We were given the challenge of designing a shoe as a group. We had to pick a target age group, design a logo and design individual shoes. We did some market research to find what was popular with the age range. We then picked one design and made our shoe. Our next job will be to promote our shoes to see if we have successfully made and marketed a product.
Michelle gave us an interesting and thought provoking lesson about the consequences of smoking. We have homework to do ready for her next lesson….
Today we have the Osigili Warrior Group visiting our school. They performed songs, dances and taught us about their country and culture. We really enjoyed the performance. They also joined us in the lunch hall.
We have had lots of fun getting to know our buddies over the past 2 days!
This week Primary 7 have been introduced to Judo with Marv. We learned new warm up games, rules for Judo as well as techniques used. We got fit and learned new skills, good fun was had by all.
Well done to everyone who helped out in our big litter pick around Greenrigg!
It has been a very busy term so far. Our school show has been decided, auditions held and parts given out. This years school show will be Pirates of the Currybean. Rehearsals have began and a date for our performance to be confirmed.
Our class have been involved in an anti-bullying performance and workshop which the children really enjoyed watching and taking part in.
We have had a visit from Drama Box and the children enjoyed their session learning to project their voices, take part in improvisation and act out feelings and emotions.
The class are currently taking part in Futsall and Judo as part of their P.E but have also taken responsibility for their own P.E lessons by planning lessons in small groups which they can lead with the class. They have looked at warm up games, skills and how to organise teams and games.
The children have been learning about pollution in our seas and oceans and ways we can help to reduce the effect we have on them, as part of their transition work with Stoneyburn.
The children have been learning to use different mediums to create art work. We are focused on sketching at the moment but have also looked at clay modelling.
In Science we are looking at electricity and circuits. The children have worked on identifying insulators and conductors, creating series and parallel circuits and using their knowledge to create models.
What a busy week we have had through STEM week. Firstly we visited the planetarium which was so impressive. The pupils asked lots of questions and found out lots of information about our solar system, the International Space Station and our night sky. We learned how to detect the North Star by following two stars in the constellation The Plough/Big Dipper. Primary 7’s made a model of the Sun, Moon and Earth to show how they orbit each other. Perhaps the most heated part was the class debate on the conspiracy theory of the Moon Landing. Such interesting facts surround this theory but when it came to the class vote the believers won the vote with their convincing scientific arguments. For our open morning the class split into teams and used a variety of resources to make a working Moon Buggy.
Look at those faces! What a great day out it was. Watch out for the 2 for 1 tokens over the next few months for Merlin Attractions and get your parents along for a good laugh/scare.
Primary 7 enjoyed a day out in Edinburgh on Tuesday this week. We braced the start of the chilling winds to visit a few places before heading down to the Edinburgh Dungeons. We visited Greyfriars Bobby’s Grave and read about the dog, we are going to read more about this next week. Then as a large proportion of the class are beginning the Harry Potter journey we walked along to see the cafe that J.K. Rowling used to write her stories in. Afterwards we headed into the National Museum of Scotland for an hour to look around the Kingdom of Scots where we saw the Guillotine and learned about witches in Scotland.
Our topic this term has been learning about Scotland Chronology, its gory past and key figures in Scottish History. The trip to the Dungeons was a huge success. The class learnt about ghost stories, Burke and Hare, Maggie Dixon, Swaney Bean and the courtrooms of the past. The children came out screaming and buzzing.
Callum and Eeman both think it was the best trip they have ever been on. Jade “I’m sleeping with my mum tonight ha”
