Category: Modern Languages

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P6 Weekly Update

This week in Primary 6 we had a visit from Zoe Gordon who shared her knowledge of languages with us. She will be working with us over the coming weeks to further develop our knowledge of French and Spanish. This week we worked on getting to know Spain and basic Spanish greetings.

In Science, Mrs McJimpsey worked with us on our knowledge of forces. She challenged us to create a Tin Foil Boat which was able to float on water. We then had to add one penny at a time onto the boat, counting them as we went along to see how long it would take for the boat to sink. We really enjoyed this activity!

Today we have went over the Mini-Health and Wellbeing Champs application. We have been asked to think about if we would like to apply for this role which will go with us into P7. The applications will be handed out on Monday 16th May 2022 and must be returned by Monday 30th May 2022. This can be completed at home however we advise the children to complete this themselves.

Well done to our certificate winners for this week, Sophie-Rose and Finlay.

 

 

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P6 Weekly Update

Physical Education – Volleyball

This week in PE we have been developing our knowledge of Volleyball and introduced the underarm serve. Once we practised this skill, we moved on to using this in small games. We are improving our skills every week and we are enjoying trying a different sport. Next week we will be moving on to learn the overarm serve.

Modern Languages – Polish

This week we have been learning more Polish vocabulary. We have been learning how to say basic greetings, colours and recapping our knowledge of the alphabet. We want to say thank you to Ola for sharing all of her knowledge with us, creating resources for us to use and we can’t wait to use this on a daily basis.

We are looking forward to the next couple of weeks where we get to take part in lots of Christmas based activities alongside our learning.

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Primary 6 Weekly Blog Post

Good afternoon,

This week in Primary 6 we have been learning about the festival of Hanukkah with Mrs McConville. We created a Menorah handprint to represent the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Today, Ola took on the role of the class teacher where she was sharing her knowledge of the Polish language. She taught us how to say the alphabet alongside some basic greetings. We loved having her as our modern languages teacher!

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In Literacy, we spent time planning and writing a persuasive letter in support of refugees. We are looking to draft these into a letter format and send them to Boris Johnson to see if he can provide more support for refugees coming over to the UK.

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Have a lovely weekend!

Primary 6 and Miss Walkingshaw

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1 Plus 2 Languages Support

At Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS, one of the priorities on our School Improvement Plan this session is the 1 Plus 2 modern languages agenda.

Children are taught French from Nursery to Primary 7. This year we want to extend this by introducing another language or culture in an informal way. Our Parent Partners thought that some families within our school and community could support us! If you can help us, for example a workshop with a class, a club or ongoing support, please fill out the form below.

Thanks in advance.

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French Immersion Course 2018

At the beginning of the Summer holidays, Mrs Dickie, Mrs Montgomery and I attended a French immersion course in the south of France for a week.

The aims of this course were:

  • To improve methodological expertise in the teaching of French to young learners
  • To provide participants with materials and ideas suitable for the teaching of French at primary level
  • To develop cultural awareness and understanding of contemporary France
  • To improve participants’ competence and performance in French
  • To use Internet and other ICT resources in your class

We participated in many different activities and games, all of which can be adapted and used in all stages of primary school. We made board games, new family members for fictional families, found new number learning methods and  learned classic French playground games and songs.

We were taken on many cultural tours (for example, the local market) which allowed us to practise our French in real-life contexts and collect any French leaflets and magazines which could be used in the classroom.

At the end of the week, we had to create and present a talk in French to sum up what we had learnt and what we enjoyed about the week we had.

Once we had presented, we were awarded our certificates to say we had completed the week and our training.

It was an incredible week and we would highly recommend it to any other teachers who would like to rush up on their French or find some new activities for in class.

We met so many lovely teachers from all over Scotland and Ireland! We are keeping in contact with each other and plan to meet up again soon.

A huge thank you to Sophie and Angelique who made our week so incredible.

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The Nursery Have Been Learning French

We have been learning French words and phrases in nursery over the last term. We can answer “what is your name?” by replying “je m’appelle…..”. Count to ten and we know lots of colours. This term we have asked to learn  “All about me” We will learn about all our body parts from our heads to toes and will be singing our favorite song in French ” Head, shoulders, knees and toes” In French we sing “Tete, epaules, genoux, pieds”.

We can also answer yes or no in French when asked questions and can say how old we are. We are beginning to learn the days of the week and know that French is on “Vendredi” (Friday)

Mrs Montgomery will be sending home some French words that you could help us  learn or learn  the words with us.

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Euroquiz

 

Unfortunately the West Lothian heats of this year’s Euroquiz, which were due to take place tomorrow, have had to be postponed due to the snow.  Hopefully this will be re-scheduled soon and our P6 quiz team will be able to put all their hard work to use.

If the team have access to the internet, then they could go onto the website we have been using to practise some of the activities.   http://europa.eu/kids-corner/countries/index_en.htm

Another idea might be to watch the news or read a newspaper to find some topical information about Europe. You could also practise your french with a friend or family member.

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