Please click on the link below to see the Curriculum Information for Term 3:
Art Lesson
In art P6 have been painting.
We have been learning how to mix various tints and shades of blue to create these beautiful wintery pictures. Once the sky was complete we painted our snowman, to which added lots of lovely details. The final step was learning how to add shadows to help make it look three dimensional.
Excellent work P6 😊
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite
As part of our learning journey through the history of music, P6 have learned about a Russian composer called Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky composed many pieces in his time and one of the most famous pieces is ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ which was written for the ballet in 1892.
The class learned a chair drumming routine to the Russian dance ‘Trepak’ and below is our first go at the routine. They did really well considering the composition’s tempo of ‘allegro’.
Parents join in Maths Week
Parents and carers visited school last Friday afternoon to join in a range of fun numeracy games and activities using our Number Notions packs:
Maths Week
Last week, the whole school celebrated Maths Week.
Chao’s at the North Pole
P6 really enjoyed helping to solve their part of the Chaos at the North Pole STEAM Challenge.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. We used skills from all these curricular areas to help Santa’s reindeers fly after the magic elf dust had disappeared. We discussed forces, friction and what makes things more aerodynamic.
Maths at work
We have been learning that maths is everywhere! Indie’s Dad, came in to talk to P6 about he uses maths in his job as a pharmacist. It was interesting to hear how he uses it to work out doses, cost and amounts of medicines.
The History of Music!
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.
Visit from Mind Your Head
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/
Play Leaders
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!
Children in Need
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 will remember
We have been talking about the importance of Remembrance and created these beautiful Poppy pictures.
