P7b were given a ‘Countdown’ style challenge as part of our mental maths today. We were given a target total and 6 numbers, we could only use each number once. We explored different approaches and came very close to the target total.

Can anyone help us or come up with a solution?

Target total: 598

100 50 25 4 9 10

-Remember each number can only be used once.
-You can use any operation e.g addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.

First of all we would like to say congratulations to our candidates for Head Boy and Girl who have their interviews today. We also want to say well done to everyone who applied and completed such excellent application forms. Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputies will be announced next week.

Well done to all pupils who have been appointed as Prefects. Prefect duties will begin next week.

This week we have continued to help and support our P1 buddies and have enjoyed getting to know them better.

To celebrate Roald Dahl day next week we voted for Danny Champion of the World to be read as our class novel. We are really enjoying the novel so far.

In writing we have been working on persuasive speeches and thinking about what we would do to improve the school. We have tried hard to use repetition, persuasive language and exaggeration.

In music with Ms MacDonald P7b have been working on a song with a growth mindset theme. We are enjoying being creative and applying our musical talents with some help from Gregor, Scott and their guitars!

In maths we have been exploring place value, what it means and how we can use it. We will continue working on this as well as developing our skills in rounding next week. As part of problem solving we have explored number patterns and sequences and discussed the rule the sequence follows.

Have a great weekend and we will post another update next Friday.

Miss Brown and P7

It has been a really busy but exciting week. A very important role in P7 is being a buddy to the new P1 pupils. As part of this we have created and edited a video and made posters and leaflets to help share our knowledge with the school. We want to ensure we are quality buddies!

In PE with Mr Muldoon we completed the beep test and are going to be working really hard to improve our fitness this term.

In class we have been working on putting together our class charter. This has involved deciding on articles as well as teacher and pupil agreements to ensure everyone respects these rights. We completed designs and voted for our favourite one. Kyle, Rowan, Lochlan and Finlay’s wonderful monopoly design won!

It has been a busy week completing application forms at home. To help us with this process we have reflected on our skills and qualities and thought about what positions we would like to apply for.

It has been really enjoyable spending lots of time with our P1 buddies. It is great to see them settling in so well and helping them to become more independent.

Have a great weekend, from P7b.