P6/7 have been learning how to draw circular shapes and making studies from life using line drawing and making poster paint act like watercolour.  Everyone has made their own beautiful drawing/painting and all in their own unique style of mark making as it should be.

All about kites. For our writing this week, we were focused on creating posters about kites. The class all had their own creative spin on these, with some using Canva and some hand-drawing / writing them. As an extension to this, the class had the opportunity to create or make their own kites. There was lots of testing and experimenting with designs to see if any of them would fly.

Trip to the Burn. With such a sunny day, Primary 4 – 7 walked to the Tow burn. A great time was had by all.

We have had great fun trying some simple orienteering tasks in PE.  Orienteering is an activity that requires you to follow a map to navigate your way around a course in the shortest possible time.  We have learnt how to follow a map, what a key is and how to use it, keep the map orientated to the group, what a control is and how we use them, work with others and many other useful things that help us to navigate around an orienteering course.

Rocking Reading. This term we are working on reading stamina and trying to increase the amount of time we can read independently. Everyone is doing really well with the challenge and it has been lovely to see people choosing more challenging novels or books that they normally wouldn’t read.

Big Question – Tsunamis. This week our big question has been learning all about tsunamis. We made tsunami chatterboxes and posters about the stages in a tsunami and we will be doing a design challenged linked to these and another natural disaster next week.

This or That. For our challenges this week we were learning about Earth Day and we made posters or presentations around the theme ‘Plastic vs the Planet’ (the theme for Earth day 2024). The pupils did an amazing job and were able to experiment with different features with PowerPoint and Canva. Our ‘Be our Quest’ tasks were a choice between birds, Australia and boats/fishing. The pupils demonstrated amazing collaboration, creativity and focusing to complete their quest.

It has been lovely to have everyone back and we’ve had a very busy and productive week.

Big Question – Shetland’s Landscape. We watched a tour video all about the different features of Shetland’s landscape. We made our own notes and then used these to create our own tour guides for Shetland. There was excellent creativity on show and we had leaflets, posters, fortune tellers, and bookmarks.

This or That. This week we had to choose between cats, gladiators and Ancient Rome for ‘Be our Quest’ and Japan was the focus for ‘A Whole New World’. Once again, lots of creativity and out of the box thinking from the class. Have a look at some of our learning below.

This week has been very busy with lots of creativity in our ‘This or That’ tasks, some Easter activities and creating science report posters. A big highlight has been the Amazingly Wonderful presentations.

Amazingly Wonderful. This week the pupils all shared their home learning about different neurodiversities. Everyone presented their poster or PowerPoint with confidence and it was great to see the range of neurodiversities spoken about. Well done P6/7!

Big Questions this term. This is our finished ‘Big Question’ wall for the term. I just love the range of learning and how the pupils chose to share it.

Music Festival. The pupils performed their percussion piece ‘Island’ at the Music festival on Monday. They did a fantastic job and it was lovely to see the team spirit between the class.  Well done P6/7!

Holi. Our Big Question this week has been around the Hindu festival of Holi. We watched a short video about why people celebrate Holi and then we learned about ways it is celebrated in Scotland. The pupils then made very colourful posters about the festival.

Floating Wind Turbines. We’ve been doing more experiments this week in connection with the Climate Smarter project. We learned about floating wind turbines and then pupils worked in groups to create their own. There was a lot of trial and improvement until they could get the turbines to float upright, but great to see group problem solving and communication skills to work it out.

‘Embrace’. This week, along with P4-5, we watched the film ‘Embrace’ all about young people in Shetland living with different neurodiversities. There was a lot of great discussion about the film and our own experiences. We would definitely recommend a watch if you can.

Climate Smarter. This week we’ve been doing some activities for our Climate Smarter project linked to solar power. The pupils worked in groups to create circuits powered by a mini solar panel and then had to see where the could get the highest amount of power from the sun.

Writing – Poetry. For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been focusing on poetry in our writing. We’ve worked on nonsense poems and limericks. Below are some examples of the poetry created by P6/7.

31 for 31. We all enjoyed an afternoon in the sunshine this week for 31 for 31. As it was such a nice day, all of the classes ended up outside and the pupils all played brilliantly together.

Well, it has been a very busy week in P6/7. 

Fabulous Fundraising. The pupils did an amazing job before, during and after the coffee morning and I’ve heard even helped with the baking at home too. It was a fantastic morning that the pupils all enjoyed and I am so proud of how hard each one of them worked. Great effort and an amazing amount raised. Well done P6/7 (and parents)!

Active maths. This week we have been revising addition and subtraction by playing different games and completing activities on the laptops. We also had some ‘Stopwatch Olympics’ as a warm up activity in our maths this week which was very much enjoyed by everyone. The competitive natures of some very much came into play :).

Polytunnel trips. This week both the whole class had the opportunity to visit the polytunnel and do some different jobs there. Pupils were involved in making, sanding and painting planters and some had the opportunity to plant things as well.

Symbols of Hope. With the clay now dry, we were able to paint our symbols of hope this week and they look great.

World Book Day. We celebrated World Book day on Friday this week. Some pupils choose to come to school dressed up or in their pjs. We also had a World Book Day quiz which Innes, Calen, Rocco and Mark were the winners of. We all enjoyed a ‘Reading Café’ in the afternoon where we had hot chocolate and biscuits and had time to read our books with some of the younger pupils too.

SMUHA. We had a great day celebrating SMUHA in school with a visit from the Jarl Squad in the morning and then our own galley burning in the afternoon.