David Livingstone and Victorian Games

We loved playing Victorian games and focussed to master the skills to play them. We needed a growth mindset, agility and coordination.

David Livingstone was an extraordinary man who achieved many things in his lifetime.

A note from the teacher

THANK YOU very much for all of the kind wishes and gifts your children gave me. I was touched by your thoughtfulness and generosity.

I would like to wish all of you a happy, relaxing and safe holiday. It has been a wonderful opportunity working with all 32 children in the class and getting to know them. I’ve seen a huge range of skills and talents and lots of dedication.  

The children have made a positive and lasting impression on me and I will really miss being their teacher however I now that they are well positioned to do very well in P7, their last year at Whitelees.

Good luck in P7!  I’ll look forward to seeing you when we get back in August and hearing all of your news.

Mrs Garey  xxx

Award Ceremony

“At the award ceremony I won a trophy for drama,” Cara beamed.

“I’m happy that people were chosen for the different awards. ” Holly C shared.

“It was good to see the looks on everyon’e faces when they won an award,” Leona.

Daniel mentioned, “I liked how we all got certificates and badges.”

Sport’s Day

Ryan said,  “It’s fun. The best bit was basketball.”

Zari, Adam, Holly C and Alex liked the agility course and the obstacle course.

Amara thought the basketball was hard and challenging.

It’s an exciting week ahead this week. The P4-7 award ceremony is on Wednesday afternoon and Sports Day is on Friday. The children of P6 have worked hard this session and deserve recognition for their  commitment to learning, enthusiasm and achievements.

On Friday they’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate their agility, speed and coordination.

Good luck everyone!

Maths Competitions and at Cumbernauld Academy

“Sumdog is an online maths games where you can challenge friends and enter competitions. ” Our class winner Ryan explained. Ryan, Daniel and Adam were in the top 30 for a North Lanarkshire wide competition and Ryan was 3rd overall.

High School Visit

“We went to the high school to have a fun maths day and we’d really good fun. It was really big.” Cara said.

Holly added, “I enjoyed playing all the different activities.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Kori, who’s playing Charlie in our summer show said, “I’ve been really enjoying show practice because it’s great fun and its going to be a great show. I’m nervous and excited at the same time.”

Daily Mile and Walking Week

Zari said “We’ve been doing the daily mile and we did a race. We also played rounders.  I feel a lot fitter than before.”

“I liked when we did circle time in Nature’s Nest because it was really sunny and bright.” Derek explained.

“I enjoyed doing the daily mile because I feel fitter for doing it. ” Carli mentioned.

Awesome Algebra

Many of the children enjoyed Maths this week saying, “Algebra has has been good to learn because it’s a new challenge. It helps us get better and ready for P7.”

Show Preparation

P6 have the task of creating a piece or art about Mike T.V. in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Show. We’ve all been working on it and it’s really taking shape now. You can see completed at the show!

Our School Show

Amara loved teaching dancing to the P1-3 this week. “They were doing lots of different songs and it was fun making up the moves. “

“Tragedy is our favourite song, ” Kori and Amara said.

Science The Human Body

“I’ve learned how some of he bones protect organs. In Maths I liked finding out about equations and missing values.” Dylan commented.

Derek thought, “it was interesting to learn about the heart.”

Zari enjoyed, “learning about teeth and that the enamel is the hardest substance in the human body.”

Singing

“This week we’ve been practising our songs and getting more confident in our dance moves. Don’t Stop Me Now is my favourite,” Holly gleamed.

Kori explained, “I loved making up the dance moves with Holly C, Amara, Holly B and Keri.”

Maths

“I learned more about coordinates and Big Maths. I liked drawing graphs,” Allan shared.

The Human Body

Kyle mentioned, “I learned about bones and when you’re born you have 270 bones but as an adult you have 206 because some have joined up.”

Elise commented, “I learned all the different bones and the proper names for them”

Special Circle Time

Leona was pleased that we had a special circle time today because of all of our hard work. Our results in our tests this week were all above 85%. We’re getting better at Maths

Inventions

“I enjoyed thinking more deeply about inventions that have never been made before.” Alyssa explained.

Orienteering and coordinates

Robyn mentioned,”I liked plotting the coordinates and making different shapes in the grid.”

Cara said,”We had visitor and Mr Dalzell came outside to do coordinates for our school grounds.”

“I liked going round with Mr Dalzell and planning out our coordinates and putting in the coordinates one by one and going to those plots on the grid.”

Inventions

Holly C shared, ” I’ve planned an invention of a back pack that won’t get any heavier and you can out things into it but it won’t get heavier or harder to carry around”

Kori added, “My invention is to get LED shoes so that the whole trainer is covered in bows and lights.”

Amara, “I made a new invention that would save money and you could decide any colour of trainer that you’d like without costing any money.”

Athletics

Ryan explained, “That it was hard to jump the hurdles because we made them higher each time. I got better with practise.”

“I liked the higher jump because it got higher and higher and tested our agility.” Daniel.

Whitelees Primary Open Day

Tour Guides for our Special Visitors

Kori’s gran praised James saying, “James was a fantastic tour guide. He was so polite and knew everything that was on the walls in the school.”

Visitors also mentioned how welcoming and helpful Carli, Daniel and Zari had been.

Elise commented, ” I would really like to thank everyone who came because they took their time to come to look at our work.

Her gran smiled saying,”I’m just so pleased that she asked me to come.”

“When my mum came to the open day I decided to show her my daily writing jotter because I knew mum would be happy with my presentation,” Leona added.

Carli was a guide today. She expressed, ” I’m proud of myself for being a tour guide and showing my family around.”

“We’re proud of her.” Her big sister said.

Cara mentioned, “I’m glad some of the parents came and took their time even though they don’t know us.

Maths and Learning

Kori said, “I’ve done really well in my Maths this week and I feel quite proud of myself. I liked when we did the grid and graph problems. I think it’s really good to show my family what we do in class.”

Hinduism

“I learned that  many Hindus believe that if you lead  a good life then your next life will be good but if you lead a bad life then it will be bad. This is called Karma,” Cara explained. She was referring to the belief in reincarnation.

Louise explained,”I read an information sheet and it gave me more information because I didn’t know about it all.”

Beat the Street

The children joined P5/6 and met other classes during their walk around Abronhill to launch Beat the Street.  They’ve been given a fob each to scan at scan points on the way to and from school. Each time the children scan the fob they will earn points for themselves and Team Whitelees. This will be a fun way for all to walk to school and keep active.

“Beat the Street is about getting people to walk instead of driving. It’s a good idea because it can save people money, ” Kieran said.

Explanation Writing

This week the children began a new genre for taught writing – explanation.  Below you can see some great examples of work by Alyssa, James and Louise. The children have written how Beat the Street works and have met the targets they were given.