Author: Mrs Stewart

Pupil Agency in P6

Running alongside our Democracy context this term the class have demonstrated their Pupil Agency by also creating a project on a topic of their choice. One member of the class chose to do The Cold War and as you can see from the photos he created a  set of diorama’s to represent the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is his explanation of each diorama.

My Diorama’s 

I made my dioramas for my school project- cold war. I made 2 dioramas; one of the Cuban Missile Crisis and one of the Berlin Wall. It took me 2 weeks to make my dioramas. I used sand and glue for the Cuban beach, and I used toilet paper, paint and glue for the ocean. For my berlin wall I used cardboard and paint for the wall and oil pastels for the graffiti. I think my dioramas are accurate representations of each event.  

 

Democracy P6

As part of our Social Studies context P6 have been investigating the features of an election and the work of our representatives at both a local and national level. They are developing their understanding of how a democracy works and are discussing what the rights and responsibilities of citizens in Scotland are. To assist us with our learning we have been fortunate enough to have a visit from the Scottish Parliament this week with the UK Parliament visiting us in May. We had our own manifestos, elections and  of course we had a speaker and Presiding Officer too so everyone came to order!

 

P6 Leading their own Learning

 

This week we have continued to increase opportunities for members of the class to lead their own learning and contribute to school improvement. We already involve pupils more in curriculum design by encouraging them to use Pupil Voice when choosing an IDL concept and by offering the choice in what format they display many elements of their work.
We empowered the class to participate in their own learning and sharing particular skillsets with their peers. We had amazing lessons on QR codes, Adobe, Tamil and Chess! As you can see a wide range of subject matter and we still have Illustration, Spanish and Swedish to come. Fantastic P6, so proud of the confidence, audience awareness and knowledge you shared.

Congratulations!

On the 2nd March this dynamic duo entered their first competition at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. They came second in both Cheer and Hip Hop! They both received a medal and have another competition in May. Well done ladies!!

Victorian Artefacts! P6

Victorian Artefacts in P6

We were fortunate enough to have a visit from West Lothian Museum services this week. Linking with our current Social Studies context we enjoyed an afternoon of Victorian artefacts! The class were allowed to handle a lot of the items and were amazed to see how things have progressed since Victorian times,even though we have the Victorians to thank for some of the amazing inventions that we use today. It was however interesting to see like an abacus we still use concrete materials in Numeracy This was a great springboard for our Victorian context as it led to discussions about Victorian inventions, housing and lifestyle to name but a few. We will be linking this learning to our current Literacy theme of creating a recount,the ability to retell and evaluate an experience. The Museum Service have kindly agreed to attend our Sharing the Learning in April so come along and see if you can identify the purpose of our Victorian artefacts, remember your child is now an expert!

Learning in P6

An Explanation

We have been looking at the Explanation Genre. This genre explains how or why something happens. We decided to link our Literacy to our current IDL context of Natural Disasters.

We also used our ICT skills by researching a Natural Disaster of our choice. We created notes in our first draft. We then looked at the features and layout of an Explanation and used this and the genre targets to improve our final draft, ensuring it included all the elements of the genre such as

Title

Identifying Statement

Explanation Sequence

Summary Statement

Congratulations!

Well done Jaysiel,you shared with us your haul of medals! Astro Gymnastics for both participation and 1st place in your competition. You also shared your Edinburgh Marathon Festival medal for completing 1.5 K,very impressive. We enjoyed hearing about your achievements!

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