Does your brain need a challenge while you are sitting keeping warm at home? Put down the X-box controller or switch off the television and try the weekly Daily Rigour questions. Write down the maths strategies you use and be prepared to share your responses in class or upload photographs for discussion onto the blog.
Remember to click to link to open the PDF 🙂
Happy Snow Day P7 from Mrs Harrison.
Good morning to all my lovely pupils,
Hope you are all warm and cosy. Unfortunately the snow has closed the school, however learning can continue. I’ve uploaded a series of learning activities for you to complete. Please click on the link above to open up the document. Have fun and stay safe. I’m looking forward to seeing your snow fun photos from today. Remember to share your photos on glow 🙂
Mrs Harrison
Primary Seven pupils took part in a Show Racism the Red Card workshop, focusing on stereotypes and appropriate language to ensure they know how to treat everyone fairly and kindly, regardless of their differences.
The pupils had the opportunity to debate statements linked to racial acts, such as ‘Is it OK to call your local Chinese, The Chinky?’ Some pupils were surprised to know this particular statement is false and a lively debate was held, allowing them to voice their thoughts and opinions in an open environment. Hopefully the pupils have gained a better insight into the respect needed to be used when treating others.
Primary Seven have been extremely busy this week working on The Jungle Book show with P6 and P7/6 pupils. We are pleased to report the scenes are coming along well. This week we have been having reading scripts, learning lines and singing songs with the backing tracks, trying hard to project our voices to be heard and learning to act in different roles.
In class, we had a WW2 handling artefacts session with Maureen Liddle. We were all interested, but shocked by the amount of ounces/grams of rations each person was allocated per week. It was great to be able to look and touch Ration books, suitcases, clothing and other items from 1940’s. It has made the topic very meaningful.
We have also become evacuees and discussed what it felt like to be going away from home from our parents. Researching using laptops has given us more information about evacuees experiences. We are hoping to transfer our knowledge into our writing through creating personal imaginative letters home to parents.
Remember next week we need to dress up as a book character on Thursday 1st March. I look forward to identifying each book character who attends my class on that day 🙂
Today we said goodbye and good luck to one of our P7 pupils, who is sadly moving away and beginning life at a new school. It was an emotional day for our class 0f 2018, but we’d like to wish Sam, good luck on his new adventure 🙂
The pupils of P7, P7/6 and P6 took part in Puffins author’s live event today. We spent the afternoon with authors Sophie Kinsella, Nick Mohamed, Clare Balding and Tom Fletcher, learning about how we can bring our stories to life.#inspirationalauthors #readingforlife #lifelonglearning
Primary Seven pupils took part in a Ceilidh at Bathgate Academy this morning. We were accompanied by a live band, tasted Haggis Bonbons and danced alongside pupils from the other local schools. We had a lot of fun trying to remember all the different dance steps! #Scottishdancinglearninglifeskills
Congratulations to Sam Parker who won a bronze medal for Murrayfield at the Scottish National Schools Final today in East Kilbride. Very proud of you Sam!
