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

Another busy week for P7. Maths Week Scotland and a visit to the Risk Factory were clear highlights for us all.

The class have been solving problems by finding patterns that help to predict further answers. Sumdog as always is a firm favourite and P7 have completed hundreds of questions each this week. An extra well done to those who managed to finish all 1000 questions.

The Risk Factory is always a hit with P7. It allows pupils to find ways to deal with risky situations like building sites or railway lines. There are 10 different scenarios to visit and it is great fun. Ask your child if they were one of several who ‘died’ by making poor decisions – some ‘died’ more than once! £20 on a railway line was apparently worth taking a risk for!

Jack – it teaches you a lot of scenarios that you could use when you are older. The volunteers teach you a lot of things as well.

Ben – It was really fun in the fire scenario. I died 3 times in the bus scenario.

Tyler – I died 3 times!

Kaitlyn – The fire scenario was really scary but fun.

Agota – The fire one was my favourite. I liked the railway one too.

Please find attached a copy of our Window into Learning. This provides an overview of what the children will be learning this term. We hope you find it helpful.

Window Into Learning P2

Thank you to those who came to the Meet The Teacher on Wednesday. If you were unable to attend, here is a link to the presentation.

Meet the Teacher Parent Presentation

P7 really is like no other year in Primary School – so many new responsibilities and opportunities. This week we announced our new House Captains:

Calderwood – Ben M and Emmie

Almondell – Eleni and Liam

Eliburn – Harry and Tyler

Beecraigs – Erin and Brooke

Congratulations to them and to everyone who went for these posts – you were all very professional and your speeches were heartfelt. You made the decisions very difficult.

We also have 4 Reading Ambassadors to congratulate:

Sophie C, Sophie M, Kaitlyn and Agota

They have a very busy year ahead helping us to encourage more reading throughout the school. Well done girls!

We also have our new Sports Captains:

Holly and Samuel

They will be organising all sorts of sporty things this year, as well as making sure the teachers are keeping the PE cupboard tidy – good luck with that!

We have several pupils applying to be Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) next week, so good luck to those pupils.

Looking back on what we have done in class this week, our Class Charter is now complete and has been signed by everyone to ensure we make this last year at primary school the best ever.

We started a year long programme with the Inveralmond CHS School of Football coach. We are so fortunate to be able to participate in this programme which focusses on developing the whole person, using football as a context. The key thing is that everyone is only competing against themselves to get better at everything, not just sport. There will be a mix of classroom sessions and physical sessions.

Pupil reflections:

Matthew – We did football and it was good but not tiring. We got our charter done eventually. Handball in PE was fun but a bit rough.

Sophie C – Number Talks was quite good. I think I can try some different ways to work out multiplication.

Charlie – I liked using the magnifier to look at rocks but you had to use the wee do part to get the best look. I learned about igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks.

Kieran – Number Talks was hard at the start but today we were much quicker.

Jack – It was good to pick our own story to write a report on, but it was difficult because the starting paragraph had to be a specific way.

Please find the link below for the Primary 2 information booklet from our Meet the Teacher evening.

P2 meet the teacher information booklet