This week we have been working together to make a Victorian street in our Primary 6 classroom. We have each created our own Victorian house. To begin with we had to apply our technology skills, for example accurate cutting and … Continue reading →

In maths we have been learning about money and different currencies. We have also been finding out about the coins that were used during the Victorian era and how much they were worth. We found out that paying money was … Continue reading →

Primary 6 had a fantastic time at Hopetoun House on Monday. The children were able to become Victorian servants for the day and found out lots of information about Victorian homes and how they were run.

This week in Primary 6 we have been finding out lots of information about rich and poor Victorian children and their lives. We used Venn diagrams to organise and compare our information.

On Tuesday we celebrated Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday. We got to dress up as our favourite Roald Dahl characters. We also did some work in class using the BFG. We looked at character descriptions and created our own giants using … Continue reading →

This week we had our first Mandarin lesson with Miss. Pan from The JYHS. We learnt the words for different parts of the body and then used what we had learned to play a game of Simon says!

Our first fortnight back has been marvellous and we are all really looking forward to what will come next. We have had a superhero theme in Primary 6 for the last couple of weeks. We have turned ourselves into superheroes … Continue reading →

As part of this week’s health week, we walked up to the Wilderness wood with Eilidh from Woodland Trust. The activity which we were doing was called Woodland Survivor. The aim was to use natural materials to build a waterproof … Continue reading →

We started our week with a trip to Sky Academy. At the academy we learned about television programmes and how they are made. We found out about some of the important jobs involved in this. We split into four groups … Continue reading →

Today we performed our Titanic assembly to our parents and to the rest of the school. We have spent the last couple of weeks learning our lines, organising costumes and props and practising the Titanic song. We had fun presenting … Continue reading →