping they did. Click on the link below to access the latest guides.

Supermarket Activity – Home Delivery Orders

There will also be Sumdog & Heinemann Active challenges. If you wish to practice a particular skill please let me know through your Glow email.

Health & Well-being.

Miss McNab’s Wednesday Challenge is live this week. Keep your eyes peeled for the next Wednesday challenge and a unique opportunity this week. It’s called Travel Tokyo.

Check out the info here

Travel to Tokyo challenge

Our HWB this week will be to try out a new game – Crab Football. This can be played in any space in your home, garden, or anywhere you can find. It’s harder than you think and very strenuous on all your limbs. Try it with any sort of ball, balloon or object you want to try. Please look at the game card and have a go. I am really looking forward to hearing about this on our Team meet.

 

ICT – Uploading documents – Yearbook & Film Poster – P7

As we continue Home Learning for the rest of the term, it seems as if blended learning will be the new normal for a time after the summer holidays. With this in mind it is important pupils know how to use Glow independently and can use more of it’s functions to support them in the future.

This week I am asking P7 pupils to upload their Film poster (mentioned in last weeks learning) directly to the EA Library page and upload their finished Yearbook page onto the P6/7 team page. I’ll post instructions / step by step below, I can support this on the Team meet and speak with parents & pupils if any issues arise.

Film Poster Upload Instructions

1. Take a picture of your finished film poster using a digital camera or a mobile device.
2. Upload the picture to a computer or mobile device, remember the path where the file is located.
3. Rename the file with your initials or name. E.g ‘Mr O’Neill Film Poster’ or ‘PON Film Poster’.
4. Log on to Glow, click Teams, and click on EA Library.
5. On the left hand side there are a few sub pages, click ‘Primary Schools’
6. At the top of the page there are 2 tabs – Posts & Files. Click Files
7. Click Bishopmill P7 Mr Stuart
8. Now click Upload. Find your Film Poster file, select it and upload.
9. After a few seconds you should see it in the folder.

 

Yearbook Page Upload Instructions

1. Save your document and rename it with your initials or name
2. Log into GLOW & Click Teams
3. Click on P6/7 Team
4. Along the top click on Files, then click the ‘P7S Yearbook’ folder
5. Press Upload – this will open a box to attach your file
6. Find you file, press attach
7. After a few seconds it should upload and be there.

 

As always, stay safe, stay distant and I’m here for anything you need.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mr Stuart