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This week we have been learning all about Andy Warhol. He was a famous artist during the 1960s. He created a type of art called, “Pop Art”. This involves recreating the same images a number of times in a variety of colours. Some of his famous paintings are of a Campbell’s soup can, Marlyn Munro, Mickey Mouse and a Coca Cola can.
We created our own Pop Art, some using paint and some with pastels and pens. Have a look at our creations!
This week we have started a new topic called the 1960s this is a build up till Christmas because we are performing a show for the schools 50th anniversary. We have joined up with the primary 6/7 class to do this. We have already made a timeline about some things that happened in the 60s. We have found out that the Beatles were formed and there was a new cola invented that is called tab cola this was invented by the people who make co-ca cola .
Cole- I never knew the fashion would be as fancy.
Erin- I would like to look into the world wars further during the 1960s.
Bethany L- I liked finding out the first James Bond film.
Gregor- In 1962 the actor for James Bond was Sean Connery
Yesterday we went on our school trip to the science centre. First we went to the planetarium to see the solar system and beyond. We realised how big the universe really was there are over 1,000000000000 galaxies. When we were sitting in the seats it felt like we were moving. We learned about the constellations. Here are some: the big dipper, Orion the hunter, 7 sisters and Taurus.
Then we got a chance to explore the 3 floors. Most of the class enjoyed the hamster wheel we also got to try lots of tests. For example we tried electric cars, how fast can you run, how long you can hold on, we even tried a calmness test.
We had a great day and got to spend the whole day exploring and learning. Have a look at our photographs!
These are the things that we enjoyed the most:
Aimee: I enjoyed going on the hamster wheel
Jack: I enjoyed the sprinting
Leah: I enjoyed learning new information
Ross: I enjoyed hanging on to the bars
Orla : I enjoyed the planetarium
So far this week in p7 we have been learning lots of different things in literacy, maths, IDL, German and PE.
Literacy: In literacy we have been reading new novels like clockwork, dragonfire, butterfly lion and the demon headmaster. We’ve also been doing our spelling strategies to help us spell our new common words.
Maths: For maths we have been learning how to times, add, subtract and divide using decimals E.G: 2.16×100=216
Also we have been doing circles with Mrs Bokas we have learnt different types and parts of a circle. Also our class loves to play 2 maths games buzz and corners.
IDL: Our topic on the solar system is coming to an end we have learnt all the planets in order, Mercury, Venus, Earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ,Neptune and pluto and lots more interesting facts.
German: In class we have been learning some German with our German teacher Connie we have learnt lots of words and numbers.
P.E: For P.E we have been going to the high school on Mondays to do orienteering and athletics it has been really fun because in orienteering we get to run around the whole school area. In athletics we also participated in sprinting and skipping. Also on Tuesday we have been doing jumpstart johnny for a warm up and also think we might do it for our leavers assembly.
Jason- I enjoy adding and subtracting decimals.
Cate- I enjoyed orienteering in PE at the high school.
Lillie- I really liked doing the solar system in Art.
Fraser M- I enjoyed taking part in German.
Gabrielle- I enjoy our new novel in Literacy called Dragonfire
by Gabrielle, Cate and Holly
For the first time the whole school took part in golden time on Friday afternoon. We got to choose our stations at the start of the week and we would be rewarded with the stations on the Friday if we worked to the best of our abilities.
We set up six stations, these included Arts and Crafts, Beauty, Board games, baking, IPads and a game from home. This was really good fun! We are all looking forward to doing this again in the weeks to come! 
So far in primary 7 we have had a lovely start to the year. We have been enjoying our new topic the solar system. We have been learning about all the planets there are 4 rocky planets and 4 gas giants. This is the order of the planets from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.We have also been learning about the moon. We found out that it is made of rock and light weight gasses.
In drama we have been doing a court case inspired by harry potter. All of us had a character to play we set up the classroom as if it was a court we had the judges table and lots more it was fun.
By Kara,Orla and Aimee
In maths, we have been practising our rounding skills. We high 5 if the number rounds up and low 5 if this rounds down.
This was great fun and helped us with our learning during further examples !! 
