It’s been another busy week in P7b, so here’s a brief summary of the goings-on…
Numeracy
P7b have been working hard when applying their decimals knowledge when using money. This week we have been focusing on bills and calculating total costs through various word and multi-step problems. Our enterprise projects have allowed us to use these skills in a practical context when resourcing items required and providing Mr. Logan with a total cost for our order. In doing so, we were asked to make price comparisons and attempt to gather quality resources at a reasonable price. On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have Mr. Fryer (Lois’s Dad) in to visit both P7 classes. Mr. Fryer works as a Senior Mortgage Manager for TSB was was able to share his wealth of knowledge around budgeting. He worked closely with each enterprise group, discussing their projects and offering some support to the calculation of their costs and potential gross/net profits.
Literacy
We are continuing to enjoy our group novels in guided reading; from Adolphus Tips to Alex Rider, and Gangsta Granny to The Hunger Games. Now that some groups have finished their first novel, they have been given the choice as to what text they read next. In P7b we promote an enjoyment of reading through the opportunity for personalisation and choice. Mr. Logan has been impressed with the level of expression we are beginning to use to engage our audience when reading. On Wednesday, we looked at our first ‘shared reading’ text as a whole class. We were studying a poem called ‘Wind’ by Dionne Brand. The poem was written in the first person and brought human-like qualities to the wind through repeated uses of personification. The higher order discussion was great to hear and we were amazed by how many features of the text came to our attention the more we read. On Thursday, we began using our new Big Writing Adventures resource with Mrs. Doran and look forward to more of these lessons in the coming weeks!
Health and Wellbeing
This week was our anti-bullying and racism focus in school. With kindness being one of our school’s values, we must always ensure we treat each other with the utmost respect and in a way which we would like to be treated ourselves. Mrs. Matos delivered our first two Respect lessons where we discussed gender equality and what respect means to us. We compared our definitions with the dictionary definition and rewrote what this looks like in our classroom. This will be used throughout the year to refer back to and promote positive behaviour and relationships in the classroom. We demonstrated kindness by dressing down and donating money to Chlldren in Need on Friday. Thank you to Mrs. Gordon and the Pupil Council Committee for organising such a successful event, and of course to those who baked. The cakes and sweets were delicious! We will let you know in due course how much we have raised.
Coming Up This Term
- Road Safety Week next week
- Enterprise project orders to be placed next Monday
- Pupil Voice Committees next Friday
- Big Write event in class on Tuesday at 9.30 – 10.30am
- Last session of futsal on 27.11.17
- Skills for Learning, Life and Work focus group on 29.11.17 at 7pm
- Skiing block begins on 30.11.17 at 8.30am – 1.15pm (4 weeks)
- PTA Glitter Ball and Christmas Dress Down Day on 1.12.17
- Nativity performances on 6.12.17 and 7.12.17
- Christmas Fayre on 8.12.17 at 9.30am – 12 noon
- Learning Showcase in classes on 13.12.17 at 1pm
- Christmas Service at St. Michael’s on 19.12.17 at 6.30 – 7.30pm
- Carols Round the Tree and Christmas jumpers on 22.12.17
- Christmas holidays from 22.12.17 – 9.1.18
To all our parents, carers and families, have a fantastic weekend!
P7b and Mr. Logan
