Another busy week in P7a saw us finish our mini theme of “Cake Fest”. In groups of 4 the children presented their proposed monuments and how they would construct them out of cake. It was a very close competition with marks being awarded for feasibility, creativity, cost effectiveness, presentation and team work. The President Pineapples (Sophie D, Melissa, Rebecca and Beth) won and made their monument “The Dunmore Pineapple” out of cake. The team really worked hard designing and creating their cake which was a very tricky design to make. Thanks so much to our wonderful parent helpers Craig’s mum, Rebecca’s mum and grandad and Mrs Woolsey. Well done to all of P7 for their wonderful entries. Here are some photos. 
As it was maths week this week we continued our work on inspirational maths by looking at Pascal’s triangle and patterns within it. We also looked at building 2D and 3D shapes with one loop of rope. Each child had to have one hand on the rope. Not as easy as it sounds…We have had a lot of fun whilst realising that maths is not about speed, but deep understanding, teamwork, patterns, sharing ideas and strategies.
In IDL we started our new Brazil theme by asking the children what they knew and what they wanted to learn. In groups of 5 the children are researching and presenting their chosen area of Brazil (Amazon River, Carnival, Rainforest Wildlife, Landmarks, Tropical Birds and Rio de Janeiro). In their presentation they are aiming to share facts about their topic and compare it to Scotland.
We had a lot of extra-curricular achievements over the past few weeks. Erin C walked over the new Queensferry Crossing with her family. Amelia and Erin C took part in a gymnastics competition and were runners up in their categories. Jack played rugby for the S1’s, Alastair got his Level 5 skiing award and Beth got a 6 second PB on her front crawl. James is seen below with his Om Lite maps. He took part in an orienteering competition with his dad in the Yorkshire Dales. They won the family category and came 9th overall. They walked/ran a total of about 56km…Arran pictured below took part in the 10 mile Linlithgow to Edinburgh cycle as part of Pedal for Scotland. Busy, busy children….well done to them all and to their families for supporting them.
Have a great long weekend! See you all on Wednesday.
Mrs Gordon and P7a
