Monday

In the morning we did our comprehension booklets and we did some comp box texts. After break ,we did some maths. After lunch, we did our spelling booklets. When we were done our spelling booklets we talked about our homework for the week because we had our trip on Tuesday!

Then 5a came through to our classroom to talk about our trip and get feedback with Mr Atkinson on our Upstream Battle projects.

Finally, we went to  the Learning Lab. In the learning lab we were sticking our work into our jotters.  Our work is in our school bag today (Friday).

 

Tuesday

On Tuesday we were on a trip to the sealife centre! We did a workshop about how to help the ocean. Some people touched sea animals like starfish!

We also saw an otter called Cub!

All of us enjoyed seeing all the animals. We went into a glass tunnel with water and animals all around us. Our favourite animals included the zebra shark, the turtle (april with the missing flipper), shovel-nosed string ray, the otters, the eel and the lionfish.

We learned lots of interesting facts.  Did you know that a zebra shark’s stripes fade as it gets older? Lionfish have deadly venom.

It was really fun!

 

Wednesday

In the morning we did some maths before we went to PE.

In PE we played a game to warm up. After the game we split into two groups to play some dodgeball. After dodgeball we played a 1987 game called crab football. It was very crazy!

After break we did a discursive piece of writing on social media for under 16s.

After lunch we listened to some 1990s music and even got to make some tunes on Google Classroom using Chrome Music Maker.  The link is on Google classroom if we’d like to make some more.

 

Thursday

In the morning we marked our writing that we did on Wednesday. Then we did some literacy. In literacy we did our 4321 tasks about our nonfiction books.

Next we did some maths after break. Then Mrs Allan had to go to a meeting so we had Miss Lamb for some mental maths and problem-solving (and a wee blether).

After lunch we handed out our work into our take home folders.

Then we did some IDL.We learned about some music and fashion in the 1990s and listened to some of our fabulous music we made on Google Classroom.

Friday

On Friday afternoon we enjoyed some sunny games of hockey on the MUGA…. jackets off!

Hello to all the P5B blog readers, it’s Mr Atkinson here! As you will know this year I am doing NCCT for primary P5B with a focus on developing Crookfurs Inquiry Based Learning approach so I wanted to give you an update of what we have been doing.

In our first Learning Journey – Energy Sources and Sustainability, we revisited the definitions of renewable and non-renewable energy sources and discussed examples in our lives of when we may use them. The class researched and plotted locations onto maps of Scotland of where a variety of energy sites are. We also participated in heated debates about the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources which allowed the children to demonstrate their understanding and it led to them constructing compelling arguments. Amongst all of this we visited the Glasgow Science Centre to attend an energy workshop and Mrs Dowse, a parent of P5, spoke to the class about her experience of working in this sector which led to lots of questions! We also briefly explored the different types of energy stores and transfers by completing chains and diagrams of real-life examples. Finally, as part of our end of Learning Journey showcase, the pupils worked in groups to build sustainable cities and they drew and labelled a picture of Crookfur Primary being powered by renewable energy sources for the Renewables Challenge.

We then moved onto learning about some of the META Skills and explored how these can be used both in school and at home. The META Skills lessons helped the pupils to recognise what Creativity and Curiosity may look like!

Our second Learning Journey – Upstream Battle, was supported by the organisation Keep Scotland Beautiful. We watched a live lesson from Arrochar where the presenters shared with the class the journey of litter from land to sea and how it can affect the environment. To help illustrate the problem we visited Capelrig Burn where we found litter and a trolley in it. The children also created a map and tracked the journey of 28,000 plastic bath toys that fell overboard from a ship to show how items move across the sea. We have also been learning about which items are biodegradable and the class were shocked to read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. After this the pupils categorised the different types of litter that can be typically found in oceans and researched the condition of a couple of Scottish waterways. Then the pupils typed up ‘blogs’ reporting on major incidents that have damaged marine life. The class also recreated the process of ocean acidification which they had been learning about. The results of putting shells into vinegar, water and a combination of both were recorded in a science report. We also had a visitor from Viridor which is a recycling, renewable energy and waste management company. They shared with the pupils what their role involved and how the organisation works with different local councils. Finally, the pupils worked in groups and constructed their sculptors/models for the Keep Scotland Beautiful marine litter art competition, some of which can be seen on the schools Twitter/X account. This week we submitted our entries and are now awaiting feedback. Again, thank you for the donations of materials!

We are now focusing on learning the new META Skills of Communicating and Collaborating and investigating how they can be used to solve situations. The pupils applied these skills when they acted out being late for a work meeting about designing a new product. By listening carefully to the conversation around them and asking further questions they eventually discovered what the purpose of the meeting was.

Mr Atkinson

Monday

In the morning we copied our homework words in our homework jotter. And also we corrected our maths homework and our reading homework.Then we did comprehension texts. After break we did maths and then after lunch we we had Mr Atkinson. We started to build our models for the Upstream Battle competition.

 

Tuesday

In the morning we did maths. Then after break we had Mr Atkinson for our last day to do Upstream Battle.  Our models were brilliant! Then after lunch we did some homework and then we since it was safer internet day we learned about scams and how to avoid scams online.

You might be able to tell a scam if:

Seems too good to be true

Contact you didn’t expect

Asks for personal information

Money or trading

 

Wednesday

In the morning we did maths. Then we got ready to go PE in PE we did gymnastics.

Then after break we did writing about why families should have pets and why they should not have pets. After lunch we did IDL Through the Decades for the 1980s and it was open afternoon so our parents came in and looked at our work.

The stations were:

Kapla to make stadiums for the Live Aid concerts.  1.9 billion people watched the two concerts.

toilet paper wedding dresses for the two royal weddings and measured how long the wedding dress trains were using metre sticks. Princess Diana’s dress was 7.62 metres long!

Match the logos for different brands through the decades and the year the company started.  Our adults were shocked by how old Marks and Spencers and Nintendo are.

Thursday

In the morning we marked our writing and then we did some comprehension and all groups started a new book! Then after break we did maths and some groups did weight then after lunch we had open afternoon, So our parents came in so we did some IDL with different stations.

We had a station of 1980s childhood games like Twister, Frustiation, Guess Who, Kerplunk and Connect 4.

We did Guess the Teacher from photographs of the 1980s and 1990s.  It was hard because they didn’t look the same!

The other station was about the 1984 Olympics and we had to answer some questions. The mascot was a little scary.

 

 

 

Monday

In the morning we did literacy .In literacy we did comprehension to look at similarities and differences. The texts were about Eastern dragons and western dragons or recipes.

After break we did maths.  In the afternoon we had Mr Atkinson and we had a visitor. She talked to us about her company Viridor.  It turns litter into more useful things.

 

 

Tuesday

In the morning we did some maths. After break we had Mr Atkinson and we did a report on our experiment from last week .Then after lunch we looked at the 1970s clothes and big events from that decade. We learned that the 1970s is when flares became popular and it was the first woman prime minister.

 

Wednesday

In the morning we did a short block of maths then we P.E.. In P.E. we did gymnastics . For gymnastics we split into groups one group did the vault and the other group did balancing. We will swap next week. After break we did writing  about school uniform. After lunch  we learned a 1970s dance. We had to make up dances in groups. We also talked about when money changed in the UK (called decimalisation) and Sophia brought in an old one pound note.

Thursday

In the morning we did literacy for literacy we answered some questions about our reading books. After break we did maths .Then after lunch we showed our 1970s dances to the class.  We recorded them and Mrs Allan is going to try and put them on display using QR codes.  Her dance was impressive.  We also made fashion models for the 1970s.