Primary 7’s Learning

In Primary 7 maths we have been learning about pie charts. Pie charts are used to show percentages or fractions of a whole amount. Pie charts look like a pie cut into slices, pie charts are always cut into an even amount. We have also started learning about algebra. Algebra is when you have an equation that has numbers and letters in it and you have to work out what the letter stands for e.g. a+7+10 a=3.

Last week all the schools going to Chryston High went to a science event in the high school. The science event was about C.S.I and forensics. C.S.I are a group of forensic scientists that help solve crimes. Forensic scientists are people who come to a crime scene and look for evidence. They take the evidence back to their labs to analyse it and look for DNA or fingerprints. DNA is a unique code everyone has in their body, this can help find criminals. Fingerprints are little patterns we have on the tip of our

fingers, when someone touches an object they leave their fingerprint on it.

In language we have been reading a new book called Jammie Dodgers On the Run. It is about three boys that are gypsies. The book shows what it was like to be poor in the Victorian Times. The three boys are called Jem, Ned and Billy and their family is very poor so they go out every day trying to earn money by picking pockets, selling things to people and cheating rich people. We have been focusing on the visualisation strategy to help us understand the setting.

We have started a new media project called V.I.B this stands for Very Important Bear. In this project we will be making a mini movie about a teddy bear called Buddy. This movie will have 8 scenes and each scene must be 15 to 20 seconds long, the movie will be approximately 3 minutes long. We will start filming these movies within the next 3 weeks. We are all looking forward to making these films.