Primary 6 were so lucky to spend a whole day with visiting experts from the National Gallery of Scotland. We examined some famous paintings and brainstormed our ideas about the stories within them. We used our senses and tried to describe what it would be like to jump in the paintings.
We then used objects to help us bring our thinking alive! Can you spot them all?
We worked in groups to create a spooky scene and to do this we used different art techniques. It was great fun!
Bonjour! Cette semaine nous avons appris…
* Comment t’appelle tu? J m’appelle Amy.
Comment t’appelle tu? Je m’appelle Harry.
* Comment ca va?
Nikita: Ca va bien merci
Jamie G: Ca va pas bien.
Alex: Comme ci, comme ca.
Kian: Tres bien merci
* Et en anglais…
Laurie-Anne: We also began to learn the alphabet in a song.
Euan: And we learned a French rap too!
Wow – time flies when you are having fun! P6 have worked hard all week on lots of different activities. We are almost ready to agree and launch our Class Charter.
Here we are highlighting the Articles we think are the most important for us in Primary 6. We wonder if you will agree!
In our reflection this week…
Laurie-Anne I loved creating our holiday news book!
Amy : I learned about different synonyms. I really enjoyed graffiting my wall!
Rachel: I’m looking forward to finishing my jigsaw puzzle that’s all about me.
Ciara: In Maths I liked using my problem-solving skills to solve the numbersearch.
Kalanah: I enjoyed the maths challenge – it was easy and hard!
What a great week!
This week seems to have flown by -well people say time flies when you’re having fun!
On Wednesday we had the opportunity to visit Bibleworld at the Lanthorn. It was an extremely interesting way to learn about Christianity and the Bible. We all wanted to stay a LOT longer!!
This week in Primary 6…
We were set a secret mission by Jamie Bond to investigate how air resistance affects motion. This meant we carried out two experiments – one creating a spinner and one making parachutes. Kai really enjoyed making three different sized parachutes. Charlize liked making the spinners to test air resistance with Mrs Lough. Owen learned that the bigger  surface area an object has, the slower it will fall.
In Maths Steven found symmetry difficult to begin with but slowly has got the hang of it and can even create symmetrical patterns. Stephanie T enjoyed creating a pie chart from a survey about school uniform. Billy enjoyed measuring using an interactive game.
Ewan thoroughly enjoyed making the most of the sunshine and joining with P6/7 for an hour of rounders. I think everyone agrees with Ewan! Hopefully if the weather continues we can do this every week! Mrs M will NOT be wearing high heels next time however!
Primary 6 have been working very hard to meet the challenge of designing a toy for a child in 2015 based on a Victorian toy. To date we have carried out market research, drawn out our plans and made a prototype. We are looking forward to sharing our learning with our Primary 2 friends.
What an exciting morning we had across the school. After learning the science behind the solar eclipse and fully understanding the risks involved P3, P3/4, P4, P5, P5/6, P6, P6/7 and P7 all gathered together with their pinhole viewer at the ready!
To begin with the clouds spoiled our view, but as if by magic, as the eclipse happened, the clouds cleared a small patch, almost especially for us in the Bankton team!
We certainly won’t forget where we were on 20th March 2015! The next eclipse isn’t for around another 19 years!
Rehearsals for our school show ‘Olivia’ are in full flow! Today it was great to see everything beginning to come together. Well done to all the characters with speaking parts who are furiously trying to learn their lines. We’ll keep you updated on how we’re doing over the next couple of weeks.
One thing’s for sure… keep the evenings of Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April free – you won’t want to miss it!!!
P6, P6/7 and P7 received a special visit from Buddy. He came along (with his human helpers) to talk to the children about different types of abuse and where children can go for help if they need it. After a short assembly each class participated in a short workshop where the children had the opportunity to discuss different dilemmas and offer advice on where the fictional children should go for help.
Why not test us and ask us the Childline telephone number? What do you think Buddy actually is?
![IMG_1016[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10161.jpg)
As part of our Victorian topic, P6 were very lucky to receive a visit from Maureen from Library Services with her very special boxes! We had to wear special gloves. We were able to see children’s toys, shaving razors, an iron, clothing and even a car horn – we all had good fun honking it!
Some of us were even able to wear an apron and sailor outfit which have kindly been made by a women’s group in Linlithgow.
Why not test our knowledge and ask us why we needed to wear special gloves to handle the objects? I wonder how many object we can describe to you?
![IMG_1035[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10351.jpg)
![IMG_1038[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10381.jpg)
![IMG_1040[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10401.jpg)
![IMG_1022[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10221.jpg)
![IMG_1023[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10231.jpg)
![IMG_1028[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/public/BanktonPrimarySchoolBlog/uploads/sites/2037/2015/02/IMG_10281.jpg)
