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Category Archives: Primary 7
Sunbathing Quails!
Quail Update
Settling in to their new home. You can see they look a bit scraggly as their adult feathers are slowly growing in.
2 weeks of P7 left!
Another hectic week this week, and that’s how it will be for the last 2 weeks too.
Another raffle prize was claimed today so we had a pyjama day. I wish I could do this all the time!
Lots of pupils visited JYHS this week for transition and they didn’t want to come back to LVPS.
“It was really good to make new friends.” – Holly
“The best bit was making new friends. I was a bit worried about that before but it was OK.” – Briony
“We got to light bunsen burners in science and we mixed liquids so they changed colour then we put them in a filter and the liquid came out clear and the yellow was left on the paper. It was so good.” – Eilidh
Don’t forget P7 have their leavers’ assembly on Friday morning at 9:15 – they think you should bring your hankies!
P7 Board Games Afternoon
Well done to all the P7s who won prizes for the class at the Fun Day on Saturday. There are so many events to fit in to our already busy timetable. After some negotiation, it was decided that today would be the day for the Board Games Afternoon, and also to use one of the music during class vouchers. Here are some photos from the afternoon.
Weekly update…
I can’t believe this is the last month of this session and in only 4 weeks time your children will have finished at primary school. The year has flown by and the children have grown so much!
Monday was Miss Lenathen’s last day with us. She had a fabulous time and the pupils were feeling really sad to see her go. We wish her well for next year in her first year as class teacher.
The week has been very quiet compared to the last few, giving us a chance to revise some of the maths and literacy that we covered months ago. We have been working on basic numeracy skills, multiplying in particular.
The weather has been kind and we have been able to go outside for PE and for our reading. That has been lovely.
The latest Sumdog competition has started today and finishes next Thursday. It is for West Lothian schools only, so we are really going for it this time. Pupils all have log-ins and can play at home.
On Monday we will start a block of Outdoor Learning with Mrs Murdoch. Pupils will be outside no matter the weather, so please ensure they have sensible shoes and raincoats if the forecast isn’t good.
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.
So, there goes another very busy week for P7…
As well as Inveralmond CHS transition on Wednesday – Friday, pupils had to fit in West Lothian Netball Championships and Athletics Championships.
All our routines and timetables have changed due to all these events, and well done to pupils for managing to keep going. It can be really difficult to keep up when everything is changing. Even for those not involved in the big events this week, things have been very different.
Well done to our sports teams as they have done very well representing the school, some even bringing home medals. Mr Stewart has all the information on our twitter feed.
This week our main focus in class was debating. This builds on our learning about how things work at The Scottish Parliament, and links to our current block of non-fiction writing. Topics so far have been about the World Cup and driverless cars. It has been great to see how carefully the pupils have listened and responded to each other. They are all improving in their use of rhetorical questions and counter-argument.
Another hectic week for P7!
P7 have hardly stood still this week. Some pupils have had a successful sports transition day at high school, making lots of new friends already even though they were nervous at the start. The formal transition process is building up pace next week for pupils who will be attending Inveralmond CHS as they will be spending 3 days there – don’t forget to download the Google Expedition app before you go!
Several pupils had a great new experience at the West Lothian Triathlon yesterday. They enjoyed it very much even if cycling in a dripping wet swimming costume was a bit weird!
In class, pupils have continued to learn about area in maths, pilgrimages in RME – focussing on the Western Wall in Jerusalem this week, and ways to generate electricity in science. Pupils have been working on functional writing and using their experiences of building wind machines to write instructions.
ICHS Transition
As part of a transition project for P7 pupils who are attending ICHS, we have been asked if the pupils could download an app called Google Expeditions onto their smartphones. This will be used with Virtual Reality headsets as part of their work in English, Maths and Social Studies.
Thank you,
Mrs Sansom
