In grammar, we have been learning to identify the narrative voice of a text, so we can tell if it is written in first person, second person or third person. Our focus in reading has been fiction texts. We have been skimming the text to find phrases that will help us to expand our answers. Another reading skill we were working on was comparing and contrasting. In writing, we have been learning to plan our writing before starting to help us organise the information. To get our imagination working, we have been starting our writing by studying a picture. We have used our senses and imagination to build upon the information in the picture, and then have been writing detailed description based on our plans.

Primary 5b have been very busy in October. We have continued to develop our skills in gymnastics, football and swimming. The holiday week gave us an opportunity to be more daring, taking part in quad biking, sailing and sky diving off a high pole! We have been responsible citizens in October by helping around the house, looking after siblings and taking part in the Great Scottish Run.

In music we continue to learn new rhythms and keep the beat to different songs. We now know the rhythm “te ta te” and the song “Epo-i Tai Tai”.

We have finished our block of swimming lessons at Eastwood swimming pool. All of us have grown in confidence over the block of lessons. Our favourite parts included the opportunity to dive in to the water, exploring with the different floats and learning to do different swimming strokes.

In Science we have been learning about classification keys. We were given a group of animals and had to sort them by asking different questions. This was a tricky skill where we really had to think about the types of questions that would help us to identify an animal.

We have been developing our ICT skills by interacting with each other on Glow. Through this, we have successfully responded to discussion questions and have managed to send, receive and reply to emails within our class.

In reading, we have been looking at fiction books. We have been using highlighters to help us find the answer within the text, and this has helped us to focus on the text.  Another skill we have been working on is sequencing the story in the correct order.  In writing, we have been studying the characters from a David Walliams story and creating our own interesting character to fit the story.

In reading, we have been answering inferential questions from a story. We have been learning to scan an unseen text for information and highlighting the key words in the text to help us answer different questions. In Writing, we have been creative by making our own characters. We tried to give them a name using alliteration.

We have had a sporty September in Primary 5b. We have been developing our skills in gymnastics, football, rugby, cycling, skateboarding, swimming, ski-ing and rock climbing. As well as this, it has been a musical month through our guitar, cello and accordion playing.

In August, we started by doing a mini topic about the Rio Olympics. We looked at the work by the Brazilian artist, Romero Britto and created some work in his style.

In music we have been clapping and tapping rhythms and learning to keep the beat. Our favourite song with Mrs Carrey at the moment is John Kanaka. If you ask us, we might sing it for you!

We are half way through our block of swimming lessons at Eastwood swimming pool. Some of us have been using flippers to propel ourselves through the water. Some of us have been learning to dive by keeping our feet together and putting our finger tips in the water first. It is not a good idea to try diving when wearing flippers.

Our Social Studies topic is Fairtrade. In ICT we have been looking at different websites about Fairtrade. We created pictures using paint and collage materials to show Fairtrade farmers. Through our research we have learned some interesting facts about Fairtrade products.

In Science we have been look at living things. We have been sorting animals into 6 different groups – mammals, amphibians, insects, reptiles, birds and fish. We have also studied the 6 groups that invertebrates can be categorised into. Next, we are going to learn about classification keys.

In reading, we have been studying non-fiction texts. We have been learning to scan to find specific information and identify the main idea of the text. We have been able to create a time line of the life of a historical figure. In Writing we have been creating a new character and are now writing a detailed character description. As a focus, we have been trying to use similes and metaphors in our writing.