Outdoor Learning

As part of our LEAF Challenge, we thought about how we could  enhance our school garden.  We made ‘Tree Men’ using clay and natural materials.  We had great fun being creative!

Colour Run

The highlight of this week was the colour run!   We all had a fabulous time getting wet and covered in paint.  Thankfully the weather stayed dry for us and we were able to cheer on the rest of the school once we were finished.

Have a great holiday weekend! 🙂

Science

This week in science we have been learning about different types of rocks and their names. We completed an activity to show which types were man made or natural rocks. – Zahra

PE

This week we began our block of Cricket lessons.  We started our lesson with some ball handling skills, then split into teams to play two small games.

In P.E we were learning about cricket, there was a game where we had to throw a ball to our partner when we heard the command from our teacher. Then we played a game where we had to score points depending the amount of the amount of times we ran from cone to cone. It was good fun! – Caleb

IDL

This term we have the choice of learning about the Olympics or the Euros 2024.  Caleb’s mum very kindly allowed us to see the Olympic torch she carried in 2012 as part of the Olympic relay.  Caleb was able to tell us lots of facts about the torch and what it represents.

In Social Studies we were making PowerPoints about the Olympics and the Euro’s. We go into partners and we had to decide which topic we were researching. Myself and my partner chose to do the Olympics! – Ethan

Cultural Week

We read a story called ‘Under the Hijab’ which taught us the importance of the Hijab for Muslim women and girls.

We had a visitor on Monday who taught us how to create a sunset background using watercolours.  We then cut out a mosque shape in black paper and mounted it on our sunset.  We then had a go at writing in Arabic.  Those of us who felt confident writing in Arabic  wrote ‘Eid Mubarak’  on our sunset pictures.

Cultural Food

This morning we had the opportunity to make Mango Lassi and Vegetable Samosas with the help of our very kind parent helpers.

This morning we were making Mango Lassi and Vegetable Samosas,

They tasted great.  We also had a visit from some parent helpers and it was really fun! – Rose

I made Vegetable Samosas. They tasted yummy! – Harley

Henna Art

Today we finished off our Henna art pictures.  We took inspiration from our own Henna patterns on our hands and created our own designs using black fine line pens.  We then used water colour to make a colourful contrasting background.

It was really fun to make the Henna patterns on our own hand outline.  It was kind of tricky though! – Ethan 

As part of our Eid celebration, we were allowed to wear our own clothes to celebrate the occasion.  It was nice to see children in our class wearing traditional clothing to celebrate this special occasion.

This Friday we had an Eid party and we got to wear cultural clothes. We got to get Henna done and make Samosas and Mango Lassi, it was delicious! – Daanya 

Grow Your £5

This we finished our ‘Grow Your £5’ topic.  Between our 7 businesses we have made a profit of just over £200.

Indoor PE

As we have had so much wet weather this week, we have had to do indoor PE in the class.  We have enjoyed doing some PE with Joe Wicks and interactive games and exercises.

Solo Talks

This week we have been presenting our solo talks. They have been very good and interesting. Listening to our friends share their hobbies/interests is fun and entertaining.

Have a lovely Easter Holiday!!

Outdoor Learning

This week we were trying to create habitats for different animals and insects in the school garden.  We enjoyed finding lots of worms and slugs which found new homes in our habitats.

During outdoor learning it was really fun when we got to create the habitats for the bugs. We also managed to place some bugs into homes. – Abby

We were looking at animals native to Scotland. We were looking for some in the Woodlands and found some worms and different slugs. – Alexander

Art

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about tone and texture in art.  We have create a couple of self portraits and this week we used the knowledge we have learnt to create a mixed media picture of the Titanic.

We were making art of the Titanic. We painted it using watercolours. It was sort of tricky to get the colours correct. – Ben

I enjoyed making the Titanic art, it was really fun! I made a sunset in my background. I created the painting using watercolours and pencils. – Mariia

Neurodiversity Week

This week members of the class have delivered presentations about Neurodiversity.  We have worked in groups to research Neurodiversity and created posters to share our learning with the class.

This week we were learning about neurodiversity week and we were making posters about how all our brains work different. – Adam

This week we were making posters and entering a contest all about Neurodiversity. I learned how different brains work and different disabilities. – Eva

Roald Dahl

This week P5 have been undertaking an author study about Roald Dahl as part of our World Book Day events.  We worked in groups to research key areas of his life and presented our knowledge as a poster.  A few of us took our posters to assembly so that we could share our learning with the upper school.

WC – I enjoyed this study as it was fun and we learned about lots of new  books.

AM – Each table read different Roald Dahl books and we made posters about him and his life. It was great fun!

World Book Day

On Thursday we took part in a live author’s event with Ben Lyttleton and Kit Brown.  We enjoyed hearing from professional football players and participating in the interactive quiz.

Book Swap

RMcK – “It was cool walking in and there were so many books to choose from.”

MMS- “I really like the book I got at the book swap.”

II – ” I got a very good book and I can’t wait to use my book token to get ‘Greg the Sausage Roll.”

Crookfur Grand Designs

This week have taken part in the Crookfur Grand  Designs Challenges and came up with lots of creative ways to enhance our reading corner.

Year Group of the Week

This week P5 have been awarded Year Group of the Week, therefore we will have an extra play next week as a reward for lining up quickly and quietly.

Grow Your £5

The highlight of our week has been our ‘Grow Your £5’ event at Parent’s Night on Wednesday.

We had great fun selling our products and calculating our profit.

As some our our businesses still have products to sell we will aim to advertise our products to the rest of the school and have a final event before the end of term, which will allow us to calculate our final profit and decide what we would like to do with our earnings.

DCs hot chocolate was delicious.

WMJ “some people commented that our bracelets looked cute”

Thank you to our parent’s for supporting our business ventures! 🙂

Tennis

During P.E, we were developing our tennis skills. We worked in threes to develop our aim, reaction time and accuracy in returning the tennis ball. We really enjoyed this activity!

After some practising we added in a net. This was only our second time using the net while having a rally so we need work at our skills in order to do this.

Have a lovely weekend P5A 😊

Problem Solving

We have started looking at lots of different strategies to solve numeracy problems.  Over the last two weeks we have tried making a model, act it out, reason logically and guess check and improve.

Grow Your £5

We have had a few busy lunchtimes over the last couple of weeks in preparation for our Grow Your £5 event at Wednesday night’s Parent’s Night between 4.30pm – 7.30pm.  We will take turns to sell our products and hopefully meet our target sales.

World Thinking Day

“All of the Scouts, Beavers, Brownies, Cubs and other groups were able to bring in their uniforms and sashes. It was really fun.” – Abby

Science

Water Density Experiment

We mixed fresh water with food colouring, then mixed in salt water.  We learnt that salt water is denser than fresh water, therefore the salt water sank to the bottom of the cup and the coloured fresh water stayed at the top.

Grow Your £5

This week we have created a company logo and created our shopping list of items we require to create our product.  We have learnt how to sell our product for a profit too.   We have estimated our predicted sales based on the number of products we think we can make and calculated our predicted profit.

Gymnastics

We have been working on our paired balances this week in gymnastics.

Grow Your £5 – Virgin Money

This week we have been looking at gaps in the market to help us create a product.

“We were deciding what to use to create books.  Some of the other groups are making food or jewellery.” Ben H

Next week we will be looking at product logos and how much it will cost to make our products.

LEAF Action Plan

“We were tracking how trees change over Winter.  We each chose a tree and garden area and took a picture of it to track over the seasons.”  Ibrahim

“We went outside for LEAF and each group 3-4 chose an area.  In our area we looked at its growth for a long time then will look at the progress later on in the different seasons.  Me and my friends made a small bug area and places for the birds to land.  It was fun!” Magnus

Titanic Shoe Boxes

“We were making Titanic rooms out of shoe boxes.  I made a swimming pool and a first-class bedroom.”  HP

“The grand staircase has lots of gold and it was really fun making it with Charlotte.” Aayshah

We will post out a picture of our final Titanic ship made out of shoe boxes when we are finished.

Stop Motion Animation

This afternoon we started making our story boards for our animations about the Titanic.  We are looking forward to collating the resources we need to make the animations; they will be great once they are finished.