P6 have had a busy term in PE covering athletics, netball and general games.
Art Lesson
In Art primary 6 have been learning to form shapes to create a sculpture inspired by artist Joan Miro. After a lot of research and designing pupils decided on their favourite idea and created the structure using junk materials.
Once the structures were complete, pupils were introduced to Modroc and covered their models in the plaster bandages. The Modroc was great fun and the art room got very messy!
Once dry they painted them with lots of lovely colours and patterns.
A Day on the Swan – Group 1
Primary 6 were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to go out on the Swan. We had a fantastic day sailing in the Lerwick harbour. We learned new skills, such as how to put up and take down a sail. We also all got a chance to steer the boat!
A Day on the Swan – Group 2
Primary 6 were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to go out on the Swan. We had a fantastic day sailing in the Lerwick harbour. We learned new skills, such as how to put up and take down a sail. We also all got a chance to steer the boat!
Athletics
This week in PE we started athletics, focusing on running. We looked at different running techniques for the different lengths of events. One of our activities was a 5 minute run. On finishing, we were asked to think about how we did. Did we feel ok, was our pace too slow or fast? Next week we will repeat the run using this information to try and improve slightly.
Curriculum Information – Term 4
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Mrs Simpson
Victorian Lerwick Trip
Our final question in our Victorians topic was: What was life like in Victorian Lerwick? We were very lucky to have Mrs Nicholson take our classes on a tour of Lerwick to look for evidence of the Victorians. We also compared old photos of Lerwick to what we could see today.
The Gilbertson Park was opened in Victorian times. The Burgh Road used to also be the end of Lerwick!
The Town Hall and Police Station were built in Victorian times. We looked for clues on the buildings that tell us this.
The street has lots of Victorian buildings on it. We were surprised that the sea used to go all the way up to Harry’s Shop!
Microbit Step Counters
We LOVE using microbits in Primary 6. They are mini computers that you can code. We have used them to display messages, make games and create animations.
In this lesson we created step counters. The microbits have motion sensors so we could programme them to count our steps. We also had the extra challenge of setting a step goal and coding our microbit to react when we reached our step goal. We got to choose and code what our microbits did when we achieved our goal. Some of the microbits played music, displayed an emoji or displayed a message. Here we are testing them out outside.
Victorian Classroom
We have been learning about the Victorians. One of our key questions in our topic was: What was life like for Victorian children?
We have been doing drama activities with Izzy Swanson based around the stories of Oliver Twist and The Little Match Girl to explore this.
We also got to role play a Victorian classroom. Izzy was our teacher and it was very different to a normal day in class! Here we are dressed as Victorian children pretending to be very sad!
Boccia
We have been learning Boccia as part of our school leadership activities. This is a game that anyone can play and we are hoping to teach it to our P2 buddies!
