A short but exciting week for P5/6!

Our P5 pupils participated in their first swimming lesson this week and had a blast! All pupils represented Catrine Primary School beautifully, even when using public transport!

The pupils have also been learning to convert units of length using their knowledge of multiplication.

Additionally, the pupils have enjoyed creating animal masks in the style of Tingatinga as part of their Africa topic.

I would like to thank all pupils who have returned their homework to me this week.

Please can all remaining pupils hand their homework in for Monday.

Amazing Africa

The pupils will be exploring Africa for their new topic this term.

The pupils firstly explored African music. All pupils were able to close their eyes and listen to African style music. They then used visualisation to create a picture of what they could imagine in their mind whilst listening to the music.

The pupils then explored different African instruments and created Power Point presentations to inform other pupils about each instruments’ origins and how they are played to produce music.

The pupils also used their mapping skills to explore the location of South Africa and its 9 provinces.

P5/6 have been issued a numeracy homework jotter to allow them to practise their times tables at home.

All jotters will come with a copy of a times table grid as well as a task map with different strategies to learn their times tables.

This homework can be done whenever your family have a spare 10 or 15 minutes and aims to be fun for each pupil.

When a pupil is confident with a times table, an adult should tick the sheet at the back of the jotter to identify which times tables still require focus at home.

We will be focusing on times tables until the end of the school year with a hopes that all pupils will be more confident when solving problems involving multiplication.

I will collect jotters in every 2 weeks to monitor each pupils’ progress.

Literacy

This week in Literacy we have been doing spelling  using diacritical marking and syllabification with our new  ‘m’ words. We have also have been learning about adverbs. We have also been learning to describe a character using similes and metaphors, alliteration, descriptive sentences and adverbs.

Numeracy

In Numeracy this week we have been playing roll the dice to make multiplication calculations and solving them using the expanded formal method . We also learned how to create equivalent lengths using m and cm.  We also did a bit of the grid method.

Across the curriculum

We have been learning about pop art. We chose a piece of pop culture to create a pop art portrait. We have also been learning about the dangers of alcohol abuse and we made leaflets telling people about alcohol and safety when drinking.

By Hannah and Daryl

Literacy

The P5/6 pupils began writing their narrative stories. The pupils developed the setting within their narrative and explored how the use of alliteration, adjectives, similes and metaphors can enhance their setting descriptions.

Numeracy

The pupils have been making connections in numeracy. The pupils were able to use their knowledge of times tables to multiply numbers by multiples of 10 and 100. The pupils also explored the grid method which can be used to solve multiplication problems.

Across the Curriculum

The pupils used their knowledge of ‘Pop Art’ to  create a portrait of their famous Scot in the style of Andy Warhol.

Literacy

The pupils are continuing to explore their new class novel ‘The Butterfly Lion’ using the Active Literacy comprehension strategies. The pupils also investigated the structure of a narrative story and used this knowledge to set out their own.

Numeracy 

The pupils finished subtraction this week and can now solve subtraction problems with exchanging using the formal method. The pupils also explored measuring in millimetres.

Across the Curriculum 

The pupils are continuing to develop their skills in badminton this week. They have been focusing on their stance and movement during rallies.

The pupils also investigated Scottish innovations this week and were able to place them on a timeline.

Take a look at our fantastic ‘Famous Scots in History’ display!

All pupils have been given a Scots poem to learn for the Scots Verse Celebration.

P5 pupils will be learning ‘Social Dancin’ by Anne Kelly.

P6 pupils will be learning ‘Up in the Morning Early’ by Robert Burns.

Pupils should practise their poems at home and should be ready to perform their poem by Wednesday 24th January. Pupils are able to use hand gestures and props for their poem.

5 pupils from each stage will be selected to perform in front of the judges and the winner will perform at our Scots Verse Celebration.

Our P5/6 pupils have had a great start to term 3!

Literacy 

The pupils have been exploring narrative genres in literacy this week. They were able to identify different styles that can be used when creating narrative texts and were able to pick a genre to use within their own writing. I look forward to seeing the writing the pupils produce in the next coming weeks!

Numeracy 

The pupils in P5/6 have also been learning to measure length. The pupils initially estimated the length of various objects within the classroom and used rulers and measuring tapes to compare the accuracy of their answers.

Across the Curriculum 

As part of our Scotland topic, the pupils have been researching famous Scots in history. The pupils were able to create detailed biographies about their chosen Scot. The pupils then presented how their famous Scot shaped our society to the class using a PowerPoint presentation.

The pupils have also explored the blotted line technique used by Andy Warhol to create beautiful watercolour pictures.

We have had a fantastic Term 2!

Please enjoy some photos of our pupils taking part in the recent festivities.

Please enjoy some lovely photos of our pupils enjoying their Christmas lunch and Christmas Fayre!