Primary 7 have been extremely busy this month and have had a range of great experiences which I am sure they have told you all about!  However, here is a short update on what has been happening this month.

We are joining Mossend Primary School each Thursday for our Daily Mile to  build positive friendships with children from other schools in our community.

We have completed our Social Studies Topic on the Scottish Parliament in anticipation of our visit to the Parliament buildings later this month.

In Maths we have worked hard on place value, weight and have started division with a focus on fractions and decimal fractions.

In Language we are continuing with our spelling programme and looking at the various strategies we have to help us spell unfamiliar words.  We have focussed on improving our comprehension skills using our class novels too.  There has been a fantastic improvement  in the quality of handwriting from all pupils in addition to improvement in the presentation of tasks, well done!

In Storywriting, we have been focussing on writing a persuasive text on the pros and cons of genetic testing. The stimulus for this is the work we have been doing in science on genetics. This will make the basis for a review of assessment and moderation of attainment across the Cardinal Newman  cluster.

We have begun our work with the charity, Nil By Mouth, an anti-sectarian charity who work with schools informing children of the detrimental impact that sectarianism has on our children and young people in our communities.  Hopefully there will be a range of events that we will work with Mossend Primary on in the coming months.  So far, all P6 and P7 children have attended interactive workshops on this project.

In P.E. we are very lucky to be working with Young Sports Leaders from S6 from Cardinal Newman each Monday.  They are delivering a series of lessons on fitness with the class which will hopefully lead  to a sports festival held in the high school in March/April of next year.  Many of the pupil in class also successfully qualified for the Sportshall Athletic competition held in the Time Capsule on the 4th November.

The pupils in P7 have been involved in lots of active learning throughout the month of October from designing and carving pumpkins to attendance at the Sky Academy in Livingston.  The pupils had the most amazing experience working in groups with Sky Staff in creating, directing and editing their own trailers for their movie ideas.  Each child was given their own copy of the work produced to keep on a pen drive as a memento of their visit.