We have had another very busy week in P7/6!

We have been continuing to develop our division skills.

“I’m really enjoying it” – Aiden McC

“I’m finding it a bit tricky” – Aaron A

 

We have started using Thinking Dice to develop our HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) to enhance our comprehension during literacy circles.

P6 attended the transition Hockey and Basketball Festival at Bathgate Academy.  They did fantastically well with Team Murrayfield 2 winning Silver medal in the basketball tournament.  Congratulations to everyone for participating and representing our school so well!

“It was nice to meet and play against the other schools” – Aaron W

“I liked seeing old friends again who are now at different schools” – Summer

On Thursday the P7s had a visit from Mrs Henderson from the Numeracy team at Bathgate Academy.  She was extremely impressed with the range of strategies the children shared!  Ms Miller and I also learned a few new strategies too! 🙂 The children were given a brief introduction to algebra … Emma, Abby R and Eva were extremely funny and somewhat bamboozled by the whole concept of ‘x’!  They did make me giggle! 🙂 🙂

“I just don’t get ‘x’, I mean, it just doesn’t make any sense. My head hurts!” – Abby R

WWII Interdisciplinary Topic

We completed our learning about WWII leaders and did a fantastic job on our leader display.  Mrs Cordiner and I were extremely pleased with the end results!

 

We are building a WWII word wall!  

As part of our WWII learning we were extremely lucky to have a local historian in to share a variety of genuine WWII artifacts with us!   The children all really enjoyed the handling session and represented the school exceptionally well with their engagement, manners and genuine interest in what the lady was saying.

Anthony did a fantastic job modelling the army jacket!  “It’s really itchy!!” – Anthony 

On Thursday and Friday our P6s had a chance to meet the nursery pre-school pupils.  When they move onto P7 these are some of the children they will be ‘buddy’ed’ up with 🙂  They had their first buddy responsibility of helping the nursery children with their Jammy Jog!

A huge thank you to all for supporting this fun event for Sport Relief!

All us teachers certainly enjoyed ourselves 🙂 🙂 🙂

Thank you to everyone who came along to Parent’s evening, it was really nice to see you all and share your children’s learning with you.

 

A reminder that our Family Quiz Night is on Wednesday!  Hope to see you all there!

Miss Preston and Miss Akram x