P6/7 Busy as ever!

In Maths some groups were learning how to calculate bills and figure out best buys. For some calculations we were using calculators and worked in groups. Another group were working on Hire Purchase calculations and will begin to look at Foreign Exchange.

In writing we were creating a reflective piece of writing, based around The Battle of the Somme from WW1. We took notes from videos and footage from the Battle which we used to help us with factual content. Some of the writing was so emotional it made Mrs Browne cry.

In PE we were further developing our handball and benchball skills. Everyone made good progress but Chloe and Jowita showed the greatest improvement.

We created clothes designs for dolls. We had to measure the models and select materials before creating a template to cut material from.  The next step is to sew the cut material to create the outfits.

Jammin Fitness Workshops

The whole school has been very fortunate to have 2 visits from Andy McKechnie from Jammin’ Fitness. Andy presented  whole school assemblies on Rights Respecting schools issues and Mindsets.

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The pupils also were given the opportunity to be active and take part in some dance and fitness activities.

 

After each assembly the P6/7 class took part in workshops about presentation skills and leadership.

They gained lots of tips and advice on presentation skills and will put these to good use in their forthcoming assembly.

What’s going on in P6/7?

In PE with Mr Cox we have started a new block of handball. We started by practising our passing skill and then applied these to a game situation.

Katie & Chloe P6

We brought our own clothes in from home to take part in a fashion show in class.We wrote a descriptive paragraph about our chosen outfit to be read as we modelled during the fashion show.

Witkoria & Carlotta P6

We were working individually and with partners to create sections of our assembly which will be shared with parents/carers and other classes on Wednesday 28th September 2016.

Abby  P7

We created Growth Mindset posters which will be displayed around the school after being shown at our Assembly.

Donnie & Kian P7

In Maths we have been working on money. Some groups have been looking at budgetting and credit cards APR calculations, other groups have been calculating bills and creating receipts.

Ryan P7 & Kai P6

We were practising putting someone into the recovery position in small groups. Then we recorded this using the I Pad.

Alice, Louise & Jowita P6.

P 3/4/5

Our comments on the trip

Melissa – The exhibition was terrific because we saw real Celtic things.

Cyrus – I enjoyed digging in the workshop and finding a smashed pot that looked like a pizza.

Ffion – I liked looking in the trays to find things in the workshop.

Kelsey – I enjoyed being an archaeologist and digging up the past.

Angus – I liked listening to the information from the touch screens.

Alexander – My favourite bit was seeing the film about the Celtic art.

Lewis – I enjoyed the digging, but I found something hard which I couldn’t dig up so had to move somewhere else where I dug up a rock.

Tia – I enjoyed the handling session because I got to wear a real torc.

Meah and Sophie Lee – I enjoyed everything!!!!!

Chloe – I really liked the real Celtic chariot in the exhibition.

Toby – I liked seeing the Celtic man made out of stone.

Amber – The Celtic warrior helmet was my favourite thing in the exhibition.

Kieran – I enjoyed using the tweezers to pick out different things from the trays.

Jack – I liked the Celtic bowl with all the faces around it.

Helen/ Tara – We enjoyed everything too.

Gabrielle – I liked seeing the Celtic money .

P3/4

On Wednesday 14th September P 3/4/5 went to the National Museum in Edinburgh to visit the Celt exhibition as part of our topic on the Celts.

We had a great time, learned a lot (but knew a lot too!!!!), but were not allowed to take photos in the exhibition. However we did take pictures of us enjoying the workshop where we were archaeologists for a day.

Here are some of those photos of us in action.

Den Building at Beecraigs

This morning, the Eco Committee spent a morning building a shelter using materials found lying on the ground around them in the forest. They worked hard and worked as a team to create a super water-proof and cosy den. Now they are planning to share these skills with others in the school by organising a den building event.

Meet your new Eco Committee!!

Your new Eco Committee consists of one pupil from each year group. They are full of enthusiasm and are looking forward to helping us all become more aware of how we can take care of our environment. Their first job will be to get us all involved in carrying out a review of our school, then they will set targets for the year based on the results of this review.

P6/7’s thoughts for the week!

‘In maths we have been learning about money, using chimney sums and practising our times tables for our new topic Fashion and Retail’. Chloe

‘We’ve been practising how to make a 999 call in Health and Well Being’ Donnie.

‘We were practising our 17x tables using number lines’. Wiktoria

In French, we have been learning greetings, numbers and colours’ Carlotta

‘Mrs Browne gave us a decade to research about fashion. We did this with partners. My partner and I looked at 1910-1919’. Ryan

‘We have been doing a block of hockey in PE. We learned passing skills.’ Abby

‘Today in drama, we carried out emergency calls so that we know what to do in an emergency’. Katie

 

 

 

 

Another busy week in p1/2

We started our topic of minibeasts this week and have used it as a context for learning across much of the curriculum.

Brodie enjoyed hunting for minibeasts in the playground in the rain on Tuesday. He particularly liked the green caterpillar he found.

In maths  we have been learning about symmetry and Stephen enjoyed painting a symmetrical butterfly. Findlay enjoyed using a laptop game to match symmetrical shapes and Ciara enjoyed using the 2d shapes to create a symmetrical butterfly (see photos below).

We read ‘The bad tempered ladybird’ and then wrote our own stories about a bad tempered minibeast and thought about what another creature could say to make the minibeast happy. Kaila enjoyed writing her story about a grumpy spider who ended up happy because a butterfly said it could share her bugs.

In number, P2s have been practicing counting forwards and backwards to solve addition and subtraction problems and Elyse has enjoyed this. P1s have been learning how to write numbers up to 5 and practcing counting using active activities and laptop games.

 

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