Pupils have been reading the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. They have been exploring how author's may use a certain writing style to engage their audience. Here is Jackson, Ali and Ashar completing a 'silent write' task on the character of Stanley. 

This month saw the class participate in Children's Mental Health week. As part of this, pupils learned about Vincent Van Gogh and his relationship with nature and happiness. They then had a go at drawing their emotions through some wellbeing art. Here is Sofia having a go with some watercolours. 

As part of our plague context. Pupils created scripted pieces of drama, in which they sustained roles and used their voices and body language to convey particular emotions. Here we have Girish, Ellie and Sophie striking a pose!

This month, P7b have been learning about Substance Misuse. They have looked at the legal, social and health implications of abusing drugs and alcohol and created short scripted dramas on the subject of peer pressure. (Above: A snapshot from one of our performances!)

This month saw pupils given an opportunity to show off their skills across Reading, Writing and Talking and Listening. Each pupil was given the freedom to choose a topic for their Personal Project and we saw a real range of areas covered during their presentations on Monday. From Colour Theory to the history of Walt Disney, P7b has got you covered. We have also begun reading our new novel, 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. 

This month, some of our pupils have been learning about scale drawing and scale factors. To showcase their understanding, they created scale drawings of landmarks around the world. Some of our groups also revised time as well as BODMAS (always a favourite!)

This month, many of our learning experiences have centred around our class enterprise. We have looked at profit and loss, budgeting and 'Greenwashing' . We have particularly enjoyed analysing data to determine when companies are trying to mislead us. Our business has made nearly £200 so-far and our pupils have honed their skills in persuasion...watch out, Mum and Dad!

Our pupils each chose a company to analyse and determined to what extent they were 'Greenwashing', this is when a company pretends to be eco-friendly when in reality they are creating misleading data. Pupils created their own, reliable charts to showcase the true extent of their environmental impact. Impressive work!

Bah! Humbug! 

Our Primary 7s have been learning about Charles Dickens' famous Victorian novel. They created scripted dramas and debated whether Scrooge was a bad man, or simply misunderstood. The jury is still out on that one- but there were some fabulous performances from our talented P7s. 

To develop our descriptive language, we have been creating a range of settings including: a haunted house, a day in Ancient Greece and a war scene. The pupils have also been developing their skills in non-fiction writing by researching the Battle of Sheriffmuir and the Jacobite rebellion.

In class, we have been reading Alex Nye's Chill. This is a book with a very strong setting and we have enjoyed looking at this together. This month, we have also continued to work on using primary and secondary sources to take notes. 

This month, we have begun making use of literature circles and reciprocal reading to develop our skills in talking about texts. We are beginning to ask more complex questions and use evidence to support our assertions. 

Edison have been learning how to budget. They mapped out a year in the life of someone with a particular salary and worked out what they could afford. This will prepare them for our Enterprise which will begin soon. 

Pupils looked at chance and uncertainty in a range of contexts. They created experiments to showcase their learning and had a go at a digital dice challenge to test their skills. 

Pupils creating their own chance experiments

This month we have been looking at Maya Angelou's  poem "Still I Rise."  We wrote our own   "Still I rise" poems about topics such as sexism, racism and mental well being. This Friday (28th) we will also be hosting our own in-class Poetry Slam. 

In class, we have been reading Henry's freedom box. It is the true story of a man who escaped from slavery by stowing away in a box. We created short pieces of drama to showcase our understanding of the story and apply our knowledge of gesture and tone. 

This block, learners have been learning about scale factors, fractions, multiplication and division. As a whole class, we took an enquiry-based approach to learning and applied our understanding of scale factor, measure and decimals in our 'Giant Investigation'

This term, pupils have been utilising their skills in talkig and listening to take part in whole-class debates. So far, we have debated lots of hot topics such as 'Should everyone have the right to vote?' and 'Should parents have full control over their children'. The pupils have produced some impressive arguments are developing their confidence in talking and listening. 

As part of their home learning, pupils created slides to showcase their learning about democracy around the world. They chose a country and researched their democratic process using a range of sources. 

Pupils worked collaboratively to choose a notable political figure. They then created presentations to teach their peers about their chosen politician.  We will now be going on to apply our learning through our own House Captain campaigns.