Due to the snowy weather and school closure, we had a very short week. Never the less we had managed to do some fun and exciting learning over the Monday and Tuesday.
Fairtrade Fortnight: Fairtrade Fortnight started on 26th February and will continue until the 11th March 2018. Primary 6 have been busy making information posters about our Fairtrade Fortnight activities. We have been encouraging the boys and girls in school to bring in a Fairtrade snack over the next two weeks, we have also been going around to all the classes and explaining what is Fairtrade and why it is a good idea to buy Fairtrade products. As part of the Linlithgow schools cluster, we have been designing a Fairtrade football, three winners will be chosen from each class and then a final three will be entered into the Linlithgow school cluster Fairtrade competition. With this snowy weather it is a great opportunity to use some Fairtrade products to make something nice to eat, such as using Fairtrade bananas to make banana muffins, or even just snuggle up with a good book and drink a warm Fairtrade hot chocolate.
Numercay: We have been focusing on division this week. We are encouraged to use a variety of different strategies, and to use a strategy that we feel confident with and that is efficient. But it is also good to know the formal written methods too. This week we worked on division using the formal written method, ask us to explain the ‘division family’ to you at home. Next week we will use our division knowledge and continue with money.
IDL: We have finished painting our still life pictures. We used all the techniques that the Scottish Colourist would have used in their paintings. Please have a look out for our still life paintings when you come along to parent’s evening.
PE: Who says that the bad weather can keep us from learning some rugby skills. This week we embraced the cold and learnt some more tag rugby skills in the snow. With a lot of slipping and sliding we had a lot of fun, and continue to develop our tag rugby skills.
Expressive arts: We had a very successful Lion King rehearsal at the Linlithgow Academy on Monday. It was our first time practicing on the stage, it was all very overwhelming, but Mrs Matos, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Hogg and Mr Logan, we very impressed with how well we have developed, and although we are missing out on more rehearsal time due to school closures, they have no doubt that we are still going to put on a show of a lifetime. A big thank you to the parent helpers who walked with us to and from Linlithgow Academy!
P6A and Mrs Matos
