Our next topic in P6 is `Energy’. This week we have been learning about the different forms of energy and the way that energy can be transformed from one form to another. To investigate this we will be holding an Invention Convention on 9 May and hosting our P5 guests. The task is to create an invention which is powered by one of the forms of energy that we have been learning about eg. kinetic, potential, light, electrical, chemical.
To help us get started here are some websites and ideas that you might be able to develop in your own invention. Good luck!
Science Kids
Alliant Energy
A lemon battery
Air power
Water energy
Solar energy

In P6 we have just completed our Victorian topic. It has been a fascinating topic as we learned about life in Britain and the Empire during the Victorian period. During the topic we learned about famous Victorians, scientists, engineers, inventors and even Darwin’s theory of evolution. We also researched Victorian objects and created our own museum which was visited by the school and our parents. Each class also travelled back in time to experience a true Victorian school day, including a visit from the strict school inspector. The topic was completed with a Victorian Murder Mystery when the classes learned about the death of `William Abbott’ and our task was to gather evidence from Victorian North Berwick and its residents. During the day we learned about how our town has changed since the Victorian period and following our day of investigation we discovered who was the murderer. Many thanks to all of the parents and witnesses who supported our topic.
Here are some memories:
P6 Victorian topic on PhotoPeach

On Wednesday 13 March, a team of four of our P6s will be going to Loretto school to take part in the first round of a National European Union quiz. To help support our team as they prepare please find below some websites that will help you with your revision:
Europa Go – with games and quizzes
Young Scot Europe Channel
WebTV from the European Parliament
European Commission

To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday please leave a comment (or write it in your homework jotter) which is no more than 50 words. The comment should describe why you like your favourite book or book character.
Your comment might inspire someone else to read the book so please ensure that you include the title and author of the book your are writing about (not included in your 50 words). We look forward to reading them.

On Friday 15th March P6 will be opening a Victorian museum and it will be open to visitors on that day. We are currently gathering original objects for our museum (primary sources) and are also creating other displays for the museum. The museum will be about the lives during the Victorian period; at home, at play and at work. All contributions will be gratefully received (and returned).
To help us in this task Susan Cowie visited P6 last week and helped us to think about how to plan a museum. It was a fun and informative visit.
Museum curator visit on PhotoPeach

The homework task for Victorians is a creative opportunity to try out a Victorian craft for our Victorian Museum. Please leave your comment as required by the instruction sheet:
Let us know:
a. what craft you intend to do
b. why you’ve chosen to do this craft
c. where you got your ideas from (eg. book, web site, someone you know)
d. what you are going to create

We know that many of you will miss your favourite maths lessons during the February break but don’t worry here are some links to help you with your skills. Enjoy.
Fractions
BBC bitesize
Bingo Fractions
Decimals, percentages and fractons
Multiplication games
Kung Fu Angles

As part of our introduction to our new `Victorians’ topic, this week we have been looking at the writing of Charles Dickens. P6 have been asked to find out five facts about Charles Dickens. You can write these as a comment attached to this post, or write them in your homework jotter.
Here are some links to help you:
BBC primary history
Bleak House – an animated history
Dickens’ London
Dickens Game

A day in Law Primary

Hi this is Meganne, Emily and Breanna from P6C. We are going to tell you about a day in the life of Law Primary.
First we line up outside the door and the teacher takes us in at 8:45am. We take off our coats and un-pack our bags. We put on our indoor shoes and put our things on our cloakroom pegs.
We first cheek everyone is in the class so we know who here or not. Sometimes we do writing exercises and then we to maths setting apart from on Thursday when we go to class maths witch is when our whole class goes to a different teacher to get taught in maths
Then we go out for small break at break time. The boys play cops and robbers and the girls walk around gossiping then we go in when the bell goes.
After we go back to class for more lessons. Then the lunch bell goes and we go straight to lunch according to the bell, first, second, third and fourth. We can either have a school lunch where we bring our own money or we can bring our own packed lunch. If we have lost our lunch money then our nurse Mrs McCauley (misses. mac-o-lay) will give us some spare. After lunch we go back outside according to the weather.
After lunch we have lessons about our topic and we sometimes get French and art. On Friday we have 30 minuet golden time. We have lessons an till 3:15 and then we tidy up for 5 minuets and then we go home at 3:20 walking or getting driven.
10.12.12

Hello Mrs Macniven and her class
It’s Rachel, Katie May and Mia here and we are going to tell you about what our lives are in school. We start at 8:45 and finish at 15:20. Usually at the start of the day we do reading, writing or a class challenge and then after we have maths setting after that we have break. At break we often do different things like 40 40, making up handshakes, playing on monkey bars and asking boys out!!
Our weekly homework tasks- Monday spelling, Tuesday maths, Wednesday Accelerated Reading, Thursday topic. We have done 3 topics so far which have been EU countries, woodlands and we are in the middle of the body. Mia and Katie are in maths set 1 and Rachel is in maths set 2. For spelling , we are all in set 1. We don’t have reading setting in p6 but we still do reading assessments.
We have lunch at 12:20 until 13:15. During lunch time every day there are clubs. On Monday us three go to singing/dance club, on Tuesday Rachel has Fairtrade meeting and Mia and Katie go to the p2 games club were we help p2s play games, on Wednesday we do no clubs, on Thursdays Katie goes to friendship bracelet making club and Mia and Rachel go to touch typing and on Friday we go to aerobics. We hoped you enjoyed reading this post.
Love from Rachel , Mia and Katie xoxoxo