This morning, P5-P7 participated in a super handball festival. We played lots of rounds against our cluster primaries and had lots of fun!
Handball Festival Morning
Category: P4 – P7
Highlights from this week
Maths; Building, Thinking Classroom activities this week.
We are participating in the local Hobby Craft, Easter Bonnet competition. Some fabulous designs have been created and we can’t wait to hand them in to the shop for judging.
Building, Thinking Classrooms
This morning P5-P7 were working in random groups playing a game of reasoned rounding. Lots of collaboration and Math Talk Moves strategies within each group.
Health and Well-being
This week P5-7 had the chance to train up in leading their own lunch time club. During session 1 we explored the skills we would need to be able to organise a games club and we talked about the different sports we might like to play. Next week it is an outside active school’s session.
During Outdoor Learning we created our own design of our favourite book using only natural materials. We are also very proud of our new Bike shed!
Sustainability Events Week
Last Thursday the P5-7 enjoyed a visit to West Lothian College with other cluster schools. We had the opportunity to participate in 2 sustainability events led by the coaches and students in the college. Our first event was sports and Handball! Then in the afternoon we participated in a climate change workshop with lots of super discussion and videos. The sun shone for us all day, meaning we could picnic lunch outside and play in the college campus! Thank you to Caroline Jarvis, the lecturers and students for our invitation to this event.
Robert Burns Cottage and Museum
On Wednesday P5-P7 had a fabulous visit to Alloway in Ayrshire to learn more about social history and the famous poet Robert Burns. We visited the flagship museum after our sunny walk that weaved through the village, along the Poet’s Path, taking us from historical buildings to landmarks known to Burns. We also stepped inside Burns Cottage after our workshop, where Robert was born in 1759. Our favourite part was dressing up in character and the interactive museum.
Celtic Crofts Music
We had a fun afternoon session with Limelight music. They are here for 16 weeks and today was amazing! We started off with a few drama and singing games before learning a few notes on the Djembe drum. Lots of meta- skills in the session, including creativity, communication, collaboration and we are very excited for our future sessions.
Play at West Lothian College
Today we have had a fantastic morning at West Lothian College in their fabulous play area. The children got to be creative baking cupcakes, build with the blocks, create clay models, dance to the music, make bracelets, craft and participate in lots of imaginative play. We can’t wait to go back again for a visit to their sustainability activity week in March.
Internet of Things Project
This afternoon we joined the University of Edinburgh online to participate in the Internet project involving the sensors. We had a chance to read lots of data and then to investigate 4 different readings and where they might have come from! Lots of great discussion, thinking skills, creativity and collaboration. This was exciting and we are looking forward to the secret sensor challenge next!
The investigation analysis
Reading data
Secret Sensor Challenge
Creative Literacy activity and Higher Order Thinking Questions
Today we were thinking about our learning this term on higher order thinking questions. We had the opportunity to create our own game in trios and base the game on our current group novel or Scotland topic. The questions on the game should include a mix of HOT questions in order to move through the game to the end. The best part was making up the rules and swapping them with another trio in the class. Lots of creativity involved, collaboration, communication and critical thinking skills! Well done P5-P7.
