P7MO 27th of January 2023

Recently we have entered a door competition for countries. In this we decorate a door for a country of our choosing. The theme for our door is Germany. This will be judged next Thursday. This is part of our Languages Week focus.

We also have a new Greek Myths topic. We have been drawing the Greek Gods e.g Zeus, Hera etc. And we have been writing our own Greek myths.

We have all been getting ready for our P5-7 show which is based around the Beatles. We have been practicing our songs and parts and will soon begin making our own props. Keep an eye out for the tickets.

We have also been working away at a new project called Social Enterprise, in which we had to plan a business model. Each group had to try and design what they think the business should be, but as a class we collectively decided on a juice bar. The business is a non-profit, so all the money it makes is split between more resources for the bar and charity.

This is looking to be a very busy term, with lots to look forward to!

–  P7MO

January 26th 2023 P6W Blog

Primary 6W Blog Update

We have been very busy in P6 since returning from Christmas break. We have welcomed our teaching student, Miss McAdam, who will be working with us until February 24th

Literacy

We have been linking our literacy work to our Scottish Focus Fortnight in school. We have been reading The Eejits in Scots and trying to translate it back to English. We have been reading some of Mrs Welsh’s old Oor Wullie and Broons books in order to help us create our own comic strips. We have been using scots dictionaries to find the scots equivalent for our spelling words and we have been learning to recite a piece of Scottish poetry as part of our Robert Burns Recital. We also had a Vertical Learning afternoon where we mixed with pupils form P5 and other teachers to learn different aspects of Scottish literature. With Mrs Welsh, we were learning about the importance of Scots Gaelic and how to say numbers and colours in Gaelic too.

This week we have been linking writing to our Scottish Myths and Legends topic by researching, identifying and writing about the differences between myths and legends in different cultures.

Numeracy and Maths

In numeracy we have been developing our ability to solve and simplify a range of algebraic equations and in maths we have been working on different ways to identify position and movement. This has included revision how to use coordinates in both 1 and 4 quadrants and how to identify, label and measure angles using a protractor. We have also been using Plickers to demonstrate our learning.

Others

In PE we have been learning the skills needed to play both handball and tennis. In Health we have been discussing how friendships can change over time and how to resolve conflicts.

As part of Chinese New Year celebrations, we had a go at making Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup. By doing this we were developing our skills in chopping, slicing, grating and boiling.

P4hs – Learn It! Log it! Blog It! 25th January 2023

This term our new topic is Scottish Wars of Independence and we have been learning about some of Scotland’s heroes and other significant people such as – William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, King Edward I, King Alexander, Margaret the Maid of Norway, John Balliol and King Edward III.  We have started to create our own fact files on William Wallace which we are looking forward to sharing with P4s.

We are busy preparing for our up and coming assembly on Friday 10th February.  We have started to learn our lines and songs for our performance. We are so excited  and we hope to see you all there to share our learning.

We have also been learning our Scottish poems.  We each had to choose a poem and learn it to recite to the class.  It was lovely to hear all our poems and we enjoyed using scots language.

We are just about finished our class novel ‘The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch’ and once finished we will be moving on to our new novel ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid in scots – Diary of a Wimpy wean!

Primary 4 are lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work with a Mandarin Teacher, Miss Liao every Monday afternoon from now until the Easter break.  We really enjoyed our first lesson where Miss Liao introduced us to her home country, China, and we learned about traditions and celebrations that take place at Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the rabbit.

In expressive arts we are learning about Scottish artists, Gillian Kyle and Nikki Monaghan.  We have completed some artwork in the styles of each artist.  We particularly enjoyed creating our landscapes in the style of Nikki Monaghan’s ‘Fields of Silver.

We have started our multiplication and division topic in numeracy which we are really enjoying.