We have had such a busy week in P5. On Monday we had our dress rehearsal for the show, and some of the pupils from the ECC came along to watch.

We finished reading our class novel, Matilda, and wrote our own book reviews. After that we watched the film of Matilda, and this allowed us to compare any similarities and differences to the book.

We had a fabulous few nights showcasing all of our hard work in our school show of Cinderella & Rockerfella. Click the link the below for a wee snapshot of our night.

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This week we have been busy practising for the school show. We have been continuing to learn our timetables & are already signing lots off in our passports.
We had a fabulous week listening to everyones Big Talks & really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s favourite film or book. Thank you for all the help and time taken to prepare these.

We were learning all about micro-organisms in science and we completed our own experiments to see the effect soap has on germs.

Primary 5 have had another busy week. This week we joined P6 and P7 in practising for the school show. We have been working hard to learn any lines as well as the words to the songs.

This afternoon we got the chance to make our lanterns for Make Catrine Sparkle and had a lovely afternoon with all of the visitors that came along to help. We can’t wait for you to see them all at the parade.

We started off our week with Remembrance Day on Monday. We observed a 2 minute silence in class and went for a walk to visit the war memorial with P4.

It was lovely to see so many families join us for our literacy open morning on Tuesday. We enjoyed sharing our learning with you all.

On Thursday we got to watch a super theatre production called ‘Hope’ which explored the issue of bullying and led to some fantastic discussions.

It’s been another busy week in P5! This week we have been practising our common words, looking at the relationship between multiplication & division facts, and learning about the dangers of smoking. We also enjoyed a beautiful autumn walk to the Monument on Monday.

This week we continued to work on our Multiplication Masters & are now in a good routine of practising our times tables.
We went out a walk on Monday & were learning how we can use our senses to help keep us safe. We spoke about the importance of looking at our surroundings, listening for different sounds & noises. We looked at how we can stay safe when crossing the  road, the importance of pedestrian crossings & the dangers of the fast flowing water.
We finished our week with a fun Halloween party on Thursday afternoon with P6 & P7.

We’ve had such a busy first week back. This week we have been learning about subtraction in our numeracy work and have been working hard to complete our subtraction calculations. We were also learning about our new Multiplication Masters mental maths initiative that we will be working on throughout the week. We had great fun practising our tables and getting to be the teacher.

In literacy we were learning to write a summary, where we pick out the main points from the chapter and write about it in our own words.

We have also been busy decorating our class pumpkins for the pharmacy and designing some super artwork for the Tesco competition.

It’s hard to believe that we have reached the end of Term 1 already. This week we were learning about sound & how sound travels.

We hope you have a great October break and can’t wait to see everyone back for Term 2.

This week we have been continuing to practise the formal method for addition. We have also been practising our times tables and hope these are going well at home too.

In literacy we have been learning to spell words with the ‘j’ sound. We have also been working hard to improve our vocabulary and played a game of musical WOW words.

In science we were learning about electricity. We built our own circuits and then tried to add in various materials to see which ones would conduct electricity.

P5 have had a busy few weeks. We’ve been continuing to work on and improve our spelling strategies. We have been learning about similes and alliteration and we were trying to add some into our writing this week.

In maths we have been working on our Number Talks strategies and also revising place value. We have also been learning to use the <, > and = signs correctly.

In science we have been learning about forces and we went on a walk last week to find items that were magnetic. We were also looking to see where we could find ‘forces’ in action. We had great discussions at the park about the forces required to use some of the equipment. We have also been learning about electricity and have been learning to build circuits.

In ICT we have been learning how to change the size, font and colour of our writing.