Welcome to the P7/6 blog! We will be sharing with you what we have been up to in Term 2 so far.

This term, our Talk for Writing text is ‘The King of the Birds’. We created our own story maps and recorded key vocabulary and features of a wishing tale. We have been focusing upon using direct speech and similes in our writing. This week we will be completing our boxing up and wishing tale toolkit to prepare to write our own hot task independently.

In maths, we are focussing upon building our confidence with number. We are using a range of strategies to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Every Tuesday, Caitlin from Active Schools, takes us for P.E. and has been teaching us social dancing.

In science, Primary 7/6 have been learning about Renewable Energy. We have been analysing the different kinds of renewable energy and the advantages and disadvantages associated with these.

This term we have continued to learn about World War 2. We have been learning about Adolf Hitler for our topic this term. Did you know if Adolf Hitler was still alive, he would be 135 years old? Adolf Hitler is unquestionably the central figure in the story of the Holocaust. It was the combination of his virulent hatred of Jews and his success in creating a political movement that was able to seize control of Germany that made the campaign to exterminate the Jews possible.

In music, Mrs Gibson has been teaching us how to play the jumbie jam. Some of us will be showcasing what we have been learning at the nativity this year.

We have also started fundraising for our residential trip to Lockerbie. Every Friday afternoon in November we opened a car wash in the playground. We use buckets with water and sponges and soap and we used a power wash. We have raised over £250 so far. Thank you to all of our customers!

~ Written by P7/6 ~