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Primary 7 elect new Prime Minister!

Learning Intention:  We are learning to identify how an election works, including new associated vocabulary.

Success criteria:

  • I can run and organise an event with team members.
  • I can promote the beliefs and values of a political party.
  • I can use persuasive language and propaganda.
  • I can show my understanding of democracy through participation in a vote

As part of our learning in IDL, finalising from this term, we have been learning about democracy and how voting systems work.  We had a very successful visit to the Scottish Parliament where we could see politics in practice….listening to a live debate was very very interesting.

This week we asked all members of our class to present their individual manifestos and candidates who wished to run for Prime Minister, were put to our vote.

After the votes were counted and verified, NOAH AITKEN has this morning been announced as our class Prime Minister.  Well done to Noah for this achievement but also to all pupils who presented some very successful manifestos.

During reflection time, pupils described their experiences…

Charlie – “I was torn between two candidates – the one who was your friend and the one you thought would do a good job.”

Noah – “I was nervous because I didn’t know who to vote for.”

Keira – “It was a scary experience because you knew that one vote could change the whole thing.”

Greigor- “You were under pressure to choose between two people and make your decision.”

Reece- “It was nerve-wracking making that kind of decision.”

 

Primary 6, 7/6 and 7 Cool Chemistry

The Upper block are really looking forward to beginning our STEM topic for Term 3!

Have a look at our key questions which we will be aiming to answer during this five week topic.

  1. How do we ensure a fair and accurate test that has proved or disproved a hypothesis?
  2. What changes occur to different materials when introduced to another substance?
  3. What can affect the rate and how well substances dissolve?
  4. How are soluble and insoluble materials separated in water?
  5. Are there changes to substances which can be reversed?

Keep an eye out for photos and videos of our up and coming experiments on our blog page!

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Primary 6, 7/6 and 7 Alice success!

Myself, Miss Anderson and Mr Renshaw were so proud of our pupils following the success of our Alice the Musical Show.  To celebrate the hard work and dedication shown by all pupils, we held a movie premiere afternoon in class, sharing snacks and having a sing-along to our show, viewed through the West Lothian Council youtube channel.  It was lovely to see how all of the different teams of pupils, pulled together to pull off a great performance.

Have look below at some of our cast photos taken on the night time performance…

Fantastic job again boys and girls,

Mrs Ross, Miss Anderson and Mr Renshaw

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Primary 6 and 7 Money Week!

This week for Mid Calder Money Week, we have been investigating through our IDL topic, the value of money from 1940 compared to 2016.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to convert money and compare costs from 1940 and 2016.

Success criteria:

I understand the names of old money

I can confidently discuss all coinage and notes from 2016

I can change from pennies to modern pence

I can change from shillings to modern pence

 

Through our challenge, we looked at the different values of money from now and then – we were surprised to find how differently money was used during WW2.  We then began the tricky process of conversion – we used old pennies and new pence to start with and then added in shillings.  We used examples of foods available during rationing and calculated the costs related to modern money.

On day three of the challenge, we had to design a rationed meal for four people using our knowledge of old money, and we planned a meal using ingredients and cost.  We presented our findings to a high standard.  We then participated in a valuable plenary session where we explained our learning and evaluated against our learning intention.  We really enjoyed the activities and liked discovering the value of money from 1940.

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P7 Sports Festival

This week all the P7’s took part in the annual Sports Festival at East Calder Sports Centre. Over the past few weeks we have been practicing the skills involved in the various activities with Mrs Mitchell. The activities that we took part in at the festival were the javelin, time 2 lap-run, speed bounce and standing long, which we were scored in. There were also another 2 activities, one to test our endurance and one to test our balance. All P7’s who participated gave 100% and did extremely well on the day. Hopefully we will get the results soon. P7 hope everyone has a fantastic and safe holiday. See you all soon PTDC0458 PTDC0414 PTDC0429 PTDC0444