P7A Weekly Update

January 26, 2024 by Mr McGurn | 0 comments

Dear Parents,

Here’s an update about our learning from this week…

On Monday we did our weekly Religious Education in the morning where we continued to work on accurately using the bible to find passages and we followed St. Paul’s first missionary journey on a map. Then we did some Wordboost from our novel; The Last Wolf. After snack we did Algebra textbooks for Mathematics. Then after lunch we did some reading and then our focus for January; famous Scottish authors. To finish off we did some gymnastics for PE.

On Tuesday we did work on indirect speech for grammar. Then we all planed a Scots poem for our writing task. After snack did more algebra textbooks for Mathematics. Then after lunch we did some reading for 15 minutes then we did music with the music teacher, Mrs Morrison. To finish off the day we did French, singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and toes in French.

On Wednesday we wrote our Scots poem for writing, most people chose to write about ‘Snawmen’. After snack we did RLPS for Mathematics, trying to find a holiday for Mr McGurn. After lunch we did some more reading then we did some practice for our Burns recital. To finish off we did gymnastics for PE.

On Thursday we all did The Last Wolf reciprocal reading for literacy. Then we did HWB With Mrs Morrison on drugs and substance misuse. After snack we all did work on the area of triangles for Mathematics. After lunch we did some reading then Spanish. Then we did our Burns Poetry Recital where we should off our Burns presenting skills to one another.

On Friday we did a big discussion on the school camp. Then we did a science transition with St Margaret’s high school for science on Teams. Two S6 pupils dissected a heart, some people thought it was horrible but a few were really interested by it. Then we met our Buddies to celebrate their 100 day of school after snack. Then we had finished with Fun Friday.