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!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday! P5a have been back working hard and starting new topics and projects!

Literacy:
Maya- In writing, we used prompts to create our own story and created our own success criteria based on the techniques we have learned before.
Murdo- We have started our class novel Matilda! We used our before reading skills to gather information from the title, pictures, blurb, and first pages.

Numeracy:
Ava- This week, the triangles were revising fractions!
Inaaya- The squares have been revising number work and converting weight and length.
Myra- The circles have also been revising number work, symmetry, angles and converting units of measure.

Expressive Arts:
Yi Chen- We are doing an artist study topic. We learnt about the life of Picasso, cubism and then created our own self-portraits in this style! I loved making the face have shapes and lots of colours.

Heath and Wellbeing:
Olivia- In PE we did athletics. We timed our pace for walking, jogging, running and sprinting and our teams had to try and get to the finish line in our times.
Matthew- We also started a friendship topic! We had a whole class debate about different statements on friendship. Then we looked at different scenarios and decided in our groups what the actions and consequences of a true friend and a fake friend would be.

Technology and Design: 
Kate- We have started a design project called The Change Challenge. Today, we had to brainstorm ideas in our chosen groups to create a new product designed to make the life of someone in our local or wider community easier. We had to present our design brief to the class. 

Outdoor Learning:
Lewis- We made toad holes using outdoor materials to finish off our RSPB Wild Challenge (Bronze) Award.