This term as part of our P.E lessons, we are learning about Hockey.  Today we learned the correct way to hold a hockey stick and played some games to practise our stick handling skills.  One of our favourites was called ‘Squeeze Ball’, where we had to work with a partner to ‘squeeze’ the ball between our sticks and lift if off the ground to waist height – we soon discovered that it wasn’t as easy as it sounded!!

Here are some pictures of us at work:

We have started our topic about Mary Queen of Scots.  To give us some insight into what life was like when she was alive, we have been finding out about clothes, housing and transport in the 16th Century.

We did a Critical Skills Challenge in groups to build a 3D model of a Peasant’s house from the 16th Century.  We had to combine what we had been learning in our topic with the technology skills we had been learning about – strengthening techniques in model-making.

Here are our finished models:

By Katie, Matthew & Kieran

By Brooke, Madyson & Robbie G

By Robbie B, Sarah & Gabriela

By Kuba, Shayne & Natasha

By Brad, Erin & Leah

By Jessica, Leon & Alexandra

Next Wednesday Primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils will once again have the opportunity to work with pupils from our partner school – Greenrigg Primary.

P5 – will be doing more work on healthy eating

P6 – will be going a trip to The Riverside Museum in Glasgow

P7 – will be going to Polkemmet Country Park

Please find below all the winter activity packs.  If for any reason we have a school closure day, please feel free to use these packs to continue your learning at home.

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