Primary 5/6 were Confident Individuals this week when they recited their poetry for the Scotish Showcase.
Primary 5 The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate :
Primary 6 To a Mouse by Robert Burns
Monthly Archives: January 2022
P5/6 Outdoor Learning Day
Well, what a fun day we had…
- Whittling sticks.
- Creating wooden characters and then telling stories.
- Making toast on an open fire.
- Boiling water in the ghillie kettles to make hot chocolate.
- Outdoor Yoga.
- Learnng to lash two sticks together – to make a Sword like William Wallace.
- Creating and performing clan marches.
- Sword Skill Practice
- Sword Fights like William Wallace.
Thank you to Lorna from the LOST team for making our day so much fun and teaching us so many new skills. We went home filled with enthusiasm, a smile on our faces and a smell of outdoor fires in our hair 🙂 We will definitely sleep well tonight!
Here are some photos of us enjoying these activities…
P5/6 SCOTTISH AFTERNOON
To round off our Scottish afternoon, P5/6 enjoyed a treat of shortbread and Irn Bru!
P5/6 Outdoor Learning Wednesday 26th January
Outdoor Learning Prize
Wednesday 26th January
Primary 5/6 are looking forward to our prize of a day of Outdoor Learning lead by the Learning Outdoors Support Team (LOST)
We will be visiting the woodlands and will be outside all day (returning to school for lunch)
All children must wear appropriate outdoor clothing that is warm , comfortable and is easily washed! Also some suitable footwear for activities in the woods.
Pupils should also bring their snack and water bottle with them as usual.
P5/6 Scottish Dancing
For Scottish Fortnight, P5/6 have been learning a variety of Scottish Dances including the Canadian Barn Dance and the Dashing White Sergeant. We have had great fun!
P5/6 Newsletter
A copy of our class newsletter for January – April has been uploaded to our Class Information page.
P5/6 Angles
We thoroughly enjoyed racing our partner to complete our circle with 360 degrees angles. We took it in turns to choose an angle card and use a protractor to draw the angle within the circle. The winner was the first to get to 360!
