Category Archives: Primary 6

This week, P6 learned about the introduction of the railways during the Victorian era. They were tasked with researching the positive and negative attitudes towards these at the time and this lead to a whole class debate! The children were excellent at using persuasive language to get their arguments across.

P6 had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day! The classroom was transformed into ‘Starbooks’ – a reading cafe where the children could sample new books. The cafe wouldn’t have been complete without some sweet treats! 🍪

Did you know that today is Random Acts of Kindness Day? We looked at the Action for Happiness calendar and today’s challenge was to ‘appreciate the qualities of someone’… So we had a lovely afternoon playing the ‘compliment game’. Everyone had a piece of paper stuck to their back for the rest of the classContinue reading “Friendly February”

P6 have been really busy lately! We had a super trip to the Newton Room at the UHI for a STEM workshop, entitled Salmon and Aquaculture. We learned about the life cycle of the North Atlantic Salmon and the dangers / threats it faces at each stage of its journey. We loved the ‘migration game’Continue reading “UHI Visit: Salmon and Aquaculture”

P6 had a fabulous day celebrating the life and work of Robert Burns. The highlight of our day was the ‘Burns Bake Off’ – P6 were challenged to create shortbread, with their own design. Bonus points were awarded to those who kept with the Scottish theme!

P6 have been enjoying playing in the snow, making snow men and snow animals!