Primary 6 have had a busy November, we have welcomed back Mrs Speirs and she will be teaching our class on a Thursday and Friday. We are all really excited to have her but sad to see Miss Gallagher leave but wish her good luck in her new school.

This month we have been focusing on Scottish castles, we have been in groups and have been researching a different castle each and have been learning about the history of each and why it is important. We will be presenting short group talks on these to the rest of the class.

In literacy we have been working really hard on our novels Tribes and Kensuke’s Kingdom. We have been using the comprehension strategies to help us gain a better understanding of these and we are really enjoying the storylines of both books.

In Maths we have been focusing on mental and written addition and subtraction. We have been trying out different strategies and using these to solve a variety of problems. With Mrs Speirs we have also finished measurement and moved on to learning a little about coordinates, these are really fun.

As it is the month of the Holy souls, we have focused on remembering those who are no longer with us and praying for them. Along with this we have learned about the lives of some of the saints and have been creating our own power points about a saint that is important to us. We especially loved learning about Maximillian Kolbe, be sure to ask us all about this special mans life as it is very interesting!

We are looking forward to December for lots of fun Christmas activities and learning some traditional Scottish dances for our parties!