Category: Beyond school

Fairtrade Fortnight P7/6 and P7

We have linked all our Literacy tasks this week to celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight. We consolidated any previous learning we had surrounding Fairtrade by looking at a reading comprehension on Ethical Trading. This also allowed us to embed our knowledge of different question types, something we had looked at previously. We then completed a research task where the classes had to choose how they would display their findings. We were so impressed receiving News Reports, Audio Clips, PowerPoints, Leaflets and Posters!

On Wednesday we watched a clip called Tanya’s Journey which followed  a girl from the UK as she travelled to visit Fairtrade Farmers abroad. We used this opportunity to introduce the idea of a recount and the features we would expect the class to use. This task involved a range of outcomes ranging from listening skills, note taking, summarising and creating a new text. Using a map of the world the children also looked how Fairtrade stretches across the globe and what factors relating to the landscape influence which products grow where. Finally, on Friday we are going to have a debate! We gave the classes some statements on Fairtrade and asked them, using their previous learning on expositions to decide which side of the argument they would support or oppose. We are looking forward to a heated debate!!

Alongside all our Fairtrade work we have also been looking at multiples and prime numbers in Maths and continued with our tasks set by Mrs Martin in Art and Mr Millar in P.E, P7 you must be exhausted! Thank you again for all your hard work this week.

P2B Learning – 8th February

Good afternoon P2B, parents and carers,

We have had another fun filled week of activities. Although we had lots of school work to complete we managed to fit in plenty of time to play outside in the snow.

This week we have been counting down to the February break however that didn’t mean our hard work  stopped. Below is some of our hard work from this week.

Literacy: We have been learning how to read and spell magic e with an ‘o’ words.

Literacy: We have been learning how to write an imaginative story.

This week we wrote the ending and reflection of our story. Our writing is amazing and we hope you think so too!

Numeracy: We have been learning how to form arrays.

Numeracy: We have been learning how to make equal groups of 4.

From the additional activities grid:

Modern Languages (Spanish): We have been learning how to say your name and age in Spanish.

Art and Design: We have been learning how to draw real life creatures.

Well done on another week of amazing work P2B! You are surprising me more and more each week. Have a great holiday and keep safe.

Kind Regards,

Miss Walkingshaw

P2B Remote and In School Learning Update

Good afternoon everyone,

Well done on a fantastic week of remote learning from home. You have all worked so hard and uploaded some excellent work to Seesaw. The children who have been in school learning have also been working extremely hard too.

You have all shown such great resilience during the remote learning period and I want you to know how proud I am of you all.

Here are some pictures of our learning from both in school and home:

Numeracy: We have been learning how to make equal groups.

Literacy: We have been learning all about the magic e sound.

Health and Wellbeing: We have been learning how to be a good friend.

Well done for all of your hard work and efforts! Keep it up!

Miss Walkingshaw

Remote and Class Learning P7/6 and P7

Another busy week both in the classroom and at home. Linking to our Scottish Tourism context both classes have been using their research skills to learn about Scotland.  They have been looking at its culture, landmarks and Geography. Using their knowledge of different genres they created a poster demonstrating how Loch Lomond was formed. We were impressed with the variety of media used to display their findings.

In Literacy we have made curricular links with our RME context of Carnival. We looked at using Higher Order Thinking skills to create 6 different question types from a piece of text on Festivals from around the world. We also looked at how to create an effective summary, identifying what the key ideas of a text are. Using these skills, the classes then went on to complete a reading comprehension effectively extracting the main points of the text.

In Maths we continued with our concept of area looking at both the area of compound shapes and of right angled triangles. Well done to all of those of you who went on to attempt the challenge activities; very impressive!

Keep up the hard work everybody, you are doing a great job!

 

PE Daily Challenge – Day 58

January 2021 Active Fun Challenge

Hello everyone,

Today we are starting a new activity challenge. The Active Fun 2021 Challenge. In this competition we will play against the other houses and against other schools.

This is a friendly competition but we want to try our hardest to be as active as possible. Have a look through all of the information then get logging those minutes!

January 2021 Active Fun Challenge Student Instructions

Come on East Calder, let’s see if you can get your house and our school to the top of the leader board!

Almondell

Calderhall

Langton

Oakbank

 

The Great Science Share – Week 6

Well Waste warriors, how did you get on last week? Did you get creative with your household waste? Did you find out how far your breakfast travelled to get to your plate? I managed to find eggs that were laid less than 2 miles from my house so will be using that farm in the future!

 

This is our last week of the Great Science Share and it’s a theme I know many of you are passionate about. This week we are celebrating World Oceans Day!

 

Why is the sea salty?

Do whales from different parts of the world have their own accents?

How can we stop so much plastic getting into the oceans and protect the wildlife?

How deep is the deepest part of the ocean?

How do we use the power of the seas foe energy?

 

Remember and tag me in your Teams post or email your investigations into school!

Have fun investigating!

Mrs Beattie

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk6

Primary 6 and 7 Digital Careers Fayre

ECPS Digital Careers Fayre Reminder
We are still looking for videos from parents and families for our P6 and P7 digital Careers Fayre. If anyone would like to participate could they send in their video by Friday 5th June. All information including questions to discuss and email address to forward your videos are available on the attached document.
Many thanks Mrs Lewis, Mrs Stewart and Miss Young.

The Great Science Share – Week 5

What did you investigate last week? Did you try to re-grow any vegetables? Did you track the journey of your banana from tree to fruit bowl? Did you make something out of your household waste?

This week our theme is UN World Environment Day

Have you been inspired by Greta Thunberg?

How clean is the air near to where you live? Has there been a change in air quality around the world since we have been staying at home over the last few months?

How can you make a positive impact on the environment?

How can you clean dirty water?

How do cow burps affect climate change? (This is an interesting one!)

 

Remember and tag me in your Teams post or email your investigations into school!

Have fun investigating!

Mrs Beattie

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk5

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