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Live Music Now!

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Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils had the pleasure of being part of the Pitch, Pulse and Magic Tour run by Live Music Now. We were recently entertained by the Spencer-Strachan Duo, playing violin and cello. We learned the power of classical music in influencing our emotions and its ability to tell a story. We used this knowledge to compose our very own classical composition which the musicians played for us. They were impressed by our knowledge of the instruments and our ideas. We have really enjoyed being part of this experience. Previous visits included  Tom Poulson and Chris Baxter on trumpet and piano as well as Duende playing flute and guitar. We loved when volunteers participated in playing the instruments.

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P5M Open afternoon

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At the end of the term we invited our families to look at the work we have been doing this term. We introduced them to our information wall which was a great research tool for us. Our jigsaw challenge took a long time however the end result proved to be excellent and our guests were suitably impressed. We showed we could work well as a team during the poster challenge and choosing an overall winner was extremely difficult.During active maths we had to demonstrate that we could measure accuratelyso that our Titanic frieze was the correct size. We also worked on co-ordinates and grid references and our display in the corridor proved popular. We have several missions to complete and hope to have another open afternoon to celebrate the end of our topic.

 

 

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P5M Chocathon!

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On Wednesday 16th May P5M celebrated their Wonka topic with a Chocathon Extravaganza! In order that all the classes in school were aware of the occassion, posters were designed to publicise the event. Groups of children visited all the classes in the school to answer any questions children had concerning the big day. During active maths Mr MacFarlane’s class focused on money and weighing activities leading up to the event and previous work done creating recipes helped the children when making brownies, chocolate chip muffins, chocolate krispies and biscuits. P5M split into teams and had four stations in different areas throughout the school. They all had great fun serving their customers and ensuring correct change was given and appropriate monies were received. After the event P5M worked out how much profit they had made. They were thrilled when they discovered their total profit came to £79.80. Mr MacFarlane said “A truly rich experience was had by one and all.”