Tuesday

On Tuesday we did maths when we arrived in the morning.  After break we had Mr Atkinson and we finished off our food webs on the Chromebooks and then presented them in front of the class.  After lunch we did some IDL. We drew coral from the Great Barrier Reef, focussing on the details and shapes. We used crayon so we could add paint in wax relief later on.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we did some maths in the morning and then we did badminton in PE.  We tried smash shots over the net! After break we did a recount of our time in P5B. After lunch we finished our art by adding paint to it and blending the colours.  We also did some posters on animals in the Great Barrier Reef; my group did a tiger shark and others did Dugong, Green Turtle, Seal, Clownfish and a blanket octopus.  We had to research what their predators were, their diet, where they lives in the Reef and if they were endangered or not. Did you know that Dugongs are eaten by salt water alligators and large sharks?

Thursday

In literacy we finished our reading books.  Then we did some maths In the afternoon we learned some colours in Spanish and then did some Health and Wellbeing about comfortable and uncomfortable feelings.

Friday

This morning, we wrote our Buddy letters for the new P1s.  some people wrote and some typed on Chromebooks. At break time, it was our time to shine as prefects! It was interesting to see how it works from the other side…

Monday

We did literacy in the morning; the text helped us to learn how lungs work. Then after break we did some maths about drawing angles… we used some examples with tape on the tables.

After lunch we did some Spanish.We learned numbers up to 20 and did bingo. Sophia W won! Then we did a lesson of friendship and there were a few situations for us to give advice on.

Tuesday

In the morning  we had a maths assessment where there were different types of questions that we learned over the year. After break  we made a food web which is multiple food chains interlinking with Mrs Atkinson. After lunch we did literacy using our Big Cat books called Mysterious Museum and Surfing On The Moon and The Three Princes.

Wednesday      

In the morning we did maths we drew angles and recognised angles.

in PE we practised our badminton skills with the net.

After break we did writing about Toledo Jones who was an explorer (like Indiana Jones) in a pyramid. He got chased by mummies and at the end it turned out it was a theme park and the mummies were actors. We wrote a recount about it.

Then after lunch we did our topic of 7 natural wonders of the world. We had to mark them on a blank world map and find the information about which country they were in and where the country was in the world.  We also added a fact about each one. For example you had to put Mt. Everest on the border of Nepal and China.

Thursday

In the morning, the bible alive people visited and we learned about solomon and some other prophets.

After break we finished our food webs with Mr Atkinson. We used Google Sheets on the Chromebooks to finish them. We had maths before lunch and Mrs Hobson and Mr Flood came to visit and watch maths in our classroom. Then after lunch we looked at the water cycle in IDL as part of the Great Barrier Reef and Victoria Falls.

Hi P5b  readers, I wanted to update you on what we have been doing in our Learning Journeys since our last entry.

I am delighted to share that the pupils produced wonderful models and sculptures illustrating the issue of marine littering and their efforts were recognised with Keep Scotland Beautiful awarding the class with participation certificates.

Now that we have finished exploring the META Skills of Communicating and Collaborating, P5b are currently enjoying the Wildlife Conservation Learning Journey! First the children revisited food chains by exploring the school grounds to identify an example of one. They then created a diagram of what they had found and we discussed some related terminology such as producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumers, ecosystems and decomposers. They have also started to apply this knowledge by using Google Sheets to create digital food webs.  The class has learned that not all energy is transferred to the next stage in the food chain and they completed some calculations to determine how much is lost. P5b were fascinated with discovering which creatures are extinct or endangered and made some insightful comments as to why some physical features help animals to thrive and survive. After this, the children then started to categorise them into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores which led to interesting debates and some surprises. To mark Earth Day everyone created their own upcycled and sustainable plant pots using plastic bottles that were kindly donated. Each pupil decorated them with patterns or themes, went on to plant a sunflower into the pots and have now taken them home. Making the most of this wonderful weather, the class explored the concept of conservation and then went to the woodland to create shelters. During this, the groups had to ensure there designs met the basic needs to their specific creatures.

Mr Atkinson

Monday

In the morning we did literacy; some people learnt about a river in china and others did it about body parts in your arm. After break we did maths with Mrs Nasar and Mrs Allan. After lunch we did some Spanish and then some Health and Wellbeing lessons about friendship. In spanish we practised short conversations pretending to be famous people!

Tuesday

After break we had Mr Atkinson for science and we went into the woodland and made animal habitats.

After lunch we did some IDL. In IDL we watched a video of 7 natural wonders of the world and wrote down some questions on the sticky notes. This is going to be our new topic until the end of term.

Wednesday

In the morning we did some maths with Mrs Allan. In PE we did badminton. After break we did some recount writing about Noah and his ark because we have been learning about it in Bible Alive with the Baptist Church. After lunch we got the sticky notes with the questions about the 7 natural wonders of the world and got the chrome books and we answered some of their questions. We realised that lots of us had the same questions!

Thursday

In the morning we did some grammar and the Bible Alive people came in. We learned about a giant who got defeated by a small man (David and Goliath).  After break Miss Tenby came in and we did science with her about food webs.

Then Mrs Allan came back in and we did some maths with her. In the afternoon we did some literacy.  Mrs Allan said we did very well in a hot classroom in the afternoon!

Wednesday

In the morning we did some maths we then did P.E and we did banana tag and we did some badminton.  After break we did literacy work on our reading books. After lunch we did some IDL in it we did a small debate were you rolled a dice and argued about what it landed on the grid. Then we watched a video about a person that spent £200 on his dad’s credit card on video games. Then we did a debate about if gaming is dangerous.

Thursday

In the morning we did maths games then people from bible alive [the Baptist church] they taught us some sign language and told us some stories from the bible then we went out for break. We had Mr. Atkinson and we did we walked round the school to look for food chains then we made our own with animals that you would find in Crookfur for examples foxes, birds, slugs. Then we did some Spanish greetings with Mrs. Allan instead of French and we listened to a new song.  In the afternoon we learned how to make a Pong game using coding on Scratch.  We remembered that the Pong game was made in the 1970s from our work before.

Friday

We did some maths in the morning and revised fractions. Now we’re checking our photographs and the blog.  We’ll be out in the sunshine for PE this afternoon!

Monday

In the morning we did some literacy. We did maths with Mrs Nasar then Mrs Allan had to go to a meeting.  Then in the afternoon in French we learnt how to say pets in French. For example a turtle is called in French is called une tortue, a hamster is un hamster and a rabbit is un lapin.

P5/6 came in and we did some health and wellbeing and we talked about friendship.

Tuesday

On Tuesday morning we did maths and mrs Nasar came in.  After break we had Mr Atkinson and we made some plant pots and planted sunflower seeds in our plant pots. This was an activity for Earth Day.

In the afternoon we made up our own game about how to be a good digital citizen and it had to have positive rules. We watched a video that said it was exaggerated about how unkind people might be online, but we didn’t think it was!

Wednesday

In the morning we did some maths and then we went to PE to do some badminton.  After break we did some flowcharts in Writing.  This is like coding since it is clear instructions.

After lunch we did we did some IDL and used the Chromebooks to use Scratch for coding. It was terrific, wonderful and fabulous. Scratch uses block coding and you can make characters and letters move a number of spaces and change colours.  Your characters or letters are called sprites.

Thursday

In the morning, we had visitors from the local churches to talk to us about Bible Alive! In part of it we learned some British Sign Language to go along with the story.  We had Mr Atkinson and we used a Venn diagram to sort animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We split our literacy before and after lunch because it gets very hot in the afternoon!

Friday

We did some maths and some silly 6 digit addition and subtraction.  We were brilliant.  We also finished out technologies game posters.

Tuesday

On Tuesday morning we came in and did a bit of spring colouring while we had a catch up.  Then we did some maths. In Science with  Mr Atkinson we did fact files on extinct animals, endangered animals (in Scotland) and surviving animals.Then in the afternoon we did some worksheets on internet safety on what could happen if… For example, if you left your email open.

Wednesday

In P.E we started badminton.Then after break we did writing on instructions where you had to do different shapes for different steps in a flow chart. Then in the afternoon we did some coding to make a spaceship move,hit asteroids and collect coins. This was called block coding.

Thursday

On Thursday we had a substitute teacher called Ms.Moffat and did literacy in the morning. After break we had Mrs.Nasar and we talked about a story called “Under the Hijab” and then some Islamic art. Then after lunch we did outdoor P.E in outdoor P.E we did Cricket.

Friday

On Friday morning we did ICT and did a research job about eating utensils in different countries. Then after break we did health and wellbeing when we changed our class jobs, did the blog and went to assembly . Then we did some scratch art in the afternoon and some music and party games as part of our Eid celebration.

Monday

On Monday morning we did literacy on a newspaper text. After lunch we watched the p4 dress rehearsal called “Chickalita”. It was fabulous! Then we had Mr Atkinson when we finished our how you are task for our metaskills work.

Tuesday

Happy April Fools Day! On Tuesday we did Mental maths then we did maths with Mrs Nasar and Mrs Allan. Then after break  we finished our metaskills work with Mrs Atkinson.  After lunch the reading buddies got to do a session with our buddies. When the reading buddies came back we did some IDL. In IDL we learnt about gaming at home and in arcades in the 1970s and 1980s .  first, we had to guess the sequence of the games. The first game we looked at was made in 1970.  We learned about the competition between Nintendo and SEGA. We made true or false questions about the information we had learned.

Wednesday

On Wednesday morning we did some maths with Mrs Nasar and Mrs Allan in our groups. After maths we went outside to do some PE. After break we did some writing on our personal talk to turn it into a persuasive text.  We included facts this time to make a “persuasion sandwich”. After lunch we answered other people’s true or false questions from Tuesday’s IDL. Then we did a Spring piece of art. We added some paint to a piece of paper and then we started a practise sheet for drawing flowers .

Thursday

In the morning we did some literacy on our books. After that we had lunch then we finished off our practise page then we drew flowers on our painting. We also put on some cinquain or acrostic poems about flowers or spring then we did strike four to end our day.

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.