Author: Miss Young

We started to explore our context further this week; exploring Scotland’s place in the world, comparing our geographical makeup to North America’s. The pupils used Atlases and a globe to explore the world’s continents and North America further. We linked this to our work on place value, looking at how many miles apart some countries are. Next week we are going to plan and budget for a trip using real live websites, costings and forecasts.

 

What a week we have had in P7A! It has been lovely to get to know each other and get stuck into our learning. The pupils have contributed great ideas and input this week, helping to plan how we will meet our learning outcomes for the term. Here are some videos and photographs from our numeracy lessons; recapping on, and having some fun with place value.

What an absolutely incredible time Primary 7 have had during our Activity Week. We worked together, used our problem solving skills and most importantly made some lasting memories.

Have a look at our SWAY to view some of the photographs from the activities we took part in. We tried canoeing, carried out some team building games, had a silent disco, solved a treasure hunt and went to Go Ape!

 

We had a wonderful time at the Sky Academy Studios today. The pupils worked in four studio teams using their media literacy skills to research facts, which they then brought to life in a fascinating bespoke TV report.

The pupils had allocated roles including a: producer, director, scriptwriter, camera operator, presenter/reporter, expert, eyewitness and editor.

They had to read through the studio briefs and create a teleprompter script for the presenters. The most impressive part was that the pupils did this with very little help from the experts; showcasing their pupil agency, creativity and teamwork skills.

Well done P7A, what a fantastic learning experience we had!

Sky Academy P7A – Video link

We explored International women’s day by looking at some inspirational women throughout history; recognising that there have not always been equal rights. We then discussed unconscious bias, looking more closely at animated films, character portrayal and story writing.

Based on this research, we came up with our own take on a ‘Protesting Princess’, have a look at some of the activist statements and compositions we ended up with.

We have had a busy week, preparing for and delivering our Primary 7 assembly on Fairtrade. The pupils did a marvellous job of leading their learning and delivering an amazing and engaging assembly. Well done!

We also had the privilege of being the first class to open the new library and we loved it! Our learners now have a new learning environment that allows us to explore our inquisitiveness and enjoyment in reading.

Have a look at some of our photos from World Book day, our assembly and library visit.

Some creative costumes! Choose The World You Want – Fairtrade. Where’s Wally? Where is he?
Little Miss Magic and the golden ticket.
Some relaxed reading. Sharing our books. An interactive reading experience with our class Audio Book. 

P7A used their prior knowledge to create and identify different types of angles through folding paper. We managed to create and identify the properties of most of the angles; there was a bit of problem-solving involved when it came to the reflex angle! We used our communication and team work skills to conquer the task.

P7A have expressed interest in exploring the online ‘Wordle and Nerdle’ games, we have been using our talking and listening skills to explore strategies within numeracy and literacy. There have been some interesting learning conversations around vowel patterns, commonly used consonants and probability.

Have a look at a few of our recent class attempts.

 

This week we have explored the Scots language and culture.  We looked at the history of the language and how it has evolved over the centuries and we used some Scots dictionaries and apps to create our own poems.

We also worked on our reading strategies and rehearsed some poems to present to each other and the class. The class elected two learners to represent P7A at Our Scots assembly.

Our class wanted to share some of their learning with their Primary 1 buddies, so they decided to record and share a version of ‘The Three Craws’…it’s very catchy!

It was a braw week indeed!

This week some of our learners led their learning; exploring extinction. We learned more about biodiversity, habitats, the causes and reasons. We debated some issues linked to our science topic and the pupils posed some well thought out questions to their peers.