Primary 5 enjoyed a nice morning outdoors in the sunshine supporting our buddies with den building. This brought back happy memories of muddy movers for many of the children in Primary 5.

This term as part of our learning about China we have been researching important landmarks in Beijing the capital city of China. We used our facts to create tourist information posters and then presented them to each other.

This morning we had our first session of Go Wild with Mandarin. This was a live lesson with an expert in Mandarin and animal conservation.  We were learning about the history of some Chinese characters through games. We had to guess animals by using clues and using our knowledge of characters. We also had to draw Chinese characters and were learning about endangered species such as the pangolin.

Congratulations to our talented artists who were placed in the Neilston Show Art competition. Our class entered the contest to design a poster for the theme of A Day at the Neilston Show! We were delighted to learn that Blair Martin was awarded 2nd place overall and both Fraser Waddell and Grace McAleese received highly commended awards! Well done!

Primary 5 hand some hands on experience with chemical and physical changes.  They made predictions and carried out tests.  They  identified the difference between a chemical and physical change and discussed the signs that a chemical change had taken place.

This week in PE we were practising skills for badminton. Since the shuttlecock can be tricky to control we practised, first of all, with balloons. It was lovely to see all the balloons in the air as we practised using our rackets.

Primary 5 have been investigating how friction affects motion.   They made predictions and then carried out tests in smalls groups.

This term our artwork has been inspired by Spanish artists. We have been looking closely at the art of Salvador Dali and Antonio Gaudi. Below you can see a selection of our Elephants inspired by Dali and our mosaics inspired by Gaudi.

Today we had lots of fun celebrating Red Nose Day whilst raising money for great causes. In the class we had our joke off contest which was just so funny! 😆  Our class winner was Arlo. 👏🏻 We also did an anagram challenge and wordsearch for Comic Relief. Later we had fun in the hall trying out some challenges organised by our House Captains. Finally we took part in a class dance.

Primary 5 have been investigating the principles of floating and sinking in water. They made predictions before carrying out experiments to test their ideas. In the final part of the lesson, they were challenged to design and build a tin foil boat capable of holding weight.