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In Maths we have been working on fractions, decimals and percentages.  We have enjoyed this as it has been very challenging and we can understand when we might use these skills in real life.

In Literacy we were writing a summary on our new book and we did comprehension – we will be using a new comprehension tool in class, which we are really excited about as we get to self-assess and take charge of our own progression.  We also continued our new books.

In Writing we did a balanced argument for and against. We wrote it about mobile phones being compulsory. We enjoyed discussing both sides of the argument and were able to include persuasive language.

In Art we did perspective it means that you draw a creative and illusion picture that looks like it flows out of the paper.

We have been researching about the life of Mary Queen of Scots and the key events of her life that has helped to shape Scotland.

During RE we have been learning about suffering and that God helps us to get through difficult times.  Also that we can speak to people in our lives to help us if we are feeling sad or upset.

 

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For maths this week we have been doing decimal numbers & also number talks .We are starting Financial Maths next week,  so far we have been doing addition, subtraction, multiplying and dividing using decimals. For number talks we had visitors this week, Mrs Smith and Mrs Heather. Mrs Purdie came in to tell us we had shown excellent skills and attitudes during our Number Talks.  We also had 2 children from our class to go to a maths number talks meeting also with Mrs Heather they did awesome.

In writing we have been doing an obituary writing based on John Logie Bard. We learned that John was not just an inventor but he was an engineer as well.He created the TV and also created thermal socks and also a razor that could not rust and finally soap.

In literacy we read our book The Desperate Journey.  It is about the Highland Clearances of Scotland and so far it is very good.  We also  made a prayer that we are showing to other schools at a big Assembly next week and finally we have been doing past tense.

 

Thanks for reading our weekly blog(:

by Adrin, Shannon, Zayah and Louise.

We have had a really good week this week in Primary 6. We had our very first visit of the year to the Lanthorn Library, we chose a personal reading book.  This week our reading focus has been reading for enjoyment so it was perfect timing.

We have continued focussing on subtraction and addition in numeracy and have been making really good progress. Today we evaluated our learning and Evaluated our work to provide a rule for completing column sums. We used our assessment is for learning skills to create a three step strategy to solve column sums. Some children were desperate to use their rules and apply them to challenging 9 digit addition sums. Well done, Mrs McMullen was very impressed at the positive mindsets shown by all of P6 towards maths.

We have been learning about the importance of Remembrance Day and about the 100 year anniversary. Today we created our own poppy pictures on top of the poem, Flanders Field. (Pictures to follow next week)

 

We we have been exploring OneNote and will continue to do more next week. We have sent lots of emails to Mrs McMullen. 😁

 

Have a lovely weekend 😁

P6 Weekly blog

This week we did not go to school on Monday because of the October break.

We went back to school on Tuesday and we did a maths assessment which was based on place value. Also on Tuesday we did reading after the maths assessment.

On Wednesday we did another maths assessment after that we did number talks where we had to think of at least two strategies to work out an adding sum. We drew haunted house pictures with different shapes. At the end of the day we did P.E.

On Thursday we did reading in the morning and after that we did number talks. Also we coloured in our haunted house pictures.

On Friday we started a new fitness topic in PE and we did a new challenging workout in the classroom which was related to our fitness topic in PE

By Sean Gracie and Oliwia Niklarz

The weekly blog

We have been doing a grammar topic of the first men on the moon, learning about their suits and the journey to the moon. In Music, Mrs Steel showed us how to play notes on the recorder.

On Tuesday, we learned about the space and the eight planets named Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus ,Jupiter and Neptune.  WE made up our own phrases to allow us to remember them in order.

On Wednesday we had Jazzmatazz, learning our  school song with xylophones and glockenspiel and having three different compositors. Kacper and Oliwier made Lama bell, Dominika and Vennesa made falling down the rainbow and last but not least Shannon and Freya made just dance.

We have also been exploring our number talks strategies and are now much more confident with telling our strategies.

We were so delighted that we got a Tweet from Judy Murray about our tennis skills.

We had a great week, we are looking forward to learning more Space topic next week.

 

Happy weekend, from Aoife and Kacper and all of P6.

Weekly Blog

This week we have been doing more Place Value in our Maths, we have been comparing and ordering numbers to 1000000.  We had a visit from a new Maths Teacher, Mrs Heather, who helped us with number talks and explained that we have to give lots of details when we are talking about our strategies.With Mrs Kerr we did decimals, we were also rounding to the nearest whole number.

 

We continued doing Jazzmattaz, we were learning how to play a Xylophone and a Glockenspiel – we played along with the piano.  We also sang lots of jazz music.  In P.E. we have been doing tennis practice rallying and playing a game called Jailbreak.  This was really good fun.

Our Jazz Band so far!!

 

We continued reading our class story, Pig Heart Boy.  We are really enjoying the book.  We are also watching it on BBC and comparing the many differences with the book.

 

We are really looking forward to learning more about our new topic, Solar System.  We have been asked to bring in any books or space related things we have from home.  We have also started our new Committees and are excited for our next meeting.

Written by Joshua (Lead Learner), Adrin, Kacper and Shannon.

 

Have a great weekend from all of P6 and Mrs McMullen.

Brought to you by our Lead Learners, Mark and Louise.

 

We have been doing rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000s.  Its been tricky remembering the rule but we are getting there.  We have also been doing lots of Number Talks and remembering our strategies.

We have been doing Tennis in PE – we learned how to do rally’s and set up fun stations to practice our skills and ball control.

We were describing a setting in our writing with Mrs Kerr.  I really enjoyed this (Mark).

We are reading Pig Heart Boy, we were looking at the tough decision Cameron had to make and cannot wait to find out what happens next.

We have had a busy week and we are very excited to get stuck into Maths Week Scotland next week.

Have a great weekend from Primary 6! 🙂

It’s been a great first week back, so lovely to see everyone looking so refreshed and ready to learn after a lovely summer break.  So smart and grown up in their lovely uniforms.

We have already started our new class novel and this will be our Literacy and Topic focus, Pig Heart Boy.  The pupils are enjoying it so far, it covers so many interesting themes, including lots of science.

We have created our new Class Charter and agreed on what we think is best for our classroom.  We have spoken about the three themes for our school; Ready, Respectful, Safe.

Important information for this term.

PE days this year are Monday and Wednesday.

All pupils should have indoor shoes for wearing in class and PE lessons.

Pupils should be ready to learn; all pupils should bring a sharp pencil every day and a full bottle of water, which can be refilled if needed.

Mrs McMullen works on Monday, Tuesday and every second Friday.

Mrs Kerr works on Wednesday, Thursday and alternate Fridays.

We are looking forward to a great year in Primary 6,

Mrs McMullen & Mrs Kerr