Yesterday Mr White, a maths teacher from Ross High, came to get to know us and to give us a challenge. He challenged us to construct a cube out of Jelly Babies and dry spaghetti. Our cubes had to be strong enough to withstand throwing and catching and they were supposed to measure 10 cm. We worked in teams and individually to create some excellent cubes and most of them did pass the test! Have a look at some of our photos below:
Last week we started a block of 6 cricket sessions being led by Tranent cricketers Mark, Aidan, Fiona and Fiona from Tranent Cricket Club. Most of us have never played cricket before and we’re having fun learning new skills. Under beautiful blue skies today we learned how to field, practised underarm and overarm throwing and had a chance to take some wickets!
Have a look at our session:
We had a brilliant visit to the Risk Factory in Edinburgh today. This is some of what we learned on our visit:
We learned…
Our ship was based on the infamous slaveship, The Zong.
Alex and Jordan worked with Mrs Totten to create our fabulous ship, which was based on the Zong. (The Zong became infamous because its captain threw overboard living people in order to try to claim insurance on its “lost cargo”. The story of the Zong helped the Abolitionist cause.) Thank you to Alex, Jordan and Mrs Totten for their hard work!
On Monday Primary 7 put on “The Sad Story of Slavery” for Primary 2/3-6/7. It was the culmination of many weeks of learning and lots of practice too! Here are some photos of our performance:
This is how we thought it went: (pink is for tickled pink and green is an area for growth!)
“The narrators were very clear and loud.” -Aimee
“The quality of acting was good. When Ross was going to be hit, he got frightened and moved away from Jordan.” -Ryan
“Everyone came on at the right moment and said their lines at the right time.” -Ross
“Most people spoke loudly and you could hear them.”- Charlie
“We had fun, but we took it seriously.” -Lauren K
“All actors kept serious faces and spoke well when talking to the audience.” -Taryn
“Everyone behind the screens remained quiet during the performance.” -Billy
“The actors used the props well to support the play.” -Kloe
“Jordan fell down at the right moment when Charlie pretended to hit him.”- Lauren C.
“Everyone worked well as a team. Everyone supported me when I forgot one of my lines.” -Kalib (Kalib had a lot of lines to remember and did really well to learn them all.)
“We actually did well. It was a big step forward for us!” Kyle
“Some people without a mic couldn’t be heard so well. Next time we need more mics or to speak louder.” -Alex
“Everyone could have used more expression in their voices.” -Kalib
“People should learn their lines better.” -Chloe
“We could have had more speaking parts.” – Charlie
“We should do more performances in order to become more confident at speaking in front of large crowds.” -Mrs Pearce
Ian Hunter visited P7, P6/7, P6 and P5w on Thursday to share some excerpts of his books with us and to help us create some characters of our own! He read to us from Lipstick Lass and The Dark Knight’s Blade. P7 and P6 spent the afternoon with Mr Hunter creating our own superheros, writing a dabble (a short story of exactly 100 words) with them and writing our own poems. Hopefully we’ll find out soon from Mr Hunter the winners from our character, dabble and poem competitions.
Meeting Alan from Recharge
Last week we officially began our transition process to Ross High School. Alan and Kat from Recharge came to our classroom to meet us and play some communication games. We really enjoyed meeting them and look forward to our next session on Wednesday.
Last Wednesday six members of P7p represented Sanderson’s Wynd in a football match against Wallyford Primary. We didn’t win the match, but we are really proud of our boys for doing their best and representing our school! Here we are looking smart in our football kit!
Ready for the match
We really love our PE sessions with Mr Johnstone! Today we began a four week block of gymnastics and really enjoyed our first lesson! We explored some of the equipment including vaults, beams and springboard. We also worked together as a team to form a human pyramid within each group. Have a look at how we did it below:
We have begun our study of Russia with St Basil’s cathedral, a building so intriguing and enigmatic that it could only be Russian! We have learned about its history and how cupolas are made. Now we are producing our own versions. This is some of our work so far:
