Category: Primary 7

This week has been so much fun, 

Here are some of the exciting things we did: 

 

House Captain Elections 

This week some P6’s were in the running for House and Vice Captain. And the House Captains are: 

Calder: Captain: Marcella   Vice: Joseph 

Glasserton: Captain: Mark   Vice: Mirren 

Whithorn: Captain: Evie    Vice: Jan 

Galloway: Captain: Adrin   Vice: Brooke 

Pupil voice: 

Ambra: We did the house/vice captain event . 

Neve: We got told who the house captains are. 

Ailie: We tried for house captain. 

Mirren: I got vice captain for Glasserton and it was really exciting!. 

Brooke: I got vice captain for Galloway and I was really happy. 

 

P1 buddies!!!!!! 

This week we also took our buddies down to P1 for the first time. Everybody was so happy and so were their buddies.It was a little emotional for the parents. 

Ryan: I enjoyed being with my buddie at P1. 

Joshua: We got to take our buddies to primary 1. 

Jay: We got to take our buddies to P1. 

 

Scotish Education Awards 

MRS PURDIE WON!!!!!!!!!!  

Mrs Purdie won the Scotish Education Awards. Two of our P6 pupils went with her, Lauren and Jan, everyone was so happy that she won. 

Lauren: I went to the Scotish Education Awards and Mrs Purdie won the head teacher award. 

 

 

Thank you for reading our blog and we hope you have a great weekend!!!!!!  Remember it’s Wellbeing Week next week so come prepared for indoor and outdoor activities all week.

From P6/7! 

Written by: Ailie & Brooke 

 

 

Day 3

Another exciting day at Ford Castle!!

Groups A & B both took part in a Discovery walk through the local area. The walk was 3 hours long and the scenery was beautiful. We even went Geocaching along the route!
All groups have successfully completed the Assault Course (all very muddy again!), climbed Jacob’s Ladder and took part in some problem solving activities in the Initiative Challenge.
Group C also completed High All Aboard with everyone getting to the top for a duel and worked very well as a team to complete the Low Ropes Challenge.

Sarah- we did a 3 hour walk and it was VERY tiring but had so much fun.

Charlie: Today we did Jacopo’s ladder I did it with Zara and we managed to get two steps away from the top I really enjoyed it.

Isla: I really enjoyed doing the discovery walk and the Jacob’s ladder.

AL!!!: Had a rather tasty scone for his lunch, and can’t be sure but thinks he saw a unicorn in the back garden playing cricket.

Rebecca: I really enjoined doing the Jacobs Ladder with my partner and we got very high.

Bea: Camp has been fun through-out the week, and it’s been great being here! Can’t believe its nearly over.

Beth: Camp has been GREAT! The activities are so fun, my favourite one today has been the assault course which I was very fast at and Jacobs’s ladder which I made to the top but with very sore hands!

Mrs McCabe: My legs are so sore after that walk!

Mrs Roy: I take my hat off to you parents, so glad I’m handing them back to you all on Friday (only joking). Shattered after our 6 and a half mile walk today.

 

Day 2 has been excellent!!

We had a very wet morning which made lots of our activities very muddy! But the same came out this afternoon which was even better!

Groups B and C  took part in survival today – most muddy awards go to Zara, Kalin and Paige!! (Apologies in advance for the VERY dirty clothing).

All groups have now taken part in a wide range of activities with everyone making it over the zipline and working together to build the highest crate stacks. We had to follow lots of instructions during our fencing session and everyone took part in a duel! We have also all taken part in a photo trail of Ford village and learned lots about the local history. Everyone is building on their teamwork skills and overcoming fears! The pupils have been encouraging each other to push themselves and we are all having a great time!

Miss Diamond worked with those in the cooking club tonight to make their Banoffee Sundaes.

 

Pupil Voice:

Lewis –  Today we did crate stacking and it was really  fun and scary.

Rachel M – We did zip-lining today and it was one of my favourite activities so far. I was absolutely petrified, but after I tried it I loved it!

Grace-Today we were with an instructor called Sam and we did an activity where we made shelters and made a fire.

Jay-P – Today we did fencing we did four games and I really enjoyed it

Charlie: Today I have Enjoyed doing create stack I did it with Sarah and we managed to climb on top of 12 create.

We arrived safely at Ford Castle and have had a jam packed first day!

Group A have been in the words for Survival! They all enjoyed den building and making fires. Lorena was first to fall face first in the mud! They also took part in a photo trail of Ford village.

Groups B and C enjoyed a castle tour, archery and zip lining! Everyone made it across the zip line – even Miss Diamond and Miss McCormack!

Some pupils found it tricky to make their own beds but eventually all dorms are now ready for sleeping in!

We all enjoyed a lovely dinner and even had some free time to explore the castle grounds and play games.

Now on to our last activity for tonight – Grail Hunt!

We will update at the end of each day (internet connection permitting).

Hopefully everyone will have a good sleep tonight after such a busy first day!

 

** issues uploading photos – will do our best to get them up tomorrow! **

Primary 7 Blog

This week we had outdoor P.E and we were practicing our sprinting skills on the track and we were also throwing Frisbees and we were playing bouls!

On Wednesday the house and vice captains had their last ever assembly. On Thursday we showcased our movies all about Global Goal a lot of parents came in to watch us share them and we could tell by their faces they really enjoyed them!

Personal Comments:

Taylor- I really enjoyed showing the parents the global goals movie and I also enjoyed making it with my friends!

Zara- I enjoyed doing sprinting outside for P.E.

Charlie- I enjoyed writing about animals because I love them.

Rebecca-I enjoyed making the posters for the showcase.

Isla- I liked when we did the area and perimeter in maths this week.

Reminder: Primary 7 will be hosting a bake sale at parents night to raise money for our leavers event. Any cakes should be given to Miss McCormack on Wednesday.

By- Taylor Quinn and Zara McPhee

 

Invitation from St. Margaret’s

There is a family fun day and BBQ at St. Margaret’s on Sunday 9th June 12:30pm-2:30pm

All families of new s1 pupils welcome!

Teacher voice:

What a busy week for all of us in P6/7!

The focus has been preparing for our Global Goals showcase with our families.

Miss Lydon led the class in a tutorial for Imovie and the DoInk app on Monday to set us up for the week ahead.We were all working in our teams to film clips for our movies. This was happening all around the school with groups setting up filming areas with props, green screens, costumes, etc. Then we were given time to edit our clips and create an imovie project. For some of us this was a new experience and we had to rely on one another’s support and guidance.

By Thursday we all had our trailers and films ready to present to our families. This was a great afternoon with lots of families coming along to support us. Miss Lydon and I were really proud of all the groups!! See Twitter for photos.

It was also National Digital Learning Week so our movie projects were a great way for us to develop our digital skills and be creative!

National Numeracy Day started with a puzzle to crack during Smartstart and then we continued our learning about measure in mathematics.

Our P7 House Captains and Vice Captains led their final assembly about ‘INCLUDED’. They did a great job and we want to thank them for all of their efforts this year.

Next week the P7 pupils will be holding a Bake Sale during Parent’s Evening to raise funds for their leavers event in June, any donations of home-baking would be appreciated and should be handed into P7 classrooms on Wednesday morning.

Pupil voice – our highlights of the week:

Toni – Running 2 miles during PE!

Bea – Our showcase!

Thomas – The House Captains dance performance at assembly!

Cole – Writing a description about mobile phones!

Ethan – Winning maths countdown this morning!

Matt – Counting the money for Malawi and my last assembly!

Lorena – Our final House Captain assembly!

Beth – Filming and editing our imovie!

Brooke – Our showcase!

Jay – Our showcase!

Abi – Our showcase!

Mirren – Filming our movies!

Daniel – Editing our films!

Joshua – Our showcase!

Lorenzo – Making a movie!

Ryan – Filming our movies!

Ambra – Showcase event!

Harley – Filming our movie!

Lauren – Art – making artwork for Global Goals!

Teamwork has been awesome this week in P6/7 across our learning experiences. Well done everyone!

There has been a buzz about the place as we prepare for our showcase event next week.

All groups were putting the finishing touches to their research and storyboards in preparation for filming our movies next week. Our wall display is looking great with mind maps, posters, leaflets and photographs.

In maths we have been focusing on measure and have had lots of opportunities to put this into practice this week in  practical lessons.

In numbertalks we continue to develop our mental strategies for division and have updated our maths working wall.

It got noisy in PE as we were all cheering one another on in the high jump. It was great to see so many people jump heights they didn’t think were possible! Well done to Ethan and Matt who cleared 1m35cm. Crab football was also good fun with Mr McCurdy.

Miss Lydon had her tutor visit this week and we were all really proud of how well it went for her!

Good luck to Beth and Abi from our class and also to Emily P5 and Vanessa P7 who are competing in a gymnastics competition tomorrow, go girls!!

This half week we have been very busy preparing our class showcase about Global Goals. We have gone into groups and have been given a goal to research about and then make a movie.

We also made Global Goals posters all about pollution and climate change.

Mrs MacDonald came in on Thursday and we worked on number patterns.

Rachel: We had the high jump for P.E and we had to go really high.

Rebecca: On Thursday we had Mrs McDonald come in and do Maths and we worked on patterns.

In the week we had a visitor called Mrs Hunter and she came to see some of the classes.

On Friday we got Extra P.E and we played dodgeball and then we did another version called the Hunger Games.

 

Louise: I enjoyed doing high jump in PE.

Charlie: This week we have been working on Global Goals for our showcase.

Joseph: I liked making our Global Goals project with my group.

Chloe: It was Funky Friday and we got to listen to music at break time.

Brandon: On Friday we played dodgeball; it was super fun!

Kerrigan: I enjoyed Funky Friday because the music in the playground was so loud and a lot of people were dancing.

 

Good luck to the gymnasts competing tomorrow!!

 

 

We have had a very busy 2 weeks in primary 7 after our Easter break.

In Maths we have moved on to learning about measure. We are working on converting units of measure and measuring perimeter and area. Mrs Lauder also took us to the pond where we worked in pairs to calculate the height of trees. We used 3 different methods to do this. 1 was using a pencil to estimate; 1 was by measuring the height of out partner and making an estimation of how many of our partner would fit in the tree; and the other was by looking through our legs at a 45 degree angle. It was good fun learning outside and we would like to do it more often.

In writing we have been focusing on descriptive writing. We have written a factual description of the school. We also worked on writing a persuasive letter.

Our topic for this term will be the Global Goals. We have already looked at being responsible citizens by thinking about our consumption. We are working in groups on a different Global Goal each to create  short movie to show our parents.

Primary 7 leadership team were involved in showing Education Scotland around our school on Tuesday. It was a busy day but everyone did a fantastic job.

 

It is set to be a very busy last term for primary 7. All transition information will be shared as soon as we know about in. The pupils are very excited for secondary school and for school camp.

I’m sure it’ll be a great last term!