P5/6 have been learning about 150 Years of the Scottish Cup. The children studied the Scottish Cup trophy, learned about the symbolism behind the engravings and ‘the wee man at the top’ and then created their own trophy which represented them, with symbols relating to their hobbies and interests.
As part of our mini topic focusing on Christmas Around the World, P5/6 pupils took part in an Escape Room activity. The children worked in groups to crack the codes, find clues, and decode secret messages.
Buddy Group – 32 minutes
Icy Group – 40 minutes
Twinkle Group – 47 minutes
Snowball – 1 hour
P5/6 used macaroni shells to add direct speech to popular fairy tale stories.
Continuing our topic of Time, P5/6 pupils worked in pairs to explore and interpret information from a bus timetable.
P5/6 showed great ambition whilst carrying out different numeracy activities. Each child challenge themselves to complete trickier tasks and supported one another within their learning.
P5/6 worked in groups to order the events of the Titanic disaster to create a timeline. The children were against the clock and the winning team received 5 Ambition House Points each.
P5/6 took part in a spooky Halloween story telling experience to celebrate Halloween.
Linking to our topic of the Titanic, P5/6 carried out an experiment investigating how icebergs and formed and why they float. The children created predictions based on the different water solutions and then recorded their observations.
P5/6 have been developing their mental agility when recalling times tables through playing different games: times table puzzles, uno, battleships, and KABOOM.
It was lovely welcoming in parents and carers into the P5/6 classroom this afternoon, for pupils to share their learning in numeracy with their adults.
P5/6 have been using different strategies and increasing their mental agility when recalling times tables.
