Everyone is excited to meet our new Mandarin teacher and start more lessons.
Words of the Week and Maths Talk
Pupils love doing our weekly spelling activities and using their mental maths skills on our maths talk wall.
Children in Need Fun
Collaborative Researchers
Primary 5 have been loving learning all about Scottish Wars of Independence. They worked in groups to research and then create presentations about different aspects of The Battle of Stirling Bridge. A great afternoon of learning!
Super Speedy September
Where has this month gone?! What a busy September P5/2 have had. One of the highlights was our open afternoon. Despite the heat🥵, we were delighted to have so many visitors.
Primary 5/2 have also been creating presentations about themselves. I have been so impressed with the quality and the confidence of our pupils so far.
Our class love a jigsaw and completed this one in record time, learning about the geography of our planet and demonstrating excellent team work.👏
We are back!
We are having a fantastic first week back and love being in Primary 5🤩.
Solo Talks
This month we have been busy preparing for our class solo talks. We discussed oral presentation features including speaking in a loud and clear voice, making eye contact, having a clear introduction and including relevant information. We also discussed the features of a good audience such as good listening skills and being able to ask and answer questions.
Some solo talk topics covered hobbies, favourite holidays, famous people, special family members, countries, history and more. All the solo talks were well presented using flash cards, posters, Google slides, photographs and pictures and were enjoyed by all. 🎤🗣
The Twits
Last term our class novel was The Twits. For those of you who don’t know, The Twits is written by Roald Dahl and features Mr. and Mrs. Twit, a spiteful, lazy unkempt couple who continuously play nasty jokes on each other to amuse themselves, and exercise their wickedness on their monkeys.
We absolutely loved reading the novel and enjoyed using jam boards at the end of each lesson to record our predictions for the following week. We were always very eager to read on to find out what was going to happen as the story developed and enjoyed leaving the story on a cliff hanger each week.
We used Literacy, ICT, Drama and Art and Design to link our learning with the Twits. We wrote poems, instructions, comic strips, menus and more. We used materials to recreate Mr Twit’s disgusting beard and we used our drama skills to reenact parts of the story. At the end of the novel we worked in teams to complete a Twits quiz. Each team scored very highly.
We are looking forward to reading another Roald Dahl novel this term. 📚❤️
Germination
Our science topic this term is germination. Just like humans, plants need certain things to grow and survive. We have been learning about plant growth and survival, parts of a plant, methods of seed dispersal and how plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. We decided to plant and grow our own plants. We used soil, seeds, biodegradable pots and water and have enjoyed watching their growth and progress in class. Keep an eye on our blog for an updated photo of our class planters. 💐🍃🪴
Virtual Reality Headsets
This term we worked hard as a class to fill up our Pom Pom jar. For our reward we chose to have virtual reality afternoon using our school VR headsets.
In VR, you can see all sorts of different places, real or imagined. The headsets let you explore imaginary worlds or places you might not be able to get to, such as tourist destinations.
Some of the places we visited included the Amazon Rainforest, Paris, London, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the ocean, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Maldives! We went up the Eiffel Tower, went on a safari trip where we met lions, elephants and monkeys, went inside an Egyptian tomb, swam with turtles and sharks in the ocean and more.
It was a real treat🐒🌊🐬🌉
