Deanburn PS P6

Woohoo, it’s Codemas at @deanburnps.bsky.social for P6!

What is Codemas you ask? Three festive coding themed challenge activities for your learners from @connectedfalk.bsky.social and DigiLearnFalk.

See the Codemas activities here 👉 blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/public/co...

Today’s Request a Selfie spotlight! 📸✨
In our class, pupils can request their work be shared on Bluesky when they’re especially proud of it - K and L were excited to show off their fantastic recounts of Bear and Hare today. 🐻🐰
Brilliant writing and amazing effort! 🌟
#Literacy #PupilVoice #ProudWork

We researched significant events in African history 🌍📚
Pupils explored key moments, from ancient civilisations to modern milestones, and used their findings to create detailed timelines. Such brilliant curiosity, discussion and historical thinking on show!
#IDL #Africa #History #LearningJourney

Today we took on the CODEMAS challenges from @digilearnfalk.bsky.social🎄💻
Using Scratch, pupils coded their own festive games and even explored the Santa Tracker levels on Code Lab!
Amazing creativity, problem-solving and festive fun!
#Coding #Scratch #DigitalLearning #STEM #FestiveFun

We completed a Reflective Reading long-read task map based on the John Lewis Christmas advert Bear and Hare 🎄🐻🐰
Pupils used strategies to dig deeper into the themes, emotions and storyline — developing comprehension, prediction and discussion skills!
#ReflectiveReading #Literacy #Comprehension

We need your help to decorate the school Christmas tree! 🎄
We can't wait to see your recycled creations!

Today we recreated Winter Landscape by Wassily Kandinsky ❄️🎨
Pupils explored colour, shape and atmosphere while using a variety of media to bring their own versions to life — paint, pastels and pen. The results were vibrant, creative and beautifully wintery! ⛄✨
#Art #Kandinsky #CreativeLearning

🌤️ This afternoon we took part in a cold, but sunny Daily Mile – a perfect brain break with fresh air, movement and smiles all round! A great way to recharge, boost focus and support wellbeing. Proud of everyone for getting involved! 👟💙 #TheDailyMile #Wellbeing #ActiveLearners

We’ve been diving into Scratch coding this week 💻✨
Pupils learned how to add sprites and backdrops, create flying, gliding and talking animations, and then used these new skills to start coding their own games! 🎮
Brilliant creativity, problem-solving and digital confidence! 🚀
#Scratch #Coding #STEM

Today we learned about the Ndebele people of South Africa 🇿🇦✨
We explored their way of life and the beautiful tradition of painting houses with bold geometric patterns and bright colours. Pupils then had a go at creating their own vibrant designs! 🎨
#IDL #Africa #ArtEd #NdebeleArt #CreativeLearning

In our plenary today, pupils took part in a gallery walk to showcase their posters on different African countries 🌍✨
They noted key info from others, for use in their information reports later this week. Amazing research, sharing and learning from one another! 📚📝
#IDL #Africa #Literacy #Research

Pupils used the MTV thinking routine 3–2–1 Bridge to discuss ‘A Day’s Meal’ by African artist Elisha Ongere. Afterward, they created their own versions using tints and tones of a single colour with pencil, black pen, and chalk. Blending art and reflection! 🖤 #ArtEd #ThinkingRoutines #Africa

@missbeattie-dps.bsky.social helped with collecting donations for #ChildrenInNeed this morning. As a school we raised an amazing £225.62 which will help many different charities. Thank you to everyone who donated @deanburnps.bsky.social 😊

We used Reflective Reading today to develop our comprehension skills 📚💡
Working in reading trios, pupils had to spot the silly words in a passage and suggest sensible alternatives — great teamwork, discussion, and language thinking on display! 🗣️✅
#Literacy #ReflectiveReading #CollaborativeLearning

We explored food chains and food webs as part of our Africa topic 🌍🦁 Pupils used key vocabulary-producer, consumer, predator, and prey-to build and explain food chains from the rainforest and the savannah. Fantastic science and super teamwork! 🌱➡️🐜➡️🦓➡️🐆
#IDL #Science #Africa #STEM #LearningInAction

We created African inspired line art today while learning about traditional African textiles and patterns 🧵🎨
Pupils explored line, shape and colour using a range of media — and the final pieces were bold, bright and beautiful! 🌍✨
#ArtEd #IDL #Africa #CreativeLearning

We used Plickers today as a plenary tool in numeracy to check understanding and assess learning in real time! 🔢📊 A quick, no-device-needed way for pupils to show their thinking — and for me to see instantly who’s secure and who needs support. ✔️
#Numeracy #Assessment #Plickers #VisibleLearning

We sorted African animals into the biomes they belong to today — then explored the amazing adaptations they’ve developed to survive in such extreme weather conditions 🌍🦁🌵❄️
From heat-tolerance to camouflage to water storage — nature is incredible! 💡
#IDL #Africa #STEM #Science #Adaptations

Today we completed our Exit Ticket out of Africa! 🌍✈️
Pupils used their ticket to demonstrate their learning on African biomes and climates.
A brilliant way to reflect, check understanding and celebrate our IDL learning journey! 💭✨
#IDL #Africa #Geography #VisibleLearning #ExitPass #Evaluate #Assess

We compared the climate of the UK with the Sahara Desert today 🌍☀️🌧️
Using graphs, pupils analysed the huge differences in temperature and rainfall — and used this data to help explain why these places look and feel so different. 📊💡🌵 #IDL #Geography #Africa #DataHandling

African animal sunset silhouette art 🌅🦁
We explored African wildlife and used a variety of media to create bold sunset backgrounds with silhouette animals. The results were stunning — and the creativity was off the scale! 🎨🔥 #ArtEd #IDL #Africa #CreativeLearning

Primary 1 pupils enjoyed a shared reading session with their Primary 6 buddies this morning. Lots of lovely engagement in sharing stories together.

Pupils created their own Top Trumps cards to showcase their knowledge of African landscapes and climates! 🌍☀️ They compared temperatures, rainfall, animal life, and even gave each location an adventure rating! 🦁🌧️ Such a fun and creative way to learn about geography! 📚✨ #IDL #Geography #Africa #Fun

We have been coding @microbit.org devices with an element of pupil choice! 💡 We chose green, amber, or red challenges - creating everything from Rock, Paper, Scissors to flickering lights 💡 and Magic Eight Balls 🎱 Fantastic creativity, confidence, and coding skills! 💻⚙️ @digilearnfalk.bsky.social

We used ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch to explore Emotion Works. We focused on the first 5 cogs - behaviours, emotion words, body sensations, triggers and regulation before briefly discussing the intensity and influences cog too! #art #hwb #EmotionWorks #emotions #discuss

We were revising the 2 jump subtraction method in numeracy today to work out 3 digit subtraction calculations using our ‘Remember to’s’ from @bigmaths.bsky.social ➖ #numeracy #subtraction #FAB #mental #brainonly #workitout #BigMaths

We completed an exit pass to demonstrate our understanding of the events in our class novel - 3 things that happened, 2 things we learnt about a character and 1 question we still have about the story! 📚🐛🍎 #literacy #classnovel #summary #mainideas #comprehension #understanding

Congratulations to the winners of our Blythswood Shoebox Appeal letter-writing competition! 💌✨ Their heartfelt letters are now on their way to boys in Eastern Europe — spreading kindness across the miles. 🌍 I wonder if they’ll write back? 💭❤️ #BlythswoodCare #KindnessInAction #GlobalCitizens

Our nurture group worked with @mrshogan-dps.bsky.social to run a tuck shop to raise money for the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal 🎁 They shared their fantastic efforts at assembly, and thanks to them, 12 full shoeboxes are now on their way to Eastern Europe! 🌏 A wonderful achievement for a great cause ❤️