For the first 6 weeks of this term, we will be joined by a football coach from Aberdeen Football Club who will be teaching us lots of fun and exciting ways to enjoy football and learn new skills. On Wednesday 11th January we had our first session and some of the girls were a little hesitant at first. However, once they got started the smiles came across their faces.
We learned how to stand like a footballer and a coach.
We were practising our dribbling skills. We worked in pairs. One of us was a tractor (we had to dribble the ball) and the other was the trailer (We had to follow the tractor). We had to dribble through cones keeping track of how many we went through. We had to try and beat our partners score.
After we found out what scores we got it was time for a forfeit for the player with the least amount of points. For this forfeit we had to complete a sumo-dab. Video of this event to follow.
At the end of the session we got to play a game of corners football. This was the part I enjoyed the most (Mason). We were in teams and each person got a number. When our number was called we had to go against the other players who were also that number. The aim of the game was to use our dribbling skills to score a goal.
On Tuesday 10th January P5/6 welcomed an Animal Rescue Officer into our class. We were learning about the work that the Scottish SPCA does and how they support abandoned and injured animals – from animals in the wild to domestic pets. We watched a video of the Scottish SPCA in action, played a game similar to monopoly that helped us learn some facts about animals by pretending to be a Animal Recuse Officer. At the end of the session we got to ask the animal rescue officer questions. We had a lot of questions.
Towards the end of term 2, the Primary 5’s took part in a K’NEX workshop. During this workshop the children joined together with P4 to create a Christmas decoration or present using the K’NEX pieces. The children were challenged to use a budget of £5 to create their designs. Each individual piece had a designated cost e.g. 5p for a connector. After building their decoration or present they had to work out the cost of their end product. All groups successfully kept to within their budget which was a huge relief for many and they were surprised at their overall costs. After all the building and budgeting the children were then asked to vote for product they liked the best, looking at best value for money as well as fit for purpose design. They made their vote by putting a voting card into a ballot box. The winning group made a winter tree with snow on it.
This term P5/6 have been to visit the lovely ladies at Summmerhill House. We met some really nice ladies who all looked happy to see us. We were helping to decorate various cakes and biscuits with different colours of icing, sprinkles, marshmallows and cherries. We had such a good time.
‘It was nice to see the ladies happy and smiling at me.’
Just a little reminder about our Class Assembly on Friday 25th November. The Assembly is due to start at 9.45am in the assembly hall within the school. Parents/ Guardians are invited to the Class Assembly all about St Andrews Day.
We have been practising hard for this event. It would be great to see you there.
In Primary 5/6 we have been focusing on money in Maths and on Tuesday we took part in a problem solving challenge. We had to work in pairs to help Lucille who was organising a party. She had a £10 budget and could choose between 3 flavours of drinks for the party.
Spritzer 24p each
Angel Brew 27p each
Merry Fizz 29p each
We had to spend as much of her £10 budget as we could.
We used the strategy ‘guess, check and improve’ to find different combinations.
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