Tag Archives: STEM

Primary 5T’s Castles

March 2, 2020 Miss Telford Leave a comment

Primary 5T got to hear the last of the castle presentations this afternoon and were then given the opportunity to rotate around the other classes to see their finished products. As you can see, a fantastic effort was made from all of the children. Now to find some space to display them all…

Thank you for supplying materials and supporting your child in producing super models, it is greatly appreciated. A huge well done to all involved!

Also, we managed to post our castles and shields onto our own individual glow blogs, please check them out and watch out for more posts coming soon!

Miss Telford 🙂

P5i Castle Presentations

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Today we finally heard all presentations and had a chance to see all 25 castles. What a successful homework project this turned out to be. Each and every castle had at least one element that stood out from the rest, making the decision to choose 3 winners really hard. In fact, so hard, I asked Mrs Findlay to do the honours.

I hope you enjoy looking at the efforts of all P5i children, and again, accept my thanks for supporting your child to complete their task and to be such successful learners. Well done one and all.

Many congratulations to Kye, Megan and Lyle for your super castles. You made Mrs Findlay’s job even harder.

Mrs Irving

Castle Clues

February 26, 2020 Miss Telford 1 Comment

Primary 5T had a great time today going around the school searching for clues. Each one led to a new room where there was information about different rooms inside a castle. For example, the dining hall told the children about the Great Hall in a castle where banquets would take place. They were successful in finding them all, well done!

Also, we joined up with Primary 5K this afternoon to learn how to setup our target pages and create posts which include media. Watch out over the coming weeks as the children continue to explore Glow blogs and post with Mrs McPhail!

Miss Telford 🙂

Shields at the ready!

February 14, 2020 Miss Telford Leave a comment

Primary 5T previously designed a Coat of Arm and have now made them into a shield. Each shield includes a flag, an illuminated letter for their surname and an animal and pattern that represent different qualities. The children have worked hard and as you can see they have done a fantastic job! Well done to all 🙂

P5i Poetry

January 30, 2020 User deactivated Leave a comment

It was a very hard decision, but many congratulations to Luke who was chosen to represent our class in next week’s poetry competition.

Also worth celebrating was the completion of our class shields. A lot of thought and effort has gone into making them, and as you can see, everyone is delighted with their efforts. Now we just have to find some space to display them?

Childsmile

January 24, 2020 Miss Telford Leave a comment

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 🙂

P5i Shields of Honour

January 23, 2020 User deactivated Leave a comment

Well the children have finally made a start on their shields, and boy, are they keen. They have carefully cut out the frame and are now transferring their symbols and codes on to each quadrant. They really will be works of art by the time they are finished. Well done P5i.

Miss Telford joins the fun!

January 22, 2020 Miss Telford 3 Comments

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 🙂

Dumfries House P5i

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Here is a selection of photos showing our eager children exploring the water and play parks. What a fantastic time they had.

Dumfries House with P5i

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What a wonderful day was had by all.

The weather was beautiful and children had a great time in the fresh air – especially at the STEM water park. Our budding Archimedes had a blast opening and closing the water chutes and altering the flow of water. Which was bitter cold. However undeterred, they ran up and down the hill splashing water everywhere calling instructions to each other as the flow altered. A true hands-on learning experience. It was then on to the play park where they enjoyed the zip wire, roundabout, climbing frame … and the freedom to run around and play together.

After lunch it was the sweet making workshop and under the dusty cloud of icing sugar, pupils could be seen weighing, mixing, stirring and rolling to produce their own, unique version of peppermint creams. Well, that’s what they set out to make. I hope all parents got the opportunity to taste them.

Thank you very much to our 3 parent helpers who came along to help and support. We couldn’t have done it without you .

Here are some photos from the sweet workshop.
More photos to follow.

Mrs Irving