Literacy and English 

Gabby – In Writing, we were creating mind maps and we had to make it all about ourselves. They had to be colour coded with branches and sub-breaches. I included ones about school and what I like and dislike.

Numeracy and Mathematics 

Hishaam – In Maths, The Mathletes finished their measuring topic and yesterday we did some words problems that were not that easy.

Alfie B – In Maths, The Number Ninjas have been learning 2 things. We have been learning about 3D shapes and yesterday we started learning about factors and made factor rainbows.

Social Studies 

Ruby – In Social Studies, we were designing our own clothes from the decade we chose to make our mood boards about.

Primary 6 Visit

Archie – P6 came to our class and they told us about kindness and they showed us a video about kindness.

Expressive Arts (Singing)

Sophie – For singing all P5s joined us and we were singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney and We Three Kings. We also learned makaton to We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Science 

Mehr – In Science, we had to build a windmill for renewable energy. It had to be able to spin around to work. We only had playdough, a bamboo stick, paper and some scissors and glue. You had to work out how to do it in your group without any teacher help.

HWB (PE)

Ben – For PE with Mr McMillan, we were doing athletics and we were doing the long jump, shot put, hurdles, javelin, obstacle course, jumping mat and target practise.

Harry Fo – For PE with Miss Estlick, we just started hand ball. In hand ball we were focusing on our passing. We played hot potato and then at the end we played games.

Outdoor Learning

Andrew – In the woodland, me, Archie, Zunairah and John built a hut for Zunairah’s pet quails. We used tyres and wooden planks and we made it with a roof for shelter.

Kate – In the woodland, we got a piece of paper and a crayon and we had to do tree and leaf rubbings to see the cool patterns it would make.

Varda – In the woodland, we were learning to identify leaves and trees and told the teacher what we had found.

Pupil News

Ellie-Beth – Me, Chloe and Sophie wrote to David Attenborough and told him about our concerns about the world. We tol dhim how we pick up litter and protest at school to help save our planet. Then he wrote back to us!