May 2019 – Kirkhill Primary (P6b)

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

Class Debate

This morning, the children held a debate. They chose to debate whether they should wear a school uniform or not.

Each person chose which side they wanted to be on. Ayaan wrote some of the points on the whiteboard for ‘Against’ and Dylan wrote the opinions ‘For’ keeping a school uniform.

These are some of the points raised:

Against

‘Wearing a school uniform takes away your identity because you might like bright colours and you have to wear grey.’

Samantha

‘It takes too long to get ready in the morning. The collars are stiff, too many buttons and a tie to put on.’

Zaydan

‘You can choose clothes for the weather that day.’

Beth

‘You can wear your own clothes to gym and not have to change. I would wear a tracksuit on a gym day.’

Sean

‘The fabric in a school uniform isn’t comfortable when you are running around.’

Darcey

‘You might want to wear clothes for your culture.’

Alexis

For

‘It’s good to represent your own school and people might laugh at your own clothes.’

Dylan

‘You might get lost when you go on a school trip.’

Sarah

‘It takes too long to organise your own clothes and you need a lot of choices.’

Inaya

‘Buying a school uniform is cheaper.’

Murray

‘Fundraising opportunities for wearing your own clothes to school. That way we make lots of money for our school.’

Sarah

‘Wearing your school uniform makes your mind ready for school and you will concentrate better. It gives you a good routine.’

Anna

At the end of the debate Jenson offered a solution which many of the children on both sides cheered to,

‘Why don’t we wear a school uniform Monday to Thursday and have a dress down day on a Friday!’

The children loved debating this question. Sarah and Alexis were very passionate about this topic!

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019

National Numeracy Day

To celebrate National Numeracy Day we have been taking part in lots of different activities. We have been doing some cutting and sticking to help us learn our multiplication tables.

Some groups of children have been playing maths games to help learn place value and numbers up to 1000.

This group have made some of their own maths games that they will teach their friends how to play!

We have had a great day celebrating the wonderful world of Numeracy 🙂

May 14, 2019

Hot Hot Hot!

Please can all children come to school with a water bottle and suncream applied as we may be venturing outside for more outdoor learning to make the most of this glorious weather. Thank you! 🙂

May 14, 2019

We have been learning all about the reign of John Balliol and his contribution to the Scottish Wars of Independence. We set up some discussion stations and worked in groups to share our thoughts and opinions. We then went outside and created some colourful mindmaps detailing everything we learned about him.

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Termly overview

Have a look at our termly overview to see what we are learning in class.

Term 4 Overview P5b

May 9, 2019

Air Resistance Science Experiment

We are looking at how the size of a parachute affects the speed it falls at.
We discussed:
The height it is dropped from
The weight of the object
The size of the parachute

In groups, we made 3 parachutes of different sizes. We measured using a ruler on black bin bags and cut them out. Then we attached the same length of wool to all of them and 3 cubes.

Next we made predictions. Which parachute has the most/least air resistance?

Then we went to the atrium and tested our parachutes. We had a lot of fun doing this!

We returned to class and discussed our findings. We worked out the average time for each parachute.

Parents/Carers: Ask your child to tell you about the experiment and our findings.

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

Salvador Dali

We have been learning about the Spanish artist Salvador Dali. We particularly enjoyed his painting called ‘The Elephants’ and we thought we would try to recreate it.