We have had another very busy week in Primary 6S. Here is a snapshot of some of our learning activities.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Mrs Kinnear is our Health and Wellbeing expert! Have a look on the school Twitter page for the posters the children have been creating with her. We have also created our own stories based around “The Koala Who Could”. This was a lovely tale of a character who overcame difficulties. The children wrote their own stories based around this theme, and their imaginations and ideas were so good. These will be displayed in our Health and Wellbeing area in the class, and also shared with the younger children. Here are some of their stories:

Here are some of their koalas:

With Mrs Creaney, the children have been practising circuits … in the hall! At last! For outdoor PE this week, we put a modern twist on games which Victorian children would have played, including hoops, skittles and hopscotch.

LITERACY

Our “Ten Minute Text” at the moment is A Little Princess. The children are really engaged with this story of childhood and school in times gone by, and are using all of their reciprocal reading strategies to help with understanding of the story. It is also an opportunity for vocabulary development.

The class submitted their entries for the class library competition and worked together to create a wishlist. Some very good choices and an understanding of budget displayed! Here are some of their library area designs:

MATHS AND NUMERACY

We have continued our work on fractions this week, using cuisenaire rods to display fractions of a whole. The class is also entered in the West Lothian Sumdog Competition which runs until Thursday 2nd December.

OTHER NEWS

There is a new working area outside the classroom, where the children will be able to carry out their learning; there is also a quiet corner with some mindful activities. Pictures to follow. The children will be introduced to this on Monday. Thanks to parents and carers who have supported their children to post learning from home – feedback on the way.

The children in Primary 6S have been very busy over the past few weeks. They revised how to write blog posts by looking at some of the posts from their Primary 1 teachers which included some funny photographs of them as they started school.

The class worked in pairs and trios to create representations of their learning. We hope you enjoy sharing this.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

One of our pupils finds that drawing helps him to be calm and ready to learn. He is a very talented artist and draws on his knowledge to create these super pieces of art.

STEM

With Mrs Creaney, the children have been exploring the world of engineering and technology through the use of Lego. They worked together using skills for life, learning and work to build models.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

On Thursday 11th November at 11.00am, the class very respectfully and responsibly took part in a two minute silence to remember those who fought for their country. They created and displayed a silhouette and poppies for the classroom window.

TOPIC

Our class topic this term is The Victorians. The children have really engaged with this and are quite horrified at what life was like for Victorian children! They have shared their learning so far with some written work including mindmaps. Look at the William Morris wallpaper on our display board. We will be looking at Victorian toys next.

NUMERACY

We have been revising fractions we already know and exploring new ways of understanding and representing fractions. We have had a Kahoot! quiz to show what we know, and have used Numicon boards and pieces to show how to cover up a fraction of the board. Numicon is an excellent “concrete” resource which the children can move around and piece together on the board.

The children have become very engaged in our Number Talks, for which we have been using EstiMysteries. These look like simple guessing games – but oh no! The children are becoming very confident at sharing their strategies for decisions made, and are using their times tables knowledge and 100 squares very efficiently to eliminate the incorrect possibilities.

LITERACY

We have been using the descriptive bubble in our Writing. This encourages the children to think of certain criteria to uplevel their work – colour, size, number, shape, doing, position, texture. They created pieces of writing using only a picture as a starter, so had to think creatively. Their writing has been made into a book which is on display in the classroom.

For our Ten Minute Text (after lunchtime) the children have watched a series from 1974! Mrs Sutherland used to watch this after school when she was younger. Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce has been a great hit with the children, and has given them an opportunity to apply their reciprocal reading skills including prediction and summarising.

Very many of the children are regularly achieving Outstanding or Good Day. This is great Primary 6S, and Mrs Sinclair will be delighted with your hard work and attitude. Well done.