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This week we have been writing a narrative about Billy the Bully, based on the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We have also been working on using the fewest number of coins to make different amounts. We watched the pantomime of Aladdin and today we made snowman tree decorations. Here they are for you to have a look.
Well done to our Values Certificate Winners for living our values in PUSCPS.
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A busy week again in P7. Lots of great learning was happening.
In Maths, we learned how to measure angles using a protractor. We found this a challenge, especially trying to decide which side of scale to use for each angle. Mrs Andison was impressed at our perseverance and how accurate we were.
In Technology, we learned how to make 3d pop-up cards. We designed our own card, make a mockup of it and, once we were happy it would work, we then made our final card.
In IDL, we have finalised our PowerPoint presentations on discrimination. We will be presenting these to our peers . It will be great to see what aspects each of us have researched.
We are looking forward to the week ahead and to our Christmas party.
Have a great week everyone.
From Primary 7 and Mrs Andison
This week we have been busy with Christmas crafts. The children have made their own Christmas place mats which they will bring home. We have also been busy practising for The Nativity.
Primary 2 have been working hard with Mrs McConville learning about shapes. This week they have been successful learners by looking at 3 different pieces of artwork by Wassily Kandinsky, who is thought to be the first abstract artist using only colours and shapes in his work. They looked at his painting ‘squares with concencentric circles’ and used this as inspiration for their own artwork. They created christmas trees with concentric baubles and they look fantastic.
In numeracy we have been practising our addition and have been using our rekenreks to help us count. We have worked together as a whole class using a digital rekenrek, and have also worked in pairs to use them at our tables to help us complete our maths workbooks.
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As part of our Christmas fun week, pupils have been drawing snowmen using oil pastels. They used a smudging technique to show shading and shadows. Here are their super snowmen drawings.
This week we have been busy with Christmas crafts. The children have been creating a Christmas decoration for them to take home. Also the children have been effective contributors because they have been making sheep for the Nativity display.
As part of our focus on writing a narrative, we have been working on adverbs. We have explored how to change adjectives to adverbs, complete sentences using them and then created sentences using adverbs. Here is an example.
Well it’s been another busy week in Primary 7. We continue to learn more about different types of discrimination and the impact it can have on individuals and families. We are currently using our own research, on two different types of discrimination, to create Power Point presentations to share with others in the class. Our research skill are improving every week.
We are looking forward to our Christmas lunch on Wednesday.
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