In Literacy this week we have continued to work on our diary writing skills and tricky word spelling. We worked on our listening and talking skills too, sharing what we had done at The Marches and talking about what we were looking forward to on Gala Day. It’s fair to say we are excited about Gala Day!
In Numeracy we continued our learning on writing our numbers up to 20 in words. We have also continued to practise counting up and down in 2s and progressed to counting up and down in 3s. In Maths we completed our Data Handling lessons, learning about a new way to sort information using Carroll Diagrams. You can see an example of these by following this link –http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/carroll_diagrams/eng/introduct/default.htm.
We met our P2 buddies this week and had great fun playing with them with the outdoors toys in the playground.
We enjoyed our final session with our specialist from the National Youth Choir of Scotland. We continued to work on keeping the beat and using our listening skills to identify where sounds were coming from. We also had fun again playing parachute games.
On Thursday we visited our new P2 classroom and met Miss Harrison. We heard a story about a cautious caterpillar and drew a picture of our favourite part of the story. We really enjoyed spending time with Miss Harrison and chatting to her about P2.
In Literacy, we have been learning the new digraphs, ‘au’ as in launch and ‘aw’ as in draw. We learned that, once again, there is unfortunately no set pattern to follow to work out which au/aw to use when we are spelling using this digraph but, as we have discussed before, this will get better with practise. Our new tricky words were ‘do’ and ‘as’. This was the last week of new digraphs and tricky words for Primary 1. The rest of the term will be used to consolidate learning of all sounds we have learned throughout the year.
In Numeracy we continued to work on our sequencing skills, forwards and backwards, within 20. We took turns to choose a selection of numbers and found the easiest way to sequence the numbers was to work out which were the largest and the smallest numbers and sequence the others in between. We loved using the caterpillar sequencing game and used this to challenge each other. You could play this at home too (https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering).
In Maths we continued to learn about how to present data in a pictogram. We learned that it is important to create a separate column for each of data sets in the pictogram, making it clear to understand. We began to learn about strategies we could use to interpret the data in the chart.
In PE we were working on eye/foot co-ordination, dribbling a ball and we also continued our Gymnastics block with Mrs Harris. We built on the Gymnastics learning that we have done so far, practising a variety of rolls and jumps. Everyone worked very hard to try to complete the tasks.
We were also lucky to have an Enjoy-A-Ball session this week. Paul Pizza was impressed with the ball dribbling skills on show and how well the children listened to his instructions.
We started thinking about our class assembly which is set for Friday 7th June. Mrs Reid was very impressed with the ideas which were suggested and we are hoping to incorporate all of them into our performance. We’re keeping this top secret just now!
We arrived in school on Thursday to find one of our butterflies had hatched from its cocoon and shortly after we started our day, another one emerged! We were very excited to see them and had a super discussion about the hatching process. We had lots of questions and researched the answers to these together. We wanted to know if our butterflies were boys or girls and what the red liquid was that came out of the butterflies as they hatched. I wonder if the children can tell you the answers?
Over the past two weeks P7a have been extending their knowledge into Third Level algebra. This has included solving equations with negative numbers and fractions and solving inequations with inequality signs. We have even been beginning to expand double brackets and carry out the inverse of this by factorising expressions.We have also been trying some codebreaker strategies that were used during WWII to intercept messages and crack codes.
Today we looked at frequency analysis, an example of mono-alphabetic ciphers, where each letter in the alphabet is replaced by another. We demonstrated resilience and perseverance to decipher a message from 1943 about merchant ships. Sophie, Erin and Nicci were the first to do so! Well done girls!
Nicci’s working
Erin’s working
Our Codebreaker task
Literacy and English
We have been continuing to read Goodnight Mr. Tom, with a particular focus this week on characterisation. This included an analysis of the ways in which two main characters, Mr. Tom and William, have evolved throughout the story so far. We have noted that William has become less anxious which has improved his level of happiness and had a positive impact on his learning. We gave supporting evidence from the text to argue this. Secondly, Mr. Tom has become more sociable and developed more of a nurturing side. Again we were able to give examples of where this was noticeable.
In writing we have been creating balanced arguments that introduced the topic before weighing up advantages and disadvantages of child evacuation during WWII. We wrote conclusions that offered our personal viewpoint on the topic with reasons for our particular stance.
Joann’s balanced argument
Zara’s balanced argument
Learning Across the Curriculum
Other learning and achievements this week include:
Basketball team qualified for the West Lothian Primary Basketball League play-offs. One of their games ended in a 16-0 victory!
The school footballers were unbeaten in the latest league meeting and bounced back from 1-0 to win on 3 separate occasions.
P7 attended our SPS Careers Fayre and impressed visitors with their knowledge of subject areas and questioning.
We attended a Farm to Fork careers event at SRUC Oatridge where we found out about a number of different career opportunities in the food, farming and agricultural sectors.
Our first rugby session took place with Linlithgow Rugby Club and we are excited for our end of year festival in June.
The netball teams remain 1st and 4th in the league after their latest round of fixtures.
In Literacy, we have been learning two new digraphs, ‘oi’ as in coin and ‘oy’ as in boy. We learned that ‘oi’ usually comes at the beginning or middle of a word and ‘oy’ mostly comes at the end. We did find quite a few exceptions though which made it tricky! Our new tricky words were ‘there’ and ‘were’. We found that when we tried to come up with sentences using ‘there’ we were getting a little bit muddled up with ‘they’. We kept trying though and now understand the difference between the words.
In Numeracy we were learning about the different ways that a subtraction question could be written. For example, find the difference between, minus, take away, less than. We have also been learning how to use subtraction within worded questions. For example, there were 10 carrots. 5 were eaten. How many were left? We saw how important it was to read the question carefully before answering.
In Maths we were learning about Capacity. In pairs, we took on two challenges to work out the capacity of a variety of vessels – a spoon challenge and a cube challenge. We had to choose a vessel and predict the number of spoons of sand which would fit inside the vessel and then redo the experiment to see how many cubes the vessel would hold. It was interesting to see how accurate (or not!) our predictions were. We found that some groups got a different answer for the number of spoons of sand in the same vessel and worked out that this was because the size of spoonfuls differed from one group to the next.
In PE, we continued our Gymnastics block with Mrs Harris. We were learning about different types of jump this week.
Mrs Laing visited us again to complete the clay modelling. Everyone has now sculpted a model. The models look amazing! There were so many different ideas. Once they are dry they will be able to come home.
We also participated in a Generation Science workshop, part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. The children learned about computer programming through following instructions to build a Lego robot goal keeper and programming the robot to try to save shots at goal. They learned how important it is to give clear instructions to make sure the robot did what they wanted it to do. They had great fun programming the ‘live’ robot to make a jam sandwich! Mrs Reid was impressed with the Lego building skills and how confidently the computer programmes were devised.
This week in Literacy we have continued our revision of the sounds and tricky words we have learned this term. We have worked through a number of phoneme challenges, identifying words with the correct phoneme in them and blending the words together. In Dictation, we have been writing sentences incorporating a variety of digraph words. We are getting better at remembering capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
In Numeracy we have continued to learn about numbers to 20. We have been sharing strategies of how to keep track when counting a set of items and have also been working on identifying numbers between 0 and 20, using a number line to help us. We have continued to practise writing our numbers to 20.
Within our Transport topic we have been working in groups to design and build futuristic modes of transport. We talked about the past, present and future and how things change over time. We looked at pictures of transport from the past and present, discussed how these had changed and how they might change in the future. Each group drew a picture of their chosen mode of transport, used the picture to help build a model and then presented their model to the class. There were some fantastic features of our futuristic transport including a hot air balloon fuelled by angel cakes, a rainbow aeroplane and an aeroplane/double decker bus combo which was almost taller than the children who made it!
We also had a trip to the park this week and had great fun playing together with P1a. Many of us showed resilience when trying to climb up or down and bravery when riding on the flying fox!
We have had a very busy term, working hard and learning lots!
This week in Literacy we have been revising all sounds and tricky words we have learned this term. Everyone had the chance to go over each of the digraphs and tricky words individually with Mrs Reid. As well as reading the digraphs and digraph words, everyone tried to write them too. We found this trickier but know with practise we will get better at this.
In Numeracy we have been learning about numbers to 20. We have been counting up from 0 to 20 and back again and have also been practising writing the numbers. We have been doing lots of sequencing activities, talking about number before and number after. We found completing the backwards sequences a little more challenging than going forwards but when we took our time we could work out the next number.
We completed our work on Money this week. Our coin recognition is now very good. We added monetary amounts together and also worked out the difference between monetary amounts. We still need to remember to check which symbol is used in a question (+ or -) or check which words are used (e.g. more than, less than) to work out whether we should be adding or taking away.
Within our Transport topic we have been learning about hot air balloons. We learned how they fly and Mrs Reid was impressed to hear us talking about the air molecules which had been mentioned in the film we watched! We looked at pictures of different hot air balloons and described them to each other and then everyone designed their own hot air balloon. Our designs were very imaginative.
Everyone made their hand print into something special for their Mum for Mother’s Day. Hope all the Mums are well looked after this weekend!
We have been further exploring concepts of Shape, Position and Movement this week in Numeracy and Mathematics, with a particular focus on both symmetry and 3D shape. At the beginning of the week, we took some time to consolidate our existing knowledge of symmetry by identifying both single and multiple lines of symmetry across different axes. We understand that ‘perfect symmetry’ is only achieved if both sides (or quadrants) are mirrored or reflected to create two sides that are exactly the same. After doing so, we created our own symmetrical designs across both a horizontal and vertical axis. Alongside this, Pythagoras group were working on using angles of elevation and depression to create scaled drawings. The conversion from the scales provided was tricky and we were surprised at just how precise we had to be when measuring both angles and lengths. To end the week, we were presented with a 3D shape design challenge. Mr. Logan asked us to design a new kitchen and produce a scaled version of this using the nets of 3D shapes. The appliances, storage and additional features had to match his exact specifications. We did an excellent job for him and you can see some pictures of these below!
E, N, J and S responded creatively to the design brief
F, S and Z preparing appliances for their 3D kitchen
Boys are happy with their kitchen design
Kitchen design challenge
Literacy and English
We’ve continued reading Goodnight Mr. Tom this week and used this context when learning about adverbials and modal verbs. These can be used to assess the likelihood of something happening and allowed us to rate the probability of our predictions transpiring within the text. An example of this would be; Willie’s Mother probablywon’t bother to write him many letters. Probably is an adverbial and won’t is a modal verb. This is something we’ve probably always used within our own writing, however, we weren’t actually aware of what this sort of ‘likely language’ is referred to as.
In writing this week, we created explanation texts to convey information to a reader and explain a process. We all drew detailed, annotated diagrams of a ‘teacher pleasing’ machine that would make the lives of Mr. Logan and Mrs. Matos easier. Following on from this, we used visual organisers to plan for our writing with a clear structure before giving a detailed, step-by-step account of what our design actually does. Coffee on draught and a feature that marks all of our work instantly? Mr. Logan is sold, where can he purchase one?!
Mr. Logan has been particularly impressed with the quality of questions posed to our visitors in class and the higher order discussions which have been taking place around our shared reading of Goodnight Mr. Tom. We have worked hard throughout the year to articulate our ideas and contributions clearly and involve ourselves more actively in class questioning and discussions.
Health and Wellbeing
Both our footballers and netball team were in action this week with league meetings taking place against other cluster schools.
On Monday, the netball teams played in their first competitive fixtures of the year and were a pleasure to watch. Springfield 1 sit top of the league currently after winning every game, and Springfield 2 lie in joint 3rd place after showing real grit, determination and team spirit. Well done to all concerned, it was an absolute joy to see you all excelling in these games and proudly representing the school! Your training and hard work has paid off; thank you to Mrs. Matos and Miss Harrison for leading this.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, the football teams also performed well in our second league meeting of the year. We have a mix of boys and girls from both P6 and P7 playing and there was a significant improvement in their play from 4 weeks ago. Mr. Logan was impressed with the fluid, passing football, creative flair and willingness to win in every match against some strong opponents. Again, well done to all of you and thank you for being such assets to our school.
Learning Across the Curriculum
We’re beginning to get excited for P7 school camp at Ford Castle and heard more at this week’s information evening. More information is available on their website (https://www.ford-castle.co.uk/) if anyone would like to see more of what we’ll be getting up to! Here’s the link for anyone who missed the presentation:
In Social Studies this week we had Mrs. Manlove, Paul’s Mum, in to speak to us about some members of their family who survived The Holocaust and the ways in which these Jewish people were persecuted because of their race. It was a fascinating yet horrifying insight into how people were treated by both Germans and the British during this era.
As part of our Skills for Learning, Life and Work programme this week we have been visited by Mrs. Guest (a dietitian), Mrs. Burgess (a Secondary Teacher at Linlithgow Academy), Professor Manlove and Sofiat (University of Glasgow – Computer Sciences and Maths) and John MacCartney (GE Power). Thank you to all of you for agreeing to visit us!
Mrs. Manlove speaking to us about three stories from WWII
Shelters WWII
Shelters WWII
Shelters WWII
Sofiat, a PhD student from University of Glasgow
Professor Manlove from Computer Sciences and Maths at University of Glasgow
Mrs. Guest, a dietitian
Mr. MacCartney from GE Power
Coming Up…
1.4.19 – After school football training from 3.15-4.15pm outdoors
2.4.19 – P7a pupils (x4) to St Michael’s Day Care Centre
3.4.19 – Linlithgow Academy blazer fitting (optional purchase) at 10.45am
3.4.19 – P7a park visit as House Treat for all reaching 1,000 Springs
3.4.19 – Parents Evening from 4.30-7.30pm
4.4.19 – Parents Evening from 3.30-6.30pm
5.4.19 – End of term 3, Easter Holidays begin
One week to go… Keep up the great work P7a, I’m incredibly proud of you all!
We have been continuing to extend our knowledge of Information Handling this week whilst using a variety of methods to present samples of data, including frequency tables, cumulative frequency tables, bar graphs, line graphs, comparative line graphs and pie charts. We carried out surveys recording tally marks and frequencies before looking at the ingredients for a successful bar or line graph. These included a title, labels for the x and y axes, an evenly distributed scale, accurately plotted points and a key if required. To create pie charts we used a protractor and compass to do so precisely. This required converting a number from a sample of data to a percentage or fraction before converting this to an angle within a full rotation. Tricky! We ended the week by using Microsoft Word to present data of our choice. We carried out research online into a subject of interest before presenting this in an appropriate way.
S’s use of a protractor and compass to create pie charts
N’s beautifully presented data
J presenting samples of data using bar and line graphs
Literacy and English
We have started a new text study this week, Goodnight Mr. Tom. A young boy, Willie, has been evacuated to Little Weirwold and ended up with Mr. Thomas Oakley. Willie had been subject to abuse from his Mother in London, and life with Mister Tom may provide a welcome escape from this. We have inferred that Mister Tom is disgusted by how Willie has been treated and truly wants to care for him, however, this is reminding of his late son who died at a similar age to Willie. We’ve created mind maps to record our initial thoughts, ideas, questions and predictions about the text and we’ll add to these as we read on. We’re looking forward to seeing how their characters and relationship develops as the story progresses. Ask us to summarise the key points from our reading so far!
Rationing was the focal point for Social Studies this week through our World War II learning context. We were exposed to the basic rations a person, or family of four, would receive on a weekly basis between 1939-1954 and drew comparisons to what we eat each week. Any meals we would still have been able to enjoy were highlighted, however, these were few and far between and we were surprised at how little food people survived on. Our challenge based on this information was to create a recipe using only rationed ingredients or those that could have been grown through ‘digging for victory’. We had to include a catchy, persuasive title, ingredients lists with bullet points, equipment, a step-by-step method with numbers and extra, optional elements. Within our instructions we used sequencing connectives such as firstly, meanwhile and finally, and in our ingredients list we used past tense verbs to improve clarity, e.g. chopped, diced or grated. Next week we will be voting for and preparing the winning recipe(s)…
S’s rationing recipe – ‘Jazzy Jazzy Pizza Salad’
E’s rationing recipe – ‘A Traditional Scottish Treat’
We’re coming to an end with our block of dodgeball in P.E and were looking to further develop our accuracy and throwing technique this week. We worked in trios to pass the dodgeball through hoops of various sizes at various heights determined by the middle player. We also played some 1v1 accuracy games by aiming to land the ball in the opponent’s hoop. If we won our 60 second mini-game we moved up, but if we lost we moved down. We then applied these skills within adaptations of our main game by aiming for end targets and targeting identified players on the opposing team.
We have also been learning about Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood this week; one of the 6 key organisers for Health and Wellbeing.
F and R improving underarm throw accuracy
1v1 accuracy games
G concentrating hard to ensure an accurate throw
L, N and J working hard to get the ball through the target
Learning Across the Curriculum
Finally, this week we’ve had another wave of interesting and insightful visits as part of our Skills for Learning, Life and Work programme in P7. Mr. Vereker, a Rope Access Engineer, spoke to us about his aspiration to Spiderman and how his job allows us to ‘access the inaccessible’. We continue to promote varied types of engineering in school as part of our STEM programme and national drive to get more females into these workplaces. Mrs. Schofield delivered a hands-on presentation about kilt making. We were shown the length of material needed for just one kilt and saw demonstrations of how different part of this manufacturing process take place.
On Friday our Sports Committee members carried out some self-evaluation into the P.E and sporting opportunities we provide at Springfield. We are continuing to improve and enhance our sporting provision and are already looking ahead to our priorities for session 2019/2020.
Sports Committee 2018/2019
Mr. Vereker discussing how to “access the inaccessible”
The full length of one kilt
Mrs. Schofield demonstrating part of the kilt making process
Coming Up…
25.3.19 – Fidelma Guest (Dietician) speaking to P7 for SfLLW programme
25.3.19 – NO after school football training
26.3.19 – Luisa Burgess (Secondary Teacher) speaking to P7 for SfLLW programme
26.3.19 – David Manlove (University of Glasgow) speaking to P7 for SfLLW programme
Football League Meeting (2) at Xcite Linlithgow from 3.45-6.00pm
27.3.19 – John McCartney (GE Power) speaking to P7 for SfLLW programme
27.3.19 – Ford Castle P7 Camp Information Evening from 6.00-6.30pm in hall
28.3.19 – Carolynn Manlove speaking to P7 about WWII at 2.00pm
29.3.19 – ‘Being Responsible’ assembly
1.4.19 – After school football training from 3.15-4.15pm outdoors
3.4.19 – Linlithgow Academy blazer fitting (optional purchase) at 10.45am
Our learning this week has progressed from angles to compass points before rounding off the week with coordinates. We have been reading and plotting points in a single quadrant which we discovered is called a Cartesian grid system, based on the theories and work of mathematician René Descartes. It was important to remember to mark our x and y axes with an evenly distributed scale, label them and plot our points precisely. The line where the two lines meet is called the origin (0,0) and a point will never be named O to avoid confusion. We extended our learning to reading and plotting points in four quadrants using negative coordinates before reflecting across both the x and y axes.
L finding the missing coordinates of quadrilaterals.
F has drawn 3D shapes using coordinates.
M has drawn a picture using a list of coordinates.
Literacy and English
The two reading techniques we have explored this week are pathetic fallacy and dramatic irony. We found that dramatic irony is when the reader of a text is aware of something that the character isn’t. For example, in Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, we used context clues to infer that Bruno should not enter the concentration camp but he was naive as to the dangers that this entailed. We found that pathetic fallacy is when the author reflect human emotions and the mood through inanimate objects, such as the weather. In the penultimate and final chapter of the novel, John Boyne builds tension and atmosphere through persistent heavy rain and a storm approaching.
In writing this week, we have been compiling book reviews of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas that incorporate persuasive techniques and include the main features of this genre of writing. We used questions at the beginning to hook the reader and ensured there was a short summary of events within our initial paragraph. Without giving away the ending, we described the plot and main characters through the use of powerful verbs and adjectives. To conclude, we provided the reader with our personal opinion on the text and gave examples of what we had particularly enjoyed. I think we’d all agree that Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is well worth a read for older children and adults alike!
Health and Wellbeing
In P.E this week we have been developing the accuracy of our slingshot and underarm throw within dodgeball whilst incorporating some thinking skills through Better Movers and Thinkers work. We played in 1v1 situations to strike a central target using both our stronger and weaker arm to throw before moving up or down the league depending on our success. Whilst exchanging dodgeballs we had to ensure that both our feet were off the ground as we received the ball. This led to some interesting methods of catching, including sitting on the ground with our feet up to do so!
The Sports Committee were defining ‘achievement’ this week within a sporting context and coming up with examples of what this may look like. For example, Ellie has achieved through leading her peers, Callum achieved by showing bravery and courage to try a new discipline within fencing and Sarah achieved by persisting for over a year to master a move in gymnastics. We collated our ideas on the board and came up with a ‘recipe for success and achievement in sport’ at Springfield Primary School. This will be displayed in our gym hall in the coming weeks.
Developing accuracy in dodgeball during 1v1 games.
F and J developing their throwing and catching.
Sports Committee defining achievement and collating the ingredients for success in a sporting context.
Learning Across the Curriculum
Here are some photos from our learning across the curriculum this week, including STEM and Skills for Learning, Life and Work…
M testing his buggy on a gradient.
LR and SW piloting female engineering!
E delighted with his progress made!
FA engrossed in his STEM work.
Sergeant B maintaining order!
Sergeant R ready for action!
Sergeant MacKenzie from Police Scotland visiting P7a.
Lawyer J and Procurator Fiscal N.
Lawyer F and Procurator Fiscal LR.
Coming Up…
Here are important upcoming dates for the P7 diaries…
11.3.19 – Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood lessons begin in Health and Wellbeing
12.3.19 – Grant Armstrong and Scott Brown visiting P7 for S1 transition talk
12.3.19 – Deborah Paton (Sustrans) visiting P7 for SfLLW programme
12.3.19 – Jennie King (NHS – Nurse) visiting P7 for SfLLW programme
12.3.19 – P7a pupils to St. Michael’s Day Care Centre (x4)
13.3.19 – Scottish Opera performance from 2.15-3.00pm (1 x guest per child)
14.3.19 – P7 Information Evening for children, parents and carers at Linlithgow Academy
What a busy week in P7a! Here’s what’s been going on…
Numeracy and Mathematics
Our learning this week has allowed us to extend our knowledge of angles. We started on Monday by recapping on our prior knowledge of angle types and identified examples of these in school, the playground and the wider built environment. These were acute, right angles, obtuse, straight lines, reflex and complete turns. Following on from this, we were able to measure and draw angles of varied sizes using a protractor. Angles can be named using the letters representing the arms (lines) and vertex (where the lines meet). The vertex must always represent the middle letter, e.g. < ABC where B is the vertex. We have also been introduced to complementary, supplementary and vertically opposite angles. Complementary angles add up to 90°, supplementary to 180° and vertically opposite angles are always the same.
Joseph M finding vertically opposite angles.
Zara confidently measuring, drawing, naming and labelling angles.
Nicci successfully measuring and drawing angles using a protractor.
Literacy and English
Yesterday, we finished reading Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which has been our shared reading text over the past few weeks. We discussed different symbols within the text and the themes that they represent. For example, Ethan commented on the fact that the striped pajamas symbolised the persecution and dehumanisation of Jewish people. A fantastic and worthy contribution! There were a number of context clues within the final chapters which we used to infer what was going to happen. We found the ending to the story incredibly powerful and rather upsetting. Although it was hard to listen to, we all agreed that the key learning point to take from the story relates closely to the final line; “Of course, all this happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again. Not in this day and age”. Always be kind to others and treat people fairly. Race, religion, skin colour, gender, physical appearance and sexual orientation are irrelevant. We are all human beings, so celebrate diversity and allow equality to prevail. On Thursday, Miss Baillie and Mr. Ritchie visited class to see what a writing lesson looks like in P7a. We were writing letters from the perspective of a child evacuee in WWII whilst attempting to portray their feelings and emotions during this traumatic experience. Finley was chosen as our Star Writer for February and we’re incredibly proud of him. What a great addition he has been to our class and school!
Finley was chosen as our Star Writer for February for his evacuee letter.
Health and Wellbeing
Our football season kicked off on Tuesday at Xcite, with 30 of our footballers in action. Mr. Logan was incredibly impressed with the positive attitude, enthusiasm, sense of fair play and skill level demonstrated by all children. He’s incredibly confident that it will be another successful year for our football teams, as they follow in the footsteps of last year’s trophy winners. Thank you to Miss Baillie, Mrs. Tomczynski and our former pupil Robbie Tomczynski who assisted with the coaching on Tuesday afternoon. We couldn’t have managed without them!
In P.E this week, we were continuing to develop our skills in dodgeball before applying these in different match adaptations. Below you can see some of us practising our throwing and catching. In between each throw, we had to create a finger-tap sequence (our fingers were numbered 1 to 4) before catching the ball. As we improved our ability to do so, we added in 5th and 6th numbers to our sequence before sharing these combinations with a learning partner. In game situations, we developed the accuracy of our throw by not only trying to eliminate opponents but also striking targets on our opponents’ side of the court. Next week we aim to further improve our peripheral vision, spatial awareness and positioning.
JB increasing the height of her throw to allow time for a finger-tap sequence.
PM creating a finger-tap sequence to teach a partner.
Learning Across the Curriculum
As part of the Developing the Young Workforce initiative (DYW) our Skills for Learning, Life and Work programme continued this week with four more visitors in class. We welcomed in Marlous Peterse (a Theatre Manager), Ben Johnson (an aircraft engineer), Joe and Claire from Sygenta (agrochemicals) and Iain Fyfe (volunteer in school, retired HR Manager and ex-professional referee). These visits have been a fantastic learning experience, allowing us to extend our knowledge of the variety of careers, occupations, business and workplaces out there. The important message this week was not to assume that everyone leaves school, goes to college or university then finds a job in that field. Our visitors alluded to the fact that everyone’s journey into work takes a different route and there really is no right or wrong way to get there. Find something which is suited to your unique skill set and make sure you’re passionate about it! We look forward to hearing from more visitors next week including a Procurator Fiscal, Defense Lawyer and Policewoman.
Ben Johnson, an aircraft engineer with JET2, presenting to the P7s.
Joe and Claire presenting from Syngenta who produce agrochemicals.
Marlous Peterse delivering a SfLLW presentation about Theatre Management.
Coming Up…
Here are important upcoming dates for the P7 diaries…
4.3.19 – Deborah Demick (Procurator Fiscal) and Neil Hay (Defense Lawyer) visiting P7 for SfLLW programme
4.3.19 – After school football outdoors from 3.15-4.15pm
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