This week in P7 we have started doing activities related to our new topic, Transition. To begin with, everyone shared their ideas and decided on what we wanted to learn this term. Most of these ideas were subject based e.g. Home Economics, Chemistry etc. which we will start to do over the next few weeks however some people wanted to know more about the school day, the school building or other general topics regarding more logistical aspects of high school. For this reason we began our topic by learning about the differences between P7 and S1 and the opportunities which high school has to offer as this approach meant that questions could be answered or explored in different ways. We looked at a variety of scenarios e.g. ‘What happens if you miss the school bus? What happens if you think there is too much homework? What happens if you get lost?’ and used drama to explore several options. This meant that through discussion and sharing group performances we were able to iron out any worries and answer questions at the same time. Next week we will be looking at timetables and different subjects which high school has to offer.
In PE this week the children have been continuing to participate in athletics activities as part of the inter-house championships. We did shot-put and javelin and we did much better than we expected with the top javelin throw being over 12 metres!
Finally, in Maths we have now finished the topic of measurement and have started to look at patterns and sequences. So far we have focused on strategies used to identify and continue a pattern. Have a go at some of the activities on the website below if you fancy giving yourself a challenge!
