We have been learning about different types of bridges.
We completed some research in groups and recorded our findings on a Jamboard. Then we used a variety of materials to create our own bridges across the ‘River Clyde’

We made salt dough decorations to sell at the Christmas Fayre.

We also made some pop out Christmas cards to send to our friends and family.

We applied our knowledge of attachment techniques to complete a number of challenges.
First we created ‘the tallest tower.’

Then we created a free standing castle wall.

Finally we created a complete castle focusing on including the features of a castle such as drawbridge, turret, battlement, portcullis and arrow loops.

We have been learning about the properties of different materials. We sorted the materials into categories and discussed their different purposes.  We are going to apply these into our Castle and Bridges STEM challenges.         

We developed our measuring skills by using our rulers to measure multiple points to ensure we could draw a straight line. We learned about different attachment techniques such as tabs, slot, flange, l-brace and gusset.

We had a fun-filled day raising money for Children in Need. We enjoyed buying toys and books and taking part in the sports stations organised by our House Captains.

We used our knowledge of similes, metaphors and onomatopoeia to create a group poem about Bonfire Night. We arranged our writing on different coloured flames and used some twigs for our bonfire. We were really proud of our designs. (ARTICLE 28)

We celebrated Halloween by writing spooky stories. We have been learning how to structure a story with a clear beginning, middle and end. We focused on developing characters and setting using interesting WOW words. In our spooky stories we developed a storyline using chapters and then typed up our books using Google Classroom.

Our books were then published into our class library. Then we shared our books with our Primary 1 buddies and our classmates.

We also practiced our skills using a French dictionary. We completed a crossword to learn some new French Halloween themed words.

We have been learning how sound can travel through different materials – solids, liquids and gases. We completed different experiments, making predictions then observed and listened to the results.

We learned that sound is an energy and travels in sound waves through vibrating molecules. As the molecules vibrate they carry the sound and pass to other molecules. We discovered that molecules in gases are spread out, molecules are closer together in liquids so sound travels faster. But molecules are the closest in solids so sound travels the fastest through solids.

We made our own gongs using string and spoons to listen to sound travelling through a solid (string).

We also created a hydrophone (plastic bottle) to listen to sounds under the water.

Finally we explored sound travelling through the air. We used rice to represent our air molecules so we could see the vibrations. We clapped, played a drum, played a triangle and played a speaker. We were amazed at how the rice moved around, especially when the speaker played – it jumped off the cup and danced around!

We have been developing our communication and teamwork skills through supporting out P1 buddies at Muddy Movers. We helped to make an obstacle course that we would be able to climb over and under. As well as exploring imaginative play in the mud kitchen. We supported primary one very well.

Today, as part of Digital Literacy Week, Primary 5 have been developing their coding skills. First the children explored the role of coding through role play by creating a list of instructions or a code for each other in order to navigate an obstacle course. The pupils then used chromebooks and the computers in the ICT suite to practise making codes to complete a Minecraft game. Mastering this involves precision as well as a lot of problem solving and all of the pupils tried very hard, well done Primary 5!