We are now at the end of our journey in P5/6 and what a year it has been!
Mrs McCaig and I would both like to thank every pupil for their hard work and dedication this year. You have all been absolute stars!
We hope you have a fantastic summer holiday!
Another exciting week for P5/6!
Pupils enjoyed participating in their school sports day on Monday. A massive well done to those who placed and to all pupils who participated!
The pupils also enjoyed teaming up with the other P6 pupils to take part in a STEM activity lead by Mrs McCaig.
The P6 pupils joined the nursery and P1 pupils this week for a teddy bear’s picnic.
A final big well done to those who received their prize giving award, as well as for all pupils in P5/6. They have worked incredibly hard this year!
*Reminder*
All Whiteflat pupils will have their house party on Monday.
We will be dressing down everyday next week.
Can all P6 pupils please bring a teddy bear/soft toy to school tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd June). They will be buddying up with the nursery for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. It’s sure to be a great afternoon filled with fun and games.
P5/6 have had a fantastic time celebrating Health Week! The pupils have enjoyed learning to box with Miss Brown, participating in the Sports Championship, going on their school trip as well as making some amazing fruit kebabs in class.
Take a look at some photos from our very busy week!
P5/6 had a wonderful time celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! Take a look at some of our lovely photos from today!
Literacy
The pupils began reading a new short story in literacy this week named ‘The Tunnel’. The pupils firstly read the blurb on the back of the book and used their prior knowledge to design a front cover. Additionally, throughout this story the pupils have used their knowledge of comprehension strategies to explore inference, character profiles, as well as learning to use a thesaurus to improve their vocabulary. The pupils have continued to explore persuasive writing this week as they learned to create a leaflet to persuade people to think about their fashion choices.
Maths
The pupils have continued to develop their knowledge of fractions in maths this week as they begin to identify equivalent fractions using bar models and their knowledge of multiples. The pupils have also focused on ordering unit fractions by comparing denominators.
Other Curricular Areas
As part of ‘World of Work Day’ the pupils researched and created a poster to show the skills and qualities needed for their chosen career. This poster can be used to support their ‘Big Talk’.
Additionally, P5/6 have now completed their badminton sessions for this term. The pupils were able to demonstrate the many skills they have learnt during some competitive games.
Literacy
As part of our ‘fast fashion’ topic, the pupils in P5/6 explored the effectiveness of adverts within the fashion industry. The pupils could explain that clothing adverts are designed to influence people on what they wear and to persuade them to buy their products. Following this, the pupils then highlighted features of adverts and used this knowledge to create an advert for a clothing brand they had created. You can see some of their fabulous designs on our ‘fast fashion’ display.
Maths
Throughout this week, the pupils have been learning to identify equivalent fractions in pictures and have been using this knowledge to create their own set of equal fractions. The pupils also used their ICT skills to create frequency tables to present data collected from their clothing habits school survey.
Other Curricular Areas
Our pupils have enjoyed learning about natural and synthetic fabrics and can now discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using both types of fabrics.
Also take a look at some of our pupils participating in the ‘Walk to School Week’ activities set by P4!
Twice a year, the children take part in our whole school ‘Big Talk Homework Challenge’. This is where your child gets the opportunity to prepare and present a talk to the class.
This term we will be having a World of Work day so the title of the talk will be ‘When I am older, I would like to be…’.
At home, your child should prepare and practise their talk.
Some ideas to include in their talk might be:
The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 6th June.
We look forward to hearing about what they would like to be!
Literacy
The pupils in P5/6 have been learning to identify features of a balanced argument in literacy this week. Following this, the pupils were able to explain that a balanced argument must have: an opening paragraph to explain what the argument will be about; 2 paragraphs which discuss the views for and against the argument and a concluding paragraph which includes the writer’s own opinion. The pupils then used this knowledge to write their own balanced argument.
Maths
P5/6 are continuing to learn about fractions. Throughout the week, the pupils have been learning to make 1 whole using part of a fraction. The pupils were also looking at equivalent fractions using fraction walls and number lines. As well as this, the pupils used their knowledge of data handling to investigate pupils’ clothing habits in the school. They collected the data and presented it using a frequency table.
Other Curricular Areas
As part of our ‘fast fashion’ topic, the pupils used science to investigate the functions and properties of different materials used in the fashion industry. They researched fabrics such as wool, linen and elastane and then created an information poster to present their findings.
The pupils were also learning about a new painting style called pointillism. This week, we examined Seurats’ famous painting ‘Sunday on la Grande Jatte’.
Cycle Station will be visiting our school on Thursday 12th May. This will be to carryout bike checks and any minor adjustments and/or repairs on bikes for all pupils wishing to take part in Bikeability this term.
Anyone who is interested should make sure that they bring their bike to school with them on Thursday morning.
