Today in literacy we did a comprehension task to demonstrate our ability to retrieve information from a text. This is something that we will need to keep working on.
We made our own analogue clocks to support what we are learning about time (in maths and numeracy) and highlight the differences between analogue and digital clocks.
It would be a really great help if we are supported at home to learn about time, as most of us don’t now wear watches, and just rely on our phones.
Some of the highlights of our week are shown in these photos and include:
our WW1 Recruitment posters
United Against bullying posters
Fun-filled yoga
In maths we worked on chimney sums and decimals. In health and wellbeing we have been learning about the different nutrients from food and drink and the variety of foodstuffs we need in order to have a balanced diet to keep us fit, healthy and energised.
Today P67b mixing tints and shades to create “atmospheric perspective”
Today the children celebrated ‘Children in Need’ (CIN) through wearing a variety of costumes and participating in fun activities. They rotated between five different ‘stations’ –
We had a great day, and even had time to enjoy some spontaneous performances from our classmates!
Today Primary 6/7 completed their first afternoon of Focused Learning. It is learning based on Pupil Voice and personal choice.
Children were creating stop motion animations, focusing on structure and movement of characters while using ICT.
Children made endangered animal PowerPoints using visual and graphic design techniques.
Children also designed unique animal products and developed their line drawing skills.
Today we continued to focus on our descriptive writing and introduced dialogue into our stories.
Today Primary 6/7 were using Venn diagrams to sort information.
Later on we worked with our partners to script, perform and record our “Big Emotions” video…watch this space!
Today we came to school dressed as some weird and wonderful characters…and participated in lots of Hallowe’en themed activities.
Today Primary 6/7B started a 6 part story. They used specific tools from the author’s craft to make their story introduction more interesting. The introductions focused on enticing the reader to read on. Children used the 5 senses, similes, metaphors and other descriptive words.
We started by looking at synonyms for standard words and used our previous knowledge to generate other more descriptive words. We then created our own similes and metaphors, analysing the difference between them.
We then used different coloured pens and identified how other authors use the senses. This helped us apply this skill in our own work.
Finally we were ready to write the introductions for our stories. What a great descriptive start to our story so far.
In the afternoon we planned a new way to learn. We will be working on child led focused learning…watch this space!
We also practised our line drawing skills, developing size and scale and using artist techniques to combine two objects together. This week we drew a pangolin climbing up a tree.
Today we started creating characters for a story we will be writing over the next few weeks. We thought about their appearance, their personality and the dark secret they are hiding…
