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Primary 7

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 7 STEM week

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.

Science week P4/3

We had a great time at the Cosmos Planetarium and learnt a lot about space. We also learnt the Moon isn’t made of cheese! Rhys said the show was awesome! We have been learning about the different phases of the Moon in class, Callum used grapes to illustrate the phases!

Primary 7 visit the Risk Factory

Primary 7 enjoyed a fantastic trip to the risk factory last week. We learnt how to react and respond in a range of ‘real life’ situations. The class learnt how to successfully carryout a 999 emergency call and all the key information they need if they had to do so. Each room was set up for a different scenario that they had to respond to. There was a railway line, beach front, electricity station, farmyard, bus safety and gas leaking and house safety. But perhaps the most talked about room was the fire response room. The groups were put into a room by themselves that simulated a fire with family members in the room. The children responded quickly getting themselves out the room and eventually making the 999 call. However one groups way of rescuing the granny dummy was questionable and the other group left her behind, then eventually going back into the burning building to try and get her again. They really enjoyed this part and have asked to do more fire safety back at school … I wonder why?

The class were extremely well behaved and represented Greenrigg Primary School proudly.

winter weather activities

Good morning!

Please find attached the Winter Weather packs for Early, First and Second Level (and other resources that may be required).

P1/2 – Early/First

P3/4 – First

P5/6/7 – Second

There is no expectation to do any or all of the tasks, but if you are needing some inspiration on what to do on your snow day, then look no further! 🙂

Have a lovely day, and stay safe!

Science-Investigation

Newspaper-Article

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Primary 7’s week of workshops

Happy Chinese New Year

The pupils enjoyed a workshop with Rong Rong this week who refreshed our learning of the Lunar Calendar. Chinese New Year 2018 is the Year of the dog. People clean their homes to welcome the new year which begins with the new moon (that is why the date changes every year). Chinese people wear red and gold to bring good luck and put banners in their doorway so that guests will be blessed and also bring good fortune into their homes. We had a chance to write in Chinese, make some cards and listen and play the Pipa. Thank you Rong Rong.

Show Racism the Red Card

This week Primary 7 and Primary 6 took part in the ‘show racism the red card’ workshop with footballer Derek Ferguson. This workshop and the resource the teacher will carry on in school has been designed to help effectively challenge racism and promote equality amongst young people. Derek educated the pupils about the causes and consequences of racism. He increased the understanding of issues of equality and diversity.  We looked at negative stereotypes, prejudice attitudes and racism. Pupils were reminded about respecting people regardless of skin colour, nationality, religion and culture.

Racism is: Name calling, Jokes, Bullying, Excluding, Fights and Violence

Because of: Religion, Skin Colour, Nationality or Culture