{"id":20266,"date":"2022-02-25T15:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/windyknowe\/?p=20266"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:16:27","slug":"24-2-22-p6w-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/windyknowe\/2022\/02\/25\/24-2-22-p6w-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"24.2.22 P6W Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

It certainly has been a busy few weeks in P6W since we last shared our learning!<\/p>\n

We participated in a number of tasks as part of \u201cLanguages Week\u201d at the beginning of February.\u00a0 Each task undertaken earned us points towards a school competition which we won jointly with P2C. Here are the activities we took part in and some pictures of the tasks.<\/p>\n

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–\u00a0 Get Set Activity\u00a0 – Learn how to say \u201cHow are you?\u201d in 6 different language – French, Spanish, British Sign Language, Russian, Chinese, German . Respond to register call (Individual task)-<\/p>\n

Freestyle \u2013 (Pupil Led Lesson)\u00a0 Paper Origami Tiger Bookmark to celebrate Chinese New Year (Individuals task)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Listen to a story in a different Language \u2013 The Eejits in Scots (Class)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

– \u00a0 Sing a song in another language -Chu Chu Wa (Class)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0Find and cook a recipe from another country \u2013 chicken noodle soup (5 Groups)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0Wordwall Language Quiz (Class)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

–\u00a0 Design a badge featuring a word or phrase in another language (Individual Task)<\/p>\n

Languages Week Quiz \u2013 completed in jotter and peer assessed (Individual task)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0Create a piece of art inspired by a famous artist from another country. Piet Mondrian stained glass windows (Individual task)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0Free writing in Spanish – Carmen (Individual)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0Children order lunch in Spanish \u00a0– respond to register call (Individual task)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Spanish Lesson \u2013 Freestyle Challenge. Ordering food in Spanish\u00a0 – Listening and talking challenge (individual task)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0 Watch a story you know in another language \u2013 El Grufalo (Class)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

–\u00a0 Freestyle Challenge\u00a0 – Get Set Task-\u00a0 Duolingo Lesson (Individual task<\/p>\n

– PE\/ IDL\u00a0 – Learn how to dance like a Russian Kossak (Individual task)<\/p>\n

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In addition our special language focus, we have also been developing a number of other skills;<\/p>\n

Numeracy \u2013 We have been learning all about how to manage finances by creating a budget.\u00a0 Mrs Welsh set us the task of planning a holiday with a set criteria and a budget.\u00a0 Here is one of the proposals put forward for consideration.<\/p>\n

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IDL \u2013 We have continued to work on our Russian topic, which has had even more relevance now given how much Russia has been in the news lately.\u00a0 We have been learning about the physical and human geography of Russia \u2013 learning about its varying biomes.\u00a0 To link with our writing theme of \u201cinformation texts,\u201d we have also been investigating and learning about famous Russians like Putin, Rasputin, Gagarin and Tchaikovsky. We will make notes and then use our notes to write a biography.<\/p>\n

Next week we will be beginning a mystery topic.\u00a0 Mrs Welsh had been giving us clues each day this week to help us guess what it is.\u00a0 Do you think you know?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as developing our ball skills in PE, we have also been learning how to do orienteering.\u00a0 We have been learning how to read maps accurately and even participated in an orienteering course around the school grounds. We also became quite interested in the Winter Olympics, especially when Team GB were doing so well.\u00a0 Miss Foote and Mrs Welsh arranged for some indoor curling equipment to be delivered so we could practise the skills we had observed.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In science we have been investigating materials by carrying out a number of different experiments.\u00a0 We were separating materials by filtering (sand\/water), sieving (Flour\/ raisins), Evaporation (Salt\/water) and magnetism (rice\/paperclips).\u00a0 We have also been investigating reversible and irreversible reactions by mixing warm milk and vinegar to create casein plastic and bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to create carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

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