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Numeracy & Maths

We have been practising our times tables every day with our Mad Maths Minutes! In numeracy we are learning different methods of multiplication such as the grid method, the lattice method, partitioning and the Japanese method.  Our knowledge and understanding of these methods will help us decide which is the most efficient when solving multiplication problems!  We also entered a STEAM competition from ASSET to design and create a paper aeroplane which could travel a long distance.  The winner in our class made it to 9ft!  In maths we are learning about data handling by creating our own databases.

Literacy

In literacy we wrote persuasive application letters, an autobiographical account of a journey and we are entering the West Lothian Bathgate Hills writing competition!  We used our listening and talking skills to present to the class, either for a leadership position or on a subject of our own choice.  We are all a bunch of confident and clear speakers!

Other areas

During indoor P.E we are nearing the end of our block of gymnastics.  We have learned how to do specific and technical jumps and rolls and we are going to be creating our own sequence of gymnastics movements to perform to the class.  Our outdoor P.E block has involved our very own P7 boot camp and lots of teamwork games and activities.

We have enjoyed learning about the Scottish Parliament.  We have created factfiles, SWAYs and posters to demonstrate our understanding of the history of Scottish Politics, the 6 main political parties and their manifestos  and the roles and responsibilities of an MSP.  We are looking forward to building a 3D model of the Scottish Parliament building next week!

We completed the portraits of the staff at Windyknowe!  Next time you are in school, take a look on the wall at the office and see if you can guess who is who!

We have enjoyed:

T – I liked going to the woods to do a phonics hunt with our buddies.

O – I loved when we went to the Muga and made our own stations for PE!

O – I have enjoyed learning about different genres in writing.

R – I liked our Mad Maths!

Numeracy

We got to meet Mrs Lundberg in person! She came to visit us here at Windyknowe and showed us all some more methods to use when calculating problems using fractions.  It was really nice to meet one of our future teachers at the Academy! We are continuing to solve problems using fractions, decimals and percentages.

Literacy

In literacy we have been writing reports.  We had our very own crime scene outside the P7 classrooms where poor Mr Swift suffered an untimely demise! We had to use clues found at the crime scene and the information given from the back story to try and solve the case! Of course, this was all make-believe, but we had great fun role playing as detectives and our written reports were fantastic!

Other areas

Congratulations to all of the P7 children who represented the school as part of Potted Sports and the Swimming Gala for the Bathgate Procession.  Each and every one of you did us proud!

We enjoyed creating French menus for our imaginary restaurants!  There are definitely some budding entrepreneurs amongst us!

Our leaver’s assembly preparations are well underway and we will be issuing lines to learn next week!

We have enjoyed:

F – The crime scene was fun and really mysterious!

F – I enjoyed doing P.E and watching the potted sports competition.

N – The crime scene setup was different and made writing really fun!

B – I really enjoyed being part of the Potted Sports Team because I got to play games with my friends.

Numeracy

We are continuing to enjoy our Transition project with Armadale Academy every week.  In class, we have been adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals by whole numbers.  Some of us have been teaching small groups in Primary 3 how to use our new probots.

Literacy

In literacy we are focusing on writing our own newspaper articles and learning about the features that we need to include and also how to use a formal tone in writing.  We continue to read daily in class and with our teacher twice a week.  We are making good progress with our inference skills!

Other areas

Last week we went up to Armadale Academy to take part in an outdoor learning workshop.  We split into groups and we got to do lots of fun things including: mountain biking, building hammocks, orienteering and fire building!  The fire building was very popular because we got to toast marshmallows at the end!  It was fun to see where we will be going to school next session and we got a flavour of the type of things we will do.  As well as some secondary teachers, there were S4 pupils helping at the workshops, so we were able to quiz them!

As part of our leaver’s assembly we are incorporating more drama, music and art into our IDL afternoons.  The countdown is on….

We have enjoyed:

O – I enjoyed making hammocks at the Academy, it was fun and relaxing when we got to lie in it!

E – It was fun to toast marshmallows and they tasted great!

A – I could easily sleep in a hammock, it is very relaxing.

R – It was great fun learning how to tie the hammocks in different ways.