Primary 6 Blog
It has been a busy few weeks in Primary 6W!
In numeracy we have been continuing to work on our fractions, decimals and percentages topic. We have been learning how to create equivalent and simplified fractions as well as learning how to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to percentages. In Maths we have been learning to calculate the area and perimeter of a shape.
In literacy we have been working on improving our poetry skills by creating our own poems based on the themes of WW2 and Christmas. As part of our listening and talking topic we have been learning to create small weekly presentations about “Our Weekend” to share with the class. We make some notes in our jotter to help us remember the key parts we want to share.
In Health and Wellbeing we have been continuing to develop our abilities in balance and control through Parkour. We have designed and created our own Parkour Agility courses using a variety of gym equipment to really test ourselves. We have also been improving our rhythm and timing through the context of dance, in preparation for our Christmas Party. We learned the steps to The Slosh, 5, 6, 7, 8, The Macarena, The Cha Cha Slide and The Superman Dance. We even got to teach the entire school the dances in our whole school Christmas Danceathon.
We have also been learning about The Earthshot Prize as part of our Health and Wellbeing Topic. We have listened to all the nominations for each of the categories and voted for the ones we think are the best ideas. Then we watched the prize ceremony to see if our guess was correct.
In art we have been creating winter mosaic scenes using torn paper in different shades of blue. We will share some pictures once they have been completed.
In Science we took part in a whole school STEAM Challenge. Our class had to make a reindeer that could fly. We were given balloons, string paper and pegs. This was a difficult challenge but some of us managed to do it. We learned how to improve our experiment by understanding how friction and thrust works.
In French we have been investigating how people in France celebrate Christmas and learning French vocabulary linked to Christmas.
As part of our enterprise topic we created some “Melted Snowman Slime” and some green “Grinch Slime to sell at the Christmas Fair. We also had some decorated CD decoration to sell too. We were really pleased to see that all our items sold out in the first few ours of the fair and so we have managed to make a profit which will go into school funds to help buy more art resources.
We are also very pleased to hear that The Windyknowe Christmas Window Display, which was organised by Tesco Bathgate, won first prize!
We have also enjoyed our Christmas Party, Christmas Lunch and Movie morning since our last Blog Update.
We hope you all have a safe, happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!!
