Our topic this term is World War Two. They say it is a very fun experience and hard work. We have learnt lots of interesting new facts and stories. So far we have learnt about the causes of world war two, and used our research skills to create a timeline to show the key events. We have used chalk to draw the flags of the Axis and Allies outside. Here is a Google Slide Show to showcase some of our fantastic learning so far! Enjoy 🙂
Category Archives: Social Studies
Fish release – 6th March
Paul the Scientist from the Science Centre brought plastic tubs to transport the fish. Some fish were alevins and some were fry. Every one in the class has at least two fish to release.
We walked ( in the pouring rain) down to Aurs Burn in the ABC park. This was the nearest burn to our school and it will eventually lead into the River Clyde.
We had in total over 120 fish that we had nurtured in our hatchery that we released safely into the wild.
Zak – It was fun releasing the fish. We got to talk to our friends on the way down.
Allanna – It was sad because it was pouring with rain and also we had had the fish for a few weeks .
Sam – It was emotional because we were letting the fish go and the rain was torrential and that made it worse.
IDL – Literacy, Ict , Social Studies
As part of our work on Clyde in the Classroom, P5 have been working on Powerpoint presentations. We have been working in trios to produce Google slides to present to each of the classes telling them all about our project.
First of all we decided our trios. Then we used Google Classroom to complete a table showing what we were going to do our slides on . We worked collaboratively , talking to each other all the time.
Then we worked individually on our slides and then shared them and imported them into one PowerPoint.
We will be presenting to all of the classes W/C 4th March before the fish are released on Wed.
Jayden – The project was interesting – we got to work on our own slides and also work in a team.
Allanna – It was fun because we got to work collaboratively.
Morgan – It was fun to make the slides with all the information we have learned.
Clyde in the classroom
On Thursday 31st January Paul , one of the scientists from Clyde in the Classroom delivered our fish eggs. We received 200 brown trout eggs which we put into our hatchery which was delivered on the 21st of January. Since we got the hatchery, we have been trying to keep the temperature at the correct levels – between 8-10 degrees.
Finlay – I was surprised by how many eggs we got.
Kate – The fish eggs were smaller than i expected.
Marlie – I was excited to look after the fish eggs.
Science Centre Trip Friday 18th January
As part of our learning about Clyde in the Classroom, we visited the science centre.
We got to visit the Science Mall and then we had lunch, after that we had more time to look at the different levels in the mall.
After that we went to the theatre to listen to a presentation from one of the Scientists on Clyde in the Classroom. We then had a talk from another Scientist who explained all about the hatchery and how to look after the eggs.
Ava – It was fun, my favourite part was the human sized hamster wheel.
Callum – the trip was interesting , My favourite part was sitting on the upside down couch.
Sam – The trip was amazing. My favourite part was the timed races.
Fairtrade
In Social studies we have been learning about Fairtrade. We captured our learning in a floorbook.
We learned about the benefits of Fairtrade and about all the countries in the world that Fairtrade operates in. We researched this information by access search engines and using an atlas to locate the different countries.
Jamie – I was surprised by how many countries Fairtrade worked in.
Nathan J – I was able to locate lots of the countries using an Atlas
Honey – I was surprised how many different Fairtrade items were on sale.
Battle of Stirling Bridge
The Ancient Greeks
P4 have been learning all about the Ancient Greeks. We created a plan together about all the things that P4s already knew about the topic and then asked some interesting questions!
What are the Ancient Greek houses like? What do they eat? What were the Greek Gods like? What were their stories like? In groups we created Big Books with everything that we learned.
