Category: Primary 7

National Numeracy Day- Maths Trail

Maths looked a little different in P7 last week. As part of National Numeracy Day we looked  some STEAM clips which demonstrated how Maths is so important in the World of Work. We heard from Scientists, Data Analysts, Builders, Bankers, Chefs and Engineers. Who knew Maths would touch upon so many different career paths! We then made our  Numeracy lesson a little more active by going outside and starting a Maths Trail. It got very competitive as each group used their mental maths strategies to solve each problem. To finish off the week the class came up with some amazing designs crossing over curricular outcomes with both  Art and Technology.

P7 Learner Agency

Following on from the success of our first Learner Agency task where the class  planned, evaluated and took forward our Road Safety Assembly that we shared with the whole school P7 decided to instigate another active task. We discussed what Learner Agency meant to them and they came up with words such as choice, empowered, responsible, active and independent. These are all key values of Learner Agency.

Learner Agency is more personalized learning. It empowers the children to influence their own path. By encouraging P7 to take initiative, they enhance their  ability to take control, increase motivation, and ensure they  respond to their own activities.  They develop the ability to organise themselves, employ strategies that help them to become  effective learners and how most importantly to take their learning forward. These are all skills that they  will need to develop  as they make the transition to S1.

Or current context is Charities and Communities and the class decided to use this as the basis for their Learner Agency activity. We briefly discussed possible Learning Outcomes and within their groups they created their own  Success Criteria. Each group has been allocated a display space and will present their learning here as well as using other media to share their creations! I have already witnessed ICT, Drama and Art and I cannot wait to see each groups final presentations….Watch this Space!

 

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.

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!

 

P7 and P7/6 Remote and Classroom Learning

Can we start by saying how impressed  we have been with both P7 and P7/6 during their Remote and Classroom Learning. Really engaging with every task and demonstrating great perseverance and resilience. We are very proud of your efforts. Last week we covered a wide range of outcomes and activities including

  • What features and organisation should be used to create an effective procedure.
  • How to find the Perimeter of a shape and linking these skills to using Maths in an everyday context.
  • A variety of Science experiments which ranged from designing your own catapult to trying to make cheese!
  • Scottish Tourism Task including producing a Powerpoint to attract tourists to Scotland and creating an exposition to encourage a family member to visit.
  • Staying with our Scottish theme we used Oor Wullie as a springboard for a variety of Literacy activities.
  • Utilising our ICT skills to research the effects Smoking can have on the body.

It was also really impressive to see how so many of the class linked their science tasks to the work we have been doing on procedures when completing their experiment. Also using features of an exposition when creating the persuasive text in their Social Subjects activities. It is great to see the children using their learning across all curricular areas. Keep up the hard work, you have been brilliant.

Daily Primary PE Challenge

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

 

Whole School ‘Nativity Assembly’

This morning we held our usual virtual Assembly on TEAMS, however today’s assembly was very different as it was our first Nativity Assembly which was led by the pupils of East Calder Primary School. The Christmas Story was told by pupils from every class and we think that our P1-7 pupils did a fantastic job! You all learned your parts so well and spoke clearly and confidently – great job everyone!!!

 

 

Lockdown Painted Stones

A massive ‘THANK YOU’ to our secret helpers who came in to the school playground last Friday to cement down the beautiful painted stones which our pupils and their families did during Lockdown.  We were delighted to see the finished result and are sure that you will agree that they have done a fantastic job. On behalf of everyone at East Calder Primary School THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Your help is much appreciated 🙂

Here are some of the photos of our COVID Snake which can be found in the P1-2 playground.

 

 

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