Welcome to our new Primary 7 class page. Have a look here to see what learning is going on in our class and what fun activities we get up to in and out of class 😀

In Literacy this week we have been working on improving the depth of our reading. We will be getting a library book every week and at the end of the week the children will give an oral synopsis of what they have read, to the class or small group or partner. This week’s volunteers were Robin, Henry and Tomas and they did a brilliant job sharing their learning with the class and answering lots of questions from the children.

We reviewed previous learning on Grammar and Punctuation and have promised to try our best to make sure every piece of written work is of a high standard. We began our work on Recount texts by discussing rules and reviewing samples of Recount texts. We formally began our Reciprocal reading groups and are having a great time discussing our books and looking for connections from books we’ve previously read or from the world we live in.

For WAU we began our topic work by recording what we already know and what we would like to learn about the Great Irish Famine. We had some great discussions and are really looking forward to finding out more.

In Maths, we began work on very large numbers. We watched videos telling us about when we would need very large numbers, eg in Space or calculating the area each of the large bodies of water on earth, or perhaps air travel journeys. We also looked at how to record large numbers and what the values of each digit was. We practiced writing numbers using a provided Frame to make sure we all understood the value of each digit.

During our ICT sessions, we reviewed learning on Recount texts by watching recommended videos eg Michael Rosen explaining to us how to write a good recount. We spent some time exploring Newsdesk.

As usual, we all enjoyed our time out playing Team Sports

We were delighted to see Mr. Hardy back on Thursday 

All About Me - back to school activity

For Religion this week, we were thinking of signs and symbols that reminded us of God.