We have been working on our Inferencing skills in literacy. This helps us find the meaning behind the words or pictures in our books.

In numeracy we have been learning to identify equivalent fractions. We have created our own fraction walls to support us.

This week we have continued to develop our netball skills. We have been learning ways to dodge others when they are defending.

We had our educational trip to the science centre this week where Primary 5 got to explore all the different floors within the science centre and visit the IMAX.

In numeracy this week we have been learning about fractions and being able to identify a fraction.

This week we have been learning about the rules of netball and have been working hard to improve our passing and aim. We were working in groups to practise our passing and catching the ball whilst moving.

This week in Literacy we were learning how to write a narrative poem. We read a few examples while discussing the features and layout of a poem. We then planned out the story for our poem to follow and created our own narrative poem.

In Numeracy we have been learning to divide money. We discussed the strategies that have supported us previously in division and have used these to help us divide money. We have been dividing money up to £100 by one digit with remainders.

In Art we were creating our own tartan. We discussed when people might wear tartan and its features. We then created three different designs we might use, and started to paint our finalised design.

This week in literacy we focused on developing our visualisation skills with our new reading books, creating an image to represent the story and highlighting the key words that helped to build the image.

In PE we continued developing our badminton skills through games. We were able to use all the skills that we had been learning and put them into practice, playing short games with a partner.

This week in numeracy we continued learning about money, focusing on multiplying different amounts. We have been been multiplying pounds and pence by numbers between 1-10.

Up In The Morning Early – Robert Burns

Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west,
The drift is driving sairly;
Sae loud and shrill’s I hear the blast,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

The birds sit chittering in the thorn,
A’ day they fare but sparely;
And lang’s the night frae e’en to morn,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

This week in numeracy we have started learning about money. We have been focusing on adding and subtracting to calculate a total and change.

This week we discussed different materials and the suitability of them for different purposes. The pupils were then set the challenge to design and create a bridge from a selection of different materials, choosing the material they thought would be the most suitable.

In literacy this week we were developing our prior knowledge skills with our new reading books. We looked at the title and the cover to give us clues to make predictions about the book.

Its been a busy week for Primary 5, we started the week with our Christmas party. Where we saw lots of great dance moves and played lots of games.

Then we enjoyed a fantastic trip to the pantomime on Thursday.

This week in literacy we wrote a review of the story ‘Matilda‘, using our skills from our report writing to help us.

In numeracy we have continued our learning on division and have started to use larger values. We have also been focusing on our times tables, practising a range of questions for all tables.

This week we had our Christmas Jumper Day.

We also started practicing our chess skills, playing against each other to prepare for the chess championships.

This week in literacy we looked at the features of a newspaper article. We then wrote our own article about the sinking of the Titanic, using both our topic knowledge and additional research about how the Titanic sank.

In numeracy we have started learning to divide using decimals. We have different stations set up during numeracy time to support our practice of division with remainders and our new learning.

During our Titanic topic, we were completing research on the sinking of the Titanic to support our writing. We had different research questions to guide our searches and were using different sources to ensure that the information was accurate.

On Thursday we held our Literacy Open Morning – thank you to all who were able to come along.

This week in numeracy we continued learning about division, focusing on remainders. We practiced different strategies of answering questions that have remainders such as using groupings.

This week in PE we were developing our hockey skills, focusing on having control and moving the ball.