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!

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!

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.

Monday

In the morning we did some literacy. After break we did maths..With Mr Atkinson we did a worksheet about a blog in our groups.

Tuesday

In the morning we did some maths. we all had Mrs Nasar because Mrs Allan was at a meeting.  With Mrs Naser we did 3D shapes  and we learned about the nets of different shapes. We did a song for our brain break called “banana, banana, meatball!”  It was really fun.  Then we had break. In Science with Mr Atkinson we finished our blog. In the afternoon we looked at the 1950s in Through the Decades.  We had to choose which we wanted to become an expert in: the Queens coronation, the space race, climbing Mount Everest, cars, or the Windrush ship. We watched videos, looked at maps and made notes then reported back to our groups.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we watched the p6 show dress rehearsal.It was funny, fabulous and amazing. After break we did imaginative writing about a picture. After lunch we did pop art which is a type of art that was popular in the 1960s.

Thursday

On Thursday morning we did Literacy. Then we had break .Then after break we did maths then we had lunch.  After lunch, we found out that we didn’t have school on Friday because of the storm! Then we got worksheets for Friday at home.

Committee Week

This week, we had our committee meetings. In Sports council, we  did a survey about the name of the new basketball area. In Reading Buddies, we got our badges and we found out the name of our P2 buddy. In the Pupil Council we made posters about our work. In the Eco Committee we did a worm survey, the Digital Leaders made posters for Safer Internet Day and Dos and Don’t to keep safe online.  The Neurodiversity ambassadors had kitbag training and the Rights Respecting School committee found the correct places around the school for the new RRS logo.

Monday 

On Monday morning we started with our Literacy Standardised Tests about dance. After lunch we did some spelling and then  we went to the Learning Lab with Mr Atkinson. We worked on our Upstream Battle project and looked at places that produce carbon dioxide as part of ocean acidification.

Tuesday

In Science, we planned an experiment using a worksheet.  The experiment used shells in jars with water and salt, one with vinegar and one water, and one with water salt and vinegar to show what happens to shells with ocean acidification. The shell in the jar with most vinegar started to float and dissolve and disintegrate. In water, salt and vinegar the shell started to become clear.  On Tuesday afternoon the reading buddies had their meeting!

Wednesday

In the morning we did some maths before we went to PE.  In PE we had some gymnastic equipment to do balances and jumps. We chose if we wanted the beam higher or lower. We really enjoyed it.

After break we wrote letters as if we were attending the queen’s coronation, climbing Everest, the Empire Windrush or as an evacuee. We watched some short videos to help with our ideas as well as last week’s Expert tasks.

In the afternoon we finished our Pop Art with Mrs Fry.  we had four of the same popular thing in different colours. We learned about Lunar new year.  In  our class, we are all goats!

Thursday

In the morning we did self and peer assessment of our writing. then we did some literacy with our reading books and some grammar. After break we did some maths and mental maths.  in there afternoon we learned about Jewish synagogues and found out that we passed one very often but didn’t know what it was!

After that, we listened to  4 of The Beatles’ most popular songs as part of Through the Decades for the 1960s.  We voted on our favourite song.  Most of us liked “Here comes the sun”.

Monday

In the morning we did literacy  and we did some reading and jotter tasks. After break we did some bigger multiplication questions in mental maths

After lunch we finished off the ten gurus of Sikhism. With Mr Atkinson we worked on maps of streams and rivers and the other was different types of litter as part of the Upstream Battle project.  We had to find information about the rivers and the pollution in them.

Tuesday

In the morning we did maths some groups started thinking about a poster they were making on the chromebooks and others did a work sheet.

After break we finished our Upstream Battle work with Mr Atkinson.

After lunch we got a work sheet and we had to sort out different sheets into different times and discuss what order they came in.  We were surprised that Blair Drummond Safari Park opened in 1970! Then we thought about things we wanted to do in our new topic.  It’s called Through the Decades and we will be looking at from the 1940s mainly until the 2000s. We want to learn about cars and transport, music, fashion, military planes,

Wednesday

In the morning we done maths and then we went to P.E.  We did some rolls in gymnastics.

After break we did some writing was about imaginative emotions. We made jellyfish diagrams about emotions in different texts  and had to figure out what the emotion was.  Then we used them to make our own writing.  We ticked off parts of our diagram so we wouldn’t use them again.

After lunch we learned about the 1940s. We did some research to explore what was different from now.

Did you know…

• people didn’t have showers at home
• children were evacuated during the war and didn’t stay with their families
• each family got a ration of food so they only had a certain amount
• these were ration coupons
• boys and girls learned different things in school

Thursday

In literacy, we helped the school by making sure that the different colours were matched up correctly.  We all worked very hard to complete different colours and ranked them. in the afternoon we made our covers for our new topic.  We will use treasury tags to keep our work together as we do different kinds.