‘If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in a way that a child can learn’ – unknown author.
Literacy: We continue to improve and develop our spelling skills. This week we concentrated on words with a shared spelling pattern, we completed a variety of active spelling tasks to help us develop our spelling skills and knowledge further. Figure of Speech was a focus in our writing this week. We learnt the difference between Metaphors and Similes and how they can be used effectively in our writing. We took our imagination and writing on a ‘Frozen Adventure’, we used creativity to write a descriptive story about our adventure to a snowy and frozen destination, our focus of learning was to use Metaphors and Similes as a way of describing our journey. We continued on from last weeks Scots language focus. Using the Scots dictionaries and some new Scots words that we have learnt, we wrote a play script.
Numeracy: A special message from Harry Potter came through our promethean baord, with a variety of negative number calculations. This week we consolidated our learning of negative numbers. Mrs Matos was very impressed with our enthusiasm and positivity of learning this week during numeracy. We have all grown confidently during number talks, and we continue to try and share a range of different strategies when solving multiplication equations.
PE: We continuing with volleyball skills this week with Mrs Reid and with Mrs Matos we continue to learn and practice hockey skills.
Scottish Colourists: Using the netbooks and some books that Mrs Manlove kindly let us use, we researched and summarised key facts about one of the famous Scottish Colourists. The artists’ work has inspired us to use the same key elements to create our own version, next week we will continue to sketch our still life.
Lion King: We’ve been working hard at our Lion King rehearsals. This is definitely one production you don’t want to miss. If you haven’t got your tickets yet, they will be on sale this week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, don’t wait they going fast!
Well done to Joseph and Erin who both received a values award this week in assembly. Please remember that we don’t only celebrate achievement in school, if you achieve anything outwith school, bring it to class and share your achievements with us.
P6A and Mrs Matos
