Welcome to the P7/6 blog! We will be discussing what we plan to do this term.

This term, we have P.E. every Tuesday and Wednesday. Sports day is coming up on the 2^nd June 2025 so we are currently working towards our sport championships. Please ensure your child has a full change of PE kit on these days, including t-shirt, shorts/trousers and shoes. No jewellery should be worn on PE days please. Outdoor learning is every 2nd Friday. We are going to be focusing on tidying up and improving the school grounds. We are also preparing for P7 Leavers assembly and Prize Giving on the 20^th June 2025.

Spelling homework this term is given out on a Monday and is expected back in on a Thursday. Pupils also have access to Sumdog and EducationCity at home to complete maths activities. We are very fortunate to also access the library bus and children are encouraged to read their books at home and swap them on its next visit.

We have a very busy term as P7 begin their transition days up to academy and bump up day for the rest of the pupils staying at Dailly Primary. Last term, the P7’s were involved with the other small village schools to meet each other and complete team building activities every Thursday for 4 weeks. On the 20^th May, Primary 6 all get to attend a sports event at Girvan Academy.

This term, we are going to be looking at debating/discussion techniques in literacy. Our first topic is ‘Should School Uniform be compulsory?’ Pupils are currently writing a piece of discussion text debating their argument. As you can imagine, there are some strong feelings!

In maths, we are focusing upon building our confidence with number. We are using a range of strategies to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. We enjoy problem solving and are working towards solving complex multi-step word problems.

We look forward to showcasing our hard work this term with you!

We are now in the final term, time flies when you’re having fun! We will continue with our usual homework routine. Spelling will be given out by Mr Woods on a Monday and returned on a Wednesday. Mrs Kirkwood sets us reading homework on a Wednesday to be completed for a Friday. Please check and sign your child’s yellow reading record each week. Children also get time in class each morning to read their Accelerated Reader book. When children complete a book they can then do a quiz online which allows staff to see how well they have read and understood it. Lots of children have been in the 100% club, let’s hope this continues this term!

We have been participating in the Virgin Money project ‘Make £5 Grow. ‘ This is a great way for children to learn about managing money and enterprise. We sold ice creams at our school show. We made £117 profit from this. We plan to have a special ‘Toast Thursday’ tuck shop, make keyrings and bracelets to sell and have a snack stall at Sports Day. We greatly appreciate support from parents with this project.

Mr Woods will continue to work on number, place value and the 4 operations with us in maths. Mrs Kirkwood will be teaching us about measure once we have finished our money topic. This will involve lots of fun practical activities.

For the next few weeks PE will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Caitlin from Active Schools teaches us on a Tuesday and on Wednesdays we will join with P7/6 to take part in inter-house competitions in preparation for Sports day. Please ensure your child has a full change of PE kit on these days, including t-shirt, shorts/trousers and shoes. No jewellery should be worn on PE days please.  Outdoor learning will continue this term. Please check the newsletter dates for the diary for specific dates.

Our topic for this term will be ‘ Our Community’. Mr Woods has a special art project planned, keep an eye out for this! We will also be learning about lifecycles in Science.