Month: September 2016

Primary 6/5 have been involved with “The Worm Inspectors” Eco Drama organisation.

The Worm Inspectors hosted a drama production where they explored the role of worms within the natural world and how to make your own compost.

The children were then invited back to create their own wormery which will be located within the school greenhouse. They will be responsible for the maintenance of the wormery and the duty of care to Inchinnan Primary’s new friends “The Worms”.

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Our PE focus on Friday’s for Term 1 is gymnastics. So far, pupils have developed their flexibility through various stretches and have been working on their balancing skills, individually and in pairs/groups. The children worked hard and communicated effectively with their team members to create some beautifully presented group balances!

We have formed our cooperative learning groups for Term 1 and to get the team spirit going, we worked together to create a pyramid of plastic cups – only we weren’t allowed to use our hands! We had to use elastic bands and work together to stretch the elastic, grasp the cup and then flip it over before releasing it again. It was extremely hard work but every team experienced success.

Well done!

For the first few weeks of term we read ‘The Suitcase Kid’ by Jacqueline Wilson, a story about a girl called Andy whose parents are divorced. She is faced with the difficult situation of living between two houses, as well as very annoying step brothers and sisters! The pupils absolutely loved this story and are already looking forward to their next class novel.

We learned about the style of pointillism in Art & Design this week and created our own painting in this style using cotton buds. They took lots of patience and determination to complete! Don’t they look wonderful? 

We created our Class Charter by looking at children’s’ rights outlined in the UNCRC. In pairs, we highlighted the articles which we felt were most relevant to us in our school and class. As a class, we then voted for the top 6.

To ensure we will respect these chosen rights in our class, we then agreed to the actions which everyone should follow for the rest of the school year.

Suggestions were given as to how we should display our charter and pupils voted for an ‘Emoji Rights’ theme.

Great effort everyone!

Pupils learned the technique of pointillism in art this week and created their own painting using cotton buds.

It certainly took a lot of patience, but how fantastic do they look?