We\u2019ve had a wonderful week in Primary 6\/7. We are continuing with our brilliant class novel \u201cThe Boy at the Back of the Class,\u201d which is inspiring learning around diversity, empathy, refugees and anti-racism.<\/p>\n
Some of our learning highlights from this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n Writing \u2013 we enjoyed continuing with our writing task to describe Syria and particularly enjoyed the video that helped us to learn about different aspects of life, people and places in Syria.<\/p>\n Outdoor Learning \u2013 some of us really enjoyed trying to identify different types of trees during our outdoor learning session this week.<\/p>\n Numeracy \u2013 we enjoyed learning how to count in thousands linked to our work on place value.<\/p>\n Art \u2013 we loved learning about the art of Giuseppe Arcimboldo and trying to create our own artwork inspired by his paintings.<\/p>\n PE \u2013 we enjoyed our handball session this week with Hannah from West Lothian Handball Development.<\/p>\n Family Breakfast \u2013 we enjoyed welcoming our families into school on Wednesday for breakfast.<\/p>\n Buddying \u2013 we enjoyed spending time with our buddies and learning together with them.<\/p>\n Maths Beyond Number \u2013 we enjoyed learning about shapes and finding out new vocabulary related to 2D shapes.<\/p>\n Some of the learning that we found a little tricky this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n Art \u2013 some of us found drawing fruit for our art task a bit tricky.<\/p>\n Outdoor Learning \u2013 some of found that identifying trees was quite tricky during outdoor learning.<\/p>\n Numeracy \u2013 a few of us found our place value work with counting in thousands a little challenging.<\/p>\n Our Lead Learners in Primary 5\/6 this week were Rose and Sophie. They were assisted by last week\u2019s Lead Learners, Olivia and Brodie. The three targets that our Lead Learners set for the class were as follows:<\/p>\n The Lead Learners and their assistants spotted lots of children in the class meeting all three of the targets this week. The trickiest target was focusing on our work and this is definitely something for many of us to keep working hard on<\/p>\n Well done Primary 6\/7 on another fantastic week and we are looking forward to another great week next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve had a wonderful week in Primary 6\/7. We are continuing with our brilliant class novel \u201cThe Boy at the Back of the Class,\u201d which is inspiring learning around diversity, empathy, refugees and anti-racism. Some of our learning highlights from … Continue reading \n