The World Around Us
⛰🛶 Primary 7 Residential ⛰🛶
11th June 2025
Many of our P7 pupils spent last Tuesday and Wednesday in Carlingford, County Louth, on their ‘Leavers’ Residential’.
It was action-packed from the outset! After arriving in Carlingford town early on Tuesday morning, they made their way to Carlingford Adventure centre: their base for the next two days. Here, they got introduced to the team of instructors, as well as their itinerary for the next couple of days. On the first day, the group took part in Kayaking across the Carlingford lough, as well as playing laser tag in Slieve Foye forest. After their dinner, the group returned to Slieve Foye forest to toast S'mores on their dusk campfire, that they helped to build! They finished off their evening with takeaways, treats and plenty of craic with their friends!
On day two, the group got straight to action after a hearty breakfast: by using their problem-solving skills to create their own water rafts, before testing them out on Carlingford Lough, with the stunning scenery of the Cooley peninsula as their backdrop. After enjoying their lunch, the group spent their afternoon in ‘Sky Park’, where they undertook the high ropes challenge and scaled the heights with wonderful enthusiasm. Everyone took on their activities with an eager determination and commendable enthusiasm, which was fantastic to see!
From start to finish, it was an unforgettable experience for all of the group and memories they will cherish for many years to come. Well done, Primary 7!
'PANTS' lesson by NSPCC
Wednesday 7th May
This week in class, our P7s have been exploring PANTS by NSPCC, which focuses on developing awareness of how children can keep themselves safe, as well as respect others. Well done, P7!
Money Management with My BNK
Friday 2nd May
Over the past three weeks, our P7 pupils have been exploring key skills in money management, led by Michelle from My BNK. The workshops were very helpful in consolidating prior learning in the 'Money Wise' topic. Thanks to Michelle and the My BNK team for all their hard work!
Painting through Watercolours
Tuesday 18th February
As part of our learning of Natural Disasters, P7 explored how Natural Disasters have inspired art, before having a go at using watercolours to create their own Natural Disaster art.
STEAM Challenge- can you build the tallest Earthquake resistant structure?
Thursday 30th January
In today’s investigative task, pupils used their learning of earthquake proof structures in Asia, to attempt to build the tallest class structure that would be ‘table shake proof’ for 10 seconds. Great creativity was shown by all, showing their learning effectively in relation to structural assets that can make a building more sturdy. Well done, P7!
Interest rates
Wednesday 18th December
Today in Primary 7, the boys and girls were exploring the use of interest rates in both saving and borrowing, as part of their 'Money Wise' topic. This involved recognising the benefits of high interest rates for savings, as well as the dangers of high interest rates when borrowing. From this, they worked in pairs to complete a series of interest rate challenges.
Titanic Belfast
Wednesday 11th December
The Primary 7 class had a wonderful day at Titanic Belfast on Wednesday, where they explored the exhibition of ‘Titanic Belfast’, to consolidate their World Around Us learning in the theme of ‘Titanic’.
The class highly enjoyed the experience, which included the opportunity to explore the famous Titanic slipways, the SS Nomadic Ship which ferried passengers to the Titanic, as well the world-famous titanic Belfast Museum. The tour first focused on the industrial and shipbuilding era of Belfast, before exploring the construction, launch and aftermath of the Titanic’s demise. It was a great day out for the class and an excellent experience to conclude their Titanic learning.
Children's Day- Mock protest
Wednesday 22nd November
Today, we took part in a mock protest to highlight and petition for single use plastics to be banned. This allowed us to demonstrate that every day, we should use our voices for good and that the voice of the child is a powerful tool.
Sink or float?
Monday 18th November
As part of our Scientific Investigation in WAU, we explored whether a range of items would sink or float, then used our results to explore what makes items float. From this, we recognised that buoyancy is caused by the density of an object- how tightly packed the space inside a shape is.
Making rights real!
Friday 15th November
This week in Primary 7, we explored how to make our rights real as part of our Rights Day. We explored a range of core rights in relation to some ethical scenarios, then make posters to highlight these rights.
Animating on Adobe Express
Wednesday 6th November
Through our WAU learning on Titanic, P7 used their ICT skills and the Adobe Express software, to AI animate their voice. Using this tool, the pupils recalled some key facts relating to the Titanic, then animated their words through Adobe software.
Have a look at some photos and completed videos from this task below!
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Making posters for our Halloween Shop
Wednesday 16th October
Today we used Adobe Express to create a range of posters, to promote our upcoming Halloween Shop for our disco
Exploring local links to the Titanic
Wednesday 9th October
Today in our WAU learning, we used online search tools to research potential links with our local community and the infamous Titanic. Not only did we find a Downpatrick resident who initially travelled on the Titanic, we also uncovered that the Titanic sailed past Ardglass on its way to begin its voyage. Great research, P7!
Recreating the exterior and interior of the Titanic, using Minecraft Education
Wednesday 2nd October
Using Minecraft Education and their STEAM skills, P7 were today tasked with creating exterior and interior elements of the Titanic. Have a look at some of their creations.
Our Rights Respecting Charter
Thursday 26th September
Over the course of September, Primary 7 have been working hard on their Rights respecting Charter- celebrating their rights according to the UN convention and recognising those most important to our class this year!
European Day of Languages
Thursday 26th September
Today in Primary 7, like classrooms all over Europe, we celebrated European Day of Languages. As part of our celebrations, we explored the importance of our own native irish language, as well as the celebration of European and global languages. We took part in a range of games through the medium of Irish, as well as explore the Irish and Bulgarian alphabets- even attempting to create some words and phrases in Bulgarian!
Our P7 Planter Box
Tuesday 17th September
Primary 7 spent time this week upkeeping their class planter box, by planting some new shrubs and weeding/ tidying up the current plants. Good work, Primary 7!
Sequencing the events of the Titanic
Wednesday 4th September
Primary 7 today took part in a sequencing challenge, where they had to attempt to reorder the key events in the Titanic story, using their prior knowledge and discussion that has taken place so far.
