Hello all,

This week in P4/5 we have been continuing to develop our tennis skills.

“In tennis we were practising different techniques and then played a game of doubles.” (Harrison)

“I am getting better at underhand shots.”( Farouk)

In writing we continued to write our imaginative story based on the fairground. This week we had to create the middle section. We had to think about how to engage and excite the reader by including a conflict

“My story was really fun to write and the conflict brought a little bit of mystery into it”. (Scarlett)

In Social Studies we worked in groups to decide what factors contributed to the demise of the Titanic. We used a “Diamond Nine” to do this. We had a lot of robust discussion about what we felt was the main reason and had to put the nine statements into order.

We also worked in our debating groups  for our Big Debate next week. We have been learning about the structure of a debate and the roles people have and the rules we have to follow.  it should be great fun! Who will wine the debate ?

Have a fabulous weekend

Mrs McKim and P4/5

Hello all,

A short but busy week in P4/5.

In Science  we were learning about floating and sinking. We tested different items from our classroom by putting them in water and recorded the data. We then learned about the term buoyancy and used this knowledge to work as a team to design a boat which could hold as many marbles as possible before sinking. We then reviewed our designs to see what worked/didn’t work and how we could adapt our boats to hold more marbles.

We took time some time  to decode our Morse Code messages that we had written to one another last week. Some were very tricky to work out and others were quite funny! We even created our own written code for others to decipher.

In maths we spent some time collecting and analysing data as well as creating our own surveys.

Another wonderful week in P4/5

Mrs McKim

Good afternoon and welcome to our weekly blog.

Learning in P4/5 this week included Science and Outdoor Learning.

In Science  we carried out an experiment to find out how different solids reacted when added to a liquid (water). We talked about the importance of a fair test to get an accurate result. Some of the solids dissolved, while others stayed the same. We discovered that stirring the mixtures helped some of the solids to dissolve faster e.g. sugar. Hot water was more effective than cold water when it came to dissolving too. We used the scientific terms soluble and insoluble to describe how the solids reacted in water.

“In Science we were learning about what happened when you mixed solids and liquids”.  (Ephraim)

“It was fun in science” (Beau)

In Outdoor Learning we made bird feeders to encourage garden birds to the woodlands. We are hoping that they eat the seed as the weather is quite cold and this will give them a nice food source.

“We were making bird feeders and we hope to see lots of birds visit our woodland” (Achintya).

“We worked in groups to make our bird feeders and placed them in trees outside. We are going to take some time to bird watch and record the birds we see”. (Scarlett)