Category: Primary 6

This week our classroom has received a make over!  Our colour scheme is purple and grey and it has created a lovely learning environment for us.

As part of our ongoing topic of WW2 we have been looking at propaganda posters and the slogans that were used.  We discussed how these posters were designed to be persuasive and to project certain images to the reader.  We then focused on four of the most iconic slogans and created our own posters by either being inspired by posters from the time or by creating our own.  Here are a few examples,

In our Numeracy learning this week we have focused on transferring and manipulating our knowledge of numbers and the number processes to tackle a mixture of mental maths questions, word problems and problem solving tasks.  Here is an example of a problem solving question, if you can work out the solution draw it out and take a photograph of it and Dojo it (extra dojo points available!).

For our Health and Wellbeing learning this week PC Cochran visited our classroom and gave us a talk on “Choices”.  We were able to listen to and participate in discussions about making good choices and consequences for those who do not make good choices.  He also shared with us an insight into life as a Police Officer and showed us his protective clothing and equipment.  What a great experience it was for all.

In PE we have been learning new games and team games and developing our ability to follow rules and create/adapt rules to suit our own needs.  Below is a clip of the rules for Mushroom Ball which is proving to be a popular warm-up game.

Next week we will begin to deliver our class topics about WWII.  It will be really interesting to see the different aspects of the war which people have chosen to research.  A reminder about some of the Green For Growth comments that were given after last terms talks, these will help you focus on ensuring that you deliver and present your information well,

• Make eye contact with the audience (looking round from the screen or looking up from your notes)
• Using your own words and not just reading a script or directly from power point slides
• Asking higher order questions about the presentations that you listen to.

Enjoy your weekend.

This week has been pretty exciting.  We were out of class for 2 days whilst our classroom was getting painted.  It’s now fresh, bright and looks great! It was very exciting coming in this morning and seeing what a difference the bright colour has made to our classroom.

Whilst out of the classroom for 2 days we used the space in the dinner hall to help us with our science.  This week we focused on the Solar System and Sound Waves.  We focused on the size of the solar system and used lots of previous learning in maths to help us map out the solar system to scale. We even managed to do this in the playground!  Also, we used our knowledge of drawing circles to draw all the planets to scale, this was a tricky task as some had to be drawn very small, whilst some were too big to draw with a compass. The class worked excellently in their groups and produced fantastic work.

Here are our comments and photographs this week:

Erwin – this week we been talking about the solar system for science in class and it was fun!

Jennifer-this week our classroom got painted lilac and we got to work in the hall I think it’s good working in the hall because we had more space we were put in groups to work in and learned about the solar system, sound waves and animals. We have also been taking part in a daily lent challenge.

Kieran- This week we done science which included things about the solar system and sound waves the top is called the peek the bottom is the trough. We were in the lunch hall instead of our classroom as it was being painted. We went outside and drew planets they were Mercury , Venus, Earth, Mars, Uranus and Neptune the dwarf planets are Pluto and Eris.

Aliza- This week we all gave in our buddy applications and soon we are going to be buddies!! On Wednesday and Thursday we had to sit in the lunch hall because our classroom was being painted purple. We have been learning about the solar system this week and we learnt lots of information about all the different planets!

Emma-This week we had to hand in our buddy applications and on Wednesday and Thursday we got moved to the lunch hall in the lunch hall we learned about: The solar system, Sound waves  and Animal communication. IT WAS AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!

Emily- this week we were working in the hall because our class room was getting painted. We were learning about the solar system. and got to meet our new deputy head teacher.

Amera-this week p6 were in the dinner hall because our classroom was getting painted. And we had to hand in our buddy application to try to get a buddy and if the teachers in the nursery liked the application we would get a buddy!!

This week we have completed our block of work on data handling.  Our final focus was to look at pie charts and to use our prior learning about fractions and percentages to help us with our learning.  All though this will not be our focus during our maths lessons in the next few weeks we have definitely learned some great skills for life in how to record data and create a graph, we are looking forward to seeing all the maths homework due in next week to see this learning in action.

In literacy we looked at Performance Poetry and how we can read poetry with intonation, expression and at different speeds to create effect.  We were inspired by the poem The Sound Collector to use onomatopoeia within our work.  Here is the poet Roger McCough reading his poem

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zc6qxnb

Using the context of The Blitz as part of our WW2 project we have started to create our own poetry.  We have all made a start and will continue this into next week.  A special mention to Aurora, she has already created a fabulous first draft and we will share this next week on the blog.

Mrs Docherty worked with the class on Wednesday of this week and we all learned about Democracy.  We used the starting point of our topic WW2 and understood what the difference between democracy and dictatorship is.  From here we discussed and worked on learning about democracy in relevant terms today and how it impacts our life.  We have all recognised how much of a voice we have in our school and then compared this to other countries today where there is not democracy in action.  This has helped us deepen our understanding of the importance of the UN Convention For The Rights Of The Child.

We are nearing the end of our swimming block.  Today in the pool there was some outstanding work and perseverance skills on display.  Well done to Moiz who is making super progress with his confidence in the water.  Freya continues to use her super swimming skills to be a role model for others through demonstrations and  Jack’s back crawl has made significant improvement.  Everyone has been now been given the opportunity to explore the fun side of swimming through using floats, flippers and water polo balls.  Great fun!

Next week we will be working for some of the week in The Hub as our classroom is being painted.  We will share photographs of our refreshed learning environment next week.

Have a lovely weekend.

What a fantastic week in Primary 6!

Pupils who are interested in becoming buddies next year have all been given an application form.  The forms handed back so far have been fantastic! It’s great to see how our school values shine through our pupils.  All buddy applications should be handed in before Friday 17th March.

Here are our comments for this week:

Neave – on Thursday in P.E our amazing teacher showed us how to flip half way round and come back again on the ropes. We were also doing sit-ups, push-ups and dips on the bench.

Jennifer – at P.E we went on the ropes. I love the ropes, we did half flips and Miss McCormack is amazing at them she was the best

Emma – This week in P.E we had hockey on Tuesday and on Thursday Miss McCormack showed us how to go upside down on the ropes it was awesome! And on Thursday we learned about bossy verbs. I’m really excited today because we’re having a football tournament!!

Rugare – I participated in a fun netball tournament.

Aliza – this week we handed in our buddy form and most of us might become buddies!  So exciting!

Kieran – on Wednesday we did cameo pictures, which are Victorian photographs with Mrs young. We used photographs and black and coloured paper.

Edwin – on Thursday we wrote instructions on how to get ready for school and it was fun.

The Victorian Silhouettes look fantastic! Great work! Hopefully we can get them up on display after our classroom has been painted. It’s great to hear that so many of you enjoyed PE this week.  We will continue to build our skills on the ropes.

Finally, a big Thank You and Well Done to those who have been completing the Lenten Challenges.  Mrs Purdie has been posting these everyday, keep trying on the lead up to Easter!