Primary 5 have been involved in the Great Tapestry Workshop.  They have been learning about the history of Alloa and have worked together to create their own Alloa history tapestry.

The tapestry will be on display in the Spears Centre in Alloa over the summer holidays.  It ia a great opportunity to see your child’s work on display.

We took part in MacTuff last Friday.

Some class comments

It was amazing. – Robbie

Everybody helped each other over the wall. – Raegan

People chucked water at you whilst on the rope. – Katie

I liked the monkey bars- Hannah

This week…

Maths

We have got really good at multiplication and are now learning to divide.

We played a dominions division game.

Science – Nervous System

This is what we learnt:

The brain is the main organ of the nervous system – Hannah

The nervos system is made up from the brain, nerves and spinal cord. – Rosie

I learned that are sense of smell helps us to taste our food.  This is why food taste funny when you have the cold. – Kayla

During the taste test, we had our eyes covered and had to hold our nose as we tasted a small piece of apple and potato and then tell the difference. – Raegan

It was hard to tell the difference between the potato and apple – Hannah

The nervous sends messages to your brain and back.  So if you touch something hot, a message will be sent to your brain to say it is hot and remove hand. – Steven E

Pupil Comments and Photographs

I enjoyed the sack race and I came first place. – Kayla

My favourite part of Sports Day was coming first in the running race. -Dylan

I liked doing the long jump because you got to run up and jump onto a soft mat. – Ava

I liked the nursery race because they were cute.  – John  

I liked the long jump because I liked trying to get as far as I could. – Steven

I liked the obstacle course because I like jumping. – Jude

I liked the potted sports because they were fun. – Ross

I really enjoyed the hopper and long jump because I did really well at it and got lots of points for my house.  -Hannah

I really enjoyed the hopper and long jump because I am really good at balancing on the hopper and running and jumping onto the mat. – Raegan

I didn’t like the javelin because the wind would blow it away every time I threw it. – Jamie

I liked the sprint because it was fun. – Victoria

I did well at sack race because I nearly won.  My favourite part was the long jump. -Rosie

My favourite part was when I came 2nd place in the egg and spoon race. – Robbie

Last week Primary 5 went to Glasgow Science centre.   We had a great day!

Here are some photos and class comments.

I liked the weird room as it feels like everything is at an angle. – Molly

I enjoyed the fun house in the science centre. You had to stay on your feet even though it felt like it was moving. – John  

The balls were really heavy and you had to roll them to the other side.  It was really tricky. – Katie

I liked mixing chemicals together in the DNA workshop. – Jude

I liked the DNA workshop. – Hannah

I enjoyed the Bodyworks workshop because the women set icing sugar on fire.  It felt really hot.  – Steven

I really enjoyed the science centre and I wished we could have seen more. – Raegan

I liked when we got to see the camera go down the oesophagus. -Victoria

Primary 5

Topic/Learning Context

Our Learning Context for this term will be Body Systems and Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood.

The main focuses of our learning will be:

• Digestive System, Respiratory System, Circulatory System, Nervous System.
• Families and Friendship
• Animal/Human Lifecycles
• Maintaining a healthy body / personal hygiene
• Body parts including reproductive organs and their function
• Physical and emotional changes during puberty

Core Literacy

• We will engage in activities to develop our skimming and scanning skills.
• We will develop our reading comprehension using our novel studies.
• Continue to improve our written work through focussing on the technical aspects of writing including paragraphs, planning, structure and sequencing.
• Continue to learn spelling rules and participate in a variety of activities to promote and help develop our spelling.

Core Numeracy

• We will develop our understanding of multiplication, division and fractions.
• We will learn to solve multi-step problems by selecting and carrying out appropriate mental and written strategies and sharing with others.
• We will develop our understanding of equivalent fraction, using this knowledge to put in order a set of commonly used fractions.
• We will continue to reinforce our Mental Agility through various mental strategies and activities on a daily basis.

The class have been enjoying taking part in various workshops and talks from businesses in the community.

Here are some pictures from the Forestry Commission workshop.

We learned about various jobs and the importance of looking after our rural landscape.

As part of our Science topic, Living things.

We have been learning about vertebrates and invertebrates, and how vertebrates are divided into five main groups: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish. By looking at the characteristics of animals we have developed our understanding of how each animal is classified e.g. Fish are aquatic, they breathe through gills, have scaly skin and usually lay eggs.

Our group task was to create a game, not only to demonstrate our understanding of vertebrates but to help others learn about the characteristics of each group.

RME

We have been learning about Islam.  We watched video clips about Muslims in the mosque and how they live their lives.  In groups we  crated posters  about the five core values of Muslims.

Science

We have been learning about the animal kingdom and how they are split into two main groups: vertebrates and  invertebrates.

We played an insects game, we watch videos learning about different living things  and then we did a group activity.  We had different species on a piece of paper, we had to sort them into invertebrates and  vertebrates. Then we learned vertebrates are split into 5 main groups birds, fish, amphibians, mammals and reptiles.

Digital Ninjas

We worked with p4 and showed them how to use the app comic life.  We had to do number problems and guide our partner through each step. The p4 had to solve the number problem and explain each step which was recorded by pictures and text.  It was fun!  

By Declan and Cohen

This week we have been learning…

Literacy

In writing, we had to redraft our story on the computer,  with focusing on improving our setting.  We came up with lots of ideas to describe the field next to the woods where all of our stories start.

Also we have been developing our use of conjunctions and using commas within our writing.

Maths

We have continued learning about different units of measure, focusing on what would be an appropriate measuring tool to measure different things in our environment.  We are getting really good at recording measure in various ways, for example, 1m 17cm, 117cm, 1.17m

Science

We have started learning about Classification on animal groups and looking at different features of an animal.  We completed various group activities.

Digital Ninjas

The blogging group have been working with four P7 pupils to teach them how to write their class blog.

To celebrate world book week, each class had to turn their classroom door into a book cover.  We choose our class novel, Billionaire Boy.

We dressed up as our favourite book characters.

Digital Ninjas

We worked with P3R

this week to show them how to create an Adobe Slate about themselves.  We were partnered up with a P3 , first we had to plan and then together with our P3 we created an Abode Slate.  We had to show them how to take pictures, take images from online and add video recordings.