Enterprise

This week we applied our money skills to a real life context.  We worked in groups to manage a budget to purchase the resources we needed to make Christmas cards and Christmas themed bookmarks.  We bought our items from the Crookfur Cash and Carry with our accountants keeping a note of each group’s accounts.  We had to learn how to compromise and negotiate with other groups to share resources in order to make the items we wanted with the budgets we had.

Music

Last week was our last music lesson before the Christmas holidays with Mrs Lyall.  We enjoyed the Christmas theme and the opportunities we had to play a range of percussion instruments.

PE

As we were watching the P5 dress rehearsal this week when we usually have PE, we had a quick 10mins to try out Joe Wicks’ new Activate Challenges.  We had great fun, but were definitely out of puff by the end of it!

Swimming

This was our last week of swimming lessons. We have all enjoyed our visits to Eastwood High for our lessons. We have  learnt lots of new skills to improve our water confidence, stroke technique and  endurance.  We were delighted to receive our certificates too!

Taekwondo

We continued our sporting endeavours this week with a Taekwondo taster session.  With a partner, we tried some kicking and punching routines with pads.  Unfortunately, Miss Bennett forgot to take the camera to get some action shots! 🙁

Committees

Everyone was delighted to hear who would be in committees this year.  The wait was finally over at assembly today!

Open Afternoons

We enjoyed welcoming our parents and grandparents into the class this week.  We enjoyed participating in a range of team tasks.  Our favourites were the ‘Cup Challenge’ and the ‘Coin Run.’  We will continue to develop our team working skills in the coming weeks through our mini enterprise topic.

International Aid

This week we learnt about international aid as part of our research into our big question: How Do World Events Affect Children’s Rights?

“It was fun learning about how other people have to live.  It makes you appreciate what we have got.”  Minna

ChatterPix

We used the app ChatterPix, to record what we have learnt about the impact different world events can have on children’s rights.

“ChatterPix is really fun because you have to explore the icons and make the pictures come to life.  It’s a fun way to share our learning.” Rosa

Badminton

This week we had our second Badminton lesson where we practiced serving to a partner.

“It was fun trying to serve to one another.  I managed it 6-7 times!”  Emily

Happy Halloween!

We had great fun this afternoon telling jokes,  riddles and doing dances in preparation for Halloween.  We even had a special visitor!

Music

This week in music we were learning a different rhythm.  We listened to a clapping rhythm,  then worked in teams to select  the correct notes to match the rhythm.  We enjoyed revisiting all the different rhythms we have learnt in time to the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme tune.

Alphabetical Order

We have been learning how to put letters and words in alphabetical order.  We have learnt how to use these skills to use a dictionary.

Music

This week in music with Mrs Lyall we have learnt new rhythm patterns and enjoyed playing a range of games which have allowed us to practice singing , counting and clapping our new rhythms all at once.

Maths Week

We have learned how to play maths games in the playground using a mixture of natural resources and basic resources.  These are games we can now play at break and lunch too.

Tic Tac-Toe/Noughts & Crosses

We used natural resources and counters to play ‘Tic-Tac-Toe.’

Fifteen

We used chalk and Numicon to play the game ‘Fifteen.’  Like Tic-Tac-Toe, you need to make a row of numbers total 15.

Colour Run

We had great fun this afternoon at the ‘Colour Run.’ Thank you very much for our sponsorship money and donations.  Unfortunately our photographs have not come out great, but we had great fun getting wet and covered in coloured powder.

Whitelee Wind Farm

We had great fun in the wind and rain at Whitelee Wind Farm.  We learnt about sustainable energy from the sun, wind and water.

Wind Energy

Solar Energy

Hydro Energy

“The water, the light and the wind energy made the buzzers buzz, the lights, light up and the cogs turn in our experiments.” Jacob

Bus Tour

“Stewart the driver told us lots of facts about the wind turbines.  The blades on the turbine are made of wood.  The nose cone rotates to face the wind. If you put your ear to the turbine, you can hear the energy being produced”  Minna

“I think the bus tour was the most fun part of the trip because we had a really nice driver who was also really funny.”  Hamza

Wind Turbine Hugging!

Peat Bog Fun

The stick went 3m down into the peat bog because it was so wet. The peat at the bottom was 3,000 years old.   

“The peat bog was fun!It was like bouncing on a trampoline!” Flora

“The ranger squeezed a handful of moss and it was like it was raining.  It had so much water in it!”  Emily

Sir Quentin Blake Inspired Art

“I think we did great pictures in the style of Sir Quentin Blake.” Hamza

“It was hard to get the the colours right with watercolours and not mix them together.” Minna

PE

“It was really hard, but we did our best to balance with one another.” Katherine

“It was hard, but when we finally did it, I was proud of myself.” Jacob

“It was really hard to keep your feet together and balance, but in the end it all worked out well.” Rosa

Music

“It was really hard to keep up with the notes, but the more we did it, the easier it got and we caught up.” Flora

“It was really hard to beat the drum sticks in time to the notes because the music was really fast.  It was hard to remember the rests too.” Emily