As part of Languages Week Scotland we have been learning greetings from countries around the world. We have also taken part in a Mandarin challenge to extend our knowledge of China. Lastly we have been learning some British Sign Language. Below you can see us performing the Rainbow song in BSL.

Good luck to both Georgia and Ronnie who have successfully made it through the auditions to today’s  final of the XA Factor.  Ronnie will be displaying his DJ skills and Georgia will be performing gymnastics. We wish them both lots of luck.

Good luck also to Ava and Isla who will be opening the show with the Cross Arthurlie Dance Club!

A little while later…

Both P5 acts put in strong performances and we are very proud of them!

On Wednesday we had our first session of Gymnastics. We first of all discussed the importance of keeping ourselves safe and looking out for others by ensuring we check our equipment regularly. We worked in small groups and visited different stations allowing us the opportunity to practise balances, rolls and flips using the equipment. Many of us showed lots of creativity and confidence in our movements.

In Primary 5 we have been taking the fear out of fractions and inserting the fun. Some of us have been learning how to simplify and make equivalent fractions. This week we have also been learning to calculate fractions of amounts. We worked together in groups to complete fraction jigsaws.

Primary 5 have started the new year with some fitness sessions in PE to help us to stay active and healthy in 2024. We have paired up with a partner and worked our way round a circuit challenging ourselves to build fitness and stamina.

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P5 are creating freeze frames of the story they have need listening to on the plague. Can you spot people putting things into a bonfire?

Well done Primary 5 for working so hard to learn your song words and lines for the Christmas Concert. Well done to our dancers too for learning their steps. It was great to see everyone enjoying the performance last night and singing loudly and confidently. I’m sure our audience enjoyed the evening as well.

Today we had our first Mandarin lesson of Primary 5. We met our new Mandarin teacher and learnt facts about China such as its population and the names of its main cities. We also learnt about the Great Wall of China and The Forbidden City.
Next we had the chance to write some Chinese characters.

Today we said goodbye and thank you to Miss Aisha for all she has taught us over the last five weeks. We will miss having her in our class.

Today in our RME lesson we were learning about festivals in Islam. We learnt that enjoying food together is a big part of the celebration. We had the opportunity to sample some foods and Miss Aisha painted henna patterns on our hands. We also made lanterns which are thought to be a symbol of hope in Islam.