Wow! I cannot believe how quickly the school year has passed. I am going to miss you all so much. Thank you for all the fabulous memories, the laughs, all of your hard work and effort and for all the fun. You have all been amazing.

I hope that you all have a brilliant holiday and I wish you all the best for Primary 7. I know that you are going to make brilliant P7s and buddies next year. Enjoy every moment of your final year in Lochardil

Lots of love,

From Mrs McQuigg

Thank you Paige, Layla and Eliza for representing P6B at this years Lochardil's Got Talent! Your fabulous gymnastics display was amazing.

Congratulation Kayleigh! Kayleigh won the Joanna Wilson award for Creativity! Well done Kayleigh! We are very proud of you.

Congratulations Leah! She is our Star Pupil for her improvement in maths. Her attitude, hard work and effort is fantastic. Well done Leah. We are very proud of you!

Oliver Stewart visited us to tell us about what it is like being a professional racing driver and how he achieved it. Tom took his Go Kart in too and told us all about it.

Congratulations to our new House Captains and Vice Captains! We are very proud of you all and we know you will do an amazing job.

What an amazing time we had in Edinburgh! The Scottish Parliament and Dynami Earth were fabulous! Our highlights were the Planitarium and the 4D show.

Congratulations Nathan! He is our Star of the Week for the fabulous kindness and respect he shows to everyone, consistently listening really well and always being kind and considerate, Well done Nathan! We are very proud of you.

We had a fabulous day raising money for Soccer Aid, with the help of Caley Thistle and fabulous pupil helpers from Lochardil. We had a great day!

Congratulations Niamh!

Niamh is our Star of the Week this week for her fabulous discursive writing. She added depth to her writing with fabulous research and facts! Great job Niamh! We are very proud of you and your fabulous writing! 09/06/23

Letters about our plans for P6 S.H.A.R.E have gone home today. Please read the information and get in touch if you have any questions about it. I can forward the resources we will be using too, should you wish to see them.

Sports Day 2023!

We had a fabulous day and the weather was just perfect! The sky was blue, but there was a lovely breeze to keep us cool too.

Well done to every single child who took part. We are super proud of you all! Thank you to all the adults who came along to help, support and encourage us all too. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Huge congratulations to all of our winners!!

Wow! What a fabulous day we all had with Scottish Opera!

The children worked so hard to learn all the words and actions to perform with Scottish Opera yesterday and we are so, so proud of them all.

Not only did they have the confidence to perform in front of a large audience twice, which is not easy to do, they all performed with fabulous energy and enthusiasm too! The show was amazing! We have some future stars in our midst!

All of you wonderful lot are my Stars of the Week. I am so proud of every one of you!

Well done to you all! 06/02/23

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A huge thank you to everyone who cam to join us for our Open Morning on Wednesday. The children created School Political Parties and were fighting for your votes to see who would win our mock election!

All of our School Parties created fabulous manifestoes, with ideas that we would be delighted to implement ourselves in school. You impressed us all with your fabulous IT skills! You all considered carefully how you could protect the Rights of The Child and support the Global Goals too. No matter what the results are, we think that you are all winners! Well done to all of you! 02/06/23

We were delighted to be visited by players of Caley Thistle Football Club, ahead of their Scottish Cup final against Celtic on Saturday. 02/06/23

Well done John Hector! He is our Star of the Week for his fabulous persuasive writing. I loved reading his arguments for why aliens are real. You are fabulously knowledgeable on the subject John Hector! Well done! We are very proud of you. 26.03.23

Congratulations to our netball team, netball volunteers and Mrs Prentice, who are taking part in a four hour netball game to fundraise for Mrs Prentice's African school's project. 26/05/23

Congratulations to Ioan! He is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous work on perimeter and area.

We are very proud of you! Well done Ioan! 19/05/23

P6A and P6B have been workign together to create School Political Parties. We have created our own Party Logos and manifestos. We have been making decisions as the changes we woudl make in school to make improvements, linking them to the Global Goals and Rights of the Child

Well done Nicholas! He is my star this weel for his fabulous long jump and high jump skills. Well done Nicholas! You are a great athlete! 05/05/23

Coronation School Picnic!

Coronation tea party! We have been learning about the life of King Charles III 05/05/23

We have been practising the long jump for athletics in P6B. We were practising falling forward too, which was tricky!

Well done to Nicholas and Paige, our pupils who jumped the furthest! 05/05/23

All of P6B are my Stars of the Week this week for completing their Bikeability training! Well done to all of you! 28/05/23

We have completed our Bikeability training! We had a great last session. We learned how to maintain and clean our bikes and some of us were confident enough to try a unicycle! Well done p6B!

Please find attached a link to our Curriculum Overview for Term 4. Please let me know if you have any questions about our plans and aims for this term.

Many thanks,

Mrs McQuigg

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zyCVMOJymEIjhvoZ3kI2_zBiVQ0rn35scSpzL2iZI0c/edit?usp=sharing

Please remember and bring your swimming necessities on Monday morning.

We are still looking for help to accompany us on:

15th May

22nd May

29th May

26th June.

If you know anyone who would be able to help and accompany us on any of those dates, please let us know.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

We have chosen our new reading books and the weather was so nice it was brilliant to get the chance to read outside in the sunshine. In fact, it was so hot that some of us preferred to stay inside with the air-conditioning on! So far, we are impressed with our new books and excited by how they have all started. 20.04.23

Please remember and bring your swimming necessities on Monday morning.

We are still looking for help to accompany us on:

15th May

22nd May

29th May

26th June.

If you know anyone who would be able to help and accompany us on any of those dates, please let us know.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Congratulations to Antek! He is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous expression when reading aloud. Great work Antek! 21/04/23

We had beautiful weather for Bikeability this week! 20/04/23

Our first swimming session will take place next Monday 24th April.

Thank you so much to everyone who has offered to accompany us as a parent helper. Letters will be going home soon to parent helpers to confirm dates and times. It is really appreciated and we would be unable to go without your help.

We are still in need of parent helpers to accompany us swimming. In particular, we are in need of 2 parent helpers for Monday 15th May and a parent helper for Monday 19th June. Help on any of the swimming dates would be greatly appreciated though, as this would ease the pressure on those parents who are helping regularly.

If any family members are able to help, then please let us know.

Mrs Richardson and Mrs McQuigg

What a wonderful day we had at the STEM hub at UHI.

We learned about different jobs related to the Heath Sciences and we had a go at trying some of them out for ourselves.

31/03/23

Well done to Paige and Eliza who represented us at the McRobert cup yesterday. We are every proud of you! It was lovely to see you come back with smiles, even though the weather was dreadful! Thank you to Mrs Cuthbert for oraganising it and all the adults who came along to help too.

Feis Rois

We are really enjoying learning some traditional Scottish Songs with Feis Rois 23/03/23

Bikeability

This week we were practising controlling our bike with one hand and signalling correctly. We were practising cycling with correct posture and turning too. P6B did really well!

STEM

It is British Science Week! Tim from UHI came to do a robotics workshop on the theme of 'Making Connections.' We learned how to programme our robots and we had great fun exploring all of the different commands!

Congratulations to Ioan!

Ioan is our Star of the week for his fabulous maths work.. His listening and enthusiasm during discussion is fabulous too! Well done Ioan! We are very proud of you.

We made our own red noses for Comic Relief!

Red Nose day fun! Thank you to our House Captains for organising a great day and to everyone who very kindly donated!

Well done Noah! Noah is our Star of the Week for his fabulous maths work this week. Well done for your great concentration and hard work Noah! We are very proud of you!

We have been learning about the history of the Terracotta Warriors and we have had a go at building our own Terracotta Army out of clay!

It was our last week of Bible Alive.

We learned about the resurrection, the great commission and the experiences of the disciples after the resurrection.

Thank you to the Bible Alive team! We have learned a lot about Christians believe.

Congratulations Layla! Layla is our Star of the Week for her fabulous enthusiasm and positive attitude. She is very helpful, kind to others and a very good friend. Thank you Layla for always putting a smile on our faces! 17/02/23

We were learning about the disciples of Jesus , some of the miracles that Jesus performed and the parables that Jesus told in this week's Bible Alive. 17/02/23

We are delighted to start Bike ability! This week we learned about looking after our bikes properly and stopping safely. 17/02/23

Congratulations Ioan! He is our Star Pupil for his fabulous maths work, concentration and effort this week. Great work Ioan! Well done! We are very proud of you! 10/02/23

As part of Mental Health Week, P6a and P6b learned about the power of making connections. We had fun strengthening our own connections with each other through teamwork. We have been helping each other to take part in the Jerusalema dance challenge! 10/02/23

Skittles experiment!

We have been learning how to structure a science report correctly. We have also been learning about the process of diffusion. We did an experiment with skittles to explore what effect heat has on the rate of diffussion and wrote a science report to record our findings. 10/02/23

As part of Safer Internet Day, we took part in a BBC lead live lesson all about keeping ourselves safe online. We were given the 60 second challenge of designing our own Internet Superheroes to protect us! I think they did a great job in just 60 seconds! 10/02/23

We have been exploring the difference between fact and opinion. We have been supporting our answers using evidence from the text and checking that our quotes have been punctuated correctly. 10/02/23

We were joined by Caley Thistle Football Club for Mental Health Week.

We learned that exercise, making healthy life choices, making connections and speaking up are really important for helping our mental health. 03/02/23

This week in Bible Alive we learned about the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. We had a go at building the walls of Jericho too!03/02/23

We have been learning to paraphrase information from our reading books and support our answers using evidence from the text. We have been learning how to use quotation marks too. 03/02/23

Congratulations to all P6B!

We competed in Sumdog's Highland Maths Challenge and P6B achieved 1st place on Thursday and 3rd place overall! Out of the 59 schools in the Highlands that took part, it is a huge achievement and you should all be very proud of yourselves!

You are all my Stars of the Week!

Well done to all of you!!

Congratulations Nathan! Nathan is our Star of the Week this week for his great concentration, hard work and effort. Great work Nathan! Well done! We are very proud of you! 27/01/23

We had great fun at Feis Rois again this week! We learned some songs in Scot's language to celebrate Robbie Burns! 27/12/23

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Today we were very sad to say 'Goodbye,' to Miss Maley. Miss Maley is a 4th year student from Aberdeen University who spent 6 weeks with us before Christmas and returned to join us for another 3 weeks of this term. She was a pupil at Lochardil herself when she was younger!

We loved having her and we wish her all the best for her final placement and for her future career as a teacher. We know she is going to be a great teacher and we would be delighted to have her back in Lochardil again one day!

Well done Miss Maley! We will miss you!

Please find below the termly overview for P6B.

Please get in touch if you have any questions. My door is always open.

Thank you very much to all of you for your support.

P6B Curriculum Overview Term 3

Congratulations Ethan! Ethan is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous concentration! Particularly in reading, he has impressed us this week with his hard work and effort. Well done Ethan! We are very proud of you! 20/01/23

Happy New Year!

We have been learning about Chinese New Year.

This year is the year of the rabbit

The energy: Yin

The element: Wood

The season: Spring

We heard a Chinese story about the rabbit and discussed, according to the Chinese Zodiac, what being born in the year of the rabbit might say about you. We investigated the Chinese Zodiac animals in the year we were born, which were the dragon and the snake.

We learned about how the creatures of the Chinese Zodiac found their place, by reading the story of the great race, which was organised by the Jade Emperor.

We have been developing our mapping skills, mental maps, memory skills, team work and communication skills while learning all about China. In teams, we worked together to recreate a map of China. How do you think we did? 20/01/23

We have been learning stories from the Bible through Bible Alive on Wednesdays 20/01/23

Feis Ross - Liza from Feis Rois will be visiting us on Mondays to teach us some traditional Scottish music and some Gaelic too. 20/01/23

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P6B Class Blog 2022-2023

Congratulations Ashton!

Ashton is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous attitude to learning. He has been working really hard, listening well and giving of his best. Well done Ashton! We are very proud of you! 13/01/23

Steven Brown art

We are massive animal fans in P6B. We learned about the artist Steven Brown, from Kilmarnock and studied his style of art. He loves to use animals as the subjects of his art! We looked at his bold use of colour and his use of blending. We chose our own animals as the subjects of our own Steven Brown inspired artwork. 13/01/23

Congratulations to Paige, Layla and Nathan M, who were the winners of our Charity project competition. It was so hard to choose a winner, as everyone had worked so hard. I loved reading every single one of them. In the end, they won because of the impressive amount of detail, research and information in their projects. They were all fabulously presented too. Well done!

The rainbow is often used as a symbol of hope, peace and of new beginnings. We have included a rainbow along with an animal of our choosing in our calendars for 2023. We learned about ordering the colours of a rainbow and concentrated really hard on the detail of our drawings. We had to use use our eyes a lot to check that our detail was correct. We also used shading to highlight areas of light and dark to make our animals more realistic. We love the contrast created by grey and colour. Everyone did a brilliant job! Well done!

We have been sharing the rest of our charity projects with the class. Well done everyone. Your charities were well thought out, with a name a fabulous logo. You all thought about the resources you would need, including staffing and accommodation. You all created vision statements along with reasons why the work of your charity is important. Great work everyone!

We are so proud of our P6a and P6b pupils!

Today, they performed Christmas carols and Christmas songs at Eastgate Shopping Centre to raise money for charity. In total, they raised over £145 for the Highland Hospice and MFR Cash for Kids.

Well done to you all. You were all fabulous.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to support us and for all the kind donations. It is really appreciated.

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P6B have been creating their own charities and presenting them to the class. Here, they are describing their vision and aims for their charities, what resources their charities will need and where they hope to get their money from. Great work everyone!

Fun in the snow!

P6 Christmas Party!

We had a fantastic time at our P6 Christmas Party this morning! We danced, played games and enjoyed some fabulous festive food! For more photos from our party, click here.

Congratulations Leah and Alex! They are our Stars of the Week for their fabulous attitude to learning, their determination to never give up and their brilliant listening skills. Well done to you both. We are every proud of you!

We have had a great time learning some Scottish country dances for our Christmas party on Monday. We have learned Strip the Willow, Dashing White Sargent, Canadian Barn Dance and Military Two Step. We laughed a lot and we are really looking forward to our party on Monday!

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Morning. It was wonderful to see you all and we were delighted to share with you some of the literacy learning tasks we engage with at school. We hope that you enjoyed it too!

Congratulations Cameron! He is our Star of the Week! We are super impressed by his consistent concentration, hard work and effort. You always give of your best Cameron and we are very proud of you. Well done Cameron!

Christmas fun! We welcomed the start of advent by opening our advent calendar and decorating our Christmas tree. We used Santa Hats for those sharing their fabulous writing and some of us even managed to turn our hair into santa hats!

02.12.22

Congratulations Ava!

Ava is our Start of the Week this week for her consistent and fabulous hard work and effort. She has been listening and concentrating really well in class too. Well done Ava! we are very proud of you! 25.11.22

We had a visit from Kirsty from the SSPCA this week. She taught us all about the work of the SSPCA. We learned about the different animals helped by the SSPCA, where their funding comes from and how their money is spent. Kirsty gave us examples of animals helped by the SSPCA. We looked at different scenarios and worked out which animals needed our help and which ones did not, learning about the needs of animals at the same time. Kirsty also told us about how she got her job and the training and skills she needed to get it. Some of us were very excited to learn that 12 year olds can volunteer to help look after the animals at the SSPCA Rescue Centre. 25.11.22

What a fabulous day we had raising money for Children in Need!

P6B did a fabulous job of organising and running our fundraising stalls. They also supported the nursery children to complete their Welly Waddle too. They had great fun and developed their leadership and citizenship skills at the same time, Well done! We are very proud of you all!

We raised over £750 and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated their money, time, effort and fabulous baked treats to make it happen, 17.11.22

Congratulations Paige!

Paige is our Star this week for her fabulous enthusiasm and attitude to learning. She always puts 100% effort into everything she does and strives to do her best. Well done Paige! We are every proud of you! 25/11/22

Blythswood Shoebox Appeal

Our shoeboxes are ready to go! This week we were visited by Elma MacKay, who works for Blythswood. She told us all about her job and the ways in which Blythswood help others all year round, not just at Christmas. We made 4 boxes in class to send to those in need in Eastern Europe. 11.11.22

Nathan M spoke at assembly this week, along with all the other UNIKID representatives. He told the school that his dream for the future is one in which all children have access to school. Well done Nathan! You spoke very well and we are very proud of you! 11.11.22

Star of the Week!

Congratulations Nicholas! he is our Star of the Week for his fabulous maths work this week and his fabulous work on inferencing during reading lessons too. Nicholas always works hard and gives 100% effort. Well done Nicholas! We are very proud of you! 11.11.2022

We have learning to calculate fractions of amounts this week! Well done for all your hard work everyone! 11.11.22

The Water Cycle

We have been loving learning about the Water Cycle this week! our Water Cycle song has got stuck in our heads and we have been singing it during break and lunchtime too!

11/11/2022

Please find attached the following information letter about our Children in Need fundraiser.

Children in Need Parent Info Letter.docx

Just a reminder that Blythswood shoeboxes should all be handed in by Friday 11th November

Thank you very much!

Please find below our Curriculum Overview for Term 2. Please just ask if you have any questions and thank you very much for your help and support.

Star of the Week

Congratulations Nathan! He is our Star of the Week for demonstrating our school values of love and kindness to others. He is always kind and helpful. Well done Nathan! We are very proud of the way you treat others! 04.11.22

Climate Change Artwork

In the run up to COP27, we created artwork using scrap paper to communicate the issues of climate change that are close to our heart. Less pollution and more trees to protect our environment and animals were the recurring themes. On our yellow hand prints we wrote our promises to help the environment. On our white handprints we wrote one thing that we feel guilty about doing, that is not so good for the environment. This was to show that we all leave handprints, good and bad, on the environment.

Yoga

We took part in yoga this week for PE! It was great fun!

04.11.22

Staffing update

We are delighted to have Miss Kate Maley join our P6B family until the 9th of December and then for a few weeks in the New Year. Miss Maley is a forth year MA student and we are really enjoying having her! 04.11.22

Halloween fun!

We learned how to read coordinates and practised our addition and subtraction skills too by playing a Halloween battleships inspired game! It was great fun! 04.11.22

Please find attached the information letter about our forthcoming trip to Eden Court as part of Inverness Film Festival Your child should have brought a paper copy home with them. We are very much looking forward to it! Please note that this letter is for your information only and does not need to be returned. Please do get in touch if you have any questions or concerns about the trip. If you are able to help, then please complete the parental helpers slip and return to school as soon as possible.

Thank you very much!

Congratulations to Ava! Ava is our Start of the Week for her fabulous hard work, concentration and effort. Well done Ava! You should be super proud of your hard work! 28/10/2022

Spelling!

We have been practising the spelling of common words this week! We were also word building, counting syllables and creating rhyming words too.

28/10/2022

Climate Change - COP 27

With the run up to COP 27, we have been discussing climate change. P6B compared the destruction caused by Climate Change to the plaque, war and explosions when they created their own metaphors and similes about Climate Change. We are making a display to show what aspects of the environment we are passionate about and what we can do, as individuals, to help. 28/10/2022

P6B have been learning about the work of Blythswood! They are organising this years collection for the Blythswood shoebox appeal!

It is that time of year again!

P6B are organising collections of Blythswood shoeboxes, to be sent to those in need within Eastern Europe in time for Christmas.

Please donate any filled shoeboxes, gifts or donations to school by Friday 11th November.

Please find attached an electronic version of the Blythswood shoebox appeal checklist. Hard copies of the leaflets will be handed out next week.

https://blythswood.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Shoe-Box-Appeal-Checklist-2022.pdf

Thank you for helping to make this Christmas extra special!

Love from P6B

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY EVERYONE!!!!!!

I hope you all get a well deserved rest and have a great holiday, whatever you get up to!

Thank you to the Ashie House Captains for organising our Rainbow Day today! We had a Dress Down Day, face painting, nail painting and Beat the Goalie!

It was great fun and a great way to raise money for school funds. Well Done!

A huge thank you to our family and friends who joined us for our Open Afternoon, where we shared examples of Health and well being activities. We really enjoyed having you join us and we hope you had a great time! It was lovely to be able to welcome you back to our school building!

07/10/2022

P6B all created and delivered group presentations about Afghanistan. Not only did every group summarise what they had learned this term, they all used their fabulous research skills to add their own extra facts about Afghanistan too! The presentations were full of well researched and interesting information about the land use, climate and culture of Afghanistan. They were all really well presented too! P6B felt a little nervous about it, so they felt super proud of themselves! Well done everyone! You did a fabulous job and we all loved listening to every single presentation!

07/10/2022

What a fabulous day we had with Scottish Ballet! We developed our confidence, movement and performance skills! We celebrated that we are all special, unique and valuable. It reminded us how important it is to treat each other (and ourselves!) with kindness and respect.

Information Update:

Just a reminder that our Open Afternoon is tomorrow (Wednesday 05/10/22) from 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm. Everyone is welcome and we would love to see you there! Our Open Afternoon will have a Health and Well-being focus. The wonderful pupils of P6B will take you through some of the Health and Well-Being activities that we have been taking part in in school. We cannot wait to welcome you all back in person!

Please find attached the permission slip that was sent home today with regards to watching the Breadwinner animation on Thursday. Please return the permission slips, or email me or message me on Dojo's by Thursday. Thank you!

PG permission slip - The Breadwinner.doc

30/09/2022

Congratulations Eliza! As it is the last certificate of the term, P6B voted themselves for who they would like to be our Star of the Week! Eliza was nominated because she always works hard, concentrates really well, works quietly always gives of her best. I wholeheartedly agree Eliza! you very much deserve this award and it is lovely that your classmates recognise how hard you work too! Well done Eliza!

Information Update:

Your child will have brought home their Key Assessment Task today.

This will include an information letter, a piece of your child's work and learning conversations had in class between your child and myself. Please let me know if you have any questions.

I would be very grateful if you would complete the home comment box, a comment related to the piece of work that your child has taken home, and return the Key Assessment Task to school next week.

Thank you very much for all your support.

30/09/2022

We were delighted to have Scottish Ballet with us for our workshop 'Safe to be Me'

We were learning to communicate through music and it was great fun! We have also been learning about respect and valuing differences through games and through creating our own character called Poppy.

We cannot wait for them to return next week!

Information update: Please note that our P.E days have changed to include Friday too now.

Miss Barclay will still be taking P.E on Monday, but for a shorter session. Mr Garden will take P.E on a Friday to make up the extra time, so over the week the total time allocated for P.E. lessons has not changed.

Please remember to return all Cauliflower card designs to school by Wednesday 28th September if you wish to make an order. Thank you!

ASHIE HOUSE GROUP EVENT

The Ashie House Captains have organised a fun dress down day for Friday 7th October 2022! It is a rainbow themed dress down day so you can come in your favourite colour or in multi-colour if you wish. The Ashie House Captains kindly ask for a small donation to go towards the school purchasing some outdoor equipment and toys for our school playground. All P7 pupils in the Ashie House Group have planned for a range of fun activities during break and lunch on this day too for pupils to get involved in!

Kayleigh is our star this week for her fabulous concentration during art. Her use of detail was fabulous! Well done Kayleigh! (23/09/2022)

We made portraits of the Queen! We have been discussing what an important part of history we have been living through just now and learning more about the Queen's past.

We also looked at use of shading to create areas of light. Well done everyone! (23/09/2022)

John Hector is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous concentration during writing and his fabulous use of description in his writing! Well done John Hector! 16/09/2022

We have been demonstrating our comprehension of our reading books and developing our questioning skills by creating closed and open ended questions. We learned about the differences between the two and challenged ourselves to create and answer more challenging open ended questions. 16.09.2022

Cauliflower cards are back! Children have brought the order form home with them. If you are interested in ordering personalised cards, gifts and gift tags, please can completed Christmas inspired designs be ordered online and returned to school by Wednesday 29/09/2022. Thank you! 16/09/2022

The school photographer will be visiting us on Tuesday 20th of September for individual school photographs and on Wednesday the 21st September for family group photographs.

Congratulations Antek! he is our Star of the Week for his fabulous concentration during reading this week! Well done! 09.09.2022

We learned that the national flower of Afghanistan is the tulip so we had a go at drawing our own! We learned that artists use their eyes more than their hands to create their artwork, so we concentrated on using our eyes for accuracy and detail. We also used shading to create areas of light and shadows too.

We have been practising mindfulness. We learned that music and art is great for helping us to regulate our emotions. We enjoyed being creative and we are very proud of our learning display! 09.09.2022

We have been learning to make connections between our reading books and our own experiences. We discussed connections between our reading books and texts we had read and news stories we had seen too. We used events, emotions and settings to help us make our connections. 09.09.2022

We have been learning about the country of Afghanistan, where our class novel, The Breadwinner, is set.

We used mapping skills to identify the 5 most populated cities in Afghanistan. We have been using research skills to discover lots of interesting facts about Afghanistan too! 09/09/2022

Our IDL is our Class Novel: The Breadwinner.

The Breadwinner is a children's novel by Deborah Ellis. It was published in 2000. The book describes events in the life of 11 year-old Parvana, an Afghani girl who must disguise herself as a boy in order to become her family's breadwinner after her father is arrested by the Taliban. It is a fabulous book. The story is sensitively told and we are really enjoying it. We have been learning facts about the country of Afghanistan, where the Breadwinner is set. We have been developing our mapping skills by learning where to find it on a map.

We have been developing our knowledge of place value! We have been learning to partition numbers up to three decimal places. We have been counting up in tenths too. Please do not worry, the pens are wipe clean and the tables were easily cleaned afterwards! We had great fun!

Congratulations Niamh and Hazel!

Niamh and Hazel are our Stars of the Week this week for their fabulous work on decimals! Their enthusiasm, concentration and effort during maths was outstanding! Well done Niamh and Hazel!

Curriculum Overview - Term 1

Please find attached the Curriculum Overview for P6B.

This overview is to share important information with you all with regards to our class routines and our learning aims for this term.

Please just ask if you have any questions!

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Happy 'Back to School' week for this wonderful lot! It has been lovely to be back and see lots of smiles! I am delighted to introduce to you the fabulous bunch that is P6B!

Congratulations Omar!

Omar is our Star of the Week!

Omar is our Star of the Week for his fabulous first week in Lochardil. He has settled in so well with lots of smiles and confidence! We are delighted that he has joined our Lochardil family. Well done Omar!

We have been creating our Class Charter. We have used lots of emotion words to describe how it feels to be in a super school. We have identified what the adults and pupils of Lochardil Primary can do to help our dream learning environment become a reality!

As part of Health and Well-being, we have learning about how believing in ourselves, and each other, can help us fly and achieve things we did not think we could! We learned that creative colouring and music can help us regulate our emotions too.

We have been developing our skills and knowledge of Place Value using randomly generated numbers. We were learning to identify the value of a digit, partition numbers, order numbers and we created sums which equalled our focus number.