St Kevin's Primary and Nursery

Hello from Primary 6/7

This week we have been incorporating digital media into our language lessons. We have been using movie trailers as a way of creating character profiles, movie posters and movie boards as well as analysing lines from a movie and acting as a director in giving action points e.g facial expression, body posture, hand gestures etc. We have been using the film, ‘A Christmas Carol’ as part of our multimedia block and this is something the children have very much enjoyed!

We looked at what would be included in a movie poster as a means of engaging and informing people about the film, we watched some trailers and looked at movie posters and discussed what we should see on these. We decided they all need a title, main actor, illustration of main character and possibly setting, date of release and possibly a catchy slogan or quote from the film. These two girls followed this success criteria created fantastic movie posters and were chosen as star writers this week, well done girls!

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Our Christmas production- please remember all children require a black t-shirt, black leggings/trousers for under their costume. If you could send this in with your child on Monday that would be very much appreciated.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Jackson and Primary 6/7

Primary 5/6 have been very successful learners this week . During our taught writing lesson we were learning how to effectively use persuasive words and phrases . We enjoyed using our imagination to write some fantastic persuasive letters to Santa to apply for jobs as elves in his workshop .

Our Show rehearsals are going well and we are all very excited for our big performances next week . What a super bunch of very talented confident individuals !

Please remember to send your child’s costume that is required for the show to school on Monday . (Black t – shirt and black leggings / trousers) Place costumes in a plastic bag with your child’s name on  the bag .

Primary 4/5 have finally completed their Charles Rennie MacIntosh designs.  They have studied Charles Rennie MacIntosh’s work throughout our Scottish theme. The children were looking at his stained glass designs and produced their very unique and talented designs of their own.

This week in Primary Three Maths we have been exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shape.

We started off by reminding ourselves of the shapes we had already learned about, before looking their different features in more depth. We then investigated which 2D shapes are used to make 3D shapes, before examining their similarities and differences.

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We also had a great time making models with our 3D shapes, and today were set a problem solving challenge. Our challenge was to create a 3D cube out of straws. We were all successful in solving the problem of how to create the cube, even if we did have a few hiccups with getting them to stick together! We all worked very well as a team and didn’t give up until our cubes were made.

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Finally, this week we also enjoyed learning more about Advent, and particularly the Advent wreath. We learned about the meanings of the candles and created our own beautiful paper collages.

What a busy week we have had!

We are all looking forward to sharing our Nativity show with you next week, as well as all of the Christmas treats that will be happening at school.

Miss McFadyen and Primary Three