P5E having been learning about decimals, focusing first on converting tenths into decimals and vice versa.
Pupils were matching jigsaw pieces showing matching decimal, mixed number or fraction with its place on a number line. Another activity involved using an Active Maths board game where pupils were to achieve 4 in a row after converting a mixed number into a decimal correctly. The third activity gave pupils a chance to use Sumdog or Topmarks maths. The class worked really hard today.
P5E enjoyed working in the sunshine this morning. As part of digital learning week pupils are working together to create PowerPoint stories to show their P2 buddies.
Today’s session was all about planning our stories using storyboards. Some pupils have started from scratch while others are retelling a fairytale using their own words and images. Our classroom was so warm we took our work outdoors!
Our Mini Mathematicians were out in the sun today, clipboards in hand, as they looked for clues and solved 
problems.
They were then tasked with identifying 2D and 3D shapes. Surprisingly, they all found this task so much easier than the one planned for indoors.
Tying a tie proved very challenging for some. As they need to tie a tie for their class novelty race on Sports Day, could I please ask that you help your little treasure to practice this skill at home?
Today we focused on the issue of plastic bags and the harm they do to the environment. We also looked at some ways we could recycle them and made friendships bracelets from 
3 used bags. Not as adventurous as Marks and Spencer, who make staff fleeces out of theirs, but we enjoyed the challenge of twisting and plaiting strips of plastic to make our bracelets.
P5DN had a lot of fun coding using SCRATCH on the computers today!
P5DN have been finding out about the organs inside our body. At the beginning of the lesson, pupils had to guess where the organs went. Some of the suggestions were very interesting!
Rehearsals went well today! The member of staff from Scottish Opera was very impressed with us! We can’t wait for our performance next week!
Here is a link download P5’s term 4 overview. It is also one of our pages at the top.
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Today P5E did some active spelling to practise our phoneme, ow. Pupils created a spelling ‘Graffiti Wall’ and wrote their focus words using different styles.
Miss Ellis wanted to check P5E’s knowledge before investigating the organs in the human body. Pupils were to stick pictures of the organs on another pupil, who had offered to be the model, to show their location in the body. Some of their ideas were spot on and others were…interesting!
Over the next few weeks P5E will be investigating some of the organs in more detail such as learning about their functions.
