A wee update on our P7 sculptures…
Primary 7
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.Â
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.Â
P7 Wider Learning & Transition
“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)
More Dalguise …
Dalguise
Dalguise
A big well done to P7 for their achievements at camp. Mrs Bonner and I are really proud of you all. It was a pleasure to take you.
Congratulations to the boys in Faskally 11 for winning tidiest room – no excuses now boys!
Miss McLennan 🙂
CAMP!!!
P7 are having a ball at Dalguise! Forest hikes, Giant swings, abseiling, to name a few. Everyone has slept, eaten well and had showers!! Â We have lots more pictures and stories to share with you tomorrow.
P7
Primary 7
P7 were lucky to have a school trip on their first day back after Easter. Â They visited the Risk Factory on Tuesday.
I’m afraid we can’t share anymore with you as what goes on there is a bit of a secret however we learned lots while having great fun!
P5 and P7 get a taste for learning about Food
Primary 5 and Primary 7 came together today to learn from Mr Rose, a chef from the Scottish Parliament. He showed us how to prepare a range of fresh fruit then gave us delicious fruit kebabs to try with yoghurt, raspberry coulis or granola he had specially made for us earlier. Then he used more raspberries, bananas, honey and milk blended together into a tasty smoothie for us. These are awesome ways to eat more fruit !
We then got to see a range of the Scottish produce that is served at the Scottish Parliament. The catering team there use Scottish ingredients as much as possible to show off Scottish food to the MSPs and visitors. They also reduce the distance food has to travel and the pollution this would cause. They make sure to use sustainable ingredients – this means that the way the food is grown, made or caught is carefully thought about so we don’t run out.
We saw honey, oil, chicken, lamb, beef, cheese, chutney and salmon, then we got to taste smoked venison! Then for a grande finale Chef showed us different seafood from Scottish waters including rainbow trout, seabass, plaice and cockles.
It was an excellent presentation and Chef inspired us to try new tastes which we loved! Some of us are even thinking about the world of hospitality for our future careers.
A big thank you to Chef for his hard work, and to the suppliers who generous donated the samples for us to try.