Bumble Bear

Bear came to visit P5a this week.  Annie and Finlay go to the same Brownies and are in the same six.  Every member of their six gets the opportunity to take bear on adventures for a week, then get to feed back to their six what they have done through pictures and notes in a diary.

This week I go t to take home the bear and I’ve planned lots of fun things we can do and take pictures of.  I like Bumble Bear more that the owls we had at our old Brownies.  Annie

At our old Brownies we had a big owl called Mr Brownie and a little owl called Chocolate Chip.  I think I prefer Bumble Bear.  Finlay

Grow Your £5

Our product production lines have been in full swing this week.

My group made marshmallow snowmen and we put them in little bags.  It was easy to draw the faces and buttons on them, but it was a bit tricky to put them in the bags.  Ephraim

Literacy

In literacy this week, we worked in our ‘Grow Your £5’ teams to write instructions as to how to make our products.  We worked as a team to generate clear instructions using time connectives, adverbs and connectives to give reason for some of our instructions.  The end result has been fabulous.

Frosty PE

PE was freezing, but very fun.  Snatch the bib was my favourite activity.  We played one game in small teams, but came in early because it was so cold. Jack J

Sikhism

We were looking at countries around the world where the Sikh religion is found.  Me and Finlay found it fun and entertaining.  It was a bit of a challenge to find the countries around the world, but we worked as a team to help each other.-Annie

Science Centre 

My favourite part of the Science Centre trip was making the batteries in ‘The Lab.’ It was good fun!  Aaniyah

It was amazing when Jack and I made a circuit!  When we made a circuit, the tube was colourful.  We passed electricity through our bodies to complete the circuit. Beau

Grow Your £5

 

On Thursday we started making sample products to show to the class.  Some groups are still waiting on all their products to arrive, but we will carry on making them next week.  Some of us have made lots, but some of us have only made a few.  Jack J

My group managed to make lots of cany candy cane reindeer.   We found it quite hard to keep the candy canes in the right position whilst we wrapped the pipe cleaners around them.  It was tricky to stick the nose and eyes on too.  Ava

Digital Leaders

We now have seven members of the class who have achieved their Bronze Digital Leader award who will now take responsibility for organising our Chromebooks and iPads when we use them in class.  They will also use their knowledge and skills to support their peers where appropriate.

PE

We have continued to learn a new dance routine to ‘I’ve Got a Feeling,’ by the Black Eyed Peas.  We had great fun learning to keep in time to the music and recalling the sequence of the moves.

In netball we participated in lots of different skills practises to improve our, passing, pivoting and team work skills.  We then played a game of netball where we introduced the positions of goal shooter, goal attack and goal defence.  Next week we will continue to work on using the whole court to create space to pass to our team mates.

 Grow Your £5

 

We have now moved onto creating our company logo’s for our ‘Grow Your £5’ businesses.  We have also finalised our shopping lists ensuring we have kept within our budgets.  Our next step will be to make our products once all our resources arrive.

Maths Problem Solving/Games

We used the strategy of ‘Guess, Check and Improve’ to create as many shapes as possible using four isosceles triangles.  We had to ensure sides of equal length touched which really got us thinking.

We also learnt three new maths games this week that will become part of our maths rotations.  We learnt how to play 101, Magic 6 and Guess my Calculation.  We learnt that many of us are very competitive, but we were all good sports about winning and losing.

We have internet!

Halloween

Yesterday we did some Halloween art.  We used pastels to create our mummy eyes, then tore strips of paper to create the bandages.

I thought it was fun! – Connie

I thought it was entertaining and the eyes were very majestic.  I really liked how we used the chalk for the eyes.  I thought it was a really good idea. – Theo

We discovered that if we rubbed the pastels, they blended in for a better effect. – Achintya

 

I thought using the pastels was cool even though our hands looked liked rainbows. – Farouk

Netball

Last week we started learning Netball skills in PE.  We started with some team games to develop our team work and ball handling skills.

We then learnt about chest passes and pivoting.  This week we added in defenders and attackers to small games.

I love netball because we get to do lots of different things like passing, defending and shooting. – Anna W

We went into mini groups and did mini matches. I loved it. – Ava

Dance

Last week we started our dance block.  We learnt how to sequence the moves to the Wolverine and Deadpool dance using a Zumba Dance YouTube video.  We learnt about the importance of timing and to add some attitude and pop to our moves to make them more distinctive.  As we had no internet this week, we learnt the ‘Gay Gordons,’ but we will learn a few more modern dances before returning to Scottish country dancing towards the end of November.

I really like dancing. – Isla

I really like dancing  because I think moves stand out. – Ewan

I liked the ‘Gay Gordon’s because we got to learn tricky, but fun steps. – Anna O

I quite like the dancing. – Menaal

I am looking forward to moving onto the traditional Scottish dancing in a few weeks.  – Ephraim

Grow Your £5

Last week we started learning about our ‘Grow Your £5’ topic.  We learnt about the importance of different personal qualities and the impact they have in contributing to a strong team, which can run a business.  We used this knowledge to form our ‘Grow Your £5’ business teams.  This week we considered products we would like to make and how much it would cost to make them.  We then considered how much we could sell items for and how much profit we may be able to make.

We got into groups and sorted out different jobs and from there we started thinking about products we could make from the jobs we have. – Cameron

Our groups were bigger than expected, but this means they have more money to spend.  Some groups have 8 people, so they have £40 to spend. – Farouk

I think it was really fun, although there were a few problems/calamities forming the teams. – Michael