Primary 5a Blog – September 2018

We were delighted to be the first class to perform in front of our parents and the rest of the school at assembly. We presented our learning on Growth Mindsets.  Rosie and Oliver were our “Super-YET!”s. We appreciate that there is a big difference between not being able to do, understand or know something … and not being able to do, understand or know it YET!

Alice shared that although our brain is an organ it can behave like a muscle and grow stronger the more we use it. We all know that it is about attitude and trying to be our best. Amelia thought everyone performed really well. She enjoyed playing her part of a mum and sharing our learning. We sang beautifully – there are a couple of clips of us practising our songs in the classroom on the school’s Twitter feed.

We loved Maths Week, realising how important maths is in our lives. We have our families’ quotes up in our classroom to show how they use mathematics and numeracy every day in their jobs and lives. We were lucky to have Rosie’s dad to visit us. He showed us how he uses maths in his job as a surveyor. Sophie loved the booklet he gave us to try out some of the calculations he does as part of his work. It was wonderful to have Logan’s mum in too. She explained how her job as an optometrist uses mathematics. Scarlett loved using a ruler to measure the pupillary distance between our eyes.

In Science we have been learning about mixing and separating. Drew has enjoyed experimenting to find out how long it takes for sugar to dissolve in water. Alex liked making his hypothesis then mixing substances with a spoon.

In Social Studies we have started to explore the lives of Native Americans. We know that there are lots of different tribes who each have their own cultures. We explored a map of North America (from before it became the United States). Lee enjoyed developing his mapping skills by showing where the tribes were located. We look forward to looking at the impact of the European settlers on the use of land and society.

In ICT, we have been learning about Internet Safety. Laaibah has enjoyed playing the game Band Runner as it shows you how to stay safe online. Rachael liked how the quotes taught us how to protect ourselves.

In French we have been looking at the difference between spelling in French and in English – and also the similarities. We have been learning numbers up to sixty. Scarlett finds it funny that six is pronounced differently in French and English but it is spelt the same!

Literacy and Numeracy

Our learning in these areas will draw upon the contexts listed above but will differ according to the needs of each class / group. Your support with consolidation of core learning through homework activities will be very beneficial to our children.

Awesome Achievements

We are very proud of our personal achievements this month. Lots of us have been loving books and completed the Beano Summer Reading Challenge at Giffnock Library. Felix made a tasty pizza FROM SCRATCH! Logan has become a sixer in Cubs, Bryony has written a story of 1,000 words and Alice has learned how to ride her bike!

The first six pupils in P5a whose leaves will be on display on the Achievement Tree will be Eva, Lewis, Amelia, Aaron, Murray and Oliver.

 

Article 29: You have the right to education which develops your personality, respect for other’s rights and the environment.