Congratulations to all the TTRockstars certificate winners for September. The pupils have been working hard to gain their status in the Studio games, building up their speed and accuracy with their times tables. A great performance by all. Now the challenge is to try and improve their status by the end of October.
While the weather was still good, P6CM took the opportunity to take the learning outside for their first STEM activity. Linking in with their topic of Natural Disasters, the pupils looked at the forces involved in volcanic eruptions by creating small exploding rockets outside.
P6CM got off to a great start in September in their Maths lessons by focusing on Shape and Space. The pupils revised the names and properties of 2D shapes as well as investigating symmetry. They also applied their problem-solving skills with a range of shape puzzles and games.
Our first World Around Us topic is Natural Disasters. The pupils began the topic by looking at the structure of the world. To consolidate their understanding, they created small playdough models clearly showing the layers of the world. The pupils also wrote up a clear set of instructions on how to make the models.
P6CM have just completed their writing unit looking at procedural writing. They have looked at many examples of instructions and have written instructions on how to make play-dough models of the Earth, how to program the Dash and Dot robots and even produced coding instructions for the Microbits. Their final piece of work was most definitely their best, as the children wrote instructions on 'How to Steal Christmas' based on the book by Dr Seuss. The enthusiasm and creativity shown for this work was amazing and their finished pieces of work were outstanding. Well done P6, I'm so proud of you.
As part of our new topic on Natural Disasters, P6CM have been learning about the structure of the world. The best way to learn about this was to create a model of it. Great fun was had as the children followed a set of instructions to recreate the world using playdough. They were able to name each layer and describe it. As well as this, the children developed their understanding of tectonic plates by working collaboratively to complete a world map which had been divided up along the plate boundaries..
The children used their knowledge to type up their own set of instructions for others to follow, as part of our writing focus on Procedural Writing.
Amazing work as always P6. Well done.
P6CM have been learning to code the Microbits. A huge thanks to our digital leader, James, who did a fantastic job teaching his classmates. The pupils all had great fun practising their skills and are looking forward to learning more next week.
A great week this week showing the practical and fun aspects of maths. The class had great fun planning and creating maths games for P3. They had to make their games fun and engaging whilst being suitable for the younger children. It was great to see their ideas change and develop as they worked in teams to construct their game. The games proved to be a huge success with P3 and it was lovely watching the interaction between the two year groups.
P6 also had the opportunity to interact with students from Lecale Trinity in a very enjoyable and practical maths session.
It was a great day in P6CM on European Day of Languages. The pupils dressed in the colours of Italy and discovered a bit more about the country, its language and its food. A busy day for the class as they also took responsibility for the tuck shop and did a fantastic job.
Well done everyone.
A huge thank you to Eimear from Golf Ireland who delivered a golf workshop for P6 and P7 today. The children had the opportunity to develop their skills in a fun and practical session.
Making the most of the good weather, P6CM took the learning outside to estimate and measure just how long the Viking Longships were. After estimating the length, they used trundle wheels and metre sticks to accurately measure out the longship. Obviously, the best bit was sitting in and rowing their ships.
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We have been revising the properties of 2D shapes looking at names, sides, angles and symmetry. The children worked hard to investigate the properties and then worked collaboratively on puzzles and practical tasks to consolidate their learning.
