Author: Mrs McJimpsey

On the 28^th of August we attended a service to commemorate the centenary of the Great War. The service was at St Michael’s Church in Linlithgow.  The service was about remembering those who lost fought or lost their lives in World War 1. We really enjoyed the service and it brought back very touching moments.

By Hollie and James, P7

This weeks Friday Maths Champion was Ciaran.  Well done Ciaran!

Our ‘Smart Uniform’ awards went to Dolce and Molly yesterday.  Very hard decision as P7 are looking so smart this year!

I have gathered in all the P7 application forms for wet playtime monitors.  Decisions on who the jobs will go to will be announced soon.

Have a good weekend

Miss McLennan 🙂

Primary 7 walked into school on Tuesday looking extremely smart in their new uniforms.  They have already taken on some of their new responsibilities around the school with great confidence.

Maths

Liam is Maths Champion for this week.

The Purple group were learning to add decimals and they all feel confident about doing this.

The Green group were working on adding several numbers together using different strategies. They are confident about this skill and getting better at explaining their methods.

In the Orange group they were practising to work with negative numbers linked to temperature.  They feel confident about this too.

Writing

In writing today P7 were learning to write an application form to be a wet playtime monitor.  We filled in a real form for the job and hope we are successful in our first choice of class. This is a very important skill to have for when we are applying for a job, college or university.

School Rules

We looked closely at the school rule ‘We work hard and let others learn’.  We illustrated how this rule looks in our school and thought about what might happen if it didn’t exist.

A wee update on our P7 sculptures…

Primary 7’s final days at primary school are drawing near.  In HWB we have been discussing strategies we could use to cope with the changes and new situations high school will bring.  We decided that making friends is a good way to cope.  We created recipes to show what a good friend is. 

Our topic in maths is Algebra and everyone seems to be enjoying it!  Most of us can now use both the covering method and balancing method to solve an equation.  Blueberries can also use the function machine method and create their own equation from a word problem.  Anna and Elli designed a magic trick to link to their equation.  We are hoping to film it and put it onto the blog!

Please have a look at our sculptures.  We have been working hard in Art to make an armature from modelling wire.  This creates the structure of our figure.   We then added newspaper to show the form of the body. 

“In Maths, I found reversing function machines to solve an equation tricky at first as there were two different methods.  I found the best one for me and feel more confident.” (Alexa)

“At my athletics club I think I have improved since I have been accepted to the older group of mixed sports.” (Sophie)

“At high school, I enjoyed being in different groups with people as I became friends with some of them.” (Shannon)

“I enjoyed P.E because we got to run”  (Jordan)

“At high school, I enjoyed being able to use the fitness suite with the machines.” (Elli F)

“At dancing, I managed to go all the way down to the splits.” (Rebecca)

“In nurture, I learned to plant potatoes properly.” (Michael)

“In karate, I feel more confident in modelling kicks for the younger ones.” (Holly)

“At football, I have managed to keep the ball balanced longer on my foot.” (Jake)

“At football, I was accepted into the Livingston Pro Youth Football Training sessions.  I was given the Scotland jumper for it.” (Anna)

“At high school, I liked playing rugby.  I got to tackle a dummy player but I was tackled by others with pads.” (Connor)

“At camp, I learned that the giant wasn’t as high as I first thought!” (Zoe)

“At horse riding, I showed confidence when I rode a horse I didn’t think I could ride as it is usually quite naughty and cheeky!” (Amy)

“In CDT at high school, I learned how to design a character drawing.” (Josh)

“In football, I improved scoring goals at 11 aside.” (Shea)

“At high school, I enjoyed using the bunsen burners in science.” (Cameron)

“At the sports festival, I enjoyed trying out the fitness suite machines.” (Bayleigh)

“At high school in art we learned a new printing technique using chalk and wax crayons.” (Ellie)