Pupil of the Term

Declan was the Primary 7 Pupil of the Term. Declan also won Star of the Show and you can see his picture on the Home Blog.




Mete was the Primary 6 Pupil of the Term

Step Class

I am... taking part in different kinds of energetic physical participation of my choosing.


Today P6-S1 did a step aerobics class at the Greenock Sports Centre.

Activities Week

Next week is activities week in school.

Primary pupils should wear trip uniform on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and can wear their own clothes on Thursday.

Please remember that the school closes at 12.00 on Thursday.

Remember - Santa Vs The Snowman at the iMax on Monday.

Thanks,

Mr A

Christmas Art

Inspired by a range of stimuli, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through activities within art and design.




Today P6/7 have been making Christmas decorations out of clay - good fun and very messy!

Functional Writing

I consider the impact that layout and presentation will have and can combine lettering, graphics and other features to engage my reader.



Primary 6/7 have been busy making a Gymnastics Manual for future classes to use before they do gymnastics. The class have broken down the skills that they learned at gymnastics and have clearly explained how to perform each move. They downloaded photos onto the computers and then imported them onto a word processing document. After this the typed out the break down of each move and changed the font and size accordingly. After this they printed and laminated their work to make it into a book.

Christmas Play

The Dress rehearsal on Wednesday and the Play on Thursday and Friday nights will start at 7 o'clock. Please be at the church for 6.30.

Good Luck Declan

Declan is playing his first match for Quarriers Boys Club on Saturday - we wish you all the best. :0) Enjoy yourself.

Pupil of the Week

Well done to Lyle who is Pupil of the Week.

School Lunches - Seating

In our school from tomorrow until the Christmas holidays, we are trying a new form of seating in our lunch hall. We are replacing class tables with social/vertical/family groupings which are mixed across all primary stages.

This is very popular with some children and not with others. We are trying this as research suggests that it aids healthy eating choices (see BBC website) and also encourages good behaviour.

We will evaluate this experiment in January.

Mrs Speirs

Fractions & Decimals

I... can apply my knowledge to compare and order the most commonly used fractions.




Five stations were set up in the class and the children were given 7 minutes to try to complete each challenge. There were two fraction domino games, an ordering fraction activity, an ordering picture fraction activity and an ordering decimal number activity. The children had to use their understanding of fractions and decimal numbers in order to complete the tasks.

Gymnastics Award

As I encounter new challenges and contexts for learning, I am encouraged and supported to demonstrate my ability to select, adapt and apply movement skills and strategies, creatively, accurately and with control.

Opportunities to carry out different activities and roles in a variety of settings have enabled me to identify my achievements, skills and areas for development.















Primary 6/7 have all successfully passed The Level 4 Proficiency Award in British Gymnastics. They were examined by coach Debbie and passes with flying colours. The class have worked exceedingly well during this term and have improved their skills greatly. As a reward for their excellence achievements the class will be having a fun session on Monday and an extra trampolining coaching from head coach, Lee.

Pupil of the Week

Congratulations Maryka. You are Pupil of the Week.

Laptops

We are having an inservice in January to discuss, among other things, the question of children bringing their own laptops to school. We would like to hear any thoughts from parents. Contributions welcome by email, letter or comment on the blog.

Winning Group

The Batman group had a super lunch at the Coffee Shop today. Well done!

Pupil of the Week

Christopher has had a fantastic week and is therefore the Primary 6/7 'Pupil of the Week. Well done ! :0)

Story Writing

I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience.

The class were asked to write a story called, 'If I won the National Lottery'. They had to think what they would buy or do with all that money. We faked a Lottery in the class and Lyle won £13 Million! We also listened to a song called 'If ! had a $1,000,000' for some inspiration. The stories were fantastic.

Please listen to Mete reading his story.

Christmas Treat

On Monday the 21st of December P6/7 will be going to the iMax Cinema in Glasgow to see Santa v the Snowman in 3D. I'm so excited!!

Secret Santa

Dear Parents,

This year in P6/7 we are going to run a ‘Secret Santa’ scheme. Each child has chosen the name of another child in the class at random from a hat to buy a present for. The presents will be put under our class tree and given out on Monday 21st December in class.

Presents should cost a maximum of £3 and should be wrapped with the name of the recipient and ‘from P6/7’
This should be a bit of fun before Christmas and the children are really looking forward to doing it.
Remember to keep the name of the person you are buying for secret!!

The pupils will get a letter home about this next week.

Merry Christmas (in advance)

Mr A ;0)

Mod Roc Athletes

Through observing and recording from my experiences across the curriculum, I can create images and objects which show my awareness and recognition of detail.





Primary 6/7 have been making athletic sculptures out of Mod Roc in art and design, They had to make the basic shape out of wire and then cover it with wire mess to make it 3D and more realistic. After this they used Mod Roc (which is like the plaster you get when you break a bone) to cover the shape. This was very messy, and needless to say, great fun. They completed the sculptures by spray painting them with gold or silver paint.

This project was inspired by the fantastic shapes and moves that the class have been doing in gymnastics.

Can you guess what the figures are doing?

Pupil of the Week

Well done to Marc who has won Pupil of the Week for primary 6/7.

Parents' Night

Parent's Night is on Wednesday the 25th November. I have sent home the appointment times with the pupils. I have emailed them the times also. I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Winning Group

The Land of the Giants group had a great lunch today at the Coffee Shop. Bacon rolls and soup - lovely!

Fractions

I can show the equivalent forms of simple fractions, decimal fractions and percentages and can choose my preferred form when solving a problem, explaining my choice of method.



Today Primary 6/7 continued their work on Fractions. The work was very hard but they are making super progress.

Gymnastics - Session 4

If you read the comments the pupils will tell you what they did today.

Pupil of the Week

Well done to Declan who is the Primary 6/7 Pupil of the Week.




For the second week in a row all the Pupil of the Week awards were won by boys

School Photographer

The School Photographer is coming to school on Monday so please wear your formal school uniform (and boys brush your hair!). The class will be going to gymnastics afterwards so please bring your trip uniform to change into.

Simplifying Fractions

I have investigated how a set of equivalent fractions can be created, understanding the meaning of simplest form...




Today Primary 6/7 continued working on simplifying fractions. We used the interactive whiteboard to help us and then continued with our textbook questions.

Maths - Fractions

Today Primary 6/7 were working on equivalent fractions. We were also looking at how to simplify fractions.

More Gymnastics

This week the class was working on bar work. In order to work the bars well it is important to do lots of stomach strengthening exercises. The class also played a game called 'Stick It' on the trampolines.

Writing Lesson

I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience.




We had great fun in class today. The class was put into groups of three and they had to pick an object from the magic story box. Whatever object they pulled out had to be included in their story. Eventually every group had three objects. This made the stories very interesting and completely different from any other group.

Olivia

I had a little hat, a wig and a watering can.

Aimee

I had a racing helmet, a cowboy hat and a crown.

Declan

I had a walking stick, a policeman's helmet and a golden horse shoe.

Christopher

I had a purse, elf shoes and a golden lamp.

Pupil of the Week

The Primary 6/7 Pupil of the Week is Finlay.


Boys are the Best!


Every class in the Primary Department had a boy winner of 'Pupil of the Week'. Happy days! :0)

Circuits Tomorrow

Primary 6/7 remember that you are doing circuits tomorrow in PE. You may wish to wear shorts and bring a bottle of water.

Great Maths Websites

I have put some web addresses for some fantastic online maths activities below. Copy and paste these addresses into your search engine and try some of these at home.

Maths dictionary
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/index.html

Square numbers
http://www.activemaths.co.uk/whiteboard/2numbers/tri_nos1.html

Fraction wall
http://www.activemaths.co.uk/fractions/whiteboard/frac2_index.html

Estimating angles
http://www.activemaths.co.uk/whiteboard/2shape/angle51.html

Measuring angles
http://www.activemaths.co.uk/whiteboard/2shape/meas_angle1.html

Mod Roc Athletes

In art today Primary 6/7 were making Mod Roc athletes. We had to make a figure out of wire and then cover it with wire mesh to make it 3D. This was very difficult to do. After this we started to cover our figures with Mod Roc. We hope to finish these by the end of the week.