P7 this week had a trip to St Margaret’s High School as part of their transition programme. It was a great success. The children followed a timetable which involved a Social Studies lesson, Science lesson and PE lesson. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the experience and they were a credit to the school in their manners and behaviour.
In class we have began our new topic of World War 2. We have looked at the leaders of the countries involved and the causes for the outbreak of the war. The children have all completed a registration card and understand why it was so important to have identification during the War time period. Next week we are going to be learning about the Blitz and evacuations.
For our Maths work we have been continuing our work on angles. P6 went on an angle hunt around the classroom and took photographs of different types of angles. These will be put in our class talking book. Next week we are moving onto looking at data handling which we will link to different aspects of WWII.
In class we have been discussing The First Ministers Reading Challenge. This is an opportunity for the children to record the books they are reading for pleasure. Everyone was issued with a passport for this challenge last term during Monday Circle time. Children are welcome to bring their passport into class and they will be given an opportunity to share their reading with a friend.
On Thursday we were all treated to an amazing assembly by Fr Kenneth about his recent trip to Jerusalem. His photographs that he shared were excellent and his stories of his trip were very interesting. This fitted in well with our Catholic Education Week Theme of our Faith Community. In class we discussed how a church is not the building but the people who gather together. We found a lovely picture to show this and we have put this into our journal.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Currie
I really enjoyed your blog post. What an interesting week you’ve had!
I was delighted to hear that your first visit to St Margaret’s was a great success. Well done.
World War II is one of my most favourite topics. I hope to join you soon to hear more about what you are learning.
Thank you, for the wonderful example you are setting for our younger pupils. I’ve been really impressed with you all this week.