P5 E were treated to some Easter egg fun but, as always, Miss Ellis made it educational!
Pupils took part in an egg hunt and in each egg there were chilli challenge calculations to complete. In the egg toss activity pupils were to add up their scores using mental strategies. This proved to be a challenging task so we had to adapt as we went along. It was a fun morning that pupils really enjoyed.
P5E worked in groups to create an Oompa Loompa poem based on a new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character. They also performed it in front of the class. They had to use several skills including rhythm, rhyming and imagination.
Pupils showed they are capable at identifying symmetry, completing symmetrical patterns and created their own using a range of materials including ICT. Everyone was on task and on track!
P5E were given a design task today: create a cover for a jotter using the materials provided. Pupils demonstrated great team work and all groups created different covers in different ways.
Pupils realised they used many different skills including estimating, measuring, team work, listening and talking skills and growth mindset.
Lots of p5E pupils made an effort to dress up in fabulous costumes today:
We had fun guessing who their characters were and we were pretty spot on.
The pupils had the chance to share their books in small groups.
Then we had fun doing various maths skills using books:
Ordering books based on the number of pages.
Adding up the total number of pages in their groups using different strategies.
Crack the code: what does the message say?
Using a ruler to measure the dimensions of their books using cm or mm.
This involved ordering books based on number of pages, adding up the total number of pages, data analysis using a bar graph showing people’s favourite books and measuring their books’ dimensions using a ruler.
After reading some chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory pupils and their groups were asked to create a freeze frame showing a key moment or scene they read about (some groups even included props). We then had to guess which moment they were recreating.
Pupils then became the characters in the scene and told us what that character was thinking in that moment.
Pupils were excellent in this task demonstrating their knowledge of characters and story and Miss Ellis was very impressed with their talent.
As part of our decades topic (P5 are looking at 2000 – 2010) P5E had a visit from Mr Flemmich who runs the Darvel Telephone Museum. He brought lots of telephones in to show us how they have changed over the past 100 years. Mr Flemmich then let the pupils play with them. They seemed to have a lot of fun and we all learned a lot of new information.
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