Author: Mrs Ali

Primary 5 had a very healthy start to the day. They made fruit kebabs in class as part of their instructional writing lesson. The class chopped, peeled, cut and assembled their very own fruit kebab. They certainly enjoyed eating them!

Primary 5 have been learning about the body. They can identify different parts of the body and face in French.

Here is some of the vocabulary they have been learning:

la bouche

la jambe

la main

le pied

le ventre

les yeux

l’orielle

Test them and see what they remember!

Spelling – Back to our usual routine… please check your homework diary to refresh your memory! Remember to learn your words for your spelling test on Friday. Miss Innes works with the Nessy Spelling group every Tuesday and homework should be returned to her the following Tuesday.

Reading – Read the relevant pages of your book for next Monday. Prepare one or two questions to discuss with your group. What? Where? When? Why? Who? How? words are great question starters! Please write them down in your homework diary.

Maths – Mental Maths Sheet

Please revise multiplication tables daily in order to improve speed and accuracy.

Homework to be completed, signed and handed in by Friday.

It was European School Sports Day today!

The Sports Committee, led by Mr Chrystal, organised a fun filled fitness afternoon for the school to enjoy. The fitness session was led by Craig from Active Schools.

Here are some photos of Primary 5 participating in the event.

   

 

This morning, Primary 5 enjoyed watching Newsround in class. They took notes while watching so that they could discuss the news with the rest of the class. The news items covered today were about Killer Whales, Strictly Come Dancing, Pumpkins, BBC Music Day and Jacqueline Wilson. We followed this up by doing further research on our favourite news item in the ICT room. Killer Whales was a popular news item!

Primary 5 working hard to solve problems using a variety of problem solving strategies. Team work was a very important part of the task!

Spelling –  As this is a four day week, please complete one written active spelling task for Friday.

Reading – Read the relevant pages of your book for next Monday. Prepare one question to discuss with your group. What? Where? When? Why? Who? How? words are great question starters! Please write them down in your homework diary.

Maths

This week, please complete the Mental Maths grid.

Personalisation and Choice

Primary 5 have been busy collaborating on our new IDL topic – Transport and Environment. First, we looked at the the experiences and outcomes to be covered for second level. The next stage was to work in small groups to brainstorm activities we would like to work on in class. Finally, we shared our thoughts and selected the most popular ideas.

Here are the questions we were working on:

What do I already know?

What would you like to know more about?

What would I like to do in class?

Where can I find this information?

How would I like to showcase my learning?

Spelling –  As this is a four day week, please complete one written active spelling task for Thursday.

Reading – Read the relevant pages of your book for next Tuesday. Prepare one question to discuss with your group. What? Where? When? Why? Who? How? words are great question starters! Please write them down in your homework diary.

Maths

This week, please spend 10 minutes daily on Sumdog.

Other Information

Friday 21st and Monday 24th are both holidays. School will re-open on Tuesday 25th September.

Maths Week Scotland

Primary 5 have had a fabulous week immersing themselves in Numeracy and Mathematics. We have enjoyed working on a whole host of mathematical activities. Well done to everyone who created a maths game. We look forward to using these in class!

Maths Art

We created Parabolic Curves using straight lines. The results were amazing!

Outdoor Learning

The class ventured outside on a rainy morning and created symmetrical patterns, in the Secret Garden, with natural materials.

 

    

Visitor

Mr St. Clair delivered a very exciting presentation to the class about the importance of mathematics in real life. He talked about how he uses maths in his job as a Chartered Surveyor. Thank you so much for coming out to speak to us. The class loved using the laser to measure the length of the classroom!