Primary 7 Weekly Round Up!

Weekly Highlights

In Literacy this week we have enjoyed exploring our new group novels; The Boy Who Grew Dragons, Goodnight Mr Tom and The Escape. Two of our novels are set in the war – we have been captivated by the context of the war and using this opportunity to explore new vocabulary. We are thinking about digging deeper into the text to use our analysis skills to figure out what message the author is conveying.

In numeracy we are continuing to explore strategies for multiplication and division. We have banned the use of ‘bus stop division’ and are now calling them ‘algorithms’ – very fancy! Maybe at home this weekend you could practice as a family? Try 148 divided by 5 and ask your child to explain to you the maths involved!

In HWB we have been exploring the theme of discrimination. After a very tense game of noughts and crosses, where the crosses were favoured over the noughts, we discussed what it feels like to be treated unfairly. We talked about what sectarianism is and how it is teased out in our class novel; Divided City.

Pupil Voice

Ryan B I learned about discrimination and inequality.

Mirren We learned about how to do division – it was a recap because I could already do it.

Dominika I learned about light and dark colours in art.

Brooke I learned to work with people who I wouldn’t usually – I didn’t know I would be as good at it.

Home Learning

This weekend it would be great for our pupils to show their families ‘Torn’ by Kelly Coyle and talk about what they have learned through exploring the piece of art. We talked about how the picture is a metaphor for something and we aren’t going to take it for its literal meaning as we can dig deeper to understand what the message behind it is.

Opinion Blog: ‘Torn’- An interview with Artist Kelly Coyle

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