P7's Top Ten Highlights for week commencing 27th October

1. Science - We learned about what DNA is and we made our own DNA double helix.

2. ICT - We created a budget using Excel.

3. Literacy - We were introduced to our mystery books.

4. Engineering - We created the Flightmaster and made it fly. Jennie won the competion.

5. Art - We created WW2 silhouettes for our Blitz Art.

6. Topic - We learned about rationing and what food people ate, e.g. British apples, powdered milk and powdered egg. Miss Finn showed us a ration box of what soldiers in the British army would have today. The coolest thing was the sausage and bean casserole in a pack.

7. R.E. - We learned that October is the month of the Rosary. We also learned about the Mysteries of  the Rosary and prayed the Luminous Mystery.

8. Maths - We learned about data handling and created a bar chart in our jotters. We previously only did this in Excel in ICT.

9. Topic - We learned about Sacha's great-grandfather who survived the war but tragically was killed afterward in a plane crash. Sacha shared with us a condolence letter from Buckingham Palace and a news article.

10. Tanzanian Talk - We had a special visitor called Seraphin. We learned about how St. Cuthbert's and Kyou walk 'hand in hand' together in friendship, while making the world a better place.

The Great P7 Bake-off - A roaring success!

This morning P7 decided they would host a cake sale to raise money for Lagganlia in March. P7 have been working really hard to make their cakes.Everyone enjoyed it! All the children loved the delicious cakes P7 made.

The children were organised into 6 groups of four,with a variety of scruptious cakes on each table.Each table had a certain class to serve and a person to monitor the crowd.Every table made a great amount of money which added up to a total of £113.31.

Without the help of Miss Finn and Mrs Gregg, we wouldn't be able to achieve our goal.
By Sharon and Holly

P7 Homework - World War 2

              P7 Project Based Homework – World War 2

           This term: Your target is to complete at least 3 projects from the grid.

                                    You must do the one in the middle.

Research an aircraft, ship or tank that took part in WW2. Make a model, drawing or collage and don’t forget to include a description .	Create a presentation about what you would pack if you were evacuated to another place today, giving your reasons for each item.	Make a drawing, painting or collage using different materials that shows a scene from World War 2.
Design and make a game involving facts about World War 2. (board game, card game, memory game, observation game)	Create a fact-file about the life of a child during World War 2. This should contain facts about everyday life including evacuation, rationing, the Blitz.	Design a recruitment poster to encourage people to fight for their country during the War.
Make your own artefact from World War 2 – this could be a rationing book, an evacuation case, a gas mask, soldier’s helmet or a medal.	Write a fictional diary as a child during World War 2.	An idea of your own…

Completed homework should be brought into class as it is completed. Dates for returning the homework pieces are:

Friday 19th September, Thursday 25^th September and Friday 3^rd October.

We will display the best homework on our class World War 2 display.

P7 has gone Career Crazy!

In P7, we have been exploring what we want to be when we are older. It has been fascinating to learn about different career paths and the skills and education requirements necessary. Who knew that among us there is a future Prime Minister or a toy designer? We have very high ambitions. Enjoy discovering about our future careers!

Sharon-I want to be a professional Dancer

When I grow up I want to be a professional Dancer to dance and perform for my enjoyment and for people's entertainment. I think I will be good at this job  because I started going to dance classes since I was 9 I think I should have started  at a younger age but I learn things quickly so that's not a problem for me.The type of dance styles I do are Tap, Ballet and Modern dance. I enjoy all the styles of dance but the hardest has to be Ballet.

As a dancer you have to start dancing when you are under the age of 10 or 11 because when you be a professional dancer you need to be quite young, between the age of 18-30.

As a dancer you would use movement to interpret music, tell stories and express emotion. You could dance for live performances for television film or music videos. Three things you need to be good at to be a dancer.

1. You need to go to dance classes.

2. You need to be flexible.

3. You need to be confident to perform in front of an audience.

The educational requirements you will need are a high level of training and ability. Many professional dancers train at a vocation dance school with an intensive three year degree or diploma or a one year postgraduate course.

Michael - I want to be a Computer Game Developer

When I grow up, I want to be a Computer Game Developer because it is what I am good at. On a Career Interest Assessment surprisingly the job a Computer Games Developer was there. Also in class, we went on a National Career Service website and the job involves producing games for PC, game consoles and for mobile phones.

The skills I have include: being able to fix computers if they have broke, working on my own and making my own IP address. I need to be good at computer science, software engineering, animation, graphic design, multimedia and computer games design.

The age guidance I will be aiming for is 15 - 18, a 1st or 3rd person shooter. If I don't succeed, my plan B is to be a Computer System Analyst.

The nature of my work is to develop games and make sure they work correctly, make sure the game works correctly in time and create the coding of the game.

For me to become a Game Developer I would need to have a foundation degree or a degree qualification.Three skills required are to work under pressure for the dead line, need to be good at maths and to have excellent computer skills.

Cailan - I want to be a scientist

When I grow up I want to be a research scientist to try and find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease  because my grandad has it .

I think I have the potential to undertake this job because I am good at problem solving and Maths.
I also have patience, I can carry on when I don't get the results I expect, I have a great memory, I can work with what I've got, I can concentrate well, I would also be good anylising and collecting data

I researched my job on the National Career Service and I found out that I need at least 2:1 in Science, 5 GCSEs in English, Maths and Science and at least two A levels.