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Last week we started our mini topic on Scotland. We worked hard with Mrs Mcconville to create tartan, focusing on the different colours and patterns which links with our maths learning of shape and pattern. We also started to learn our Scots poems which are : Slaister, Lollipop Man and Bus Queue and we have began to practice these at home. We are looking forward to starting some more Scottish artwork this week.
We have had a great first, full week back to school.
During our Scottish topic we have been learning about the life of Robert Burns so that we can write an information report on him. We have also investigated a Scottish musician of our choice, from the past, and listened to a variety of Scottish music/artists and discussed what emotions each track triggered and what they made us visualise.
In Maths, we have been reading and plotting coordinate points on a Cartesian diagram. We have drawn shapes and recorded the coordinates for them too.
One of our pupils has been teaching us some Polish vocabulary. This week we learned how to say please and thank you.
Hope you have had a great week too.
Mrs Andison and Primary 7
P4 have been learning about Robert Burns in the context of a Burns Supper. We had an introduction to Robert Burns and his life. We listened to Scottish music, learned Scots Poetry and also learned about food that is produced in Scotland. We also learned about what happens at a Burns Supper and then created our own Scottish Menus on a PowerPoint document in our Teams files.
As part of our Scottish focus, Primary 1 have been linking our learning to the Katie Morag stories by Mairi Hedderwick.
After reading Katie Morag Delivers the Mail, where Katie Morag accidently drops her mailbag in stream, we investigated which material would be best to create a new waterproof bag for her. We tested foil, card, paper, cotton and plastic to see which materials were waterproof. We found that a type of plastic would work best for Katie Morag’s bag.
We also worked in pairs to build Katie Morag’s home, Post Office and shop and were able to describe each area of our constructions.
Click on the link below to view a Sway with pictures of some of our Katie Morag learning so far.
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This week we have been learning about Scottish Culture during our mini topic. We were introduced to Robert Burns and explored many aspects of his life using digital technology. We were asked to note down all of our information in a creative way and share this with the class. This topic allowed us to explore capital cities in Scotland which tied into places that Robert Burns visited.
During our mini topic, we have been asked to investigate The Scottish Colourists. We have chosen one of the famous Scottish Colourists and completed a fact file all about them. We were then asked to re-create a famous piece of artwork by John Peploe called Pink Roses, Chinese Vase.
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We have completed a pencil drawing and will finish this using John Peploes’ favourite technique of oil painting. We will post pictures of these when they have been completed next week for you.
As part of our Scots focus P2/1 listened to the Gruffalo in Scots by Julia Donaldson. Our challenge was to find Scots language in the text and identify the meaning. Here are some of the Scots words we found.
moose – mouse
hoolit  – owl
neb    – nose
keek  – look
dauner – walk
We have also been learning the Scots poems Mince and Tatties and Robin Reidbreist in class. Both poems are by JK Annand. We have all chosen a poem we would like to practice as part of our home learning.
This week we have started our Scotland topic. We have been learning Scots words through poetry. We used our knowledge of layout, alliteration, rhyme and Scots language to compose our own Scots poems.
We have also been learning about Robert Burns. We designed our own tartans to start our Burns celebrations. Head over to our Teams Channel for some additional photos of our wonderful work!
Our homework is to learn our Scots Poems for Burns Day. We have been learning ‘Listen Tae the Teacher’ by Nancy Nicholson and ‘Fed Up’ – by Janet Paisley. These have been sent home this week to practice.
Please click on the following links to view our P1-3 Nativity and P4-7 and Brass Band Christmas Concert
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Christmas Concert-Â https://sway.office.com/0hTQdGBR09IEHtuY?ref=Link
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A great week in Primary 7. We completed our 3D pop-up cards for our buddies in Primary 1. We are excited to give them to our buddies.
We began to draw angles, of a given size, this week. Mrs Andison challenged us to draw a Christmas tree using angles and recording what angles we used. Some of us even managed to draw a star from angles. 
Thursday was our Christmas party an we had a great time. One of the best games was Shovel the Snowballs but it was exhausting!!!
Only 3 days left at school before we are off for the holidays.
Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy the break.
From Primary 7 and Mrs Andison.
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