A very busy and exciting week in Primary 5!

We celebrated Shrove Tuesday. We used pancakes in Numeracy to practise skip counting in 3s and 4s and then we enjoyed eating them with our favourite toppings! 

We have been learning about multiplying by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 all week. On Friday, we used concrete materials outdoors to show our 3 or 4 times tables. 

We also used digital technologies to practise our multiplying. 

In Literacy, we were learning about nouns, adjectives and verbs and how to write descriptive sentences. We were writing sentences to describe the Battle of Stirling Bridge. We have also continued to read Fantastic Mr Fox and answer questions to show our understanding.

For IDL this week, we learned about shields used in the Scottish Wars of Independence. We  then designed and created our own shields with a Scottish theme. 

We have learned a lot this short week!

In Numeracy, we started to explore multiplication and reviewed our 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We also worked on our mental maths.

In Literacy, we worked on our punctuation and explored how to write an effective setting description for an imaginative story. We chose a setting and worked really hard to write super descriptions! We used our senses to effectively describe the setting so our reader could really feel they were there in the story! We also practised our listening and talking skills with different partners.

In Health and Wellbeing, we explored the different food groups some more. We learned how much of each food group we should try to eat per day or per meal. We talked about our favourite food from each food group.

We also learned about the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the Scottish Wars of Independence. We loved learning about the Scottish and English battle plans and the details of how Scots won the battle. We then imagined we were a soldier in the battle and used our senses to describe what it would be like.

In Numeracy, we have been using our knowledge of addition and subtraction strategies to solve word problems. Next week, we are moving onto multiplication and we are excited to start something new.

In Literacy, we have continued reading Fantastic Mr Fox. We can answer questions to show our understanding. We created a wanted poster for Mr Fox, which had to include lots of details such as a description of him and why he needed to be caught.

In Health and Wellbeing, we have continued to explore how our thoughts affect our feelings. We know that having positive thoughts will help us feel positive. In PE, we continued to improve our fitness through different exercises. We recorded how many of each exercise we could do in a minute and compared this with our results from 3 weeks ago to see if we had improved.

We have continued to learn about key people from the Scottish Wars of Independence. This week we learned about Robert the Bruce, Margaret Maid of Norway and John Balliol. We completed a co-operative learning activity in which we matched the facts to the correct person. Next week we are learning about the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

In Numeracy this week, we have continued with subtraction of 3 and 4 digit numbers, building our knowledge and understanding of different strategies. We also started to use some natural, concrete materials, during outdoor numeracy, on Friday to show different calculations.

In Literacy, we finished our letters to the people of Scotland, asking for their help to defeat King Edward I. We also had fun trying to identify the ‘silly words’ in a text about polar bears. We then had to replace the ‘silly’ word with a ‘sensible’ word.

In Health and Wellbeing, we explored our diets and identified the different food groups. We also focussed on the importance of kindness to others. In PE, we continued trying to improve our fitness levels through different exercises.

We also learned more about key people in the Scottish Wars of Independence. We know a lot of facts about John Balliol, Robert the Bruce and Margaret Maid of Norway.

In Digital Technologies, we continued to create simple animations. We really enjoy this! Some of us also researched some key people from the Scottish Wars of Independence or practiced our Numeracy skills on Sumdog.