Term 2

In the last few weeks we have been working in Maths on time, subtraction and decimals.  One Maths group did work based on timetables, adding and subtracting units of time and reading stop watches and time events and the other group’s work was based on timetables, using a calendar and adding and subtracting units of time.  We then did some revision work on subtraction of ThHTU. We are now working on decimals, one group consolidating what they have already learned and the other group being introduced to decimal numbers.

 

In Language we have been doing our spelling work each week with our homework words, there has been a writing activity like writing their own spooky Halloween story, writing a persuasive letter to a high street company to ask them to use Fairtrade cotton to help the Indian farmers and this week the children will be writing an imaginative story of their own trying to focus on a good opening, a build up to a problem, a resolution and then an ending. The other language work we have done has been based on our class novel ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson which the children seem to be enjoying.

 

Our Learning Journey has mostly been about India.  We have found out about the Indian Farmers planting cotton and their working conditions, ethical trading, Fairtrade, we have looked into Indian schools and compared them to our own, we made some beautiful Taj Mahal pictures and we are about to see, think and wonder about Indian homes this week. As well as that we have been learning a bit about Hinduism, about St Andrew the patron saint of Scotland and we have made some lovely Christmas decorations.

 

As well as that we also have had lots of activities organised for Scottish Book Week last week some of which have had to be this week due to the couple of days we were not here.

 

We are now spending some time practicing our song for the school Christmas Concert and hope if you are coming that you will enjoy it.      

Term 1 Primary 7

Welcome to Room 19's blog. We have already had an enjoyable and busy couple of days in Primary 7. We have been getting to know each other better and learn about the rules and routines in the class. We have learned about the expectations of P7 and the extra responsibilities we have. We have been a fantastic support to our buddies, helping them at break out in the playground and supporting them in the dinner hall. It is just the very beginning of term but we are excited about the year ahead and look forward to all the new experiences in P7. Some dates for the diary: Primary 7 Assembly Friday 25th August 9.30am Trip to Science Centre Tuesday 12th September More information to follow shortly. We had fun playing Human Class Bingo as we were getting to know each other.

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Trips in Term 3

We have had a most enjoyable time visiting Braehead and Paisley Museum to enhance our learning. We visited Braehead on Wednesday 1st March 2017 as part of our World of Work. Bruce Harley the General Manager had attended our Work Cluedo event and so it was very interesting to be able to visit his working environment and find out more about his role. During our tour we got to visit behind the scenes of Intu Braehead. The control room was very interesting with all the cameras watching all part of the shopping centre. This room is manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We found out more about the different employment opportunities available at Braehead. We are very grateful to Bruce and Lydia for allowing us to visit.

We also had the opportunity to visit Paisley Museum to enhance our topic on WW2. It was very interesting to read the displays in the museum about how Paisley was affected during WW2. We got to take part in a range of activities where we could explore a range of artefacts (Priamry sources) from the war.

World of Work Week

We enjoyed our World of Work week learning about a range of occupations and careers and developing our understanding of the skills and qualities needed in each job. Our guests really inspired us and taught us so much about their occupations. We had a very busy week and had a range of exciting visitors including a radio producer from Clyde 1, a Chartered Surveyor, Recruitment Consultant, Retail Manager, Global Sourcing leader, Salesmen from Audi. Our week concluded with our Work Cluedo event. This gave P7 the opportunity to interview 15 guests and try to guess their occupation. It was an amazing week with over 58 visitors across the school. The feedback was incredible from our guests who really enjoyed their time at KPS and were so impressed by our great pupils and their enthusiasm. Mrs O'Brien would like to thank all our visitors for helping to make the week such a success. Here are some pictures of our fantastic week.