Author: Mrs Gordon

P7 had a very busy week and are looking forward to a rest before we head to camp on Monday.

On Monday we had the first of 3 sessions on drug education with a focus on smoking. The children have all brought home a smoke free home pledge and were asked to try to give something up for a week to see how it may feel to have to give up something .

In Numeracy we focused on volume and capapcity this week. Our main aims were conversions from ml and litres, estimating, measuring and calculating volume of a solid using the formula volume=length x breadth x height. The children enjoyed making mocktails where they had to use exact measurements.

In Social studies we looked at what a city needs and then did research and presentations on whether Glasgow and Edinburgh meet the needs of their citizens, and how they do this.

In literacy we finished reading “The boy in the striped pyjamas” which was very emotional, Mrs Gordon did cry at the end as she thought she might. We will watch the film when we return from camp, and do a comparison of the 2.

In French this week we visited our nursery to teach a little bit of french to some of the children. I think they enjoyed our visit !

Have a lovely weekend and see you when we are back from camp.

Mrs Gordon and P7a

Numeracy

This week we have been focusing on weight within maths. We used lots of different skills such as estimation, calculating, converting from mg, g,kg and tonnes and solving weight word problems. We also imagined we were selling items on ebay and had to find out the cost of our post and packaging, giving us a skill for life, learning and work !

Health and Wellbeing

This week we had a workshop on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. It was delivered by Lyndsay from the Just Enough charity. The children learnt a great deal about both issues and were shocked by some of the statistics that were shared. Lyndsay delivered the workshop in a fun way using drama, but the message was indeed a very serious one. The children can now more confidently identify the signs that somebody may be being trafficked or held as a slave. Thank you to Lyndsay and the Just Enough team for this excellent learning opportunity.

Rugby

We had our last rugby session this week. As you can see from the photos the children were all fully involved and enjoyed playing games against each other.

Class Talks

A huge thanks to all parents and carers who supported the children in creating, presenting and providing props for their class talks. I was blown away by the quality of the talks. Every single child should be proud of themselves. We all learnt a lot this week from a variety of unique class talk topics from WW2 Then and Now to War in Nazi Germany.

Within outdoor learning this week Mrs Law told us about the art work of Andrew Goldsworthy. We then worked in groups across P7 a and P7b to show our interpretation of his work using natural materials only. Here are some examples.

It was lovely to catch up with everyone and chat about our Easter holidays. The children settled in quickly and we discussed the busy last term that lay ahead.

In numeracy we did a self assessment and a second level assessment to allow us to see what areas we still needed to work on. This will help Mrs Gordon plan for this term.

In literacy we wrote Easter holiday diary entries focusing on making our writing more engaging for the reader.

We learnt about WWII in French by using “true/false” “vrai/faux” sentences about Axis and Ally leaders. The children also had to translate sentences into English, and surprised themselves that by using prior knowledge, context and familiar words they could do this.

On Thursday afternoon Louisa Burgess and Hector Woodhouse came to judge the buggies the children had designed and made as part of their technologies/STEM focus last term. We had a few last minute hiccups as the children had to make alterations to some of the buggies. Here are a few photos of some of the groups.

A huge thank you to Mrs Tulloch who was responsible for all the teaching and learning behind this project. It really is a fabulous opportunity for the children to learn all these techniques within primary school. It also taught a valuable lesson in growth mindset, as the children had to keep focused and fix issues when they came up.

Mrs Gordon and P7a

Another hectic week in P7a. We continued our research into World War II with a fabulous visit from Maureen Liddell from West Lothian Museum Service. Maureen told the children about WWII through anecdotes and stories of her own mother as an evacuee during WWII. They were able to handle various artefacts and ask questions as we went along.

Here you can see Jack ready for war with his kit-bag and shaving set. Lily has bought her stunning floral dress with her ration coupons.

Below you can see Tom (a submariner), and Frank (worked on aircraft carriers). They came in on Tuesday to talk to us about their experiences of war. It was fascinating to see a video about life on an aircraft carrier and the processes they followed.

In numeracy we worked hard on long multiplication and long division. Lucy came up with a new slogan to help us remember the zero in the units column when multiplying with 2 digits “Be a hero, don’t forget the zero!”.

In literacy we write diary entries imagining we were there during the first air raid of WWII or on the Bismarck or HMS Hood when they were sunk. We also wrote thank you letters to our visitors from last week.

Mrs Gordon is very excited to read all the personal projects she has received, and to receive the others on our first day back !

Happy holidays !

Mrs Gordon and P7a

This week we have been very creative. We worked on spring art by drawing daffodils. We had to consider shape, proportion, shade, colour etc. We also made creations for “La fete des meres” in French.

We were also very lucky to have 2 visitors this week to talk to us about WWII. My Auntie Linda came in on Tuesday to tell us about the first air raid in WWII which my grandfather was involved in, being on the HMS Southampton in the Firth of Forth when it took place.

On Thursday Andrew’s dad Mr Boiling came to tell us all about the war at sea, in particular the sinking of HMS Hood and the Bismarck. The children were thoroughly engaged with both talks, and both visitors commented on the level of engagement and questioning and response from the children.