Good morning! What a lovely, sunny week we’ve had; Summer is well and truly on it’s way! Here’s a wee update on what we’ve got up to this week:

In literacy, we have almost finished our class novel and will be rounding it up by the beginning of next week. “The Last Wolf” has been a challenging novel but the pupils have worked hard to develop their vocabulary and comprehension skills. We have had a focus on creative writing and this week explored how to effectively describe settings. We used a technique called slow writing for this, and will next week be put to the test to write an extended creative piece that focuses on all of the skills we have been using.

In maths, we have continued working on division and the pupils have been making good progress. Keep practicing your tables at home as this will help you! This week we have focused on the standard written method of division and will continue to practice this next week. We also revisited place value but extended our knowledge by investigating decimals. Ask the pupils about tenths and hundredths and how to partition decimal numbers!

In other areas, we have completed our Scottish Wars of Independence topic with a Blooket quiz and by showing our amazing projects!! Well done to everyone who took the time to complete your homework project and bring it in, they were fabulous! We have also chosen a mini topic and worked together to plan it- we will keep this a secret as we might be able to share our learning in a slightly different way! Yesterday we enjoyed an afternoon in the sunshine and took time to really enjoy one of the last weeks of P5.

 

I can’t believe we’re nearly at the end of session 22/23!! I’m sure the next few weeks will be filled with sunshine and good fun. Have a lovely weekend!

-Mrs McDonald x