Primary 3 had a fantastic afternoon at our Burns Supper. We enjoyed dancing, singing and poetry. We really enjoyed tasting our Cranachan and tattie soup! Here are some of our photos:
Category Archives: Interdisciplinary Learning
Safer Internet Day
On Safer Internet Day 2017, P1 were developing their understanding of what is meant by personal information. They were also learning that this information is private and should be kept safe.
SCÂ I can give examples of what personal information is
I can make choices about the information I share with others
We began by looking at some photographs, and we were amazed at how many clues we could get about something or someone just by looking at a photograph. We started thinking about the kind of information we could see, and realised that we have similar information about ourselves – name, age, address, school etc. In small groups we discussed whether other people, especially people we don’t know, should know this kind of information about us. We decided they should not. This personal information should be private. To consolidate our thinking, we then worked together to sort some photographs into two hoops – personal information that should be kept private, or information that could be shared. Lots of good discussion could be heard as we worked on this task.
Later, we made an ‘All About Me’ poster showing information about ourselves that we were happy to share with others eg my favourite colour, my favourite book etc. We all remembered not to put any private information on our poster, and we were all happy to show our posters to each other.
P2/1 Internet Safety Day
As part of Internet Safety Day P2/1 explored 5 different questions:
- How do we get on to the internet?
- What can we do on the internet?
- What passwords do we use?
- Why is a password important?
- How can we keep our passwords safe?
We explored the questions in group, and then made a poster. we presented our ideas to the rest of our class.
Safer Internet Day in P5B
To mark Safer Internet Day 2017, Primary 5B have been learning about the power of sharing images online. We watched a video which challenged our thinking about first impressions of images, and encouraged us to think that there can be more than meets the eye with pictures we see online. We looked at a range of different images and were asked if we thought they were real or fake. This proved to be harder than we thought it would be!
Next, we were given a range of scenarios and asked to react in a freeze frame. We had to explain our reactions, giving real life examples if we could, as well as sharing how these made us feel.
Finally, we took part in a game of Emoji Charades where we had to share a top tip about how to make the internet a better place using only emojis. Can you guess our top tips?
Internet Safety Day Tips for Parents/ Carers
In this website below you will find tips for parents on internet safety:
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2017/tips-and-advice-parents-and-carers
Internet Safety Day: Parents Guide to Social Media
On this website parents will find advice on Social Media:
BYOD @ Free Time Friday
For the last two weeks, we have been trialling the use of our own devices during Free Time Friday. In the middle area, we have used this opportunity to explore the use of our new Virtual Reality headsets, to create fact sheets about our IDL topic, to use Google Earth to locate volcanoes, and to play Sumdog.
You can see a copy of our Responsible Use contract for Bring Your Own Device here. If you would like your child to engage with BYOD, copies of the contract can be obtained from the class teachers in P5-7.
Internet Safety Day: Parental Controls
On this website you will find advice on how to set up parental controls on devices.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/
P5a Preparing for Disaster!
L.I. We are learning to prepare for an emergency
- I understand the difference between needs and wants
- I can create a visual of a disaster pack and explain why I have chosen specific items
As part of our IDL topic on Natural Disasters, we learned about Earthquake Preparedness and how this is taught to children and families who live in areas which experience frequent earthquakes, such as Japan and the West coast of America. After watching a couple of drills, P5 were very keen to try it out for themselves. We discussed the need for a designated marshal, whose job it is to organise everyone if there is no adult available. We learned about Drop, Cover and Hold which is a way of protecting ourselves from falling debris – after that, all we had to do was carry on with our morning and wait for the siren! It came as a big surprise to everyone but we managed to take cover quickly and then get to a safe place.
We have also been discussing the things we would include in a disaster pack – essential things we would take with us if we had to be evacuated. It was a difficult decision as we had to really think hard about the difference between needs and wants – we found that we would have to leave many of our favourite things behind and take only the things we really need to keep us warm, clean, fed and watered.
Hopefully we will never be involved in a natural disaster, but if we are we will be prepared!
Touching tales of tsunami survivors
We are learning to write an interview with a survivor of a tsunami.
Success Criteria:
I can use features specific to interviews including:
-an introduction to set the scene of the interview
-the name of the person speaking on the left, followed by a colon
-relevant and appropriate questions and responses
-a new line for each speaker
-adjectives to describe the feelings and emotions of the survivor
I can use question marks correctly
This week, our IDL lessons have focused on the natural disaster, tsunamis. We learned all about the key features of a tsunami including how it is caused and how it can affect the land and population. We then used our own and the school devices to research the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, collating and sharing our notes on our P5B class OneNote. We demonstrated our developing skills of writing in our own words and using bullet points to organise our notes, as well as learning how to insert a picture into our section of the OneNote.
Now knowing about the devastation that the Boxing Day tsunami caused, we watched an interview with one of the survivors that the film ‘The Impossible’ was based on. We learned all about her terrifying experience then looked at other examples of interviews, learning about the layout and important punctuation that we had to include. We used all of this knowledge to write our own interviews with a survivor of a tsunami.
When we were finished, we presented our interviews to an audience using our drama skills of expression, volume, pace and tone to portray appropriate feelings and emotions of the survivors.
