Day: June 21, 2017

What a treat parents, family, friends and P5-7 enjoyed this afternoon! P1-4 presented their original production of ‘Dr Who and the Vikings’ – a time travelling expedition which showcased all the learning which had taken place in their class this term on this exciting topic. Mrs McKnight scripted this (hidden talents Mrs McK!) in collaboration with the boys and girls. Dr Who (Finlay) was ably assisted by his glamorous assistant (Phoebe) as they travelled back to the Viking era, meeting characters along the way who told them lots about the Viking way of life. The P1 boys had made their own helmets, swords and shield to wear too. We all learnt something new this afternoon. A highlight just has to be their fabulous song about the Vikings and their pillaging to the tune of ‘One Way or Another’.

Have a look at the photographs above to get a taster of the fun! It looks like the cast really enjoyed themselves too!

 

Mrs Henry introduced the ideas of chance and uncertainty in real life and why it is important to think about the probability of things happening.  For example, Mrs Smith had to wait for a day which she thought it was unlikely to rain so she could take the p1’s into Stranraer for their day of fun.  They learned about vocabulary such as likely, unlikely, certain, impossible, sometimes and never.

The older boys and girls used numbers to record the probability of an event e.g. 1/5 chance, even chance etc.  They played a dice game where they considered the probability of getting a certain number e.g. a 5 or a 6 in 6 rolls then compared this with what they actually got in real rolls.  They realised that probability can help to think about the likelihood of events but it is not always right!