Today, Thursday 18 May, is National Outdoor Education Day. Every class in our school took part in this event.
We decided to take our literacy circles outside and enjoy reading the next chapter of Roald Dahl’s Boy, in the sun.
We were so glad it was warm and sunny. Sitting in the adventure trail, at the picnic benches or on the grass was very relaxing and much more fun than being inside in a stuffy, hot classroom.
These pictures show us working together to produce a poster about our chosen sense.
We had to investigate one of the five human senses, make notes and diagrams to help our understanding, then work together to make a bright eye-catching poster.
We think we did well.
Hello and welcome back after our Easter break. Everyone in the class is ready to settle down and really make the most of the learning experiences on offer this final term in Primary 5.
We had to say goodbye to one of our friends, James who has gone to another school. We hope he makes lots of new friends there.
Next week, we will welcome Miss Withers back to our class. We are all looking forward to working with her again.
Stay tuned for more updates this term!
On Monday we were joined by a new teacher. Her name is Miss Withers.
Miss Withers has been spending time getting to know us and working with groups.
She will be with us for a few weeks. Mrs McCulloch is very happy to have another pair of hands to help in the classroom!
In Maths, the Circles have been learning to tell the time. They are confident in telling o’clock and half past the hour.
Well done!
In Maths, the Rectangles work group have been learning how to interpret and draw graphs. They understand and can use the terms: axis, axes, origin, and scale.
They have been drawing their graphs with much more accuracy.
Well done!
The Triangles and Squares Maths work groups have recently started work on Algebra. They have been learning about function machines and number sequences. They understand, and can use, the terms: input, output, function and relationship.
Despite having only worked on this for a very short time, everyone has had success in their assessments!
Well done!
Over the last few weeks, while looking after our eggs and alevin, we have been helped by visiting scientists, Gemma, Paul and Emma. We have felt very proud to have looked after these lovely creatures during this part of their life cycle*. We have also been pleased to share our knowledge with Gemma, Paul and Emma. Thank you to them too, for answering all of our many questions.
Hopefully we can continue to look after our fish well until it is time to release them in a local waterway.
*Pictures to follow
Things are going well for us in our endeavour to develop the trout eggs into alevins and keep them well-looked after. We have only lost a few eggs, and the remainder have now hatched into healthy alevins with very full yolk sacs.
Pictures to follow!
Our hatchery was delivered by Gemma (Dr Gemma Jennings) on Monday 16 January. She set it up for us and showed us how to look after it. Our trout eggs would not be delivered for another week, so in the meantime, we had to practise keeping the tank cool and at a steady temperature for our eggs.
