Hard at Work

Not that we're not always, but at the moment Primary 7 are really busy! We are right in the middle of our Surprise Topic and are having so much fun transforming our classroom. Our co-operative teams are great and Miss McCurdy has us calling out our celebrators on a daily basis. Not only are we drawing, painting, designing, modelling and building, we've also been writing, planning, note-taking and discussing. We really can't give too much away, but we have been learning about co-ordinates, fables and flowering plants.

As well as our integrated topic, we are also in teams during ICT so that we can divide the sections for our yearbook. Some of us were a little embarrassed getting our picture taken, but we're sure to look good on an A4 page. Primary 7 have also been attending trampolining at Renfrew High and we've learned how to do half turns and jumps.

We are getting so excited about our upcoming residential and activity week. All of our questions have been answered by Mrs Sloan and now we just can't wait to go! We know all we'll have room for in the suitcase is spare clothes and wellies. Miss McCurdy says she will miss us all while we are away on our adventure. We'll hopefully get the chance to send her and our families nice postcard to keep in touch.

Primary 7 are looking forward to next weeks parents' night. Some of us are coming along to help and we love doing things which allow us to be responsible citizens. Stay tuned for another update from Primary 7.

Secret Topic

Primary 7 have been working extremely hard to transform their classroom into...well we can't actually say, but we can tell you about all the skills we have been developing.

To begin our Secret Topic we carried out a carousel to decide on the things that we wanted to learn about. Miss McCurdy was very impressed by the ideas we came up with. We then split into co-operative teams and appointed leaders. We all have roles to fulfil and our teacher thought the 'perfection police' was a great improvement on quality controller.

We have been developing our creative skills by planning and designing our...art work! We have used colour in imaginative ways and have been paying careful attention to shape and pattern. Our writing has been great fun, especially since it's our own ideas from our carousel.

As well as Secret topic, we have continued to work with Reid Kerr on our Yearbook. We enjoyed our last session of curling at Xscape and are about to embark on a 2 week trampoline session. Primary 7 learned a lot from the speakers who attended our World of Work week and working with St James' on Work Cluedo was really fun!

We are looking forward to parents night and our open evening because we know Miss McCurdy will have lots of good things to say about all of our hard work! Presumptuous...just a little! We'll keep you posted on our progress.