We have been using online and physical maps to develop our understanding of Scotland’s geography. The country can be split into three main areas; uplands, lowlands and islands. These areas are made up of farmland, mountains, lochs, rivers and miles of coastline. We will be looking more at the unique features of Scotland’s landscape throughout the term. 😊

We worked with our learning partners in ICT to find and search for a number of places in Scotland using Google Maps. The learning from this activity helped us to piece together and label a map of Scotland in our cooperative groups. We had a good idea of  places in and around Dundee but had to really think about areas and cities further a field. We shared responsibilites and completed our maps correctly. Miss Douglas has added them to our Scotland display.

Super effort P5!

This term we are going to be learning all about Scotland. During the first two weeks of term we did some paper plate weaving which required a lot of patience and concentration! Our colourful tapestries are now hanging up in the classroom. We will explore other weaving techniques in the coming months.

We have also been learning about Charlies Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architect, designer and artist. We looked at his work and found that he often included a rose in his designs. We created our own rose paintings using watercolours, crayons and pens.