The World Around Us
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.
