Thank you so much for all the gifts and for being an amazing class! Mrs Fry and I had a great year and we are so overwhelmed with your kindness. I will miss you all so much!!

This week was a great short week….

Expressive Arts: 
We created artwork to show our favourite P5 memories.

Game Show Morning:
We played Catchphrase and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Class Party:

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Thanks again for being an amazing class. You all worked so hard and we are very proud of you!

I can’t believe this is our last full week in P5a. The class and I have been very emotional taking down the wall displays and sending everything home! We have had lots of fun activities this week and more to come on Monday and Tuesday. For everyone who has already left school for the summer, Mrs Fry and myself wish you all the best in Primary 6 and we miss you already!

Bump Up Day:
Taylor- We all moved to our new classes to meet our P6 teachers. In my new class we solved questions based on ourselves like how many pets we have.

Literacy:
Evie- We finished making our Matilda board games and we swapped them around the class to play each others! In writing we wrote letters to our new P6 teachers.
Ava- We also watched the Matilda movie and did a Venn diagram to compare the film with the book!

Numeracy:
Matthew- We have been competing in Sumdog competitions against our groups (revising time, area and perimeter, multiplication and division) and taking turns of maths board games and card games.

Health and Wellbeing:
Sophie B- We were learning about keeping safe and our five trusted individuals. We played feelings charades, we sorted scenarios on to traffic lights (red is don’t feel safe, yellow is feel ok, green is feel safe completely) and we draw around our hands to show the 5 people we would go to if we were feeling unsafe.

Philosophy:
Murdo- We did a voice warm up around the circle taking turns and then we listened to a reading passage and discussed our thoughts and opinions (Wandering Adventures).

Outdoor Learning:
Bike Ability-

Activity Trail-

House Reward Trip:
Well done to those in Stevenson who won the House Reward of going to Heads of Ayr Farm Park!

 

The children have had another great and busy week with their school trip and the celebration of achievements!

Gallery of Modern Art:
Harley- We got the train to the art gallery and we did activities in groups recreating and being inspired by other artists. We also got to sketch what we could see!

Literacy: 
Ava- We finished our class novel Matilda and worked in teams to create a Matilda themed board game! We had to create questions cards and include them in our game.
Sara- We made a website to share our learning in P5 (Google Sites).

Numeracy: 
Lewis- Our groups revised what we have been learning this term.

Health and Wellbeing:
Myra- We played rounders in the MUGA! Rounder is so fun 🙂
Morven- We learned about consent and played games like passing around random objects and only passing them on if they say yes please and using body language/expressions to consent to being offered ‘cups of tea’.

Outdoor Learning: 
Ethan- To complete our RSPB Silver Award, we went on the Chromebooks to research and make a Sway or Google site to create a guide on how to make a compost bin.

Philosophy:
Evie- We read a passage and discussed our thoughts and feelings using the talking stick! (Wandering Adventures)

We have had so much fun attending all of these workshops and going to David LLoyd!  We have been SO busy and we are now exhausted, I hope you all have a good rest over the weekend P5A!

Literacy: 
Sara- We finished our Matilda story boxes and in writing we created our own website on Google Sites! We had to use headings, choose layouts, bullet points, fonts and graphics.

Numeracy:
Harley- The circles continued to learn how to find the duration of times but now in hours and minutes.
Yi Chen- The triangles learned how to multiply and divide by 10 and 100.
Jack- The squares continued learning how to find the area and perimeter of shapes.
Kerr- We also worked in stations today doing mental maths challenges, Chromebook tasks, maths games, problem solving tasks and 4 operations calculations!

Healthy Mind-Set:
Lucas- We had a visitor gives us tips and tasks to do to create a healthy mind-set like power poses, goal-setting and positive affirmation.

Orienteering:
Murdo-We did relay races where had to match the map symbols with the words and we also had to quickly find a stamper and put it in the right numbered box. We then matched a picture with mapping symbols like a jigsaw.

Cooking:
Olivia- We made healthy rocky road!

Technology:
Christopher- We were pitching our product desigs to the class!

 

David LLoyd:

Fitness

Tennis

Golf

Yoga

Friendship Building:

Dance: 

 

Karate:

Sports Day:

Hope you all have a lovely Jubilee weekend!

The class had a great time at the tea party:

Numeracy:
Christopher- The squares were learning how to find the area and perimeter of shapes.
Jamie MacKenzie- The circles were learning about how much time is in between other times (time duration).
Kate- The triangles were learning how to multiply and divide by 10.

Literacy:
Sophie  C- We wrote letters to our P1 buddies that we will have in primary 6.  We also started story-boxes on Matilda.

Science: 
Cormac- We were learning about streamlining. We were running outside and then put our jackets up to see if it would take longer or shorter. It took longer because the streamlining made it go slower!

 

 

 

Hope you all enjoy your long weekend!

Literacy:
Sophie B- We were hot seating as characters in Matilda this week! We took on the roles and the class asked us questions. We were also learning how to sequence by making comic strips of our class novel so far.

Numeracy:
Murdo- The triangles have been revising adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers.
Daisy- We have been telling the time in words and using am and pm.
Isam- The squares have been learning how to find the perimeter and area of shapes.

Technology:
Myra- We were finishing our product pitches using Google Slides and Sways.

Health and Wellbeing: 
Lucas- We were learning how to chop fruit! We made fruit kebabs and then cleaned up after ourselves  by washing the dishes safely.
Inaaya- We practised relay races for Sport Day!

Colour Run:

Literacy:
Ace- In writing we were learning how to write a reflective piece. We also continued our class novel Matilda.

Numeracy:
Christopher- The squares have been learning how to find the perimeter and we continued BODMAS.
Ava- The triangles have been learning to add and subtract 3 digit numbers.
Morven- The circles have been learning to read digital and analogue clocks and how to use am and pm.

Technology:
Sara- In technology we have been finishing our prototypes, marketing and created a pitch to present using google slides or sway.

Outdoor Learning:
David- We went pond dipping! We used nets to fish out water creatures and investigate them. We also went on a mini-beast hunt using different types of magnifying glasses.

Science:
Evie- We were learning about friction and finished making parachutes. We dropped them outdoors with and without the parachutes and times them.

Health and Wellbeing:
Yi Chen- We finished our last workshop with Healthier Minds where we looked back and what we learned and gave feedback.
In PE we were practising running and throwing.

Literacy:
Sophie B- We were learning about fact and opinion through our class novel Matilda.
Lucas- We were writing about our heroes.

Numeracy:
Ace- The circles were learning how to tell the time.
Murdo- The triangles were learning how to add 3 digit numbers.
Inaaya- The squares were learning how to divide by ten, one hundred and we practised BODMAS.

ICT:
Isam- We made a google Sway.

Science:
Sophie C- We did an air resistance experiment where we made parachutes from different materials and different shapes to see which was the best.

Technology:
Christopher- This week we were continuing our prototypes and we were learning about marketing.
 

Health and Wellbeing:
Heena- In Healthier Minds, we were learning about what to do if we feel anxious and who to tell.
Kerr- In the MUGA we were continuing athletics. We did a team game where we had to either place a tennis ball in someone elses or take it out. Whoever had the least amount in their hoop won a point.

    

Lewis- P5a also had a turn of being prefects today! We had different roles in P1-4. It was hard work but very fun!

Literacy:
Mariam- We did a character analysis by creating shoes for the characters in Matilda! We also did Matilda comprehension and grammar.

Numeracy:
Yi Chen- The triangles have been learning how to answer problems using a calculator.
Maya- The squares have been practising our number work and then BODMAS.
Ace- The circles have been learning how to multiply and divide by ten and one hundred.

Outdoor Learning News: 
Taylor- We were awarded the Bronze Award for the RSPB Wild Challenge.

Expressive Arts: 
Daisy- We were learning about artists again, today we learned about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Georges Seurat and we did work inspired by them. We also pieced together our Starry Night artwork!

Science:
Morven- We did a friction experiment where we were measuring time and then distance of toy cars going down wooden ramp with different materials on top of ramp. 

Technology:
Sara- We finished our annotated posters of our product!

RME:
Jack- We learned about Eid and had a class celebration!

Eid Mubarak to everyone who was celebrating this week 🙂 

Literacy: 
Sara- We have been doing comprehension based on our class novel Matilda. We also did Roald Dahl based grammar on alphabetical order.
Inaaya- In writing we had a free choice but we had to pick a target audience.

Numeracy:
Kerr- The circles have been using calculators to solve problems.
Ava- The triangles have been revising fractions and symmetry.
Maya- The squares have been learning been solving problems by adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers. We also started learning about BODMAS (order of operations).

Health and Wellbeing:
Mariam- We have continued our friendship topic. We discussed what makes us unique and celebrating differences. We also had the Healthier Minds people back in visiting.
Christopher- In PE, have been continuing athletics!

Technology and Design:
Jamie MacK- We have continued our Change Challenge. We created our company name, logo and slogan. We presented it and then we started the product design. We have started an annotated poster to show how it will work.

Expressive Arts:
Taylor- We were continuing our artist study topic. We were learning about Van Gogh’s life and famous artwork. Then we did a collaborative piece of Starry Night where we had a part of the picture each to paint and we will match it together like a jigsaw to create one big picture!