First Week in  P5

Last Day in P5

We’ve had a blast and wish everyone a great summer!

We wish Isla well in her new school too!

Miss Bennett would like to thank everyone for their lovely, thoughtful gifts too.  You have all been very kind!

We’ll see everyone again in August, refreshed and ready to have another great year in P6.

Sports Day

Sports day was fun and enjoyable! Lana

It was fun!  My favourite part was the space hoppers, but I kept falling off. – Ava

I loved the space hoppers because we were all making funny faces.-Isla

I liked the rugby activity.  – Theo

The football was really fun and I scored a goal! – Noelle

The races were really fun and I was proud to win.  Anna WIt was great fun and I liked it even more because i won the running race. – Michael

Bible Alive

This week was our last Bible Alive session in P5.  We will have another three sessions in primary 6.

Bible Alive is really fun and we got to act out lots of different Bible stories.  We learnt sign language to remind us there are 66 books in the bible.  There are 39 books in the old testament and 27 in the new testament.  Connie

We did lots of acting and there were lots of new things we learnt about the bible.  Finlay McL

PE

Basketball was fun.  The matches were teaching us to pass, dribble and shoot as a team.  Then when we were shooting at the hoops we practised lay-ups, three pointers and normal shooting.  It was challenging to aim and get the ball high enough to get into the hoop. Michael

Basketball was really fun.  Sometimes it was a bit hard to work well as a team as we are learning to listening to one another and help each other as a team.  Haaniaa

Seven Wonders of the World

We have located the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ on a map in addition to the continents and oceans of the world.  We then researched facts about our favourite ‘Wonder of the World’ and the country it is located within, using the headings lifestyle, climate and culture.

My favourite activity this week has been doing the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ picture.  It was tricky to draw all the ‘Wonders of the World,’ but I was proud of my final picture and it was fun.  Leiyaa

Coding

We used Scratch to create our own Pong Game.  I found it quite easy as I code a lot, but others found it hard because it was new to them.  I really like coding.  Ephraim

PE

Badminton

We have been doing badminton and we practised serving over the net this week.  It was hard, but I got it eventually.  Next week we are going to try some small games.  Noelle

Basketball

Basketball has been fun and our teams have been hyped to win games.  We were practising dribbling with both hands and shooting into a basketball net.  Lay-ups were difficult, but fun.  We can’t wait to get in the new MUGA to play proper full games with two nets instead of hula hoops.  Michael

Bible Alive

7 Wonders of the World

Yesterday we were learning about the ‘Seven Man Made Wonders of the World.’  We had a sheet where we had to draw the flag of the country the wonder of the world was in, then we researched facts about our chosen wonder of the world.  I chose Petra in Jordan.  Petra was carved in red sandstone.  The area is known as ‘Rose City’ because of its colour and it has also been referred to as the ‘Lost City.’  Menaal

Hi P5a readers, I wanted to update you on what we have been doing in our Learning Journeys since our last entry.

I am delighted to share that the pupils produced wonderful models and sculptures illustrating the issue of marine littering and their efforts were recognised with Keep Scotland Beautiful awarding the class with participation certificates.

Afterwards the class explored the qualities of collaborating and communicating, building on their experiences of using these META Skills in the Upstream Battle project. Some of the activities that helped to develop these further included; discussing the different methods of how emotions are expressed, analysing what makes a good team player,  learning from the past but focusing on the future, participating in scenarios that explored social situations such as arriving late to a meeting and being mindful of how we interact with peers.

P5a are currently enjoying the Wildlife Conservation Learning Journey! First the children revisited food chains by exploring the school grounds to identify an example of one. They then created a diagram of what they had found and we discussed food webs and some related terminology such as producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumers, ecosystems and decomposers.  The class has also learned that not all energy is transferred to the next stage in the food chain and they completed some calculations to determine how much is lost. P5a were fascinated with discovering which creatures are extinct or endangered and made some insightful comments as to why some physical features help animals to thrive and survive. After this, the children then started to categorise them into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores which led to interesting debates and some surprises. To mark Earth Day everyone created their own upcycled and sustainable plant pots using plastic bottles that were kindly donated. Each pupil decorated them with patterns or themes, went on to plant a sunflower into the pots and have now taken them home. Over the next couple of weeks some learning will take place outdoors if the good weather continues!

Mr Atkinson

Eid Celebrations

Cultural Dress

I liked having the opportunity to express my culture in school.  I wore a shirval kamiz.  Aaniyah

Henna Art

We painted our background with watercolours, then we got a piece of paper and traced around our hand, then we drew Henna patterns on it.  Henna patterns are often painted on ladies hands for special celebrations in the Muslim faith.  Isla

Islamic Art

We created symmetrical Islamic patterns using a template and two lines of symmetry.  Islamic patterns are found in in many Islamic buildings in decorative floor and wall displays.  The shapes in the patterns all have different meanings.  The star symbolises the spread of the Muslim faith.

   PE

This week in cricket we we learning how to do an overarm bowl with increasing accuracy.

Cricket was really fun, we had to use an over arm bowl, then the batting team had to try to bat it. It was tricky, but fun. Theo

Eid

The girls in the class who celebrated Eid enjoyed showing the class the Mhendi they had done for their celebrations.

Spring Art

Easter

Today we done an Easter egg hunt during our mental maths and after lunch.  In maths the eggs contained mental maths questions and after lunch, they contained jigsaw puzzles.  We worked as teams to find the eggs, then complete the jigsaw.

After lunch it was good fun to work as a team to find the eggs.  My team had to find six green eggs and I managed to find one.  Our team was first to finish.  Ava

‘Computers and Gaming Through the Decades’ 

We have started our ‘Computing and Gaming Through the Decades’ topic.  We begun by learning about where computer games were first used and how basic the first games were.  We had a go at playing ‘Pong’ and Space Invaders.’  Although they were old and simple games, we really enjoyed them and we were quite competitive with one another when playing.  Our favourite was ‘Pong.’  Next week we’ll be learning about Arcade Games.

Personal Talks

We have spent a few afternoons listening to one another’s personal talks.  We have learnt about our friends hobbies and topics of interest to them.  Some of our presentations have enabled us to learn about our friend’s family history and experience living in different countries.  We have all worked hard on our presentations and have demonstrated our confidence speaking in front of an audience.

Neurodiversity Week

Mindfulness

It has been a fun week with tons of relaxation moments with the Kitbags.  I have enjoyed visiting classes and explaining how the Kitbags work, so has Emily.  It has been good to watch some videos to understand how different neurodiverse traits affect different people. Finlay R

World Down Syndrome Day – Odd Sock Day!

For World Down Syndrome Day we were allowed to wear odd socks to recognise and show people’s differences.  Cameron

PE

Cricket

This week we completed skills practises where we had to pass the ball and aim at a target to help us in a full game.  We played Caterpillar Cricket where if your teammate hit the ball we all had to follow them like a caterpillar around a circuit.  The fielding team all had to pass the ball to one another before hitting the wicket.  Ava

Athletics

This week we were doing some relay races learning how to pass the baton and hurdle during a race.  It was fun and exciting working as part of a team.  Noelle

Ramadan Club

Since it’s Ramadan there has been a lunch club where the Muslims’ that are fasting get to do lots of crafts in a quiet space.  In the first two pictures there is an Aganogram of  mosques at  Fajr and Maghrib time.  Farouk

Through the Decades

2000’s – 2010’s

This week we made leaflets about 2000 to 2010 events or significant buildings.  We could do the Commonwealth Games, the Scottish Smoking Ban, the Scottish Parliament, the Kelpies or the Falkirk Wheel.  We had to make notes about the topic, then present key facts in a leaflet.  Jack J

World Book Day

Bookmarks

We made origami bookmarks.

Reading River

Some of us did online Reading River and some of us made paper versions.  It was fun and we remembered books we liked when we were younger, like ‘Dear Zoo.’  Michael

Chrome Music

We used Chrome Music to make 1990 inspired music.

PE

Cricket

Cricket was really fun.  One of my friends almost hit the ball 150 metres!  He was able to hit it really far! Beau

Gymnastics

We have been learning how to apply our skills on a range of apparatus.  Most of us can now do a straddle jump over the horse.

Meta Skills Moments

Yesterday we met Allan Potter who was an artist and he showed us the types of things he made.  He made models, sculptures and he even showed us how he made a giant horse statue.  He was very inspiring.  We also met a BBC News reporter, a lawyer and an influencer.  They told us about different meta-skills they use in their jobs such as communication, collaborating , curiosity and creativity.  Farouk

Ramadan Club

This year we have had Ramadan Club again.  If you are fasting, at lunchtime we can go there and do lots of different activities related to Ramadan.  It is enjoyable.  Aaniyah and Menaal brought in a Qur’an in both English and Arabic.  They both took turns reading in Arabic and English.  They read a surah called ‘Surah An Nas,’ meaning human kind. Menaal