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Election Week in Primary 6.

A short week but a busy week in Primary 6 as we completed the final stages of our topic on the government. We finalised our manifestos through some internet research to choose our top three priorities for the future of Scotland. We then prepared our debates and took turns sharing our thoughts under the guidance of our presiding officer who ensured everyone was respectful and did not go over time in their debate.  After the debates everyone in class had the chance to put their vote in the ballot box and the presiding officer counted the votes. With 30% of the votes our new First Minister was from the Conservative party.

We had our second group of children sharing their personal presentations on a topic of their own choice. This week we heard about Concorde, Dolly the Sheep, Marine Animals, Art and the movie Tangled. It was lovely to hear that the Concorde presentation inspired another member of the class to make a visit to the Museum of Flight this weekend.

This week pupils took over the role of leading the Number Talks and encouraging their friends to participate. It is not as easy as it looks!

Primary 5 Presentations

Primary 5 will be preparing presentations on a topic of their choice to share with their classmates. To help them improve in their presentation skills they will be peer assessed and given tips to move forward. We are looking for presenters to engage with their audience, speak clearly, have good body language and be confident in their subject choice.

Our first group of presenters provided us with fascinating facts on Taekwondo, Doug the Pug, Dance and Scotland. After reading their feedback each presenter was able to identify a next step for their development.

 

G’day Mate!

Article 30

You have the right to enjoy your own culture, practice your own religion and use your own language

Miss Crease and Miss Woods have been overwhelmed by the outstanding quality of our amazing Australian research.  We were given a homework challenge to find out more about the country.  Some of us created posters, leaflets, information books and powerpoints.  We enjoyed working with our families to create them and even our mum’s and dad’s learned new things too!

We looked at Australian wildlife, artefacts, the six states, people and landmarks.

Here are some examples below: