Welcome to our P7/6 blog! We’re excited to share what we’ve been learning and enjoying so far this term. Our class teacher this year is Miss Baillie, and we have 20 pupils in our class. We’re also supported throughout the week by Mrs Eaglesham, Mrs Morrison, Mr Woods, Miss Mackay, and Mrs Robertson.

Our Weekly Routine

• P.E. takes place every Tuesday and Thursday.
• Committees take place every Wednesday afternoon.
• Outdoor Learning happens every second Friday.
• Every Tuesday, Caitlin from Active Schools visits to help us develop our coaching and leadership skills.

Learning About Our Rights

This term, we’ve been exploring the Rights of the Child and the important articles that protect and support young people. As a class, we selected Articles 2, 12, 13, 16, 19, 28, and 29 as the ones that matter most to us.

We’ve agreed that in our classroom, it’s important to:

• Keep hands, feet, and unkind words to ourselves
• Be fair and respectful to one another
• Listen carefully and value everyone’s voice

House Captains

Everyone in our class had the opportunity to run for House Captain. We discussed the importance of being a positive role model, showing responsibility, and encouraging others in a supportive way.

Literacy – Talk for Writing

This term, our Talk for Writing text is the portal story ‘Elf Road’. We’ve been learning how to use descriptive language to really bring our writing to life.

So far, we have:

• Created detailed story maps
• Collected powerful and interesting vocabulary
• Explored how to write strong openings and build suspense

Our focus is developing our use of adjectives, similes, metaphors, and expanded noun phrases to paint clear pictures in the reader’s mind.

Maths and Numeracy

In maths, we’ve been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We can now:

• Identify and describe a range of 2D shapes including triangles, quadrilaterals, and polygons.
• Recognise 3D shapes like cubes, pyramids, prisms, and spheres.
• Talk about properties such as sides, angles, edges, vertices, and faces.
• Explore symmetry and nets of 3D shapes.

We’ve also continued to develop our problem-solving skills using bar models and have been practising addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division strategies.

Science – Blue Planet

Our science topic this term is Blue Planet. We’ve been exploring:

• The layers of the ocean.
• How sea creatures adapt to their environments.
• The impact of pollution and climate change on marine life.

We’ve been shocked by the amount of plastic waste in the ocean and are learning how we can all help protect our planet. It’s been a really eye-opening and inspiring topic.

Social Studies – The Titanic

In Social Studies, we’ve been learning all about the Titanic. We’ve discovered:

• How it was built and why people believed it was unsinkable.
• What life was like in first, second, and third class.
• The events that led to its tragic sinking in April 1912.
• Morse Code.

We’re about to study how the disaster led to major changes in safety regulations for ships. It has been fascinating to explore the real-life stories of people who were on board.

Classroom Rewards & Jobs

1. The Star Jar – Every time we impress Miss Baillie as a whole class (with hard work, teamwork, or great behaviour), we earn a star. When the jar is full, we’ll get to choose a fun reward!
2. Classroom Economy – We each have a class job and get “paid” every Friday if we complete our responsibilities well. We can also earn or lose money depending upon our actions. It is helping us learn about responsibility, budgeting, and teamwork.

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 have arrived safely at Lockerbie Manor and have settled into our lovely pods. We are very excited for the days ahead!!!

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We had a brilliant first day travelling to Lockerbie Manor yesterday. We stopped at Dumfries and went to the park whilst trying to avoid the rain. We then settled into our pods, participated in orienteering across the grounds of Lockerbie Manor. We then had dinner (cottage pie or chicken kiev) and then had a fun night rifle shooting and fencing! All lights were off by 10pm.

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Yesterday morning we enjoyed breakfast at 7:30am. Then we participated in crate staking, axe throwing, raft building and the climbing wall. All pupils embraced the weather and showed excellent teamwork skills. For dinner we had BBQ chicken or meatballs with either potato wedges, rice and corn. We had ice cream for dessert. We then spent the evening abseiling in the dark! Then we headed back to our pods for showers, some free time and then lights out at 10pm. (Although some pods were sleeping well before this )

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Our final morning at Lockerbie Manor! This morning we packed our bags, had breakfast and then participated in Jacob’s ladder, fencing and rifle shooting. We then had our lunch and headed back home to Dailly. Lots of fantastic memories made over the last few days. Extremely proud of our pupils for demonstrating resilience, teamwork and determination throughout their residential experience. They displayed their wonderful manners and kindness countless times this week.

Some items were left behind on the bus and can be collected from the school office on Monday.

Welcome to the P7/6 blog! We will be discussing what we have already been up to this term and what we plan to do.

This term, we have P.E. every Tuesday and Friday. We have been focusing on our football skills with Caitlin. Some of us also go to the racquet sports after school club.

We are very excited because some of us are heading to Lockerbie Manor on Wednesday 19^th February. We will be staying for two nights and will be participating in activities such as stand up paddle boarding, orienteering and fencing! Last Thursday, we completed our sponsored walk of Cornish Hill and Loch circuit. A huge thank you to our parent helpers who came along today and to everyone who has sponsored us! It is hugely appreciated. Total will be shared once all donations have been collected and counted.

This term, we have had a big focus on poetry, Scotland and Robert Burns. P6 were learning ‘Address to a Haggis;. P7 were learning an extract from ‘Tam O’Shanter’. We had a Burns Supper lunch in January. We have all participated in poetry, art and research project competitions related to Burns. We have also been learning about various cities in Scotland and Scottish inventors.

In maths, we are have been learning ‘time’. We have been converting between 12 and 24 hour time and practising using travel timetables. We have also been studying money – ensuring that we give the correct amount of change, budgeting, calculating profit and loss and even challenging ourselves by looking at exchange rates.

We are getting ready for our school show Robin and Sherwood Hoodies. We have auditioned for our roles, rehearsed our songs and have began learning our lines.

~ Written by P7/6 ~