Category: Primary 6

This week P6 have been learning about the dangers of smoking and tobacco from Michelle who works for West Lothian Council’s Drug and Alcohol Service.

Isabelle – “Michelle taught us about the dangers of smoking”

Jessica – “The doll Smoky Sue helped us to see the damaging effects of smoking”

In class we have been continuing our learning about flowering plants.  We have now learned about the individual parts of a flower’s anatomy, anther, filament, stigma and style.  This has helped to deepen our understanding of how insects are pollinators.

Jessica – “we dissected a flower to see all the different parts”

Freya – “For our writing we had to create our own imagined flower and then design and write the seed packet for the seeds”

The children were given the challenge to try and use a simile within their description of what their flower looks or smells like when it is in full bloom.  There were some super examples,  Next week we are moving onto looking at the growth of a seed and charting the length of time it takes to grow and what conditions it needs to grow.

In PE we have been learning the athletic field skills for shot put, and long jump as well as using sprint and pacing skills for the 60m and 800m running.

In Maths we have further developed our money skills.  P7 have been looking at debit and credit cards and started work on APR interest rates.  This has meant we have been practising our percentage finding skills, it is interesting to see how much money a bank can make from lending money “it is a business at the end of the day” is what Mrs Currie said and Broady and Mark quickly pointed out “it is also a business at the beginning of the day too!” (ha ha).  P6 have been using the four processes to work out totals, differences, how much multiple items and individual items cost.  When using the written method we had to revise our understanding of making sure the decimal points line up to keep our place values correct before completing the calculation.  Some of us used REAL MONEY to help us work out totals and costs, it is always good to use real life material as it helps us ensure that we can transfer these valuable life skills into practise outside of school.

 

Well done everyone,

Mrs Currie

What an interesting and informative week in Primary 6! We have been lucky enough to have Michelle from West Lothian Drugs and Alcohol services in to present 2 sessions with us. The pupils have learned lots of facts and new information about the dangers of smoking and now know all about what’s in a cigarette.

I was very impressed with their learning this week and the writing they produced to show of their new knowledge was excellent!

Also this week we have started our Athletics block in PE. We are hoping that PE will take place outdoors this term so please make sure everyone is prepared with the appropriate PE kit.

Here are some comments and photos from this week.

Erin Roy- We had Michelle in talking to us about smoking on Tuesday and Friday.

Aliza- This week we learned about tobacco and for writing we made a leaflet about anti-smoking,

Neave – This week in P.E we were doing the long jump and 60m and 200m run around our new lined field and it was awesome. J

Kieran- This week in maths we did a carousel and there was 4 stations.

Emma- This week I really liked it when Michelle came and talked to us about tobacco and the dangers of smoking.

Isabel- This week Michelle from WLDAS came to tell us what’s in a cigarette and why it’s not good to smoke and today we lit a cigarette and a doll “Smokey Sue” smoked the cigarette.

Emily- This week Michelle came in to talk to us about the dangers of smoking and I learned a lot.

Mia so- This week in P.E we were doing 60m sprint, I think I came 1^st.

Rayn- I learned that one cigarette has 4000 chemicals in it.

James- I learned that the tar in cigarettes sticks to your lungs.

Ben- Michelle from WLDAS taught us everything we need to know about smoking.

Declan- This week we have been learning about tobacco and I have learned that there’s four to five thousand chemicals in one cigarette.

Rugare- I enjoyed doing P.E, it was fun.

If you have any comments about the tobacco education input your child has received this week then please let me know. Either comment below or send a Dojo message.  I will feedback this information to WLDAS with my own feedback of the project.

Have a great weekend!

This week some of our P6 children have been at a residential camp on Tuesday and Wednesday.  A great time was had by all, it would appear that canoeing was a real highlight with these being only a few of the comments that have been shared,

Oskar – “I fell into the water twice while I was canoeing and sailing, I loved it.”

Aurora – “The best bit was canoeing and I didn’t even get wet!”

Billie – “Miss McCormack said I was a strong at paddling”

Tristan – “It was really great!”

In class we got into the Outdoor Learning  spirit by doing work on plants.  We have learned about photosynthesis and the main structure of a flowering plant.  This involved us going on a hunt around our school grounds to find different types of leaves and then examining them for the veins and evidence of the glucose produced during photosynthesis.  Here is a short video that we watched to help us learn about this process.

 

We have now started some work on learning about the structure of a flowering.  We have labelled a diagram of the male and female parts and will follow this up next week by learning about the function and process of each part, pollination, the development of a seed and seed dispersal.

In Numeracy we have focused again on re engaging with our times tables and many of us have identified that the 9x table facts are not springing to our minds in a CLICK.  Those of us who feel we know our tables well are trying to apply them in more complex calculations to solve problems.  Next week our focus will be MONEY!

Have a lovely weekend.

It’s been a busier week than usual in Primary 6! We spent our first two days at Low Port and everyone had a fantastic time! The children all tried their best and got stuck in to all the activities. They were all excellently behaved and the staff at Low Port were very impressed with everyone, especially their fantastic listening skills.

Yesterday we continued with our outdoor theme and took our lessons outside.  We completed some measuring tasks in our groups and work on converting between mm, cm, m and km. Today we had our first swimming lesson.  Everyone tried their best again and we have already seen improvement due to lots of hard work and focus.

Everyone had lots to say about our week! Here is a selection of our class comments and some of our Low Port photos (there are more on Facebook).

Ciara – This week we were at camp and we did canoeing.  It was fun! Deacon fell in and we could not stop laughing.  We all ended up walking into the water and Mr McCurdy dropped Amera in!

Isabel – We all loved Low Port and today we all went swimming.  Mr McCurdy assessed our swimming lesson and we had lots of fun in the pool.

Erwin – On Thursday we went outside for PE and played Rounders.  It was different from normal rounders, it was really hard but fun!

Rayn – I enjoyed the sailing at Low Port, it was very interesting anf fun.

Aliza – This week we went swimming and it was so fun.  We all got to have fun and get comfortable in the water at our own level.

Ben – We all had great fun at Low Port.  I think the canoeing was the best.

Emily – I have really enjoyed this week.  We have done a lot of sports at Low Port and swimming.  I really enjoyed canoeing and sailing.

Emma – Today we got our break during swimming.  I played with a swimming noodle, it was awesome!

Declan – I enjoyed Low Port because we got to go sailing and canoeing and we played a huge game of capture the flag beside the palace.

 

I’m sure everyone will be tired after such a sporty week! Have a nice relaxing weekend.

We have managed to pack lots in to our last week of term.

On Monday we were able to go outside for both numeracy and RE.  In Numeracy the children were working in groups to create their own problems to work out averages.  They all proved to be very energetic, a theme that continued throughout our week.

In RE we used our drama and role play skills to act out scenes from the Bible.  We filmed them and played them back to the class – they were all excellent!

We have been working hard to improve our fitness this term and the bleep test and fitness class this week really showed just how hard you have all been working – well done!!

I was also very impressed with our writing lesson this week.  The pupils were asked to create a leaflet promoting the Rights of the Child.  This highlighted just how much work you have all put in and how passionate you are about ensuring equal rights for all – we are all very proud!

Have a look at our photos from some of our outdoor activities this week, followed by our pupil comments.

Aliza- this week we got to see our buddies! We also done the bleep test in p.e . We have also been learning Spanish phrases and words everyday.

Declan-This week we were learning about the rights of the child and made leaflets about it in writing.

Erwin – This week on Monday, we had a spelling test, we also did fitness with Miss Mc Cormack on Thursday. It was hardish !!!!!

Nicola-Today Mrs Black and Mrs Craig are leaving, we were upset that they are leaving but they were on the wall or hall of fame.

Emma-This week we went to see our buddie! My buddy is called Abigail people say I look like her as well.  Today Mrs Craig and Mrs Black are leaving L

Rugare- This week we had the Ninian’s Natter and a bake sale; the cakes looked delicious J

Emily- this week we got to meet our buddies!!!! And mine is called Victoria we met them on Monday. Today we had an achievement assembly, also Mrs Craig and Mrs Black left.

Neave- this week we had French with Mrs Howley. In  French we played lotto (bingo)there were 3 winners me –Neave, Declan and Erwin. During our bingo game we got a visit by (drum roll please )
Mrs Purdie. She played one of the games and hade 2 numbers left  to win.

Amera-this week we had reading with the p1m. We also had French with Mrs Howley.  We counted up to 30 and back down. This was a challenge.

Kieran- I was prefecting the infant area. And the rest of the week we did numeracy and Literacy.

Jennifer-today was a dress down day and after this no more school!!!!!but only for two weeks.

 

I hope everyone has a great time over the holidays!!
I’m looking forward to our next term, starting with our Low Port trip – please remember to bring everything you need on the first day back!!