Family Home Learning Activity – November
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P4 Let Loose!
This week, Primary 4 were let loose and embarked on their school trip to Callendar House (yes Miss McLaughlin, CALLENDAR House, not Kinneil House).
We had a fantastic Roman workshop and learned more about how the Antonine Wall was built. The ladies there were very impressed that we were building our own model in the playground!
We then got to dress up in essential Roman soldier uniform. We, of course, are citizens of Pumpherston & Uphall Station (not Rome), so we could not take on the role of a Legionary. We became Auxiliaries instead.
Have a look at some of our photos below 🙂
Primary 6
Primary 6 have had a busy first term with our class trip to the Water of Leith Visitor Centre as well as visits from the West Lothian Drugs and Alcohol Service and Mrs. Brown, a Respiratory Nurse. Exploring new places and having visitors has helped us make links between what we have learnt in class and the wider world.
On our class trip we learnt about what life was like for Jacobites in Edinburgh in the 1700s. We put ourselves into the shoes of Jacobite soldiers by building shelters in the Colinton Dell and recreating the Battle of Culloden.
Take a look at our Jacobite shelters and let us know what you think!
What a Spooky Bunch P5!
For writing this week, P5 created Halloween acrostic poems. They were able to use their disco outfits to inspire some of their ideas and descriptive language.
We will post some of the fantastic poems soon.
Primary 1 and 1/2
Primary 7
This term we have been learning about WWII. The children have researched information about key events in WWII to complete a class scrapbook as well as researching leaders involved with WWII as a homework task to be shared with their peers. Key events were also explored in order to compare and contrast the impact on individuals and families during WWII with present day living.
Thank you to Connell and Emma who brought in artefacts from WWII to share with the class.
On the last day of term the children received a presentation about the Holocaust from Lucia and Lewis from St Margaret’s Academy in Livingston. Lucia and Lewis have recently returned from a trip to Krakow as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. They were selected by their school to attend the one day trip which is run by the Holocaust Educational Trust. As part of their next steps towards becoming Lessons from Auschwitz Ambassadors, they have delivered their presentation to several P7 classes at St Margaret’s Academy, our own P7 class and will continue to present to other P7 classes. The children were a super audience who were really engaged in the presentation and asked lots of questions to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust.
P5 Game Designers
We have been busy this week creating maths games to help people to learn their tables. In pairs we shared ideas and agreed on a plan. We had to make the game along with instructions and equipment. It was great fun testing our games then sharing with others.
Have a great October break everyone!
P5 & Miss McLennan
