Primary 6W Blog 28.1.22

Primary 6W Blog – 28.1.22

Numeracy and Maths

In numeracy we have been learning how to calculate the missing digit in an algebra equation. We have been sharing different strategies and finding the one that works best for us.  In maths, we have been learning how to calculate and measure angles using a protractor.

Literacy

In literacy we have been focussing on the Scots Language as part of our Whole School Project.  We learned a range of Scottish words including “Wheesht,” and “Glasik.”  We were then using the words learned during our spelling tasks to translate familiar stories into Scots.  We have also been looking at famous Scots cartoon characters – The Broons and Oor Wullie.  We discussed characterisation and then used that knowledge to complete a selection of comic strips. We have also been learning a selection of Scottish poems for our Scottish Poetry Recital.

Health and Wellbeing

In PE we have been working on our Handball skills.  We have been practising controlling the ball with our hands – bouncing, shooting and intercepting.  We have also been working on an Orienteering project where we have been improving our map reading skills.  We plan to link this to our Scots topic and create our own Oor Wullie Bucket Trail, modelled on the original one in 2019.

IDL

As part of our Scots focus, we had a go at making Scotch broth soup.  We read the recipe, followed the instructions and prepared all the ingredients independently before of course sampling!

We have also been carrying out scientific experiments looking at the properties of different materials.  We have tested magnetism, flexibility, transparency, Conductivity and ability to insulate effectively.

Health and Wellbeing

We have been discussing our Dreams and Goals for the future.  We have created electronic presentations to share with the rest of the class.

Primary 5m – Friday 28th January 2022

We have been learning about Scottish inventors and this week we focussed on John Logie Baird, who invented the television. During our lessons we got to make flip books. Hopefully you will have seen the ones we brought home.

In writing, we learnt to write Haikus. Did you know a Haiku has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the third line? Our theme for our Haikus was winter.

As part of our PE we got to take the volleyballs out and we practised our passes and played tadpoles. We will explain the rules for tadpoles when we get home.

This week our Numeracy has focussed on dividing. The methods we were allowed to use were step sums, sharing and putting them into fractions.

We went online for the author sessions. We got to ask questions of the authors about their books and writing. There were a lot of questions.

We will be in touch soon to tell you more about our learning.

P4ps Blog :) 27/1/2022

Primary 4ps have lots to say about their learning so far this term!

We have been learning about Robert the Bruce – RH

We have been learning division and times tables – LK

We are learning about Scottish poems – JJ

P4p are going to tell us about William Wallace – LG

We learned about John Comyn and how he died because of Robert the Bruce – PB

We learned the grid method strategy to help with our multiplication – CD

Paul came in to sing to us and read us one of his stories – ZY

Some of us spent time with the P7’s and they taught us the lattice method to help us with our multiplication – LT