Our first week back has flown by. We have started our chain of success where we are working as a team to form a chain. We can earn a link for this chain by having a tidy learning environment, good working noise levels, making a huge effort in class and respecting others etc. We started our subtraction work in maths, learning the strategy to subtract mentally. In writing, we have been learning to write complex sentences with a variety of connectives and sentence openers. We are working on making our writing more interesting. In reading we have been connecting with our texts and talking about real life experiences. We have all really enjoyed our first week and are looking forward to week 2.

Today in class we explored and created symmetrical patterns. We learned that for something to be symmetrical it had to be the same on both sides if you put a line down the middle.

To finish off our Toy topic we made toys out of junk. We had to do a lot of problem solving to work out how to make a toy from the junk that we had, then we had to use our cutting skills to make the shapes that we needed.

After we had finished making our toys we had to tell our class what we had made and how it moved.

P6b have been extending our science topic of mixing and separating into art this block. We have been mixing colours, using them to make these amazing name colour wheels. These have been made using only red, yellow, blue and black paints…

We have also used paint that doesn’t mix with water to create amazing marbled effects. This was great fun and every single one turned out differently.

We have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, and have made these amazing creations out in the playground.

The class was challenged to create a dome using exactly 25 sticks. After a bit of thought the girls have done it!!

As part of our science topic this block we have been looking at how to separate mixtures. This week we used chromatography to separate ink samples, helping us to solve a crime!

Look at how the different ink samples separated:

So who do you think did it?

Today we went on a shape walk to see what shapes there were in the playground. We found shapes everywhere! We were able to tell our teacher what the shapes were called and what was special about them.

Back in class we sorted toys into squares, triangles and circles.

Over the past few weeks, P6A  have been learning to analyse short films. We have watched Road’s End, Home sweet home, The present and Rock paper scissors from the literacy shed. We have learnt to analyse how the characters create the theme of the film, how the setting creates the mood of the film and how we need to back up our answers with evidence from the text. We have all really enjoyed using the short films to help us get better at analysing.

We currently have vacancies in P4, P6 and P7 for tech-minded, energetic people who love all things digital!

Watch this short video to find out more!

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Deadline for applications is Friday 29 September.

Good Luck!

We currently have vacancies in P4, P6 and P7 for tech-minded, energetic people who love all things digital!

Watch this short video to find out more!

Download the job description and application form to get started!

Job Description    Application Form

Deadline for applications is Friday 29 September.

Good Luck!