We have been learning about democracy and the Scottish Parliament. We reflected on what we have learned so far.

“I have really enjoyed learning about how MPs are elected and creating parties in class because we got to design logos,names and colours for our group. Mine was pink fluffy unicorns and we were pink.” Georgia

“Before doing this topic I did not know there was an MP or MSP. I thought before the American President was ours too. We have been learning about the job of a M.P and M.S.P and we learned about the houses of parliament.” Ewan

“We have learned that different countries have different ways of doing things. Not every country in the world is a democracy.” Sophie

“I really enjoyed learning about parliament. I learned the different jobs that MPs and MSPs carry out.” Elliot

“I have enjoyed listening about the story Guy Fawkes trying to blow up the houses of parliament. Also I didn’t know that there was a first minister in Scotland. I learned that MPs and MSPs vote in different ways and I have learned what democracy means.” Merryn

We have learned about the differences between the UK Government and the Scottish Government and we watched videos showing us the kind of things MSPs do as part of their job. To help us to understand about how MPs are elected we are having a mock election in class which links in with our forthcoming assembly.

In other areas of the curriculum:

* P5 have been developing their ability to draw diagrams and make models to help them to solve problems.
* P6 have been learning about doubles and halves with Mrs Johnston.
* We have been learning about product design and marketing through our enterprise topic and have began to create some of our products.
* We are learning about musical vocabulary such as pitch, tempo and rhythm.