Term 1

November Blog

Hello! Welcome to the November Blog of Primary 7 Alpha. 

ENTERPRISE

This month we have started our enterprise project 'Brilliant Bookmarks' 

Prior to starting our enterprise, we undertook some independent and group research to learn about what makes a successful busyness. For home learning the children undertook their own research to find out information on a successful company and presented their findings to the class. Their was a lot of popularity with 'Apple'. 

"I learned that a business needs to be innovative and change with the times to be successful"

We also filled out job applications and tried to convince our reader/employer why we would be suitable for a specific role in the company. 

The roles available were

LITERACY -  CHARACTER

In our writing, we have been focusing on characterisation. We have been using the STEAL method to help structure our descriptions and use a range of effective vocabulary. 

S - Speech (What would the character say, how would they say it?)

T - Thoughts (What are they thinking about?)

E - Emotions (What are they feeling, why are they feeling that way?)

A - Actions - (How do they move, what would they e doing?)

L - Looks (What do they look like? What are they wearing?)

Keeping in the spirit of Halloween, we were given the challenge of describing a scary character using the STEAL mehtod. 

KAPLA

In class, the children have been enjoying starting their Tuesday morning using the KALA blocks. 

KAPLA is a loose part resource which encourages sharing, imagination, experimentation and open ended thinking.  The children are given weekly challenges to create a variety of structures where they must work together.