We had a FANTASTIC day full of games & ice cream.

Time for ice cream

We rounded off our outdoor week with Sports Day.
We enjoyed taking part in different potted sports and cheering on our houses in the races.

We had a fantastic time walking to Gleniffer Braes. We explored the park a little and went to see the waterfall. There hadn’t been much rain so the waterfall was only a trickle but seeing it really made us all smile 😀 We then had a picnic & played some games.

We have been developing our skills in reading maps through orienteering.

We have also been exploring nature through the lens and seeing our playground at different angles.

We developed our teamwork skills through Den Building.

We have been learning how to manoeuvre, signal and turn as part of Bikeability level 1. We all learned how to check our bikes before setting off and can’t wait to get out on the road in P6.

Well done Primary 5 for OUTSTANDING effort!

As part of our learning about Fairtrade we created a product for helping farmers and then pitched our ideas in ‘Dragon’s Den.’ We had lots of amazing ideas such as water filter, a scanner for identifying which medicines people need and a scanner to help identify healthy and unhealthy plants. 

We discussed how to run a business, collaborated in making choices relating to the different roles and responsibilities and then evaluated the success of our business by pitching to the ‘dragons.’ We were lucky enough all to receive some investment. 

We have been investigating how friction, including air resistance, affects motion. We used a variety of ramps to test the effect of different surfaces on how far a car travelled.  We made predictions then compared our results. Then we discussed ways to improve efficiency in moving objects.  

We have been learning about Fairtrade to explore ethical issues around the world and think about the difference between wants and needs. We understand the importance of Fairtrade in supporting farmers, local communities and the environment. We can identify Fairtade products and look forward to finding some in our local shops.

We located some Fairtrade countries on a map and thought about why the UK does not need to be supported by Fairtrade.

Tennis 🥎

We have been improving our hand eye co-ordination to hit a tennis ball using a racket.  After practising by hitting to a target we moved on to thinking about controlling our return across the net to ensure we keep the ball on the court.

Keep up the great effort Primary 5.

Football – EUROS funday ⚽️

Our active schools coordinator Chris Rose organised a football taster session to ‘kick off’ the EUROS. We had lots of fun moving around all the groups and working with the other primary five class.

We have been learning to compare and order fractions, find equivalent and simplify fractions.

We reinforced our learning through games.

We enjoyed using the BeeBots to give electronic commands and watch to assess if our directions were correct. We learned to write directions using angles and compass points.