We had the privilege of meeting Craig Mclean this week, who is a member of the Scottish swimming team competing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Craig, a past pupil of Carmondean , gave us a detailed talk about his journey to the games . We all felt inspired and motivated by his determination. All of primary six wish Craig the very best, good luck!
We can’t quite believe show dress rehearsal is next week! We are all getting rather excited and if performances to date are anything to go by its going to be a fantastic show! Letters have now been sent home regarding tickets.
Our topic studies this week required us all to be history detectives as we examined primary and secondary Titanic resources. Next week we will be presenting evidence and putting forward arguments as to who we think is most responsible for loss of life. Courtroom drama in primary six.
We are continuing our work with fractions and are beginning to covert fractions to decimals and percentages and vice versa. Please try this at home and when you are out and about.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday, spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays.
Maths Homework – Mrs Wylie’s groups – fractions worksheets due on Tuesday 13th March
Thank for your continued support.
Mr. Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Category: Primary 6
Snow day 3
Hi Everyone,
Well done to all the children who have sent in pictures of what they have been doing. It is good to see all the inventive ways you are completing work.
My reading groups keep practicing your reading. This can be your school reading book or something you are reading at home. Next week if would be good if you could bring in any comics, magazines or books you have been reading to share with the group.
My math group keep a list of the games you have been playing to share with the group next week. Which is your favourite?
P6 and P7 I hope you are finding time to practice your words for the show. You could ask other family members to play the other parts to help you.
Euro Quiz group it would be good if you could share any interesting facts with us. What is the most obscure fact you have found? What fact has surprised you?
Enjoy your snow day but keep safe and warm.
Mrs Gilmour
Primary 6: Snow Day 3
Good morning everyone, hopefully you’ve been having lots of fun in the snow so far! Remember to look through the blog at all the fantastic activities that you might want to try out throughout your day and if you have any activities you’ve been doing please share to give inspiration to others!
Remember to keep practising your spelling words and times tables, maybe get someone to write out times tables sums in the snow and time yourself filling in the answers? Keep rehearsing your show words and songs as well, and try to play around with how you’re saying the lines, remember to look at characters in TV and film that are similar to your character and try to copy some of their actions.
Euro-quiz team, please use the extra time you have to focus on researching and testing yourselves. Look at landmarks, famous people both current and historical, rivers and mountains, who shares a border with who, what languages are spoken in different countries, etc. Look for facts about the EU, who is in charge of the EU, where is it set up, who joined when, what are some of the rules for joining the EU? Remember to make use of all the resources and websites you’ve been given.
You could take inspiration from some of the people who have posted their baking on the blog so far and make some baked goods. Then you could use your baking to work out fractions and percentages for splitting the baking up evenly (or give yourself a bigger fraction!).
If you have taken any pictures you could email them to the school blog, or failing that bring them in on Monday if you want to share what you’ve been up to. Stay wrapped up, enjoy your day and have a fantastic weekend!
Mr Woodward and Mrs Wylie
Euro Quiz
The Euro Quiz heat which was due to take place tomorrow has been cancelled. Good news though it is going to be re-scheduled!
Keep researching information to keep it fresh in your minds. Perhaps the Euro quiz team could put up a few questions on the Blog to test the rest of P6? Try multi-step questions where the answer is not just one word but needs an explanation as well as an answer.
Mrs Gilmour
Primary 6 Snow Day 2
Hi all, hope you had a great day out in the snow yesterday! Since today is World Book Day why not try making a snowman of a book character, pictures always welcome! If you get too cold outside you could always curl up with a book and some hot chocolate? Keep ploughing on with your literacy circles, maybe think about how some of the characters would cope in this weather? Especially thinking about Run Zan Run and homelessness, a big talking point when the temperatures plummet.
Since we’ve been looking at data handling why not try some data collecting outdoors? You could measure your longest sledge run, get a few people together and have a competition and collect the data on where people finished, where people finished on average? You could time yourselves and see how many snowballs you can make in a couple of minutes? Try to find the biggest icicle you can, try to find the smallest and compare sizes? Use the biggest icicle you can find and try to estimate what fraction of it smaller icicles are?
Remember to keep practising your spelling words, times tables and keep rehearsing your show words! There are further activities at the top of the blog as well.
Have fun, stay wrapped up and stay safe and we’ll see you soon!
Mrs Wylie and Mr Woodward
PE snow day ideas
I wonder if any of you fancy being the next Lizzie Yarnold? Have a look at the video clip of Lizzie winning her second gold medal at the recent Winter Olympics and then get out sledging today! Remember to be safe though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We4rtSaRgSs
If you don’t have a sledge you can just get out in the snow and try all different activities in it. I think you’ll find it’s much harder walking, running and jumping in the snow. How many different activities can you do in the snow and how does your body feel when you try them?
And if you cant get outside here are some indoor activities you can try.
Cha Cha Slide Plan Challenge:
https://www.facebook.com/Twistandpulseofficial/videos/10156046217387557/
Dungeon Runner Fitness Quest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh8R15u2G_0
Just Dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvZA8NKgrBI
Snowed in HIIT Workouts:
Various Games and Activities:
https://twitter.com/PE4Life_Spencer/status/957010728711471104
https://twitter.com/justybubPE/status/947472891066699777
https://twitter.com/justybubPE/status/925725811201794050
Mrs Gilmour’s Groups
Good morning to all my groups. I have listed below some activities you can work on at home. You can also access the P5-7 winter weather work which is posted on the BLOG.
Primary 5-Reading
Please practice reading the stories about different families we have read so far. Remember to discuss any words you do not know with an adult.
Here are some activities you could work on-
o Make a family tree of all the people in your family. You can design it any way you like. Try to include name, date of birth and relation to you.
o Interview someone in your family about their life at school-what they liked, did not like, what they did at playtime etc.
You can also practice your phonic book and complete the next new page if you have at least 5 ticks on your previous one
Primary 6
Maths
o We have been working on adding TU to TU. Make up some sums and have a race with someone else to see who can complete them first.
o Practice reading the time throughout the day. You could make a timeline of everything you do today- what time you started, what time you finished and how long you spent on the activity. You could also draw a picture on your timeline.
o go online to Topmarks.co.uk or coolmath4kids.com and play some games
Reading
o Practice reading your Totem book.
o Remember you have homework sheets to be completed this week.
o You can also play the game on the back with different people in your house.
o You could also write a book review of a book, comic, magazine you have read explaining why you found it so enjoyable.
Primary 7-Reading
o Read the pages of War Horse we have discussed in class.
o Complete Literacy Circle homework-Art Director. Remember to write a few sentences explaining what picture you have drawn and the main events.
To all my groups remember to have fun outside in the snow. Take pictures of any snow people you build or be adventurous and build an igloo. Upload your pictures to the BLOG.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
Mrs Gilmour
Primary Six Snow DAy
Good morning Primary Six , we hope you are all safe and warm on this very wintery weather morning !
Reminder – All pupils should have their Titanic challenge sheets home with them which provides a checklist for their Titanic books . Remember that images or pictures can include hand drawn illustrations so it is not necessary to have access to a computer to carry on with this project . If you haven’t designed your front cover why not do that today or if you are intending to write about your particular passenger , you could sketch them . You should be adding to your index . glossary and bibliography throughout your project so take notes!
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Please read chapter 8 . Remember to complete your reasons for and against sailing around the world – we are looking forward to an interesting debate !
Run Zan Run – Please read chapter 8 .
If you are heading out to build a snowman please remember to wear lots of layers and stay safe !
An update from the BBC…. apparently you should try to walk like a penguin ( feet slightly turned out) if you venture outside to stop yourself from slipping !! Whilst we are not sure if this works, it certainly makes you giggle !
Netball sessions in your local area
Did you know that the West Lothian Wildcats netball club have a weekly session at Deans Community High School on a Monday from 5-6pm for anyone aged 10 -14. You can find out more and book your free trial using the website link below.
Primary Six
Our show rehearsals are now in full swing and our budding thespians, narrators, singers and dancers are busily creating and learning their scripts, routines and musical ensembles. It’s shaping up to be a rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza! Letters have now been distributed regarding costumes. Please let us know is anyone needs help with anything.
Our last chapter of Kensuke’s Kingdom ended on a dramatic climax – homework for this week is to read chapter seven. By the level of anticipation and discussion taking place in class , Kensuke’s group certainly seem to be enjoying the novel. We are continuing to emphasise the importance of sharing and recommending our own reading experiences in order to boost the involvement in literacy of all our students. Run Zan Run produced some very animated debates this week regarding moral dilemmas and issues (very mature responses primary six) . Home work for this group is to read chapter seven and complete the summarising task .
We used pie charts and spreadsheets to analyse the actual capacity of the Titanic lifeboats compared to the how many passengers were in them and the results were rather shocking .
Primary Six enjoyed another session with NYCOS this week. We had to put our multi-tasking skills to the test when we combined rhythm, actions, equipment and singing .
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – Mrs Wylie’s groups – Problem solving with decimals due Wednesday 28th Feb
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Primary Six
It is great to hear so many discussions about authors within primary six . We are building a book tower of recommendations so no one should be stuck deciding what to read next! Kensuke’s Kingdom and Run Zan Run have been producing some in-depth discussions on the texts. The Neverlanders ( Kensuke’s Kingdom ) have the question maker task to compete and The Narnians( Run Zan Run ) are reading up to chapter 5 .
Work on decimals and fractions is progressing well, please take any opportunity to point out where we use them in everyday life.
We now have a dramatic wall display depicting the Titanic disaster; our pupils are insisting that it is as factually correct as possible, quite right too!
Primary Six are continuing to work hard and have certainly earned their half term break ! Well done Primary Six. We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERY WEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families , Number Bonds . We have shown the pupils games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Primary Six
Our week began with our Scots afternoon and Primary Six gave a cheerful performance of Wullie Stewart . Well done to all our musicians, you certainly added to song . Our focus in music continues to be the P6/7 show . Parts have now been allocated and the pupils must be complimented on their enthusiasm not only for their own roles but also those of their friends and peers. Great attitude Primary Six ! We also enjoyed a session with NYCOS and took part in a number of music challenges .
Please remember to look out for fractions, decimals and percentages in everyday life. Try to use fractions at home, for example if you are having pizza tonight we have willing pupils who will happily divide it for you!
On the whole we have noticed an improvement in the effort towards literacy circle homework. Please make sure the agreed pages have been read so that all pupils can fully contribute during our literacy circles sessions in class. Our new class library is almost completed and we can’t wait to use it.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERYWEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families , Number Bonds . We have shown the pupil’s games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Free Cricket Taster session for girls
Attached are details of a free cricket taster session for girls aged 5 -16 at Deans Community High School on Friday 2nd February from 6 -7pm. Go on give it a try!
Primary 6 26.1.18
“And there’s a hand, my trusty fere”….We have had a braw week celebrating the life and works of Rabbie Burns. Most pupils were willing to try some haggis at our Burns supper and we enjoyed some dramatic renditions of Burns poetry. We ended our celebrations with a rousing rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Well done to all the pupils who put themselves forward for our school Scottish poetry competition!
Please remember to look out for fractions, decimals and percentages in everyday life .
Auditions have now been completed for our school show and parts will be announced very soon.
Our class novel has reached a very moving point this week, we have been discussing extreme happiness and sadness and thinking of ways in which we can describe how this feels. Our pupils are now coming up with interesting alternatives to using the words happy or sad.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday, spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays.
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERYWEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families, Number Bonds. We have shown the pupil’s games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Gymnastics
I am delighted with the effort our chosen gymnasts have been putting in to get ready for the gymnastics showcase next week. Just a reminder that there will be a practice for all on Thursday lunchtime in the big hall so please make sure you have your PE kit with you and you are ready with your routine. If you have any questions then please come and see me when I am back in school on Wednesday. We have such talented gymnasts that I’ll bet they are finding it hard to select their favourite 6 or 8 skills. Could the Rhythmic and partner sequence gymnasts also come at playtime on Wednesday.
Many thanks
Mrs Ferguson
Primary 6 19.1.18
The sound of deep Scottish brogues can be heard throughout the Primary 6 classrooms as we prepare for our Scottish School Assembly. Each pupil has chosen a Scottish poem to learn and two pupils from each class will be put forward to the school competition. Primary 6 are also planning to have a Burns Supper next Thursday , 25th January. Haggis will be available for those who would like to try it and pupils are welcome to wear tartan. Pupils should come to school in uniform and will be given the opportunity to change into any tartan items before the supper.
Mrs Wylie’s math class are working on fractions, decimals and percentages at the moment. It would be great if the pupils could note where we use the above in everyday life.
Show auditions have begun in earnest and Mr Platt is very pleased with the number of pupils who have put themselves forward. We are sure it will be a rocking success!
All pupils have been given their Literacy Circle booklets home to be used with their novels. Tasks have been assigned and each pupil should note this in their booklets. We had a new addition to primary 6 this week ….. We now have a cat! The children can explain!
We had a visit from a Polar explorer on Monday who discussed his expeditions, demonstrated some survival techniques and allowed the pupils to sample some expedition food ….Yum!! We have used this topic as a stimulus for our science lessons this week.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays
P6W – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERY WEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families , Number Bonds . We have shown the pupil’s games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
Primary 6 12.1.18
A very happy new year to you all! 2018 has started with our usual hive of activity in primary six.
For reading this term we are returning to fiction and all pupils have now been given their new novel. Each week the pupils will be given a certain amount of their book to read and this may be accompanied by an activity for their literacy circle booklets. Each week the pupils will record the date in their booklets of when their homework is due, this will normally be a Tuesday. We will also be reading a class novel and in keeping with our topic this term , we have chosen Kasper, Prince of Cats as part of story is set on the Titanic.
Our topic this term will be the Titanic and once again we are delighted with the enthusiasm the pupils have shown for this subject already! When we are working on the topic the pupils will ‘become’ passengers on the ship. They have all been given the names of actual passengers and their first task is to find out about themselves. We will be doing this in class, however many pupils have taken it upon themselves to start their investigations at home, such keen learners!
Preparation has begun for our P6/7 show and soon pupils will be given the chance to audition for parts. More details about this to follow.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit on Mondays / Indoor kit on Wednesdays
Homework
Reading homework due on Tuesday
Spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays.
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERY WEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of a worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families, and Number Bonds. We have shown the pupils’ games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mrs Wylie, Mr. Woodward and Mr Shanks
Primary 6 15.12.17
We had a very creative start to the week as Primary six constructed different aspects of the nativity story from a variety of recycled materials. Their creations were so successful that we felt we had to invite the rest of the school to see them!
We were privileged to see the dress rehearsals for the nursery and infant classes’ nativities. We thought they were fantastic. Their parents and visitors are in for a treat next week.
Auditions were held for the school talent show next week. Well done to all the acts that entered what a talented bunch we have. We wish the two acts which were selected from primary six the very best of luck.
On Thursday it was our Christmas jumper day and everyone looked very festive and jolly and of course in between all these festivities we continued working hard at multiplication and division!
We had our primary six assembly this morning and it was a great success! There were amazing teamwork skills on display and we are very proud of the hard work and presentation skills of ALL the pupils.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit on Mondays / Indoor kit on Wednesdays
Homework – Spelling Test will take place on Monday and will include words from the last six weeks.
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERY WEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families, and Number Bonds. We have shown the pupils’ games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mrs Wylie, Mr. Woodward and Mr Shanks
Primary 6 Class Nativity Challenge
Our two Primary 6 classes were set a critical skills challenge today to tell the complete Nativity Story from beginning to end in chronological order through building models of the key scenes in the story. We then evaluated each other’s work using the task criteria (which were quite exacting), and opened our doors for other classes to come and see what we had been learning and to comment on how well we’d done. From planning to finished work was 2-and-a-half hours. Here are Primary 6 A’s efforts:
And here are Primary 6B’s:
Primary 6 8.12.17
We had a fun filled start to our week with our Primary Six Christmas party. Our pupils Scottish country skills were in full flow and what an impressive group they are! It was pantomime time too this week and the pupils (and staff) thoroughly enjoyed the interactive performance of the Wizard of Oz.
We have been tackling problem solving challenges in maths this week, putting our analytical skills to the test. The key message …..read the question, highlight the important information and work out which mathematical operation will help you solve the problem. We had some great breakthroughs and look forward to cracking the codes next week!
Primary Six have an assembly on the 15th December and the pupils have created interesting, fact filled and humorous scripts. May we remind you that this is an assembly for pupils only, we will have another assembly in 2018 where guests will be invited.
We are continuing with our ‘Beat That’ maths challenge on a Friday morning and whilst scores are rising, there is work to be done. Come on Primary Six, Practise your tables!!!
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit on Mondays / Indoor kit on Wednesdays
Homework – spelling due on Friday. Please note that spelling homework jotters should NOT be handed in before Friday as the children should be using them to practise their spelling words daily.
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERYWEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families, Number Bonds. We have shown the pupils games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mr Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie
