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This week in Primary 6…

This week we learned how to set up a fish tank.  We had to research to find out what equipment we needed and what steps we had to take to set it up successfully.  After that we wrote instructions for how to set up the tank.  In the afternoon we followed these instructions.

“We washed out the gravel and put it in the tank carefully.” – Leon

“I really enjoyed washing the gravel and liked learning about all the different types of goldfish.” – Rowan

“Then we added tap water and dechlorinator. ” – Cameron

“We had to measure the length, width and height of the tank.  Then we multiplied them.  We used 5 whiteboards to work out the answer.  This was to calculate the volume of the tank.  We then knew we had to put in 3 capfuls of dechlorinator.” – Cameron & Leon

“I actually really enjoyed the maths!” – Leon

“It was hard but we both did it together and that made it better.” – Cameron

“Next we attached the filter.” – Logan F

“I had to attach the flow director and then stick the filter to the side of the tank.” – Logan Y & Callum

“The filter cleans the tank.  It takes in the dirty water and puts out clean water.” – Charlie

“I attached the tubing to the air pump and Cade and Silvester helped to put it in the tank.” – Kyle

“The air pump puts little bubbles into the tank to put oxygen into the water which the fish need to breathe.” – Murray

“The fish have gills to breathe.” – Zoe

Our tank is now ready to be decorated.

“You can’t just dump fish in the tank though.  You have to float the bag on the top of the water so that it gets up the right temperature.” – Charlie

We’ll be visiting a pet shop soon after the holidays and we can’t wait!

 

Our penpal letters finally arrived from Raleigh, North Carolina!  We have started our first draft of replies and will finish them after the holiday.

“I enjoyed writing back to my penpal, Samiyah.  I really like her personality!” – Katy

“My penpal moved school after the teacher posted our letters.  But a new pupil has joined the class so I will be writing to her.” – Zoe

“My penpal’s birthday is on New Year’s Day!” – Murray

“I enjoyed writing to my penpal, Damico, because he’s into tech like me!” – Calum

“I really liked writing to my penpal because it means we’ll get to know someone else!” – Hayley B

“My penpal asked if I liked biscuits.  We thought it was a weird question but then we realised that they have been learning English words!” – Logan Y

“My penpal says he likes to play softball and he likes fizzy drinks!” – Eesa

“I really liked writing back to my penpal, Giovanna, because I had to answer lots of questions that she’d asked me.  I also had to ask her lots of questions because she didn’t tell me much about herself!” – Natalie

“I enjoyed writing back to my penpal.  She asked me if we have a restaurant called Chick-Fil-A.” – Sri

“I can’t wait to write to my penpal!” – Lewis

“I enjoyed writing to my penpal.  She asked why we had to recesses because they only get one.  She also used the word ‘biscuits’ instead of ‘cookies’.” – Ainslie

“I can’t wait to write to my penpal.  I’m going to tell them more about me and Scotland.” – Luke

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 6

This week in P6…

We’ve been continuing to learn about our school values and we completed Mr McCallum-McKay’s challenge of designing posters about them.
 
Some of us competed in the primary handball league tournament this week.
”It was challenging but we still did well!” – Logan F
”We made sure that we passed the ball to include everybody in our team!” – Ainslie
”We were good at communicating as a team!” – Zoe
”The other teams played really well!” – Hayley B
”I really like going.  It was fun!” – Eesa
”I’m excited to play the other two schools who didn’t make it this time.” – Logan Y
”We are looking forward to the next set of games!” – Finlay, Aiden & Luke
“I enjoyed handball.  I was in goals most of the time.” – Callan
“Handball was really fun even though we lost a lot of games!” – Rowan
 
On Wednesday we celebrated European Day of Languages. We used some of our French and Spanish and we also started learning German (just for fun!). We practised saying the numbers from 1-20 and then played some number games. Miss Greig told us all about her trip to Paris and she brought us some treats!  In the afternoon we had a food tasting with a selection of foods from France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Italy. Rowan also brought us in some Indian snacks to try! Sri is going to teach us some Indian and Silvester is going to teach Lithuanian.  We researched European countries and read some dual language books.
“It was interesting trying all the different foods.  I liked the salami.” – Finlay
“I loved the German sausages.  Thank you Germany!” – Charlie
 “I really enjoyed researching the capital cities of Europe.” – Calum
”The whole day was really exciting and fun.  Miss Greig brought lots of sweet treats in!” – Charlie
”I liked the little jam tarts from France.” – Eesa
”I liked the activities we did because they were challenging and fun!  I liked the salami.” – Murray
”I liked doing the research and I tasted new foods.  I didn’t like the olives but I loved the Indian snacks.” – Lewis
“I tried the cheeses from Italy and France.  I liked the Italian one but not the French one!” – Sri
“I loved most of the food but I didn’t like the cheeses.  I loved the German sausage and Miss Marnie’s currywurst sauce!” – Ellie
“I liked the crepes because they were tasty!  I also liked the sausages with the currywurst sauce!” – Jamie
 “Most of the food was good but I didn’t really like the pain au chocolat.  I really liked the sausages!” – Silvester
“I tried almost everything! I quite liked the German sausage and the sugar waffles from Belgium.” – Rowan
“I pretty much tried everything except the French cheese and olives.  I loved the German sausage.  The currywurst sauce was really nice.  I also loved the crepes!” – Callum
“I loved all the food especially the pain au chocolat and the olives!  Lots of people didn’t like them!” – Leon
“The food was delicious! My favourite was the currywurst sauce because I’d never tried it before!” – Hayley D
“I liked making a Spanish poster.  I liked the sausages, meats and crepes the best!” – Cameron
 
Some of us were chosen to take part in a workshop called ‘Rumble!’ With Limelight Music. We learned some African chants.
 “I enjoyed it because it was really good fun!” – Sri
“It was really fun and I enjoyed the warm up games!” – Katy
“We learned an African song.  Gordon was playing the drums and Cat was teaching us actions to help us to singalong.” – Natalie
“It was good fun and we laughed a lot!” – Cade
“I thought it was really good fun and I can’t wait until next week.” – Leon
“It was good because we did lots of games.” – Hayley D
Class Posts, Primary 6

This week in P6…

It’s been a short but busy week in P6.

In literacy we discussed the school vision, values and aims.

“We wrote about our aspirations and mine was about wanting to be an artist” – Ellie

“I want to work in the gaming industry.” – Silvester

“I liked writing about my aspirations.  I’d like to be an actress.” – Sri

“I also liked writing about my aspirations.  I’d like to play football and go travelling around the world.” – Rowan

“I’d like to be a vet when I’m older because I like caring and looking after animals.” – Natalie

“I really liked writing about my aspirations.  I’d like to play rugby and maybe play for Scotland.” – Logan F

“It was really fun.  I’ve always wanted to become an artist but if I can’t do that then I’d like to explore the world.” – Katy

“You could do that while being an artist!” – Logan F

“I liked the aspirations writing because it was fun writing about what you want to be.  I would like to be a marine biologist!” – Charlie

 

In maths we consolidated our learning of place value and rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.

“We also learned how to divide by 1000. The decimal point never moved by the digits move places.” – Cade & Cameron

“You don’t remove the zeros!  The digits are moving places!” – Rowan

“We also multiplied by 100 and 1000.” – Callan

“I enjoyed rounding numbers.” – Eesa & Logan Y

 

In PE we are still practising handball in preparation for our first festival of P6.

“I like that we got to play games in our teams.” – Murray

 

On Wednesday we did some research about Raleigh in North Carolina.  That is where our penpals live and they have recently experienced Hurricane Florence.

“I really enjoyed learning facts about the hurricane.” – Calum

“I thought it was amazing that there are 10 million people living in North Carolina and only just over 5 million live in Scotland!” – Charlie

“We compared the population of Raleigh to Livingston.” – Aiden

“I can’t wait until we receive our letters from our penpals!” – Luke

 

On Thursday we had a good start to the day by taking part in the Fun Fitness session for Lepra.

“I enjoyed it because it was really fun!” – Lewis

“I enjoyed the boxing part!” – Ainslie

“It was really tough!” – Logan F

“It was a good way to get your heart going in the morning!” – Hayley B

“It was awesome and really fun!” – Sri

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 6

This week in P6…

We have had a super week in Primary 6 with lots of maths activities to celebrate Maths Week Scotland 2018!

On Monday, we had a fantastic science lesson with Mrs Fraser. We put bread in a bag with water and then put it in different places to investigate which environment mould would grow best.

“Science is realistic and fun.” – Ainslie

“I liked looking at the mould under the microscopes.” – Logan F

“It was fun to see where different mould grows, it can be lots of different colours.” – Zoe

“Some of us actually grew Penicillin!”  It had a greeny/blue bit in the middle and a white ring around it.” – Leon & Rowan

 

As part of our Maths Week Scotland activities, we have been investigating a Murder Mystery. We have been multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 and plotting coordinates on 4 quadrants. This has given us a preview into what we will be doing in maths this year!

“I really enjoyed doing the murder mystery.  I can’t wait to find out who it is!” – Logan F

“I really enjoyed it because I thought the maths was challenging!” – Calum

“We are so excited to find out who the murderer is!” – Ainslie & Lewis

“We found the clues outside, which made it really exciting!” – Ainslie

“I agree with Ainslie!” – Callan

“My favourite part was plotting the co-ordinates because it wasn’t too hard but it wasn’t too easy either.” – Leon

On Thursday, we did some baking to celebrate Maths Week. We used real life maths skills such as estimation, measure, time and sequencing. We then worked out some abstract calculations over a slice of banana bread! How much flour would we need to make 8 loaves? How many 500g tubs of butter would we need to buy? How much would be left over?

“I loved squishing the bananas. I can’t wait to bake again!” – Eesa and Logan Y

“The banana bread was delicious!” – Luke

“It was really fun and it tasted so good!” – Katy & Logan F

“The best maths lesson I’ve ever had!” – Aiden

“I enjoyed beating the eggs!” – Matthew, Hayley D & Kyle

“Squishing the bananas was disgusting!” – Zoe

“I liked eating the banana loaf.” – Logan Y

“I was in charge of spreading the butter over the baking tin!” – Natalie

“I loved eating the banana bread.  It was SO delicious!” – Rowan

“I WANT MORE BANANA LOAF!” – Finlay

“I quite liked how we got to estimate the amounts first because we got to test out our skills.” – Hayley B

“I really hope we can do it again soon.  It was really fun and delicious!” – Leon

This week we’ve been practicing our handball skills in preparation for our handball festival and afterschool club.

“I enjoyed playing handball. I’m hoping to go to the festival!” – Katy

“Handball has been great fun.  I’m glad we’re getting to play it again!” – Zoe

“I really enjoyed dribbling in handball because it made the games more challenging!” – Calum

“I’m excited about the handball afterschool club starting!” – Callan

We are still enjoying reading the novel Holes by Louis Sachar.  This week we have been using visualisation to help us to make sense of the story so far.

“I enjoyed visualising the storyline. It’s really helped me.” – Hayley B

“Miss Marnie read us the book whilst we visualised the story. I found that easier.” – Logan F

“It helped me to understand the story better.” – Eesa

“I enjoyed drawing the Lizard!” – Zoe

Today we started Bikeability.  The first thing we had to do was the M-check where you check all the parts of the bike are safe.  Then we practised “Starting Off” by getting into a safe place where we could see and be seen by others.

“It was really fun and I enjoyed it!” – Sri

“It was amazing!” – Ellie

“My favourite part was the lifesaver signals.” – Silvester

“I learned a lot about how to check your bike and how to act on the roads.” – Rowan

“We also did a helmet check to make sure it fits properly.” – Jamie & Cade

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 6

This week in P6…

We’ve had another busy week!

Newsround reported on the fact that energy drinks could soon be banned for under 18s.  This caused some debate so we investigated why energy drinks are harmful to children and young people and wrote a short report on our findings.

“Energy drinks have lots of sugar and caffeine which can affect your brain negatively and also how you behave.” – Zoe

“They can make you feel dizzy, have chest pains and you can also start shaking.” – Finlay

“They can cause you to put on extra weight because there’s so much sugar.” – Leon

 

Miss Greig taught us how to say and order the days of the week in Spanish.

“It was really fun and I loved the games!” – Katy

“I liked the game that you had to put the post it notes on the board!” – Luke

“I enjoyed the song!” – Leon

“We all thank Miss Greig!” – Charlie

 

Some people delivered a short talk to the class about why they should vote for them to represent P6 in the Pupil Council.  Our winners were Luke and Aiden.

“I’m thankful for all my votes!” – Aiden

“I’m happy to be representing P6!” – Luke

 

Some people tried out for the Basketball team this week and are looking forward to finding out on Monday.

In maths we spent some time exploring what is meant by place value and we worked from thousandths all the way up to billions.  We got to grips with using Cuisenaire rods again and we had a go at representing 2 and 3 digit numbers using the Base 10 materials.

“We played a good game (Who Wants to be a Hundredaire?) but it was quite hard.We did it in the end!” – Rowan, Charlie & Natalie

 

 

We watched a video about Whitaugh Park (school camp) after letters were sent home this week.

“I’m really excited for all the activities!” – Rowan

“I can’t wait to see the lodges.  There will be no adults in our room!” – Ainslie

“I hope we get to do the abseiling and archery.” – Charlie

“I hope we do the same activities as my sister’s year because she said it was really fun and exciting!” – Callum

“I hope we get to do the flying fox/swingy thing!” – Logan F

 

We also completed our Class Charter (with the exception of a few bits to finish from people who were absent). The rights we chose to be reminded of are:

Article 13 – You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people.

Article 29 – Your education should help you to use and develop your talents and abilities.  It should also help you learn to live peaceful, protect the environment and respect other people.

Article 31 – You have the right to rest and play.

Primary 6

Our first week in P6…

We learned about the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.  We had to read all 54 articles and choose 3 which we felt were important to our class.  We will use our Class Charter to remind us of these rights and explain how we will ensure everyone’s rights are met.  We are in the process of creating a Class Charter using a phone and emoji theme.

“I enjoyed designing my emoji.  It was based on Grumpy Cat.” – Matthew

 

We did a STEM challenge which was to build a structure at least 30cm tall which could support the weight of an orange for at least 10 seconds.  We could only use newspaper, scissors and tape.  All teams completed the challenge so we then extended it to see who could amend their structure to hold the most oranges.

“I enjoyed the challenge because we started to build it and then we had to think to improve it.” – Murray

“We enjoyed eating the oranges at the end because our team won!” – Natalie & Hayley D

In PE we played the Hoop Hop Showdown where you have to jump in hoops until you meet someone from an opposing team.  When you meet, you play Rock, Paper, Scissors and the winner stays on.  You have to watch carefully so you know when it’s your turn.

“It was really great and fun, yo!” – Charlie & Callan

“It was amazing!” – Lewis

“It was really fun and then at football training we did something similar.” – Calum

Here are some of the things we are looking forward to:

“I want to do Science and Art.” – Jamie

We started reading the novel “Holes” by Louis Sacher and we can’t wait to find out more!

We are all looking forward to learning new topics!

 

You can see photos and videos of our learning on Twitter! @MissMarnie2 @LiviVillagePS

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Science Club

There was lots of excitement in science club this week. The children discovered that there has been a theft; a locked treasure chest has been stolen from the science lab! The children are all now forensic investigators and have been very busy finding clues and collecting evidence.  Mrs Smith & Ms King are sure that the LVPS forensics team will soon solve the crime!

Sophia – We are solving a crime. We put on gloves and shoe covers, so we don’t leave foot marks or prints at the crime scene. We found clues, there was a note and chocolate that has a bite out, so maybe the person was hungry. There was a glass with a finger mark, and we also found a pen and a spider. The treasure chest and the key have been stolen. We looked at our finger prints and two of mine has stripes and swirly patterns on them. I like science club because we are solving a crime.