Through Aesthetics activities in the the gym hall P6 are exploring and developing: flexibility, balance, core stability & strength. The photos show us making shapes in our warm up and one of the pupils is holding a balance called the Dish. We have been moving in different ways such as the Bear and Crocodile and then demonstrating our skills to Primary One. Yesterday was the first time we practised the
We have been crazy about circles ever since our last Parent Open Event. Thank you to those who helped Primary 6 learn how to read a protractor correctly and use a compass. Look how far everyone has come with just a little bit of your help! In their art work pupils outlined circles with wax crayon and then thinly applied washes of paint. The aim was to let
Yesterday we were shown the 3 blind spots on a big truck at school. There were a few demonstrations including some pupils going inside the truck. It was a good day and was educational too. I enjoyed seeing the truck move and the shocked reactions of my classmates. Lucy P6.
During Relax Kids Primary 6 have been learning about the functions of different parts of the brain and how we can use this knowledge to develop a more positive individual / class ethos. Today we enjoyed moving around to music and greeting everyone we met. Later everyone wrote something nice about Sean and he was showered with lots of compliments. Remember your homework task is to try to do a
As we near the end of our topic on France, Primary 6 were set the challenge of an engineering project. Using only newspaper, cellotape and staples build the Eiffel Tower in one afternoon. All teams new that they would be scored on: teamwork, noise level, design. height and stability of the tower. The race was on and all teams were working to the last minute. Two teams competed to be the
Our school had a fabulous afternoon playing against teams from Tannochside. Thank you for your great behaviour and super teamwork.
After some ups and downs during our Clyde in the Classroom project, today was the final farewell to our trout. In a colder location (the old library office) our second batch of eggs successfully hatched and many survived to be released into the river.
Today we had our first shinty lesson, led by Mr Thomson from Uddingston Grammar. Here you can see us working with our partners. We rolled the ball along the floor and our partner had to position their feet into a pizza wedge in order to stop it. This was the easy part. Next we had to move towards the rolling ball to meet it, unfortunately this sometimes made the ball
Primary 6 have been very busy this term. In the first week after the winter break we visited Glasgow Science Centre for the launch of our Brown Trout project by The Clyde River Foundation. There was time to: explore the interactive activity floors, learn about the River Clyde and some of the creatures that live in the water, have lunch and go to the shop! Look out later this week
