Mr Atkinson’s comment:
Thank you for donating materials to help us with our ship building which we will be starting over the next couple of weeks. For our P.E. and outdoor learning lessons please refer to the school website and weekly round-ups for information regarding appropriate uniform/clothing.
Woodland dates are: November 14th, November 28th and December 12th.
Literacy and English
Mehr – This week we have starting learning how to write newspapers. We were challenged to created engaging headlines by using alliteration, include important information such who, what, where and when in the lead paragraph, draw a picture to match the topic and use a byline.
Eva – Before starting our writing we read both primary and secondary resources based on our Titanic topic. For the primary sources we read articles and journals of people who survived the sinking of the Titanic and then we read an information book on it. We used some of the comments from the passengers journals and quoted them in our newspapers to make it seem like we interviewed them. It was tricky but it made them more interesting to read!
Aarohi – In our Grammar lessons we explored past and present tense and the equivalent words. Some of us used our knowledge to correct a paragraph and put it into past tense.
Lewis – Using our knowledge from the writing lesson, we answered a range of comprehension questions on a newspaper article.
Numeracy and Maths
Chloe – This week my group started their new topic of function machines. This involve solving a calculation by following a rule.
Sara – Mr McMillan challenged us to solve a range of problem solving questions! Afterwards, we shared our strategies and discussed our answers.
Sophie – To finish our angle topic Mr Atkinson gave us a map with instructions from where to start and finish. We then had to apply our knowledge of angles, anti-clockwise and clockwise and compass directions to write down a route to get to the places. This was challenging as we had to carefully think about what direction we were facing and if the angle was acute, obtuse or a right angle.
Health and Wellbeing
Harley – For Remembrance Day we had a minute silence and Mr Atkinson explained the importance of it.
Sophia and Emma – With Mr McMillan in P.E. we completed a bleep test and went around different stations which will help to improve our fitness.
Eva – With Mr Atkinson we started our new gymnastics block. This week we were focusing on balances which involved performing both solo and partner balances. We were challenged to hold our balances for a certain amount of time and some of us modelled different types of warm-ups before we started and finished the lesson.
Alfie – As part of the P6 Growth Mindset series, we took part in a debate about whether Rebecca Adlington getting a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics was a success or failure. We looked at a range of different newspaper articles from the time and felt like they did not give a positive image about it. Afterwards, we split into two teams and debated the issue. In the end we all agreed that making it to the Olympics, regardless of winning, is an achievement.
IDL
Alfie – We created a diagram of the Titanic’s structure with a key and labelled and coloured the main sections.
Science
Retal, Ruairidh and Lewis – This week the P5 pupils went to the science bus with Mrs Lamont. We learned about the different parasites farm animals can get and we discovered how scientists and vets check the health of sheep. We all have an amazing time!
