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P6 Weekly Update

This week we have been learning how to explore character descriptions and consider how this indicates personality traits. We also looked into how to extract quotations and retrieve information from a novel or piece of text effectively. We used our class novel ‘Why the Whales Came’ by Michael Morpurgo to complete this task.

We looked into narrative voice, description, language and dialogue used to create an image of the Birdman in the readers head. We drew the Birdman based upon the descriptions given by the author and other characters in the novel, backing this up with direct quotations from the text to emphasise the way he is portrayed.

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Primary 3

This week, Primary 3 took on a bridge-building challenge!

We learned that construction of the Forth Rail Bridge began during the Victorian times and used a unique design known as ‘cantilever’. We decided to try to make our own bridge models using art straws.

To begin with, we worked in two separate teams to construct our bridges. After many trials and tribulations, we combined into one whole team to complete our project. #effectivecontributors

Have a look at our model below.

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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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Primary 5

Hello from P5!

Here are some of our highlights from our week:

“I enjoyed hockey in P.E, we were passing and next week we will try tackling.” – Jake

“We planted poppies in pots as part of our new IDL topic.” – Connor

“We learned how to speak some Spanish yesterday with Mrs Gordon.” – Iona

“We have been learning how to bridge when adding amounts of money.” – Jessica

“We planned our writing this week, it is an explanation piece about the water cycle.” – Jacob & Grace

Have a great weekend,

P5

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P4 Learning

Primary 4 have been developing their drama skills to perform to a class audience.  They have worked in groups to present a range of traditional stories using pace, tone, gesture and expression.  Prior to this they compared and contrasted the content, structure and layout of a drama script to a narrative text.  Comparing these enabled the pupils to develop a better understanding of direct speech and how to punctuate it correctly.

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Primary 3

This week on our Victorian adventure, we looked at more inventions! We learned about spa towns like Strathpeffer and created posters advertising them.

We also learned that the Victorians were responsible for some of the inventions we take for granted today – Jelly Babies, the first bicycles (Penny Farthing) and public toilets!

Then, we worked in family teams to create ‘black and white’ photographs of our Victorian bank holiday. See what we came up with below! #successfullearners

Have a lovely holiday weekend. See you all on Tuesday!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

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