Our learning

Emily: I enjoyed learning about Dunkirk this week and it was really interesting. I thought it was a success because they rescued a lot more soldiers off the beach than they thought they would.

William: I liked talking and learning about Remembrance Day. We also learned that VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) was in 1945 after Germany surrendered.

Isla: I enjoyed writing our Remembrance poems because I thought I wouldn’t be able to do very many verses but I did and I felt proud.

Kai: I enjoyed writing my poem about Remembrance because I liked using the rhyming words and also because I liked writing about the soldiers.

Lauren U: This week we started our Maths Wall of Fame. We’ve been using different numeracy games on the iPad and DS and we have to try and beat each other’s best scores. I like doing it because it’s fun!

Lauren C – I enjoyed learning more about Dunkirk because I know that some of my family were involved. Unfortunately they were killed in the battle.

Finlay: I enjoyed starting off doing Literature Circles and seeing who was in my group. My book is really good so far and is all about football and it’s called Kick-Off. Nobody believes that the main character can get into the team and do what he thinks he can.

Jay: I enjoyed doing Literature Circles because I got a new book called Lord Loss and it has lots of gore and is a bit disgusting it’s still really good!

Who has impressed?

Chloe: My whole table (the Home Guard) has impressed me because we won table of the week for the second week in a row.

William: Callum has impressed me because he hasn’t swung on his chair again this week!

Adam: Declan has impressed me because in maths he did really well and he had good accuracy.

Kendal: I’m proud of Ellie this week because she got a new high score for Big Maths Beat That and she improved her score on the Wall of fame.

Lauren K: I was proud of Paul this week because he worked as hard as he could this week and concentrated well this week.

Emily: I’m proud of Isla because in music she played a new piece and she done excellently.

Isla: Emily has impressed me because she was brave in music and kept going on her own.

Ellie: Olivia has impressed me because her poem about remembering the fallen soldiers was amazing.

Lauren U: My table impressed me by trying their very best to win table of the week even though we ended up second.

Declan: Adam has impressed me because in his maths he only got two wrong which means he had good accuracy.

Finlay: Nathan has impressed me because he bought his Big Maths best score. Well done to everybody else who beat their best.

Lauren C: Antonia has impressed me because her name appears so many times on the Wall of Fame!

Antonia: Lauren C impressed me with how well she did in music and she kept going on the correct bit even when I got it wrong.

Taylor: Lauren K has impressed me because she got the top score for Twinoo and got onto the Wall of Fame.

Mr Berginis: I was extremely proud of the Remembrance poems the class wrote this week and I can’t wait to get them on display so the rest of the school can see how fantastic they are!

We had a great week back after our relaxing October holidays. On Wednesday Ray’s Grandad came in to school to  do a K’NEX challenge with us. We had to work with a partner to design and make a moon buggy which could hold a shoe and a rubber. Once we had made our models we had to test them on the ramp and modify them to make them better if anything fell off. At the end of the session we all took our models in to the corridor and tested them. Our designs were all very unique and most of us managed to keep the shoe and rubber on the buggy. Abby and Erin’s moon buggy travelled the furthest so they both won a prize. It was a super morning and we all had great fun! Here are some of the pictures from the day…

Flyn – I enjoyed learning about World War 1 because there were a lot of interesting facts which I didn’t already know. I’ve also been researching some things at home.

Kai – I enjoyed learning about World War 1 as well because I knew things about WW2 but not WW1.

Lauren U – I enjoyed writing our spooky stories that we did this week. I found it really fun because I enjoy writing stories.

Chloe – I enjoyed my spooky story because I found it quite challenging to find a way of making it spooky.

Paul – I enjoyed the Halloween team challenges we did for Halloween, some were quite hard.

Lauren C – I enjoyed to the spooky story called The Man With The Yellow Face because it painted a really good picture in my head.

Kieran – I enjoyed assembly today because it was funny seeing Mr Jeffries dressed as Mr Welsh and Mr Welsh dressed as Mr Jeffries.

Lauren K – I enjoyed starting our own personal projects about WW2 because I get to choose what I want to learn about.

Who has impressed?

Flyn – Jay impressed me because he got the MVP award for P.E. and I was very proud of him.

Lauren U – Lauren C impressed me by winning the drama pupil of the month.

Callum – Lauren U impressed me by getting pupil of the week for always trying her best and being proud of her work.

Harry – Mr Berginis has impressed me by the way he taught us about all the things from WW1 and made them really clear.

Antonia – Olivia has impressed me this week because she got her best ever score on Big Maths Beat That.

Lauren C – Callum has impressed me by breaking his habit of swinging on his chair.

Kieran – I’m impressed with Mrs Innes because she has always been there for me when I need her and I just want to say thank you.

Emily – I’m impressed with Mrs Innes and Mrs Haddifon because their costumes are very cool and they’ve put a lot of effort in to them.

Mr Berginis – I was really impressed this week with all the different spooky ideas that the class came up with for their scary stories and I enjoyed reading them.

Callum – China has been a great topic this term because we have been learning a bit of Mandarin, for example how to say the numbers and family members.

Jack – My highlight of this term was getting into the school football team.

Adam – My highlight is the art work that we have done because it has been fun. My favourite has been the Heaven and Hell artwork we did this week.

Lauren C – I have enjoyed working with my buddy Kailyn this term as she is a pleasure to work with and she listens really well.

Chloe – I have enjoyed going to church with my p1 buddy because she was really good at singing the songs.

Lauren U – I have enjoyed the team challenges that we have done. My favourite was the one where we had to build a tower one metre high using limited resources.

Kai – My highlight is the art we did, especially the sketching lesson on cars. I also enjoyed using the chopsticks because I can now eat my dinner with them!

Emily – I have enjoyed team challenge and my favourite challenge was the chopstick challenge because it was fun and interesting to learn how to use chopsticks.

Taylor – I’ve enjoyed the Manga art because it was fun using your imagination to create a Manga character.

Kyra – My favourite thing about this term has been doing maths this term. I liked it because it is fun.

Olivia – I enjoyed learning about Confucius because he had good sayings which are helpful for life.

Isla – My favourite thing this term has been the Big Start challenges in the mornings. We’ve done things like jigsaws, riddles and puzzles.

 Mr Berginis – My highlight of this term has been getting to know all of the pupils in the class and it has been a pleasure to teach them.

This week we have been learning about the famous Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

Paul: “Confucius lived thousands of years ago and is famous because he invented Confucianism and a lot of people follow it to help them have a better life.”

Kai: “He taught children to respect of their parents and their older brothers and sisters.”

Jack: “He was one of the most intelligent people in China and a group of people wrote down every thing he said in books called analects.”

Chloe: “If people had a problem or falling out they would go to Confucius and he would help them sort it out.”

We have looked at some of his most famous sayings and we picked out our favourites:

Ellie: “I liked the saying don’t use a cannonball to kill a mosquito because I found it helpful not to use up all my energy on small things.”

Paul: “I liked forget injuries, never forget kindnesses because it tells us that we should think about who cares for us and all the things they do for us.”

Antonia: “Confucius say fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. I like this because it is true that it’s what’s on the inside that counts more than the outside.”

Lauren U: “I liked the real fault is to have faults and not amend them because everybody makes mistakes and we should learn from them.”

Lauren C: “I liked be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes because it means if you do something just try and learn from it instead of giving yourself a hard time.”

Declan: “My favourite was success depends upon previous preparations because it tells us we need to plan properly for things to do them well.”

Who has impressed?

Jay: “I have been impressed with Jack because he got 64 in his Big Maths. Well done to everybody else who beat their best score!”

Lauren C: “Flyn and Harry have impressed me with the way they have taken on the roles of Wishy and Washy with enthusiasm.”

Ellie: “Antonia impressed me by being selected as captain of the school football team.”

Paul: “I’m impressed with my p1 buddy Jay because he was doing well with his storybook and trying to read it himself.”

Lauren U: “Kyra has impressed me by getting onto step 3 this week.”

Adam: “Declan has impressed me in the chopstick challenge because he never gave up even though he found it tough.”

Harry: “Jay has impressed because he was fantastic at using the chopsticks during the chopstick challenge.”

Declan: Adam impressed me this week as he has been a great friend by being helpful.”

Emily: “I impressed myself because even though I couldn’t use them before I tried hard and got better at chopsticks.”

Antonia: “Finlay impressed me this week because he has been really kind to me.”

Mr Berginis: “I was very impressed with how well the class understood the sayings of Confucius and they were able to pick out the ones which they thought could help them in their lives. My favourite is forget injuries because it is important to forgive people so that they can forgive themselves as well.”

P6s have been really busy this week developing our understanding of Space. We have started to use our note taking skills to gather research for our fact files which are really taking shape! In Writing we were working on using connectives to extend our sentences and wrote diary entries pretending we were on a mission to the moon. In Art we created space themed wax resist pictures which are looking fabulous!

This week we have started collecting golden tickets in class, Drama and in PE. We receive these for working super hard and trying our best. By the end of the week we even had our first prize box winner!

We are all looking forward to a lovely long weekend and another busy week next week.

Another busy week here in P6H.  We have been working on our writing this week and all travelled to Space on a mission.  We used a variety of connectives to join our sentences and all landed back safely. Phew!

We started building our Rocket this week and can’t wait until we have built it.  You might even get to see it at our Assembly, but only if we can move it because it is turning into a huge structure!

Maths saw us working on 24 hour time and we did lots of activities to develop our understanding.

A huge well done to Charlie who is our Pupil of the Week this week.  Have a great few days off everyone.  This is P6H over and out.

Our week:

Declan: “We have been learning how to talk Mandarin this week. For example how to say hello and good bye. Ni hao is for hello and zai jian for goodbye.”

Kendal: “This week we’ve been learning how to draw Manga. Manga is a Chinese art form which has characters with big shiny eyes, small mouths, small noses and big heads. Check out our display at the top of the stairs.”

Jack: “We’ve been learning about how to use place value and adding skills to solve problems with calculating bills and costs of car deals.”

Lauren U: “We made hens with our p1 buddies this week. We painted our buddy’s hand red and pressed it down on paper then we added all the feathers and tail.”

Paul: “We did our third week of Big Maths Beat That and I beat my best score. Antonia set a new class record of 62.”

Flyn: “We did P.E. with Mr Jeffries and played Castles. Antonia and Kieran got a new record of knocking both castles down in six seconds.”

Kai: “For team challenge we had to make a picture with coloured shapes with our whole team. The person who saw the solution had to remember it and give clear instructions and the placers had to listen carefully about where to put the shapes.”

Ellie: “In writing we were writing an imaginative story called What A Day! We focused on emotions and we had to write about an amazing day we had had the day before.”

Chloe: “In grammar we learned when to use apostrophes and when not to. We use them to show that something belongs to someone and to shorten words like don’t. We never use them to say more than one of something like dogs or pencils.”

Who has impressed?

Kieran: “Mr Welsh has impressed me this week beacuse he helped me with my work by helping explain it. I’ve also been impressed by myself because I’m controlling my behaviour a bit better.”

Kendal: “Lauren K has impressed by being a good role model because she has been setting a good example for younger pupils.”

Kai: “Lauren C and Adam have impressed me because they managed to learn their Mandarin phrases without using their jotter.”

Chloe: “My p1 buddy Niamh has impressed by getting a certifictate at assembly.”

Ellie: “Antonia has impressed me by beating the class score on Big Maths.”

Lauren U: “My buddy from last year, Gemma, impressed me by getting pupil of the week.”

Jay: “Kendal has impressed me by bringing in tasty cupcakes for the whole class!”

Callum: “Declan has really impressed me because he has been a good friend this week.”

Flyn: “Kieran has impressed me because he has been working hard on his classwork.”

Emily: “I’ve impressed myself because I got my maths fully accurate.”

Taylor: “Emily has impressed me because her Manga art character met all the success criteria.”

Adam: “Harry has impressed me by being a great friend this week and he is improving his classwork.”

William: “Paul has impressed me by behaving well and getting pupil of the week.”

Mr Berginis: “I’m proud of how superb the class have been with their p1 buddies again this week. They have been caring and helpful. Keep it up.”

It has been another busy week in P6s! This week we had a visit from the SSPCA where we had a workshop on ‘Wildlife Welfare’. We learned loads of new facts about animals, got to know more about the SSPCA’s job and learned what we should do if we come across an injured animal.

In Maths and Numeracy we have been continuing to learn about time. This week we have been focussing on calculating durations of time and reading digital time which we are going to keep on practising at home and in school. We have also been learning more about Space and have done some imaginary writing where we wrote letters pretending we were going on a mission to space.

On Thursday we went to visit our buddies where we helped them to make a bowl for the Three Little Bears with papier mache. It was really messy but we had a great time and love spending time helping the P1s.

Mrs Stutt would like to thank everyone who made it along to our ‘Meet the Teacher’ on Wednesday. It was great to see so many people and lovely to meet you all.

Thank you to all those who came along to our ‘Meet The Teacher Evening’.  It was great to see so many Parents/Carers , and it was lovely to meet you all. Mrs Haddifon.

P6H are thoroughly enjoying our Space topic.  We researched lots of facts and wrote letters as Astronauts leaving on a space mission.  We also used wax resistancy methods to create space scenes, and created some fantastic pictures.  As we go forward with our space mission we are going to build a six foot model of a Space Shuttle, looking at all the different parts it has.  So if you have any spare newspapers we would really appreciate you sending them in for our papier mache.

We also had our first try at Countdown Spelling this week, which went well.  We all enjoyed it and not even Mrs Haddifon’s dancing put us off!

One of the things p7b have enjoyed most about p7 so far is being able to help our p1 buddies from Miss Holwill’s class. We’ve been helping them out at lunchtimes to get used to the school system and we’ve been spending Buddy Time helping them with their learning. Last week we helped them design peg people which looked like themselves and this week we helped them with some painting as they made bears for their Goldilocks and the Three Bears display. Check out some pictures below… 

Our learning

Declan – “We’ve been learning about road safety this week and creating posters to persuade drivers, passengers and pedestrians to stay safe.”

Jack – “We had fun going to lunch with our p1 buddies this week because we were able to help them out.”

Emily – “We had our first full circle this week. We played circle time games like Killer 12, Super Splat, Killer 12 Revenge and Silent Ball.”

Kai – “We’ve learned how to sketch properly in art this week. We learned to do light strokes and how to shade in the same direction.”

William – “We’ve had a very fun week because sketching was awesome even though it was quite hard.”

Paul – “We’ve been practising our grammar this week. We learned the difference between there, their and they’re.”

Isla – “We use there when we are talking about a place.”

Lauren U – “We use their when we are talking about something belonging to someone.”

Kieran – “We use they’re as short for they are.”

Jay – “We’ve been having lots of fun in PE because we’ve been trying to earn games of fireball with Mr Jeffries.”

Who has impressed?

Paul – “The Lamborghinis table have impressed me by winning table of the week two weeks in a row.”

Antonia – “Olivia has impressed me because her sketch was amazing and she shaded it really well.”

Flyn – “Jack has impresed me because he has been a really good friend to me this week.”

Emily – “Isla has impressed me because she did really well in music. She made no mistakes.”

Kieran – “I’m impressed with my dad because he took me an my mum to a lovely Indian restaurant.”

Kendal – “Antonia and Paul have impressed me because they were voted in as our class JRSO reps.

Harry – “Chloe impressed me because she got 35 in her Big Maths Beat That this week.”

Adam – “Kieran has impressed me because he is getting really close to getting on step 3.”

Mr Berginis – “I am so impressed with how fantastic the whole class has been as buddies to p1h. They have been very supportive and caring.”