P7A 2023/24

Red Nose Day

Thank you so much to Duntelchaig House and Vice Captains for organising our Red Nose Day celebrations this year!  We had a great time dancing, painting our noses red and beating the goalie.  A fantastic figure was raised for Comic Relief.

Rotary Quiz 2024

Our fabulous team of P7s attended the Rotary Quiz this year, coming joint 7th place!  They did really well, answering questions on themes such as maths, science, technology, geography and the written word.  Our team did us proud with a positive attitude throughout; they definitely looked like the team that had the most fun!  And well done to our reserve who joined a team of  reserves from other teams and came joint 5th!  

Happy Pi Day!

We celebrated Pi Day today by looking at this incredible number.  We measured circular objects to prove that the circumference divided by the diameter always equals 3.14 (making allowances for our measuring!).  We also created a Pi Chain, using a different colour paper link to represent each number to 100 decimal places.  And we had a Pi champion competition, where Campbell was able to recite Pi to 42 decimal places!

RHET Visit Day to Dunmaglass Estate

Despite the weather being awful, both P7s had a fantastic day at Dunmaglass Estate, hosted by the Royal Highland Educational Trust!  The day welcomed 150 young people to the estate for a day of farm and estate experiences.

In the morning, we visited the farm, meeting the cows and hearing all about beef production.  We loved exploring the farm machinery and asking lots of questions!  We also met some of the sheet, learning about the history of the flock, getting up close with one feisty sheep and trying the virtual lambing machine!  And we learned all about the properties and benefits of wool as a sustainable product.  Unfortunately our sheep dog demonstration had to be cut short due to the weather, but our P7s were as excited as P1s for their farm visit.

In the afternoon, we moved up to the estate buildings and learned more about the different types of income generation.  We met with people from the Woodlands trust to hear about the different types of trees and their uses.  We had a fantastic session with SSE, talking about the renewable energy on the estate.  We got to try their VR headsets, putting ourselves on the top of a wind turbine!  And we learned about the deer stalking and animal care, hearing about how they maintain a healthy deer population and how their venison gets from Hill to Grill.  We even got to sample some of the venison which was delicious!

Thank you so much to the RHET staff and volunteers, and to Dunmaglass Estate, for giving us this fantastic opportunity.

Click the photo on the right to access more photos from the day.

Term 3 Overview


Here is a link to our Termly Overview for this term.  The overview shares some info on the learning and events in term 3.  Any questions, please feel free to ask.

10.01.24 

ALLTNACRICHE PARENT INFORMATION MEETING - Tuesday 13th February 2024  6pm   


Date for your diary

Tuesday 13th February 2024  6pm   

Online meeting  - Zoom link will be shared.

The meeting will last about 30 minutes and is an opportunity for you to meet and speak with staff from Alltnacriche,and hear about the fantastic accommodation and opportunitites available. There will be a chance at the end to ask any questions. 

P7 Christmas Party!

Our P7s loved their Christmas party today!  There was dancing, games, food and music.  Everyone looked fantastic in their festive attire and we all had a brilliant time.

This festive season, we have been using the Christmas to inspire through our problem solving lessons.  From making the longest paper chain from 2 sheets of paper, to Taskmaster style Christmas challenges, our learning has been fun, collaborative and challenging.

P7 IRA Ceilidh

Our P7s had their first taste of the IRA today as they attended the annual IRA Christmas Ceilidh!  Although we were nervous at first due to the size and number of people, everyone agreed that "it was actually fun" and "it was better than I thought it would be!"

We Will Remember Them

P7A created these beautiful poppies to mark Armistice Day on 11th November.

Cura Guardian

P7A have been extremely lucky to be working with local storyteller and dancer Sita Kumari last term.  Our school has been working with Sita as part of the Heartstone project and were involved in the official launch of the project.   This year, our P7 class have been working with Sita to develop a performance piece relating to the story and life cycle of a dragonfly in the Highlands of Scotland.  And this week, we performed our dance for the school, parents and invited guests.  This project took us way outside of our comfort zone, but we were really proud of the results.

Term 2 Overview

We are now well underway with term 2!  Here is a link to our Termly Overview for term 2, detailing our learning opportunities, topics, events and ways to help at home.


Dress Up Disco 30.10.23

We had lots of fun and raised lots of money at our Dress Up Disco. Our stalls were busy and everyone enjoyed taking part. Our DJ's did a super job of games with super music and dancing in the hall. We were very well supported and received positive feedback. Lots of great teamwork and cooperation made our event such a success. Thank you to our parents/ carers for helping us with the supplies for our stalls and for the staff who came along to help.

10/09/23 Kirking of the Council

Mrs Kellacher, Mrs Murray and I were so proud to have some of our house captains and vice captains represent our school at the Kirking of the Council.  This is a very traditional event and our P7s paraded through the streets of Inverness before a church service, and a reception in the fabulous Town House.  Our representatives did a fantastic job and were even treated to a mini tour of the Town House by local councillor Morven Reid, who started with "Who wants to see the swords?!"  Well done House and Vice Captains! 

Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000!  

We took our maths outside today and drew huge Place Value charts on the playground.  Then, we practised sliding to the left and sliding to the right to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 (to the tune of Cha-Cha Slide.  One hop this time!)

Nim

Find 12 objects.  On their turn, each player can take either 1, 2 or 3 objects.  The winner is the person who makes their opponent take the last piece.  A simple game but look at the concentration!

05/09/23 - Buddy Games

This term, we have really helped our P1 buddies to settle in to school.  Today, we took them outside for the afternoon and played lots of really fun games with them, as part of our work on leadership skills!  Our buddies loved the parachute, the fox and chicken game, and Duck Duck Goose!

Building Bridges

As part of our problem solving, each group had to build a bridge spanning a gap of 40cm.  They had a budget of £100 and could buy paper, paperclips and sellotape.  We then tested each bridge to see if it could hold the wait of toy cars.  We worked on creative skills and experimentation, as well as team work and budgetting.

Termly Overview

Here is a link to our Termly Overview for Term 1.

Meet our House Captains and Vice Captains for 2023/24...

Ashie

Broom

Ruthven

Duntelchaig

15/08/23 - SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!!

As part of our "Getting to Know You" activities, we had a snowball fight!  Everyone wrote 3 facts about themselves on a piece of paper, trying to pick facts that others might not know.  Then, we screwed up the paper and threw it around the classroom, before finding a snowball and trying to fin d out who the facts were about.

Do you know who went to Blackpool in the holidays, who's dad drives a lorry, who's favourite food is pizza or who's dog is allergic to it's ears and it's paws?!

Welcome to P7A - Class of 2024!