P6B joined us today for our Christmas party games. Here we are in action.
Art Lesson
In Art p6 have been learning about the process of design.
Pupils were given with the tasks of designing a character pot, which had to have an open mouth; the rest was up to them!
During the first lesson, pupils were introduced to the idea of mind maps to generate different ideas and think through the various options for their pot. The next job was to choose their best idea, draw it out, in detail and think about the colours.
The following week we spent sculpting the pots. Pupils learnt how shape clay and join it using the scratching and smudging technique.
The final step was to paint our pots, we spent 2 weeks doing this to ensure the colours were bright and the pots were neatly finished.
The results were fantastic, excellent use of the visual elements p6, well done!
Week 4 Gymnastics
We had a few changes to the equipment this week. The wide box was a section higher, the narrow beam came after the wider benches and at the frame, the ropes were out. When discussing the equipment set up, we spoke about changes of height, direction and width.
Here we are in action.
Gymnastics week 1-3
We have been busy in the gym doing gymnastics. We started on the mats developing our floor skills, focusing mainly on rolls, handstands and cartwheels and our flexibility. We have had one week of the equipment, where we explored all the different stations.
Curriculum Information – Term 2
Please find Primary 6A’s Curriculum Information for Term 2 below.
Thank you,
Miss Simpson
Maths Week
This week is Maths Week at Sound School. P6a will be carrying out additional fun activities to support their maths learning. These will include:
- Mental Maths practise using Numeracy Ninjas
- Using data and graphs to carry out a heart rate experiment linked to our class topic – The Human Body
- Maths PE activities
- Maths in outdoor learning
- Taking home number notion pack for maths learning at home
Buddying with P2a
We have been working on our leadership and communication skills while buddying with P2a. Our P6s have paired up with a P2 and have been helping them with their reading this week. Our P6s chose a book to share with the P2s and then they listened to the P2s reading their own reading books. Here is what P6 had to say about it:
“It was amazing!”
“It was really fun!”
“We were reading Superworm and having fun.”
“P2s were really good at reading. They did a good job pronouncing big words.”
Blood Experiment
As part of our Human Body topic, we have been learning about what blood is made of. We used cheerios, marshmallows, pom poms and water to demonstrate red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
Art Lesson
In art p6 have been learning about the European artist Pablo Picasso. Having looked at and discussed his work, pupils have gone on to abstract shapes and proportions to create their own self-portrait in the style of Picasso.
Visit from S6 AHS Pupils
Today a group of 6th Advanced Higher Biology pupils from the Anderson High School visited our class to tell us all about the systems of the human body as part of our class topic. We had a brilliant time.
Here is what P6a had to say about it:
“We learned about skeletons, the heart, the brain and the digestive system.”
“It was fun because we got to take turns going around each station. We got to stick labels on a skeleton and the digestive system.”
“We learned about memory and if you hit your head on the part of the brain where the memory is then you lose some memory.”
“We looked at pictures at the brain station and I liked how when we looked at it once we could see one thing and when we looked at it again we could see something else.”
“It was fun to have the 6th years visiting us.”
“They brought in cool equipment.”
