Primary 5 have settled well into the new term.  We have been learning about new year traditions around the world and have also been learning about Chinese New Year. During Art we have created some lovely posters to show our knowledge of Mandarin and Chinese New Year, and these have been entered into a national competition. A few of our posters can be seen below:

We started the year off with a couple of weeks of Fitness sessions in PE but have now moved onto Gymnastics. We are lucky to have some skilled gymnasts in our class who regularly attend classes outside of school. It has been fun to have the Kelvin Frame and other equipment out where we have been practising a range of skills including, balancing, climbing, rolls, and jumps.

In Mathematics the pupils in the Diamonds have been learning all about fractions. We can identify fractions, find fractions of amounts and find equivalences. We often complete tasks on the chromebooks to practise our skills or complete work in our jotters. The task below shows a group task where we were using our knowledge of fractions to complete jigsaws.

In Literacy we have started our class novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We have also been having a focus on poetry in writing and had good fun thinking of lots of Scots words when writing poems in the Scots language. In fact the bonnie wee lads and lassies in P5 did a braw job of their poems!

Primary 5 enjoyed a Buddying session with their little friends in Primary One yesterday. We helped the boys and girls in Primary 1 to create some Christmas Art. Together we created Christmas trees using chalks and pastels. It is always lovely to see how supportive the class are with the younger children.

Have a look at some of the finished art work.

Primary 5 had a great time at their party! Dancing and lots of games.

Today we had a lovely treat as we got a special visit from Santa’s reindeer. We all got the opportunity to pat them and to feed them carrots.  We thought it was lovely how the weather was cold and crisp for their visit.

This term we have been focusing on Basketball skills in PE. We have practised shooting, passing and dribbling through lots of warm up games and drills and have been competing in small sided team games.

Today we went into the playground and collected leaves. 🍁 We looked for interesting shapes and drew around these to make a stencil from card. We then placed our stencil on black paper and used pastels around the outline. When we lifted the stencils away we were left with beautiful results. Below is some examples of our artwork.

Primary 5 enjoyed wearing their pyjamas and Pudsey accessories to school today and raising money for a great cause. We had good fun trying out the challenges in the gym hall such as Beat the Goalie and the balloon challenge.

To commemorate Remembrance Day we got together with our friends in P1 for a Buddy session.  We helped P1 to create some poppy art by printing with potatoes. P1 worked really hard and were very proud of their finished artwork.

Today we enjoyed a taster session of Taekwondo with a visiting instructor. We learned how to punch safely, how to do sidekicks and how to most importantly have fun whilst keeping active. Below are some pictures of us in action.

Today we took part in a whole day event called Climate Ready Classrooms which encouraged us to think of the harm climate change is causing and what we can do to to may a positive difference to help protect our world. We participated in online discussions and workshops with pupils from schools all across East Renfrewshire. We also worked in pairs to complete scavenger hunts around the school to discover where we could be saving energy. We then explored our school grounds to notice the diverse life which surrounds us such as plants, trees, flowers and insects. Later in the day we took part in tasks such as matching animals to their role in the food chain. We even had time to dress Lewis up as the earth and let him experience the impact of green house gasses by dressing him in up in lots of clothes! Finally we made posters to show what we have learned about Climate Ready Classrooms and made an action plan of pledges to show what we can do as a class to slow down climate change. It was a very different but fun day!