P5E have been working very hard on making their craft for the Christmas fayre.  We have decided to make clay pinch pots since we have been learning these skills in art with Miss Dasgupta. Our head of research Breckin has taken some photos to show you our hard work and enthusiasm. Breckin and Lewis K also visited some classes to collect research on what these pots can be used for and how much we will sell them at – the most popular suggestion was £1.

The pupils in p5 E will have an opportunity to buy one of their pots before going on sale at the fayre.

P5 E have been exploring the properties of 2D shapes.

Pupils are being encouraged to look for right angles and tiling in the real world – please encourage your child to spot these at home and when you are out and about.

Pupils can share with the class what they have seen by talking about it (you could make a list), taking pictures to show us (you can bring in a pen drive, upload on to your own e-portfolio, print it out) or maybe even illustrate/draw it.

Thank you!

Miss Ellis

What  an enjoyable visit this morning to the newly revamped Dick Institute. (We can highly recommend a visit.)  We were sorry to have missed viewing the Michael Morpurgo exhibition, more so because we are studying one of his novels, The Butterfly Lion. Maybe you could manage a family visit before it finishes.

And what about our visit today?  We met the author David MacPhail who was promoting his new book,  White Feather,  whilst regaling us with stories about being an author alongside his mum Catherine . The children were great listeners and put some really interesting questions to David. He was equally impressed with questions like,  “Where does your inspiration come from?” “How do you create characters?” “How long does it take to write a book?” …

Reminder that all of P5 will be visiting the Dick Institute for the Imprint book festival on Wednesday 21st November.

Update on information- the workshop involves meeting an author, David MacPhail, who will discuss his work and how he develops his ideas.

P5I and P5E – coach leaves at 10.30 am and arrives back around 12.30 ish (pupils will have an early playtime in school)

P5M and P5B – coach leaves 1pm and arrives back before 3pm (pupils will have an early lunch at 12noon in school).  This workshop is run by the Dick Institute but will take place in the Palace Theatre due to a clash in bookings.

There is no cost for the trip.  No new consent forms were given out for this trip as it was covered in the annual consent form (a blue colour) given out and returned at the beginning of term 2.

Thank you

Team P5

P5B have been given homework words consisting of the ‘ee’ sound this week, children should also choose a chilli challenge activity from the spelling grid and complete it either in their jotters or a separate piece of paper. Maths homework is on Heinemann Active Maths and is related to our new topic of 2D and 3D Shape.

All primary 5 classes will be visiting the Dick Institute on Wednesday 21st November.  It is part of the Imprint book festival and pupils will be attending a workshop in the library:

Workshop 1 – P5I and P5E

Workshop 2 – P5M and P5B

Pupils will be travelling by coach.  There is no cost for this trip.  Pupils will be in school as normal for their break and lunch.

If you are able help on the trip please let you child’s class teacher know or contact the office.

Thank you.

Team P5

P5 E have been learning about adverbs and how to use them. The pupils were sent on a hunt and had to think of suitable adverbs to describe the verb in the middle of each page.

Pupils who finished early were to use a thesaurus to help generate more adverbs.

We also played a fun game to revise nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. We created silly sentences that made us all laugh.

This is the songs for the choir to learn for Onthank’s Greatest Show. We have our paper copies in class but during your free time at home and as part of your homework give the lyrics a go!

Onthank’s Greatest Show P5&6 Choir Lyrics

Pupils have a new 6 week spelling grid with three choices per week. As well as writing words correctly three times, children should attempt a HOT and an EXTRA HOT challenge at least once in the six week period.

We are now looking at Decimals in Maths as reflected in this week’s homework.  Well done to all children who completed the recent problem solving challenge.

Learn Its for this week are:

7 + 3;    5 + 8;    5 x 5 ;    8 x 7;    9 + 2

Could I ask that parents check their child’s homework diary and sign it once homework has been completed?