Another fun filled week in P5/6!

Please enjoy some photos from our outdoor day and lantern making workshop.

A little reminder that we will be starting our class talks on Monday.  Each pupils will have an assigned day to present their talks.

Monday 

Georgia, Hannah, Ellie, Harry, Caleb and Ashton.

Tuesday

Bette, Charlie, Connor D, Connor B, Craig and Eilidh.

Wednesday 

Eli, Emelia, Ewan, Joey, Ayden, Declan and Kaylie

Thursday 

Josh, Daryl, Kiara, Lucy and Millie

Please contact lauren.murdoch@eastayrshire.org.uk if you have any further questions regarding class talks.

Please enjoy some photos from our literacy open morning and the P6 Alcohol Awareness Workshop.

Literacy

The pupils redrafted their final descriptive pieces this week. All pupils wrote amazing descriptions of a setting using lots of grammar techniques such as similes, personification, alliteration, adjectives and adverbs.

Additionally, the pupils used their ICT skills to create a PowerPoint about the main character in their novel. They were able to use their prior knowledge to create a presentation that discussed Noah’s personal details, likes and interest and dislikes. They then presented this to the class.

The pupils were also learning to spell new words with the ‘a’ sound and its different phoneme representations.

Numeracy

The pupils are exploring addition in maths this week. The pupils have been learning to add 3-digit up to 6-digit numbers using the partitioning strategy. They have also investigated addition involving carrying using formal methods.

Other Curricular Area

The pupils were learning to create music maps during their strings tuition this week. The pupils also created some beautiful artwork to commemorate ‘Remembrance Day’.

Title:  My Past, Present and Future.

You have been given a project to prepare and present a short 5-minute talk about your past, present and future.  The presentation should be as detailed as possible.  Some ideas might include:

Past:

• Where does your family come from? Have they always lived in Catrine?
• What was their favourite subjects at school?
• What is their favourite memory with you?
• Who is the oldest relative in your family?

Present:

• Your current favourite activities, games and/ or hobbies and why
• Your favourite meal and why
• Your favourite music, films and/or books and why
• Your favourite thing to do with your family and why
• Your favourite subject in school and why

Future:

• Your dream job and why
• Where you would like to live and why
• The pets you would like to own and why
• Your hopes and dreams you have for the future

You can decide how you would like to present your talk e.g. PowerPoint (Saved on GLOW or pen-drive), poster, photographs, bringing in items etc. You should practise your talk at home as often as possible and use a timer to help. You may want to use notes or prompt cards to help you stay on track.

All talks will be assessed using the school’s Talking & Listening criteria, which is also available on Glow.

Talks should be ready to present the week beginning Monday 21^st November. 

Literacy

The pupils have enjoyed using active spelling strategies whilst learning to spell new words. Additionally, the pupils have been learning to up skill their writing by learning to create complex sentences using conjunctions.

The pupils also started to explore their new ‘wilderness’ topic as the pupils researched various plants and animals from their new novel.

Maths

The pupils finished their estimating and rounding topic this week and began to investigate money. All pupils were able to confidently convert pounds and pence. Following this,  pupils used their knowledge of percentages create a clothing store in which all items were half off!

Other Curricular Areas

The pupils enjoyed coming to school dressed up in their Halloween costumes. All pupils participated in some Halloween arts and crafts and enjoyed playing lots of Halloween games!

The pupils also created posters to remind others of the firework safety code. This is to ensure that all pupils will stay safe as well as have fun during Guy Fawkes Night.

A new maths homework has been issued today that allows the children to explore mass in a real life context.

This homework should be returned within two weeks of it being issued.

The pupils can note down their answers or draw pictures to show their thoughts and ideas.