For those in the Euroquiz club or those who would like to test themselves, here is the link to mock Euroquiz questions!

http://seet.org.uk/resources/euroquiz-resources.php

Good luck!

Miss Grant and Miss Cauley

As you know, we will be completing a research project on Bar/Bat Mitzvah using Book Creator to create an information booklet.

Here are some websites you may find useful in your research:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/bar-mitzvah/3667.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/bar-mitzvah/7469.html

http://judaism.about.com/od/lifeevents/a/whatisabarmitzvah.htm

http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/1347986/jewish/My-Bar-Mitzvah-Day.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/shul.htm

http://www.jewishwebsight.com/lifecycle/mitzvah.html

This week we had a look at the famous Robert Burns poem, Tam O’Shanter! We listened to the poem as well as watching a modern take on YouTube, which we found to be quite funny! We then completed different tasks in groups in order to explore the poem further. These tasks included: writing a sequel to the poem, doing a character study on Tam O’Shanter, creating a map showing Tam’s journey around Ayr, identifying important imagery within the poem, translating some Scottish words and creating a storyboard to illustrate the poem. Pupils extremely enjoyed learning about the story of Tam O’Shanter and were very successful with their tasks! We hope you enjoy the pictures of our finished Tam O’Shanter display!

I understand the effect that a range of substances including tobacco and alcohol can have on the body. HWB 2-38a

I know that popular culture, the media and peer groups as well as my own attitudes and values can influence how I feel about substance use and recognise the impact this may have on my actions. HWB 2-39a

I know that alcohol and drugs can affect people’s ability to make decisions. HWB 2-40a

I can identify the different kinds of risks associated with the use and misuse of a range of substances. HWB 2-41a

I know of actions I can take to help someone in an emergency. HWB 2-42a

I understand the impact that misuse of substances can have on individuals, their families and friends. HWB 2-43a

I can:

• State some of the effects that substances have on the body
• Create a list of influences
• State their feelings
• Identify some possible outcomes of specific actions resulting from outside influences
• Outline how drugs and alcohol can affect my ability to make decisions
• List different kinds of risks associated with the use and misuse of substances
• Explain and emergency situations to an operator
• Relate first aid skills to given situations
• Further develop first aid skills e.g dealing with burns
• Explain how people/ services can help in an emergency

Using the website links listed below, your task is to design and create an A3 poster using Publisher to inform your classmates of the dangers of substance misuse. You must include:

• The effects and health risks related to tobacco and alcohol misuse
• The impact of external influences/pressures and how these can affect personal decisions, actions and outcomes
• The impact and risks of misusing drugs and alcohol and how it can affect your ability to make good decisions
• The negative social side effects of substance misuse on individuals, their families and friends
• How to deal with emergencies using the operator, emergency services and first aid

http://www.quit.org.uk/PrimaryResourcePack.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z8b97ty/resources/1

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/pshe/drugs/materials/documents/drugs_booklet.pdf

http://www.talktofrank.com/drug/alcohol

http://www.talktofrank.com/drug/tobacco

http://www.talktofrank.com/emergency-help

http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/media/143553/alcohol%20and%20the%20body%20infographic%202.pdf

You will have 4 weeks to plan and prepare your presentation and will present to the rest of the class on the 5th week.

Hi There

It is Scottish Culture month in January within the school!  As part of this each child is asked to select and learn a Burns poem which they will then recite to the class.

From this, a child from each class will be selected to represent their class at our Burns assembly.

When learning the poem pupils have to focus on –

• Good, clear diction
• Pace
• A good understanding of the poem
• Correct pronunciation of Scottish words
• Good facial and vocal expressions conveying the sentiment of the poem
• Variation in pace and tone

As a class we picked four to focus on, however feel free to choose your own if you want! The four we picked were:

A Red, Red Rose

My Heart is in the Highlands

Scots Wae Hae

Up in the Morning Early

Have fun learning your poems and we look forward to hearing them!

Miss Grant

During our visit to the science centre, we learned about the Cupola, a special viewing station in the International Space Station that can show magnificent views of Earth. We used shading and tinting with black and white paint to create the different colours that can be seen from the Cupola and created our own bird’s eye view of Earth. Our paintings turned out fantastic!

We really enjoyed our visit to the science centre on Thursday! We were able to look around the centre and take part in the many scientific experiments going on! We also visited the planetarium and were shown the night sky and different planets by a real astronomer! We felt as if we were in space! We also watched a film in the imax theatre called ‘A Beautiful Planet’ which showed us around the International Space station and told us about the effects of climate change on Earth which can be seen from space! It was a perfect end to our space topic!

As we are coming to the end of our science topic of Space, we imagined what it would be like if we had to leave our home planet of Earth. We pretended to be on a mission to the moon to live and had to make lots of hard decisions in the meantime. We created our own lunar colonies which detailed a food source, water source, lodgings, heating and ways to deal with the the little amount of gravity on the moon. We quickly realised that solar power would be the best way to power most things and also talked about greenhouses to grow food. We found it interesting to imagine how our lives would transfer to a habitat like the moon. Here are some pictures of our lunar colonies!

At the end of last week we completed our technology project of using junk to build a bridge. We related this to the famous Victorian Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was the man who created the first bridge. We learned about different types of bridges and structures which made them strong. We used junk to model them to hold a 1kg weight. We all worked extremely hard and enjoyed testing our bridges! We now have some kind of idea of the hard work and design that goes with building a bridge!

P6G decided to turn the classroom into a dance studio today and play some just dance games on the promethean board! Clearly they have been practising as they were all amazing! They really enjoyed it and it was a great way to exercise! Here are some pictures!

On Friday, we completed a task given to us by the parent council. They set us an ‘apprentice’ style task to make products to sell at the Christmas fair whilst working out cost of materials, selling price, margin and marketing strategies. We really enjoyed the afternoon and hope people like our creations should they buy one! We hope you like the pictures of our creative process!

P6G

Hi Primary 6!

I have found a great YouTube channel for learning times tables! It could help us with some of the tricker, higher ones!

The channel is called Mr DeMaio and he is a fellow teacher from America who has created songs to help us learn our times tables!

Check him out!

Miss Grant