Monday.

In the morning we did literacy about a persuasive poster for a Loch Ness Monster movie. After break we did maths. After lunch  the JRSOs showed us a presentation on how to cross the road safely for the Big Walk Week competition. Then we did some personal talks about a topic that we chose at home. Then Mr. Atkinson came then we drew some pictures of inspirational people we chose last week. Then we watched a video about the rearview mirror/the review mirror.  This reminds you not to always look back at your mistakes and to keep looking forward.

Tuesday.

On Tuesday we did maths with Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Nasar . After break we had Mr. Atkinson and we were writing about our Upstream battle models. For meta-skills were writing about something that made us “flip our lids” and how we fixed it and then we said if it worked and also made an all about my personality in 30 seconds. Then after lunch we did personal talks about something we chose. Some people did Fortnite, Rubiks cubes and art.

Wednesday.

We went out for PE we did some tag then we did some relay races. We did 4 laps some of us ran at the start and jogged the rest and vice versa and talked about the differences between sprinting and longer distance running. After break we did persuasive writing.  We chose from summer is  the best season or there should be a 3 day weekend and the film version is better than the book all the time. Then we went out for lunch and we finished our personal talks.

 

Thursday.

In the morning we did some we did some grammar sheets and some Nessy Spelling. After lunch we did some RME about the Easter story and some French bingo. We learned that rolling an egg down the hill at Easter is like the stone rolling from Jesus’s tomb.

 

Friday

In the morning we did our usual Friday jobs and then we all did maths word problems. For PE and we did quick cricket which is cricket.

Monday

On Monday morning we were doing persuasive texts.  After lunch we went down to the Learning Lab with Mr Atkinson. We’re learning about communicating in meta skills with him and we talked about how communication would happen with big changes in school like getting a new teacher or at home like moving house. As part of Neurodiversity week we had a kitbag demonstration from the ambassadors.

Tuesday

After break we had Mr Atkinson we had to research a person and then present the information to show our communication skills. We had to research their achievements and what they had to do along the way. Our reading buddies had another session too.

 

Wednesday

We had maths in the morning then we had P.E.  We did relay races with hurdles in the playground.  After break we did writing.  Because of Neurodiversity Week it was about persuasive writing “kids should have more breaks in school”.  In the afternoon we did some research about technology from the 1950s and then we played two games from the 1950s called Pong and Space Wars.  The games were very simple, but we enjoyed them.

Thursday

In the morning we did some maths and literacy.  In the afternoon we talked about our new topic for after Spring Break. We might be exploring the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Friday

As part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, some of us are wearing odds socks for World Down Syndrome Day.

Monday

On Monday morning we had Mr. Atkinson and we were finishing our front covers for our IDL jotters and working on our friendship and collaboration Meta skills. We had a task where we had to pretend that we were late for a meeting and work out what your team members were talking about.  For example, it might be about toothpaste, but no-one could say toothpaste, but they could talk about flavours of the product and so on. This helped our meta skills of communication, creativity, curiosity and collaboration.

After break we had Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Nasar to do maths in-between break and lunch. Then after lunch we did finished our RME calendars and then we went with Mr. Atkinson down to the learning lab and we finished our Meta skills by pretending our partners were lonely and we helped them.

Tuesday

On Tuesday we did Maths in the morning then we went out for break. After break  in literacy we did comprehension on persuasive writing and then we did our spelling workbooks. Then after lunch we did Through the Decades topic on the 2000s. We had a choice to learn about The 2014 Commonwealth games, The Scottish smoking ban, The Scottish parliament and Falkirk wheel/the kelpies. We made notes on them.

Did you know…

• gymnastics was the most popular sport at the Commonwealth games?
• tobacco kills 13,000 people per year, which is why the smoking ban was introduced
• the Kelpies were created by Andy Scott
• the Scottish Parliament meant Scotland could make some of its own laws

Some of our class represented Crookfur at an East Renfrewshire football festival.

 

Wednesday

In the morning on Wednesday we did math we had Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Nasar and then we had PE where we practised our rolls in gymnastics. Then after break we did our persuasive writing that reading is the best hobby a child could have and then after lunch we made posters or leaflets using the notes we took yesterday.

Thursday

In the morning on Thursday we did we did some persuasive texts and adverts and then we went for break. After break we had people who came in to talk about their job and what meta skills they use. We had a lawyer called Kay Potter,  and after a short break a BBC news presenter called Laura Maclver visited.  After lunch we had a influencer called Craig Ferguson  who walked from Hampden Park in Scotland to Germany for the 2024 Euros then we had a artist in called Alan Potter in who made a statue in a park. Craig Ferguson raised £78,000 for men’s mental health.

All of our visitors talked about how they use collaboration, communication, creativity and curiosity in their jobs.

 

Monday

In the morning we did literacy (comprehension)  After break we did mental maths and then maths. After lunch we did we learnt about  reading rivers then we did RME when we finished our calendars about days that are special to us. Then we went down to the learning lab with Mr Atkinson we did an activity sheet to show what we have learned in Science in P5 so far.

 

Tuesday

On Tuesday we did mental maths then we did maths. After break we had Mr Atkinson and we finished sticking in all our Science work so far. After lunch we did spelling and corrections and then most of us went to reading buddies.  We started our reading rivers for World book day.

 

A reading river is a river with books that are special to you. you draw a river and the very start has the books that you read when you were younger and then onto the books that you are reading now. It can be other things you read like road signs, street signs or subtitles too.

Wednesday

in the morning we did maths. Then we did gymnastics in PE. After break we did writing on our personal choice on discursive.  We talked about our topics with a partner or group to make sure we had lots to write about.

After lunch we learned more about music from the 1990s. We did a sheet where you chose what you think the style was and how it made you feel.  We listened to

Don’t look back in anger by Oasis

Parklife by Blur

Could it be magic? by Take That

Wannabe by The Spice Girls

S club party by S-club 7

The fresh prince of bel air

Achy breaky heart by billy Ray Cyrus

No limits by 2 unlimited.

We worked hard at justifying our opinions on the music and sharing them respectfully. Some of us wanted to dance to the music (especially 2Unlimited). Parklife was a big earworm but the class favourite was “Wannabe” by The Spice Girls.

 

Thursday

Today was World book Day! On Thursday the reading buddies did a shift for the book swap.  In the morning we finished of our reading rivers and then we did a live quiz about books and football.

After break we went to the book swap and got a book. There were lots of choices.  Then we did maths after lunch we made our own corner origami book marks and then decorated them like animals or monsters. Then we got a famous book quote and made a poster for it.

Oscar made very tiny bookmarks!