This term we have been learning about the history of music, particularly the development of classical music across Europe and the Western World. So far we have learned about three periods on our historical journey – Medieval and Renaissance, Baroque and Classical. We have listened to music from these eras and have discovered how music changed and evolved during that time. We have enjoyed listening to and appraising compositions by Beethoven, Mozart and Bach. We have also learned a little about these composers lives and how important music was to them from a very young age.

P6 had a visit recently from Elle and Taliah who work for Mind Your Head. They spoke about the work they do to help support adults and young people in Shetland.

We spoke about the importance of self care. We also had the chance to discuss how different scenarios can affect people’s mental health in a positive or negative way and what we can do  to help if we have any worries, concerns or if we’re finding things tricky.

You can find out more on their website by clicking the link below:

https://www.mindyourhead.org.uk/

Primary 6 have just completed a six week block of Play Leader Training with Jennifer Thomson from Active Schools.  They will now have the opportunity to use the skills they’ve learned and organise playground games for P1 and P2 classes.  It was great to see how caring and  encouraging the Primary 6 pupils were with the younger children.

Well done!

The primary 7 classes did a great job organising lots of fun activities to help raise money for Children in Need. This included a Burpee Challenge!

Thank you, P7’s!

We have been talking about the importance of Remembrance and created these beautiful Poppy pictures.

Please click on the link below to see what we are learning about in P6 in Term 2:

Term-2-Curriculum-Information-2023-24

Please click on the link to see this term’s Family Learning Grid.

P6 Family Learning Grid updated

Jennifer Thomson from Active Schools has been in school training our class how to be Play Leaders.

Play Leaders are a group of caring children who have been trained to organise activities for other children in the playground.

We have been learning about PACE:

P – is for people: who will be playing and how can we organise them into fair teams?

A – is for area or space; where will we be playing?

C – is for communication: the importance of explaining rules clearly .

E – is for equipment. What, if any, equipment do we need to play?

I would say we have some great play leaders in training!

We were treated to a performance by the Shetland Youth Orchestra last week in the Sound Hall. The orchestra is made up of children from all over Shetland including both primary and secondary, and their musical talents are amazing!

We were introduced to all the different instrument families including brass, woodwind, strings and percussion. We listened to a mixture of music including classical, swing and even a theme tune or too. We particularly liked the Wallace and Grommit theme tune which they played as we were leaving the hall.

What a very enjoyable way to spend a Friday afternoon!