Eggcellent Results!

Posted : Friday 5th May

The results of our egg experiment are in.  After a week in vinegar, the shells of our eggs have dissolved.  The end product is a bouncy egg.  The class have undertaken some research to find out why this happened and have concluded that the acetic acid (vinegar) caused a chemical reaction with the calcium carbonate in the egg shell.  We could tell a chemical reaction was taking place because we could see carbon dioxide bubbles forming on the surface of the egg - this is one of the indicators that we learned suggests a chemical reaction is taking place.

Science Topic - Chemical Reactions

Posted : Tuesday 18th April

We have started our new topic which is science  based and we will be learning about chemical reactions and their effects amongst other things.  We started by sharing what we already know about the subject and what we would like to learn.  Always a great place to start and allows the children to influence the direction of their learning.

We completed our first experiment today, using the humble ingredients of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.  The chemical reaction between the two substances caused the creation of carbon dioxide which we harnessed to inflate party balloons.  Learning in action!  Not sure everybody is as excited about having to write up their experiment and produce a science report though!!!

Parenthoodllbeing - Health & Wellbeing - Parenthood

Posted : Friday 17th March

We have been learning about conception, pregnancy and babies in our recent Health & Wellbeing lessons.  Soon the children will be set the challenge of "looking after a baby" for a few days to experience some of the responsibilities of parenthood.  Today we were working on creating a sensor using coding and micro:bits to attach to our "baby" to simulate when it would cry, giggle, sleep, etc.  Looking forward to seeing how the children cope with this project.

P7 Parliamentary Elections

Posted : Friday 17th March

A selection of pictures from our Parliamentary Elections.  The children did amazing pulling together their manifestos, posters and promotional material to persuade the P5s to vote for their political parties.    A couple of the groups even created party political broadcasts - ace filming and editing!  Our winning party was W.I.N (Wealth in Nation Party), closely followed by MEEFZ Racial Rights Party.  Well done to Leafs, Land Girls, W.C.C (World Climate Change) and the Learners Party for taking part.

Safer Internet Day 2023

Posted : Tuesday 7th February

P7B having been taking part in the UK Safer Internet Day today.  We have been "prioritising" some of the issues that we think exist on the internet and it's importance to us.  We have also "time lined" when we think it is appropriate to do things on the internet.  Each cooperative learning group had a different colour so there is quite a spread of ideas about when it is appropriate to do different things on the internet.  Lastly, we were learning about how to safely read news online and what we need to look out for, what is sponsored content or clickbait and looking for the reliability of the news.  All that on top of our numeracy, literacy and art - a busy day indeed!

Game Jam 2023

Posted : Monday 23rd January

P7B will be taking part in this years Game Jam where they will have the opportunity to create an online game using Scratch coding software.  It's an exciting project and a great initiative to increase our computational thinking!  Attached you will find more information and links to the project.

A Running Start!

Posted : Thursday 12th January

Happy New Year to one and all.  We have had a busy start in P7.  The class have come back well rested and raring to go.  Our topic this term is Government and we have already started by looking at the different systems of government,  the issues that face government and we are beginning to create our own political parties.  You might find the "priorities diamonds" below quite revealing - the children have ranked current/typical priorities by how important they believe they are to them.  In RME we will be learning different stories from the Old Testament and we have started with the creation story.  Lots to look forward to this term and lots of hard work and effort needed.

Live Code Along with Microbit

Posted : Wednesday 14th December

We had great fun taking part in a live lesson and learning some new coding to create a flickering Christmas candle on our micro:bits.  We are becoming quite the experts in coding!

Mexican Homework

Always Mrs Walker's favourite type of homework.  Thank you Freya and Emily R! 🍰🧁

Expert Mexican History Jigsaw 

As part of our Mexican topic the class conducted research in to different periods of Mexico's history.  Each cooperative learning group did a different period and then presented their findings to the rest of the class.  As our last activity we took the knowledge that we had learned and created a timeline of Mexico's history.  Please have a look at our presentations, we think you'll be impressed.

Computational Thinking with MicroBit

We have been practising our computation thinking using our MicroBits.  We are learning how to code the microbit to display different messages.  We planned first how the letters would appear and then we input the details using a block code editor.  We were very impressed with our results.  We are going to be developing lots of code to improve our computational thinking skills and use the microbit to help us across the curriculum.

World War II Work

We have been learning lots of information about World War II across the curriculum.  In writing we have been learning about evacuees through creating Government Information Leaflets for Parents, imagining that we are evacuees and writing letters home.  We learned about the Blitz through research and then wrote a newspaper article imagining that we were reporting on an evening of heavy bombardment.  We then developed our newspaper writing skills by reporting on the German plane crash that happened in our class novel, Letters from the Lighthouse, and our final piece of newspaper writing was on the D Day landings.  We've made spitfires and Messerschmitts while learning about The Battle of Britain, fiddly work!  Some of the children have made Anderson shelters at home and we also made a class one with plaster of Paris and other materials. I think the class particularly enjoyed the Anderson shelters made from CAKE!!! I've included a selection of photos of our work for you to look at.  I think you'll agree P7B have been working extremely hard.

Numeracy in Action

After a flying start to the term the class have been putting their learning into action.  Working across the ability groups the children created Place Value games to showcase their understanding of Place Value.  Brilliant ideas from all including Top Trumps (my personal favourite), Quest Place Value Journey, Snakes and Values,  and card games.  Pictures below!

And........here is a selection of our Place Value posters!

Growth Mindset and the UNCRC

At the beginning of the term we have been reminding ourselves (and each other) to adopt a growth mindset and how that can help us learn.  We have created some learning pit posters to display in the classroom to remind ourselves when things become a little challenging.  We have also been learning more about the role of the UNCRC and its importance in protecting our rights.  We chose 5 of the articles to base our classroom charter on.

Timetable - Term 1

Our timetable for Term 1 is finalised.