Writing fun!

As part of our ongoing Literacy Development with school, we are trialing  a resource called “PM Writing” which focuses mainly on Non- Fiction writing.  We have already been learning about Persuasive Writing, Recounts, Procedures and now we are learning about how to structure a Descriptive piece of writing.

This week our challenge  was to create a character and describe how they look, act,their  personality and any special talents or skills they have. We looked at our Elf names to start us off and created the characters from there. There was much hilarity as children identified their names and discussed their ideas with partners before beginning the writing process!!

Elves created showed great imagination and creativity on the part of the children. We had elves who helped Santa fit down the chimneys, elves who had glittery moustaches and even an elf who  had very good dress sense and only wore Gucci !

If children had completed their writing  they had the opportunity to draw their characters.

We look forward to continuing this in the week ahead by writing about an adventure on Christmas Eve!

If you want to be part of the fun find your elf name above!

     

P6/7 visit to Howden Park Centre

On Friday morning P6/7 visited Howden Park Centre. This is part of our ongoing Developing Young Workforce and Participation Friday events – where we are linking with our Community.

We were met there by one of the artists who are exhibiting for the next year in the Exhibition space:

“Drawing on a wealth of photographs, illustrations and models, as well as historical artefacts from the museums and the archival collection of West Lothian, this exhibition explores the identity of Livingston as a thriving New Town – from its beginnings in the 1960s to today.”

We looked at photos and 3D models and discussed the planning that went into the housing areas and design to build communities in Livingston as  a new town. This linked in well with our previous discussions about the 1960s as part of our School’s 50th birthday celebrations ! 

   

We then looked at the Craft cabinets on display which were showcasing local Craft businesses. We discussed their products, prices and display techniques.

                       

We hope to incorporate some of these ideas in our own sales techniques and make use of ideas for our Spring Fayre!

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