P5/6 have had an amazing start to term 2!

The pupils have used their prior knowledge and visualisation to explore their new novel study ‘Wilderness War’ by Julia Green. The pupils have also learned to use personification to create atmosphere within their writing.

The pupils have been consolidating their knowledge of estimating and rounding in maths this week. All pupils can confidently round to the nearest 1000, 10,000 and 100,000. They can also apply this knowledge when solving problems that involve estimating.

The pupils enjoyed taking part in a Halloween themed strings lesson this week. All pupils learned to play a spooky song on their classical instrument using their bows.

P5/6 have officially completed their first term!

All of the pupils have worked extremely hard throughout this term. Some pupils have also shared some of their favourite parts about their learning g journey so far.

Happy holidays!

Literacy

The P5/6 pupils have been focusing on the ‘ee’ phoneme this week. They can confidently identify all phoneme representations for ‘ee’ and can use various active strategies to practise their spelling words.

Also, the pupils are continuing to use various writing techniques to create effective descriptive writing pieces. They can now include adjectives, adverbs, similes and metaphors to add more detail to their writing.

Maths

The pupils in P5/6 have been learning to use a new Number Talks strategy called ‘partitioning’ this week. The pupils have been able to use this strategy to add 5-digit numbers, 6-digit numbers and decimal numbers.

Additionally, the pupils have been engaging in several practical activities this week whilst learning how to compare and order decimals.

Other Curricular Areas 

The pupils enjoyed using their knowledge of Viking artwork and patterns to create some amazing Viking jewellery pieces this week!

As well as this, the pupils took part in their first strings lesson on Thursday. All pupils will experience learning to play a classical instrument such as violins, violas and cellos throughout this session.

All pupils in P5/6 have enjoyed celebrating Maths Week Scotland.

Throughout the week, the pupils have engaged in practical activities to expand their knowledge of place value. They have compared whole numbers to 1 million, as well as decimals to 3 decimal places. Additionally, the pupils have continued to develop their knowledge of decimals by learning how to convert decimal notation into fractional notation. The pupils were then able to showcase their learning during our first ‘Maths Open Morning’.

The pupils also took their knowledge of maths into their P.E lesson this week as they linked their reaction time to their knowledge of times tables.

Maths homework reminder: 

Maths homework was issued on Monday and all pupils have two weeks to complete this. If there are any questions about the homework please contact:

lauren.murdoch@eastayrshire.org.uk

P5/6 have had another exciting week this week.

The pupils have continued to use the Active Literacy comprehension strategies to explore their class novel. They have also continued to develop their understanding of descriptive writing which they will then use to create a Viking themed narrative story.

The pupils have continued to explore place value in maths and can confidently read, write and count whole numbers to one hundred thousand and one million.

P5/6 have also enjoyed exploring where the Vikings came from and even created some Viking artwork.

We look forward to posting pictures of our learning in the future but, in the meantime, here are some of our lovely wall displays.

P5/6 have had a blast settling into their new class this week.

The pupils have enjoyed spending lots of time getting to know each other and learning to work together as part of a team.

Throughout this week, the pupils discussed their rights using the UNCRC articles and selected several important rights to create a class charter. This will ensure that all pupils and staff are treated fairly and respectfully within the classroom.

The pupils have also enjoyed exploring measure in maths. This week, the pupils designed a building out of Lego and calculated the area using the correct formula.

Safe to say we have a very creative bunch in P5/6!