Primary Seven celebrated World Book Day in style dressed as their favourite book characters. They enjoyed visiting each teacher and got lots of ideas for some personal reading they would like to do.
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Personal Research – Report Writing
Primary Seven are learning to write information texts and are preparing to write reports on a topic of their choice.
Their latest homework challenge is to do some Personal Research in preparation for the writing. So far the planning is going well and the titles are looking very interesting.
Some of the titles include:
Twins
William Wallace
Sea Turtles
Barcelona Football Team
Great White Sharks
Watch this space for news of how the task goes and some samples of the finished work.
Primary 7 Peer Mediation Training Day 1
We had a fantastic training session today with Mr McKendrick and Miss McMahon. We learned what it means to be a peer mediator and started to develop the skills and responsibilities we will use in our new roles.
Here are some important things we have learned so far:
Don’t ask closed questions – Danielle
Don’t take sides in a peer mediation circle – Gemma
Try not to judge – Caitlin
Think, look and listen to your peers – Bethany
Keep your emotions in check – Olivia
Sort it all out fairly – Jack
Other children can’t be forced into sorting things out – Kelsey
No accusations should be made – Rachael
Take a neutral position – Cameron
Show you are listening by looking at the speaker – Martin