Dogs Against Drugs
Today Primary 7 had a visit from the Dogs Against Drugs team. We learned lots about how to keep ourselves and others safe.
Children in Need
Well done to Primary 7, who have raised a whopping £530 for Children in Need today. They collaborated to make and run various activities from hair and jewellery design to games and head bands. Well done P7!
Curriculum Information – Term 2
Please click below to download Primary 7 curriculum information for term 2:
PE – Week 2 Gymnastics
Rolls, Handstands and Cartwheels
Term 2 PE – Gymnastics
This term, all pupils will be taking part in gymnastics, starting with mat skills and progressing to apparatus work. Gymnastics is a fantastic way for children to develop confidence, coordination, and strength while working at their own level.
Mat Skills Focus:
- Balances
- Jumps
- Rolls
- Handstands
- Cartwheels
Apparatus Focus:
- Pupils will explore different equipment setups
- They’ll be encouraged to create their own ways of moving from one side to the other
This approach supports creativity, problem-solving, and physical literacy.
Everybody loves this term in the gym, so I’m sure their will be plenty to talk about when they get home.
PE Reminder
Please ensure pupils:
- Come dressed appropriately on PE days
- Have appropriate footwear. Now that the weather is changing, footwear can be changed before PE.
- Have hair tied up
- Remove jewellery and watches before the session
Week 1
🏉 PE Update – Rugby Focus
Over the last three weeks of term 1, our PE lessons centred around rugby skills, especially passing and moving with the ball. Pupils learnt some key rules of the game:
- Passes must go backwards.
- The team must stay behind the ball carrier.
- A forward pass or drop results in a knock-on, giving possession to the other team.
To reinforce these skills, we’ve played a variety of fun and active games:
🎯 Canadian Goose
Everyone starts with a ball. On command, balls are placed down and one is removed. Players without a ball become robbers, trying to steal balls and pull flags from others.
🏃 Flag Fury
Players move freely, trying to collect flags from others and attach them to their own belts—only one flag per person before moving on.
🐻 Bears and Buffaloes
Pairs line up in the middle. On their team name being called, they run to score a try while the opposing team tries to pull their tags.
🚪 Great Escape
Attackers start in a central square and try to escape to the edge without losing their tag, while defenders attempt to stop them.
❄️ Rugby Freeze Tag
Catchers tag others using the ball. Tagged players freeze with hands up until freed by a high five.
🪺 Inside the Raven’s Nest
Four teams compete to collect balls from the centre. The goal is to get three balls into their team hoop.
Shape and Perimeter
We have been learning about shape and perimeter using robots. We learned how to use rotations to find distance and the perimeter of different shapes. We had to use our coding skills and skills in measurement to make accurate predictions.
Thank you to the Newton Room @SSASTEM.
Numeracy Week
This week we have had lots of fun completing our shape hunt. This helped us to revise 2D shapes.
we have also been busy completing different Lego challenges.
Numeracy Week
This week we have been celebrating numeracy week. We used our outdoor space to practice our measuring and estimation skills. We measured how high some of our wildlife area trees are. We had to make an estimate of the height in metres and use a bucket of water to find the reflection. We then used a formula to calculate the height. It was fun but tricky to find the reflection but gave us lots of practice estimating in metres.
