Tuesday 1st December was a day of celebration in our class. We had November certificate winners, November Good to be Green raffle winners and Mathletics winners. Well done to you all!!
The whole class have been working extremely hard since half term on increasing the amount of time they spend reading. Everyone was given a points target during the first week of term that was to be achieve by December 18th, when we get our Christmas holidays. Each book the children read is worth a certain number of points, so the more they read, the more points they’ll earn!! Once they reach their target, children get to choose a special prize.
So far, we have had two children who have met their target within just three weeks!! Well done, girls, and enjoy that homework pass!
During Term 1A, P7MM learned about Rainforests. The children really enjoyed finding out about these amazing places. Here are some photos of the creative work we did during the topic.
Since the children returned to school at the end of August, they have been enjoying three Healthy Kidz sessions a week with Coach Steve and Coach Jamie. Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed improving their fitness levels through fun, engaging activities.
P7MM took part in a very informative workshop led by Eleanor from REIM Training Solutions on Internet Safety. The theme of the workshop this year was our Digital Footprint and how we can ensure that we make this as positive as possible.
We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. All classes had to decorate the classroom door for the event. We chose ‘Where’s Wally?’ and it looks fantastic!
We completed activities throughout the day linked to one of our favourite authors - David Walliams.
A great day!!
On Tuesday 3rd March, we visited the Ulster American Folk Park as part of our famine topic. During the trip we heard about the stories of the characters in Under the Hawthorne Tree, our class novel, and how they coped with the famine. We saw what it would a typical house and school house would have been like in 1845. We also walked through a typical Irish village with shop fronts. We then took a journey to the New World, America, on a ship and experienced what life would have been like there. All in all, a great day!
Primary 7 really enjoyed seeing their flying water rockets fly. Air pressure builds up in the bottle and eventually reaches its limit and forces its way out in the quickest possible way, ejecting the water and flying through the air. Pupils really enjoyed this simple science experiment. Great fun had.
Every week the children put a huge effort into our Healthy Kidz sessions. Such a fun way to keep fit!
Over the last couple of months, P7MM have been learning about the Titanic. We discussed how many, many people lost their lives in the water after the Titanic hit the iceberg and decided to investigate how our body temperature affects our ability to carry out simple tasks such as writing a sentence, building Lego and placing pegs on a peg board by completing these tasks before and after submerging our hands in ice cold water for two minutes. We also tracked our heart rate. We had great fun doing this as you can see from the photos and the results showed us that, apart from the odd anomaly, most of us found it much more difficult to carry out these tasks after having our hands in cold water.
