Steven Fraser came in from RBS to teach us about money. We participated in a workshop working out costs, identifying needs and wants and how we can save, budget or donate money. We also learnt to play some new money games.
We have been learning about onomatopoeia through our novel study and used the tools on Adobe Express to create a pop art style poster showing examples of onomatopoeia.
Everyone learnt how to insert elements, duplicate images, edit text and use the shortcuts to copy and paste.
We consolidated the French vocabulary we have learnt so far for farm animals by playing a game of “Who am I?” – it was lots of fun!
We started our gymnastics block today and have been focusing developing our balance and flexibility by making different shapes with our bodies.
We have been discussing how to stay safe online and which information is ok to share and which information should be kept private.
We watched a video about internet safety, completed a paired task sorting public and private information and then created our own avatar with a username, which allows us to keep our full name private.
We cleared the planters in the garden then planted carrots and flowers. We picked up lots of rubbish and tided up the garden. Great work P4/5!
We joined an online RHET session with an Ayrshire Potato Farmer who told us all about the process of planting, growing and harvesting potatoes. We contributed questions online during the presentation to deepen our understanding then we completed a persuasive writing task to create a poster to persuade people about the goodness and benefits of potatoes.
Based on our topic of Australia we created Australian animals out of clay that are often part of the Aboriginal Dream Time stories.
When the sun was shining we took the opportunity to run the daily mile, play ball games, skip, build, create and play games together.
Mr Welsh came in to talk to the class about dairy farming and the different roles involved in running a dairy farm. The class looked at examples of feed the cows are given at different stages and all the parts that go into making it. We learnt about the machinery used and what life was like in a typical day of a dairy farmer. We also had the opportunity to discuss and compare the role of farming in the USA. Everyone had lots of interesting questions to ask to learn more about dairy farming. Many thanks to Mr Welsh for a great, interesting and enjoyable learning experience.
