P5.16 braved the weather today and all enjoyed a day at Whitelee Wind farm!

The class spent the day learning about renewable energy and were split into two groups to tour the wind farm.

They all then had the opportunity to become scientists and engineers and discover the mechanics behind each wind turbine. The speakers were impressed with many of the class’ predictions and answers to questions!

With a break in the weather we ventured outside for the Ranger’s investigation challenge where we learned it took 20 pupils to hug all the way around a wind turbine.

To end the day we finished with pupils revealing their inner abstract art talents.

A great day spent as part of the class’ Irresistible Curriculum this term!

Two weeks back and P5.16 have been busy…

Firsts off performing their class assembly on Celebrating Scotland’s culture, all the classes’ creativity and hard work definitely paid off with their performances running to perfection!

The class have been busy learning their poems, song and dancing ready for Burns night next week.

This week the class also started learning about the digestive system and set up their first experiment today to find out what effect different drinks might have on their teeth, predictions are in, now we need to wait a few days for our findings!

Another great and busy week in 5.16.

Pupils performed beautifully at the Christmas service singing Holidays all Around the World. In addition to our class song the choir were wonderful too!

All week we have been learning from each other during presentations about pupil’s inspirational people from Marie Curie to  Greta Thunberg and many, many more! Well done to everyone who presented, clearly a lot of hard work went in to this both in school and at home!

On Thursday we also had our Christmas party, where some were determined to win prizes with a lot of success!

Finally we ended today with sharing who our ‘secret Santa’ from the 1st of December was. All pupils have being trying to do nice deeds for that person throughout the month in Secret. Pupils made cards for each other, helped in the classroom, gave compliments and the occasional treat throughout the whole month!

A big thank you again to my secret Santa who managed to deliver many a kind gesture to my desk without being detected!

Merry Christmas everyone!

A huge congratulations to a pupil in 5.16 that has achieved a great personal achievement in completing her reading of the Quran!

Well done!

This week we’ve had great fun making sock snowmen for the Christmas Fayre!

Lovely creations from working in pairs. Many hands made light work!

Following our cinema trip yesterday, the pupils worked in groups to recreate different scenes from the movie. Can you guess which ones they were recreating?

Primary 5.16 enjoyed their trip to Cineworld to see Mary Poppins Returns!

A well deserved morning out after a lot of hard work this year!

P5.16 enjoyed a fun filled Halloween day! Here are some snap shots giving you a sneak peak of what we’ve been up to…

Library time is open to everyone, withes and all!

Cruella Deville taught us a numeracy lesson!

The class picked Halloween themed games to play in PE.

The pupils made a fantastic effort with their costumes , with everyone getting the chance to take part in a spooky classroom parade and pose for a class photo.

All the pupils enjoyed a well earned treat time in the afternoon after a week of hard work!

Thank you to everyone that helped create the class’ wonderful costumes this morning!

Today P5.16 we very lucky to have a class visit from a local GP and veterinary nurse.

We saw how GP’s measure heart rates and how quickly our heart rates increase after doing bursts of exercise.

With the use of flour, we then illustrated how germs can spread from one person to the next. This definitely emphasised the importance of washing your hands properly!

All pupils were then given a chance to hear their own heart rate through a stethoscope. Some pupils said that it was a lot louder than they expected.

Finally we got to put our bandage skills to the test. Working in groups, pupils had to hold, reassure and bandage their puppy using the correct bandages in the right order. Below are pictures of their success.

A huge thank you to our visitors today! A great start to Defib week so far, let’s see what the rest of the week has to offer!

Today at the leadership assembly we found out who was successfully nominated to be our class representatives!

Well done to all pupils in 5.16 who went forward for a role to represent the class, there were so many great candidates to choose from!