In Health and Wellbeing, we were focussing on emotions and what can control them. On a worksheet we looked at different emotions and what might help. (LR).
We did some silent graffiti to get some ideas from other people about it (HA).
The emotions were joy, sadness, anger, disgust and fear (IMcW)
Welcome back to the P5a blog! We hope you enjoy reading about what we have be exploring with Mr Atkinson in his Learning Journeys.
Last term we finished our cost of tourism Learning Journey which has helped us to learn about different parts of the world. We explored the links between travelling and the impact tourism can have on the environment. Mr Atkinson also helped us to translate different types of vehicles and common phrases that you might use at an airport into French. The class was then challenged to construct modes of transport using K’Nex and create labels for them in French. As we become more confident with how to read and write different directions in French we then created maps of towns and wrote key locations in French. Working with partners, we provided instructions for our friends to see if they could navigate around our drawings and list the places they could visit. Afterwards we investigated which areas and countries around the world speak French and through applying our knowledge of time we calculated the time differences between these locations. We also solved Maths questions about time to find out durations of flights and how to convert 12 and 24 hour time. Equipped with all of this knowledge we then considered how you would organise a trip to Paris. In groups we discussed the different travel options, researched famous places tourists would want to see, reflected on how long it may take to reach each place and how much time would be needed to eat at locations. Finally we compared the cultural differences between Scotland and France.
After returning from the holidays we have started our new Learning Journey, Earth’s Resources. In class we have been learning about the properties of different types of rocks and we have been pretending to be geologists by going outside and looking for unusual stones.
This week, we started our work on the Scottish Junior Forester Award. We will have outdoor learning on a Thursday afternoon to meet the 6 areas:
This week, we talked about the activities that we’d like to do and then used natural resources to create art in small groups.
This week, we learned about the Easter story. We sequenced the main events and wrote about it using our own words.
On Friday, we completed a Kapla Easter challenge to help create a conveyor belt to transport eggs without breaking them.
We also made some Easter bunny art using mixed media.
Today was Eid celebration day at Crookfur!
Lots of us wore cultural or party clothes to celebrate! We listened to an English cricketer read a story called “Under my Hijab” that Mrs Nasar had recommended. At Assembly, Mrs Nasar, Mrs Rasul and three Primary 7 pupils told us about Eid-al-Fitr and Jummah club.
In the afternoon, we made Eid pop up cards.
Today we used Scratch and we made some animations. We were working out how to do things and practice (IR)
Today with Mr Atkinson we were making adverts about going to France and the things that you can do using IMovie (AMc)
Yesterday we made Google Slides showing how to be safe online (IMc)
Yesterday we were doing google Slides about digital citizenships (AG).
Recently we used light and dark colours to show shadow on pixel art (FA).
This week, we have been focussing on capacity and volume.
We have estimated, measured and refined our estimates for specific volumes. We also used our partitioning skills to convert millilitres and litres. Practicing it first in mental maths helped a lot!
We had a busy World Book Day – especially our Reading Buddies! They helped create the activities used to celebrate across the school, staffed the book swap and delivered the book tokens to everyone.
First, we took part in the Footy and Booky Quiz online.
As part of the Reading Buddies suggested activities, we re-created scenes from children’s books. We made the props ourselves too.
Can you match the book to the photograph?
Peter Rabbit x 2
Matilda
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tom Gates
Little Red Riding Hood
Dog Man
Some of us worked at home on the Story in a Jar/Box activity too. They are all on display at the front of our school.
This week, we have continued our work on weight. Some of us used the balance scales to weigh classroom items. This meant we had to use addition and multiplication skills too!
This week, we started our Technologies Learning Journey. We have been learning about gaming and consoles from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. We have used our research skills, sequenced information, created a short profile and compared information with modern gaming using a Venn diagram.
In later weeks, we will do some coding, explore internet safety, investigate how batteries work and create some pixel art.
This week, we made fortune tellers to celebrate Lunar New Year. We wrote “Happy New year” on the outside in Chinese characters and then chose numbers for the inside. Then, we created some new year messages. The number 0 was definitely the most challenging!
In Numeracy and Maths we have started exploring weight. We used concrete materials (the thousands, hundred and tens) to partition (split) to help us prepare for converting kilograms and grams.
We played games to help us practice our weighing sills before we use the equipment next week. There were lots of different types of scales.
