P6B - WB 17.02.25

Dear Readers,

We hope you are all very well.

It was great getting back to school after the February break and seeing everyone again, so we were all a bit too much excited on Tuesday!

The highlights of the week were many, but these are the ones wrote by our new Blog Monitors, Matteo and Mariam:

• Power Point and Reading comprehension about Internet Safety after which almost everyone wanted to share their experiences about scams and issues they or their parents/families/friends had which were connected to the Internet. We heard lots of stories so that would can pass on the message and be alert against those same things in case they ever happen to us!
• Also regarding Internet Safety week, we have looked into the most well known social media apps( Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, X and TikTok) and most of us were very surprised to see the age restrictions for them! Ask your child how they felt about that, please!
• In Numeracy, we have worked hard on whole numbers divided by 10, 100 and 1000 and with that have started our decimals work for this year which, by the way, the children absolutely loved! The whole week was about introducing and reinforcing this.
• The information report is the next type of text we will be writing so, this week we have read an Information Report about Venomous Snakes and explored/revised its format and features. We have also worked on grammar related to the text by revising different types of nouns and our adjectives.
• On Wednesday there was a whole school Assembly to introduce the theme of the Jubilee 2025 – Pilgrims of Hope and the new challenge of making our own door holder to ‘Open our doors to Jesus.’ Also during the Assembly, we found out about the Joke Competition and got all excited about it!
• Since our new Topic is Biodiversity, we have watched a clip and are in the middle of taking our notes on it so that we can then choose what we would like to learn about first. It all seems very interesting and there were many questions about the meaning of herbivores, omnivores and carnivores, some of the many important words we will need to know the meanings of really well!
• The Friday started with Mass and Father Clement spoke to us about the important role of language, having explained how God wanted to punish people in the Bible ( Old Testament) by making them speak in different languages and therefore not being able to communicate. If we can understand each other, then we should be able to reach agreements and live in peace. This is one of the most important things we Pray for in our class everyday.
• Finally, we got to watch the end of ‘Brave’ from Disney, which we have started because Mrs Valente wanted to show how Scotland was organised in clans, in the old days, and how the tartans existed even by then. Everyone loved it!
• Many congratulations, in fact, triple congratulations to Miss Layla for being the Hot Chocolate of the week , the Reader Leader of the fortnight and also for being in the winning table. The Scary Seas!!!!
• Congratulations to all the boys and girls from the Scary Seas as well, of course, Mariam, Ishani M, Ishani S, Renna, Zac, Aiden and Lyon! Super tidy, organised and well behaved!

It’s all for now, we hope you have enjoyed reading about our week and wish you all a great weekend!

P6B and Mrs Valente