Hello everyone!

Here is a little snapshot of what we have been learning recently in P6a.

Ferida – Our new topic is World War 2, and we have been looking at the D-Day Landings which began 75 years ago yesterday. We have also been learning about the Holocaust and what life was like in a concentration camp.

Skye – Learning about concentration camps and gas chambers makes me feel sad. It was terrible.

Coen – Mrs Hastings showed us some pictures she took at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. It looks awful.

Liam – It’s so sad what happened there.

Charlie – Last week we competed in a cross country race. The Windyknowe boys’ team came first out of 6 schools!

Liam – In PE with Mrs Howard we have been playing rounders. It’s really fun!

Charlie – Miss Hesp has been teaching us skills for basketball. We have learned how to dribble, shoot and do a lay-up.

Ferida – We found out our new teacher today. I am excited to start P7!

Lewis – For the last few weeks we have been seeing our buddies in the nursery. Next week we will be helping them get started in Primary 1. I’m looking forward to spending more time with them when I’m in P7.

Coen – We wrote a letter to our new teacher to tell her a bit about ourselves.

In Primary 5 we have been learning;

• about equivalent fractions – Usman
• how to identify the features of a book review – Aaron
• how to calculate fractions of a number – Olly
• how to jump over hurdles in PE – Liam
• how to do the long jump safely in PE – Cody
• about William Wallace and key events in his life – Nino
• how to write a diary of events told in the past tense – Leanna
• different starting positions for running 100m race – Loughlan
• how to use water colours and oil pastels to create reflection pictures of Linlithgow Palace – Elliot
• how to improve our handwriting by writing out the lyrics to “Flower of Scotland” – Alfie
• how babies are made in health – Joshua
• how to edit and improve our writing – CJ
• how to order decimals – Daniel
• how to understand and convert improper fractions -Danny
• how to work backwards to solve a maths problem – Hailey
• how to calculate fractions of shapes – Jack
• how to act out scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots in drama – Mario
• how to make patterns with musical instruments – Jake
• how to calculate the area and perimeter of a shape – Oran
• how to tell the difference between fact and opinion – Scarlett
• about Scottish music including the Red Hot Chilli Pipers – Lucy
• about how Rizzio, MQoS friend, died  – Paighton
• how to use =, < and > signs in numeracy – Lana
• how to identify commands, statements, questions and exclamations in reading – Sasha
• how to weigh objects and measure mass – Mara
• how to do a kneel start sprint in PE – Usman
• how to throw a javelin – Mya
• how to create PowerPoint Presentations on William Wallace

Hello,

Here is what P3HW have been learning this week!

Rizuana- We have been learning about fractions. We have been doing fifths, quarters, thirds and halves.

Logan- We have been doing really hard sums with the calculators. It was fun!

Lewis- In writing we were doing our own topic we chose on Africa.

Angela- We have been doing run a mile.

Ramzi- This is because we are trying to run a marathon before the summer holidays!

Ailie- We have been doing our presentations all about Africa.

Jacob- We’ve been researching at home and at school about the topic we’ve chosen.

Oliver- We’ve been seeing other people’s knowledge of Africa.

Demi- Also people used the internet for their presentations.

Have a good weekend from P3HW!