In P6/5 this term we have been writing a variety of Senses Poems about Autumn, Hallowe’en and Guy Fawkes Night. We are trying to tell our friends about our experiences of these fun times as well as using similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia to make our poems really intereting!

P7 pupils visited Armadale Academy last week to work with 4th Year pupils in a variety of different sports. The children were able to choose between basketball, badminton, football, benchball and dance.

P7 enjoyed their experiences at Armadale Academy and were given the opportunity to develop their skills in a variety of sports. Benchball was a clear favourite amongst those who chose this as one of their options and this is something we will play at some point in our PE learning over the next term.

We are looking forward to attending Armadale Academy next week for the Athletics Sports leader festival!

Over the last few weeks P7 pupils have been busy organising and packing shoeboxes full of sweets, school supplies, toiletries, clothing and toys to send to children in countries such as Kosovo, India and Romania. This was done as part of an appeal by the charity Blythswood Trust.

Thanks to the time and organisation of our P7 pupils and the generosity of our pupils, staff, parents and carers we managed to pack an incredible 55 shoe boxes as well as providing the charity with 3 sacks full of surplus supplies to be fitted into shoeboxes at their sorting warehouse.

The effort made will result in 55 children and young people receiving a Christmas gift this year as opposed to nothing at all.

The P7 pupils and I would like to thank everyone for their generosity and support for this wonderful charity!

P7 pupils took part in an active science task this week when they were asked to design an information leaflet detailing their knowledge and understanding of plate tectonics, earthquakes and the recent Japanese earthquake! The winner of the competition was Eilidh Robertson! Congratulations to her!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has brought in items for our shoe box appeal. P7 pupils will be wrapping shoeboxes and filling them when we return from our October holidays! Remember you still have time to bring in items!

In your literacy home learning jotter you have your spelling words for this week! Complete the active spelling task below in your jotter and hand it in on Friday 30 September!

Make sure you date and title this task correctly in your jotter as well as using cursive handwriting at all times!

STORY, STORY, STORY

Write a story using ALL of your spelling words. Be sure to underline your spelling words in your paragraph. There will be a prize for the most entertaining piece of writing!

Try to include similes, personification and wow words in your story!

This term P7 pupils are working on a really interesting active maths challenge. They are working in pairs to plan, budget and design their own theme park. Eventually this project will lead us to learn all about budgets, profit and loss. We have created promotional leaflets to advertise our theme park and written poems about our own theme park experiences. As part of our technology learning this term we will be building scale models of our theme parks! Come into class and see the learning taking place!

P7 joined P7/6 today to take part in the West Lothian Council’s Walking Week! We discussed the importance of brisk walking to keep us healthy. We walked all over town with our crazy and colourful socks!