After settling in well to routines of Primary 7, we focused on creating our class charter, incorporating the UNICEF articles for the Rights of the Child. We examined the articles and decided how to incorporate them into our every day class experiences for successful learning. We have now all signed and agreed to this charter and we will use it consistently throughout the year to remind ourselves of Primary 7 expectations.
Mrs Ross and P7R
Pupils in Primary Six were set a homework challenge to share a hobby or interest in an exciting way. Their challenge was to think creatively about a way to present their knowledge and to share some of their research skills, which have been a big literacy focus for this year.
The final products were AMAZING!! All of the pupils did a fantastic job and presented their knowledge in lots of different ways- from video lessons, to real life nature exhibits, wonderful posters and very detailed and imaginative power points! The effort from everyone was outstanding- great job P6. We followed up each presentation with a Question and Answer session, using lots of quality questions to further develop our knowledge, but also to make our Presenters to think about why they had chosen specific topics. Have a look at some photos below -well done Primary 6, I was very proud of your dedication to this task and I definitely learned lots of new information!
On Thursday 2nd June, Primary 6 pupils traveled to the Almondvale football stadium to participate in a world record attempt.
The attempt was to break the record for the largest Djembe drum ensemble, sustained for five minutes.
After working very hard in our music workshops, we arrived to sit in the front two rows, in our purple baseball caps. We practiced the different sections and fills. The noise in the stadium was incredible with over 400 pupils all playing the different rhythms at the same time!
We had lots of pictures and video clips taken from a variety of places, including a drone cam!
After a tense few minutes while the stewards collated their information, Anna from “Officially Amazing” announced to the excited audience that we had broken the world record and sustained the performance for 6 minutes 20 seconds!
We were delighted! What an amazing experience and we are really looking forward to displaying our certificate proudly in our school.
(Thank-you to the parents/carers who were able to come along to the event to support us!)
This term we have been learning about negative numbers through our Number Talks sessions and linking them to our daily mental maths.
LI: We are learning to count forwards and backwards on a negative number line
SC: I can identify zero as a place holder
I can count forwards and back from zero
I can identify number patterns within negative numbers
We completed lots of Number Talks to gain a good understanding of numbers below zero and linked our learning to real life situations, for example, when reading temperature gauges.
We then used our knowledge to place ourselves in a human number line along our classroom wall and practiced counting forwards and backwards. Then we up levelled the challenge to count forwards and back in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different places along the line.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to Term 4 in Primary 5/4. We are looking forward to a busy and fun final term. The highlights of last term included hearing from specialist speakers linked to our Grand Designs topic, P5s attending the Handball Sports Festival and P4s attending the Benchball Sports Festival, and taking part in NYCOS music sessions. This term we have started our new IDL context for learning, Project Planetarium and are looking forward to our session with Cosmos Planetarium.
Mr Renshaw
P5/4 Teacher.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to Term 4 in Primary 5. We are looking forward to a busy and fun final term. The highlights of last term included hearing from specialist speakers linked to our Grand Designs topic, attending the Handball Sports Festival, our Samba workshops and trip to Howden Park, and taking part in futsal sessions. This term we have started our new IDL context for learning, Project Planetarium and are looking forward to our session with Cosmos Planetarium.
Miss Sherlow
P5 Teacher.
Primary 6 had a very exciting start to the new term, heading off to Edinburgh Castle for our “Redcoats and Rebels” workshop.
After a smooth coach trip to the castle, we left the 21st century behind when we were met by Captain Roberts the Redcoat and Mike the Jacobite. After splitting into two groups, we each explored the defences, weapons and structure of Edinburgh Castle, learning all about how the Jacobites
tried on many occasions to seize the castle from Government rule. We then participated in workshops where we learned all about the daily life of a Redcoat soldier and a captured Jacobite leader. We handled some objects which were used at the time and even had the chance to become the characters. This was a jam packed, exhilarating way to spend our first day back of Term 4. Have a look at our photos!
Pupils in Primary 6 and 7 have today enjoyed a fantastic music workshop in preparation for visiting Howden Park Centre tomorrow. Our workshop, led by Jenny, Adriano and Andreas, who are all musicians, was a great opportunity for pupils to develop their rhythmic skills. We participated in a class “samba” performance using percussion instruments and learned all about how different musical instruments can be played in a variety of ways. We played some body percussion, call and response and then got the chance to play drums, shakers, wood blocks and the agogo.
Have a look at our class ensemble!!
On Friday 4th March, four Primary Six children visited Howden Park Centre, along with 18 other schools from across West Lothian, to participate in the annual Euroquiz.
There were lots of very tricky questions focused on the EU, history, sport and culture of countries within the EU and a variety of flag and country questions.
We participated really well and thoroughly enjoyed our morning. A big thanks to Cole, Ayla, Jamie and Sean for doing so much preparation and studying for this event. You did a great job!
http://youtu.be/NJTV7myS3_c
Primary 6 have focused on developing our awareness of how to be safe online.
Learning Intention:
We are learning to identify online internet safety issues
Success Criteria.
We can identify a variety of strategies available to us to keep safe online.
We can identify where to go to report online issues
We can use websites to access information and use guidance in an appropriate way.
During our Health sessions, we investigated CEOP and what it means for children who use the internet, whether using a PS4, an iPad or another device.
We used “Think You Know” to examine different advice about how we can keep ourselves safe. We participated in a mature and responsible discussion about known issues and how we can talk to a trusted adult about online written abuse or content which is in appropriate.
We created keeping safe online posters to highlight the issue further, making sure that we used the icon for CEOP as a way of reporting internet content.
