Author: Miss Wallace

    

Yesterday we had a visitor from the Scottish Parliament,called Mr Clarke.

He shared a lot of information about the Scottish Parliament with us. For example, did you know that the Presiding Officer can turn off any MSPs microphones at any time? This usually happens when a MSP talks for too long in the Debating Chamber.

Mr Clarke gave each member of P6 a power volt. This device was used to answer questions and also used to vote.

Our first activity involved working in groups of 5. Each group acted as a political party. Within each party someone had to take on the role of Party Leader. Each Party Leader had to make a speech to the whole class. This speech was known as a manifesto. A manifesto are promises a party make to society before a public vote.

During the second activity we had a live debate. Finlay took on the role of Presiding Officer. He did really well chairing the debate. Most people voted for yes and therefore a bill was passed, Children should only go to school 4 days a week. What are your views on this?

 

We have had an extremely  busy start to 2015!

It has been lovely having Miss Graham working with us for the past two weeks. Miss Graham has been telling us about traits, inheritance and habitats.

P6 have just completed a block on Length. We were measuring different items using measuring tapes, rulers, metre sticks and trundle wheels. The piece of measuring equipment depends on the item you are measuring. For example, you would never measure the length of the school hall with a ruler! Instead you would use a trundle wheel.

In P.E. we have been continuing with dance. We have been working in small groups to come up with our own dance sequences.

Today we managed to go outside and play in the snow. It was extremely cold but great fun!

Have a look at our photos below.

We had a wonderful time at New Lanark despite the weather. We all took part in a Victorian pantomime and then watched a film about Victorian life. We enjoyed explored work life for children during the Victorian times.

This morning P6 and P7 went over to P6/7 at Chryston High. We were there to meet a famous author called Michael Kerins.

We heard one of his stories called Wee Tom. There were two characters in the story called Wee Tom and Uncle Dan.

Michael has been telling stories for over 50 years. His dad, who told him stories ever since he was a baby, inspired him. We thoroughly enjoyed his visit.

Guten tag! Every Thursday afternoon we work with Mrs Allan for German. Most of us didn’t know any words in German but knew a little bit about the country.

In the first week we found out how to greet one another. Then we went on to saying our name. This meant we could have conversations in german with our peers.

We have just started learning the alphabet in german. We are finding this tricky but we know with practise we will get better.