Primary 6c had a great afternoon learning all about growth and fixed mindsets. Although we have bad days, we know we should always think positively about the challenges we may face!
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Chivalry alive and well in P5i
As you can see from the photos, children had a real giggle today performing acts of chivalry – once they learned what they were!
Holding doors open and pulling out chairs for girls or helping them on with their coats seems to be a thing of the past –
but from now on… who knows? 
Childsmile
Primary 5T had a great session yesterday with Christine from Childsmile as part of our Health and Wellbeing programme. The children worked in teams to complete a sugar quiz. This involved looking at the contents of different food items and trying to work out how much sugar was in each. The children are now aware of how to check food labels, the contents their food contains and the benefits of looking after their teeth.
Miss Telford 🙂
Miss Telford joins the fun!
Hi all,
Now I have received blog training, I can now access and post on the Primary 5 blog (I hope). I am excited to share with you pictures of the hard work being done in Primary 5T and any other information that may be of interest. Thank you to Mrs Irving who has been posting on my behalf until I got set up.
Our new topic this term, Knights and Castles, is well underway and Primary 5T had a great time working in small groups to recreate a Motte and Bailey Castle using different materials as you can see. We are also in the process of creating our own Coat of Arms which we hope to make into a shield in the coming weeks. Thank you to those who have brought in some cardboard, we greatly appreciate it.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about any aspect of our topic. Thank you!
Miss Telford 🙂
P5i Children in Need fundraising
Pupils had a super day doing various activities connected with Pudsey and to health and well being. Thank you all for your generous donations.
The day started off well with a school fitness session and ended with a gymnastic marathon circuit for P.E., so children should be well exercised – and worn out.
Poetry winners
We also watched recording of pupils reciting their Owl and the Pussycat poem and two winners were chosen for their super actions and recital. Many congratulations to Luke and Ellie.
Pupils are now looking forward to learning our next poem! Go P5i.
Dumfries House P5i
Here is a selection of photos showing our eager children exploring the water and play parks. What
a fantastic time they had.
P5 Health and Wellbeing
This term our health and wellbeing focus will be centred around pupils emotional health.
Some children can get anxious over the littlest things and small worries can grow into anxiety. To help children discuss and support each other we are using an excellent book to stimulate and develop conversations and activities with all pupils, in a child friendly manner. The book, “What to do when you worry too much,” is available online and costs about £10, if any parent feels it would help to support their own child at home.
Team P5
P5 Human body
Thank you to the parents who handed in empty plastic bottles for our experiment today.
This week our focus was on the function of our lungs. In P5i we did a lung capacity experiment where we recorded how much air we could breath in and blow out. Quite a few got out of puff rather quickly. But too much laughing could have been to blame.
This afternoon we proved that 4 does go into 3 when all P5s were spilt into 3 classes to enable us to perform another experiment. This time we used the empty bottles to show how our lungs function. Some pupils were more successful making fake lungs than others. They don’t make plastic bottles like they used to and many just buckled when children tried to pull a balloon over the ends. However, they had fun trying.
Here are some of their efforts in both experiments.
P5i ~ In the know with Taekwondo
And today’s positive choice was..?
Having fun and learning a few high kicks and punches that help to unify the body and mind. 
