Category Archives: Primary 7

Primary 7

We are engineers!

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Primary Seven started a new topic on STEM last week. So far we’ve explored ‘What is engineering?’ and looked at occupations which are part of engineering. Today we became engineers!

We were challenged to use limited resources to plan and build tall structures in teams. Before starting the challenge we looked at examples of towers, such as The Eiffel Tower and The Leaning Tower of Pisa, and discussed build shapes. We discovered it was difficult to make our structures stable and strong.

#STEM  #DYWF  #murrayfieldpsteachingskillsforlife

                  

Primary 7

Happy New Year from P7

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Happy New Year to everyone!

First day back into learning for P7 started with listening and talking about the holidays and goals for the rest of P7.  We followed this up with mental maths and a time word problem challenge in trios.  It took ‘time’ to tackle it because as well as using addition and subtraction skills, it was important to analyse the clues given about each person’s journey to school.  Great growth mindset shown by all today on the first day back!

 

Primary 7

Christmas Coding

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Hello from Primary Seven,

Today we were hard at work getting into the holiday spirit, by learning to create codes to help santa locate and deliver presents.  We planned routes using STEM Glasgow’s daily advent calendar challenge and santatracker on the iPads.  Coding helps teach pupils skills in problem solving, creativity, critical thinking and builds on Maths skills such as directions.

#DYWF

#makinglearningfunatmurrayfieldprimary

#digitalliteracyskills

      

   

   

Language Centre, Nursery, P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 3-2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 5-4, Primary 6, Primary 7, Uncategorized

Christmas dinner and Christmas jumpers

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Just a reminder to wear your Christmas jumper on Wednesday 5th December if you have one and also to remind you that it’s that time of year again for a Jingle Bells walk down the corridor, followed by a delicious Christmas dinner, lovingly prepared by our wonderful team in the kitchen!

Always a treat!  What did you order this year?

P7-6, Primary 7, Uncategorized

P7 Developing Young Workforce Food and Farming Event Wednesday 14th November 2018

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On Wednesday last week (14th November) P7 went to DYWF event at Ingliston to learn about jobs within the food and farming industry. While we were there:

  • we learnt about animals and farming; and how hard it is to look after animals and crops.
  • we went to various different employers stations, including a company called Veolia who helps deal with the waste created by West Lothian’s residents and businesses;
  • some of us tasted Venison (it strangely tasted rather like a normal beef burger).
  • We attempted to conquer a cow quiz;
  • some of us got to eat samples of Mackies ice cream;
  • we tried the vehicle simulator and tried to learn to drive a tractor.
  • we were introduced to ducks, pigs, cows and horses; and listened to the company describe how the animals are part of their business.

There were a lot of kind employers and it was an enjoyable experience.  It has made many of the P7 pupils think about their future career aspirations.

 

                              

    

Language Centre, Nursery, P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 3-2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 5-4, Primary 6, Primary 7

Dyslexia Awareness Week

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Did you know that 1 in 10 people are dyslexic?

Dyslexia ranges from mild to severe. 1 person in 10 is dyslexic and of those, 1 in 4 has severe dyslexia. It often runs in the family.

Dyslexia can affect reading, writing and spelling. 

If you have dyslexia you may –

  • Have difficulty matching sounds to letter combinations
  • Be confused by similar looking / sounding letters (for example p, b and d)
  • Have difficulty remembering common letter patterns in spelling
  • BUT
  • You may be able to cope well verbally – talking may be a strength.

Dyslexia can also affect:

  • short term memory
  • ability to follow directions or instructions
  • organisational skills

Everyone is different and dyslexia affects people in different ways.  Not everyone with dyslexia will experience the same things.

Dyslexia is not a sign of low intelligence.  Some of the most successful business people are dyslexic.

 

The process of identification of dyslexia involves the child, the class teacher, the parents and the Support for learning teacher. A profile of strengths and needs is developed. Targeted intervention and strategies are put in place, assessments carried out and an identification can be made dependent on progress made and the continuing needs of the child.

Log on to https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/ to find out more about dyslexia

or if you are between 8 and 18, log on to https://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/

 

 

P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 7

SNSA – Scottish National Standardised Assessment – Primary 7 Pupils

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Dear Parent/ Carer,

SNSA (Scottish National Standardised Assessment) – Primary 7 Pupils

In August 2017 Scottish Government introduced the SNSA, a single, nationally developed set of standardised assessments for aspects of literacy and numeracy, designed to align with the way we deliver education in Scotland through Curriculum for Excellence.

In addition to SNSA, ongoing and informal assessment continues to be a central part of everyday assessment in schools.  The Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) are now available to schools and local authorities.

The main purpose of the assessments is to provide information for teachers on how well children are doing in literacy and numeracy and to help guide learning and teaching.

The assessments are also designed to produce national-level information about children and young people’s progress for teachers’ use in school and the Scottish Government at national level. National level information covers the whole of Scotland and not individual schools.

Our P7 pupils will be completing their SNSA assessments over the next few weeks in compliance with West Lothian Council policy.

Further information

For further information about the Scottish National Standardised Assessments please use the following link which can be found on our blog and which will take you to a ‘Assessing Children’s Progress:  A Guide for Parents and Carers’ which has been produced by Education Scotland:

https://beta.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/factsheet/2016/11/assessing-childrens-progress-guide-for-parents-and-carers/documents/3a7ac459-c886-4c29-a1d2-d52c084cc7f9/3a7ac459-c886-4c29-a1d2-d52c084cc7f9/govscot:document/?inline=true/

Thank you for your support.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Waugh