Well, the weather may not have been great, but we all have had a glorious month of May in Primary 5/6!

We began our final term by writing a story, about a lost kite. We then wrote reports on The Senses (which we covered in Science) and researched and wrote about peaceful activists who tried to change peoples’ lives for the better. We also wrote Spring poems, following a visit to Cadoc Wood. We investigated the correct use of pronouns and apostrophes too. We are receiving an input in Mandarin, which is quite challenging, but we are getting there! (Ni Hao!)

In Maths, we have been focussing on the link between fractions, decimals and percentages. We can now see that ¾ = 0.75= 75/100 = 75%. Pretty impressive, eh? We have also investigated the circle and all its magical properties!

Some of our classmates delivered an interesting presentation about Eid. As it is May, we are saying a decade of the Rosary each week as well as a daily Hail Mary.

We thought about our wishes for our planet on Earth Day and have been exploring, ‘What Matters to Me.’
We created our own Superheroes and also looked at our own real life heroes!
We are looking forward to sharing our learning with you on 14th June at 2.15pm!

We are also looking forward to our last few weeks in Primary 5/6, before beginning a new journey next session!

As always, check out Twitter for pictures of what we are getting up to!

Welcome back to Primary 5/6 and another exciting Blog!

Maths:

This month, we covered finding percentages of whole numbers and the link between fractions, decimals and percentages. We finished our 4 week block of learning with Barclays Life Skills. We learned about loans, savings, wage slips and fraud… all very worthwhile subjects!

Language

In Language this month, we have looked at Synonyms We continued to focus on Setting in Writing and wrote a few pieces on this subject, particularly focussing on ‘familiar places with fresh eyes’. We also continued the story, Danny, following the style and tone of the original author.

RE

We continued with the Pope Francis Faith Award. We are now working through ‘Fortitude’. We also focused on our journey through Lent and followed The Stations of the Cross. We also learned about St Patrick.

Science

We learned how fish are able to breath underwater and completed our expeditions. We then shared our learning with our peers in the other Primary 6 classes.

Health

We found out about the different types of road crossings and went outdoors to practise crossing the road safely. We then created excellent road safety posters and displayed them around the school. We also set ourselves ‘life goals’ for our future selves.

 ICT

We tried out coding again, using ‘An Hour of Code’ website.

As always, keep an eye on Twitter for up to the minute news and photos!

Welcome back to Primary 5/6 and another exciting Blog!

Maths:

This month, we started Fractions and have found fractions of whole numbers and equivalent fractions. Primary 6 learned how to do long multiplication calculations and Primary 5 sat our Standardised Tests! We also learned how to successfully carry out Distance, Speed and Time calculations!

Language

In Language this month, we have looked at adverbial phrases, past tenses, auxiliary verbs and commas. We continued to focus on Setting in Writing and wrote a couple of pieces on this subject. We also learned some Scots Language too!

RE

We continued with the Pope Francis Faith Award and are now working through ‘Wisdom’. We performed a Talent Show in class!  We also found out about Mr McLaughlin’s favourite saint, Maximillian Kolbe. We received our Ashes and have begun preparing for Easter.

Health and Science

We learned the correct positions for Netball and enjoyed some competitive games in the MUGA. We learned about Renewable Energy. We loved our trip to the Science Centre. Whilst exploring ‘Life Beyond Land’, we found information about The Water Cycle, Rainbows, Space Exploration and the oceans.

Art

We created fantastic pastel drawings of the planets.

As always, keep an eye on Twitter for up to the minute news and photos!

(Go onto St Cadoc’s twitter and search Primary 5/6)

Happy New Year, and welcome to our first blog of 2023!

We were lucky enough to have Mr Harkins for the few few weeks on January . He told our teacher that we were every bit as good as he’d been told we were!

Maths:

This month, we covered Area and Perimeter. We can confidently find the area of a right angled triangle too! We used metre sticks and trundle wheels to estimate and then measure larger distances. We are also starting to learn long multiplication! We will soon be moving on to Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

Language:

In Language this month, we looked at using the apostrophe correctly in our writing. We wrote a recount of our Christmas holidays. We also learnt about The Ploughman Poet, Rabbie Burns. We learned some poems and wrote fact files about him. We also learned some Scots Language. Talking of Languages, we are performing a song in Spanish for the school’s Eurovision Competition on Friday. Even if we do not win, we still had fun! We began our novel study, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. We are all enjoying it so far!

RE:

We continued with the Pope Francis Faith Award. We are now working through ‘Piety. We are performing a Talent Show in class on Friday… wish us luck!  We hope you liked the Thankyou cards which we made!

PE:

We have moved on from Basketball to Netball with Miss Sutherland.

In Outdoor Learning, we learned how to use compasses and also built rafts for the stream!

IDL:

We began our Life Beyond Land topic. We are looking at Space Exploration, The Atmosphere and Sea Creatures. Watch this space….

As always, keep an eye on Twitter for up to the minute news and photos!

(Go onto St Cadoc’s twitter and search Primary 5/6)

Hello, hello… anyone out here?

Well, if you are, make a cup of tea, take a seat and read on to discover what we have been up to over the last few weeks.

Maths:

We have started looking at decimals; tenths and hundredths. We also looked at Data Handling and found out what the Mean, Mode and Range meant. We looked at rounding numbers to the nearest 100, 1 000 and 10 000. We worked on Algebra and completed a unit on equations. We have also completed lots of Arithmetic activities.

It was all very exciting!

Language

In Language this month, we looked at direct speech, adverbial phrases, subjects and objects. We wrote excellent reports on St. Cadoc’s and about Food Safety/ Hygeine.

We wrote Haikus.

They were all about Autumn.

Excellent, they were!

RE

We continued with the Pope Francis Faith Award. We delivered presentations to our classmates about aspects of our hobbies. Mr McLaughlin said that they were excellent!

We wrote the names of family and friends who have passed away and remembered them in our daily prayers. As part of L’Datto Si, we conducted a litter pick around our school community and managed to fill SIX bin bags of rubbish!

IT

We did some coding and also used our IT skills to research St Cadoc’s for our reports.

ART

We drew some amazing portraits and focused on line and shade.

Next stop… Christmas!

As always, keep an on Twitter for up to the minute news and photos!

Welcome to our second Blog of Primary 5/6. Well, here we are coming towards the end of October. The leaves are turning brown and falling to the ground and the nights are fair drawing in!

If you have been keeping an eye on Twitter, then you’ll see that we have been very busy over the last few weeks. Here’s a quick run down:

In Language, we focused on verb tenses and clauses. We wrote an instructional piece on How to be a Good Friend. We are now focusing on Characterisation and have created our own characters. We looked at what a person does, says, acts like and how others react to them. Mr McLaughlin said they were some of the best stories he’s ever read!

We all moved on to Time in Maths. Some pupils are reading digital clocks, some are focusing on 24hour time and some are adding/ subtracting time. (Mr McLaughlin says he feels like he’s ‘doing time’ trying to teach it!). We also looked at compass points, Area and Perimeter and BODMAS. We are now looking at Function Machines and Algebra. During Maths Week Scotland, we created some Maths based Artwork and looked at some jobs which are Maths based. We also drew some geometrical shapes like Mr McLaughlin did when he was a wee boy twenty or so years ago…

We voted for ‘Australia’ to be our first topic. So far, we have made fantastic fact files about Amazing Australian Animals. (We looked at Alliteration in Language!) We also investigated The Great Barrier Reef and the dangers it is facing due to Climate Change. (Which relates nicely to the L’Datto Si theme in RE)

Talking of RE, we found out about Pop Francis as well as his namesake, St Francis of Assisi. We began our Pope Francis Faith Award journey and have found out about Fair Trade and spoke to our peers about the different jobs our parents do. As it is the month of October, we have been reciting the Rosary in class.

We created portraits in the style of Romero Britto, which were fun and colourful.

We continued the football theme in PE and enjoyed identifying the trees which are in Cadoc Wood.

Remember, Mr McLaughlin regularly posts our work on Twitter… so check it out and if you like it… like it!

Hello and welcome to our first class blog in Primary 5/6!

We have all settled in nicely into life with our new classmates and are looking forward to an action packed year!

We have revisited nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. We also wrote a piece about our favourite topic… ourselves! We also wrote instructions on How to be a Good Friend and how to make The Perfect Cup of Tea… hopefully you enjoyed yours!

We are doing lots of revision in Maths and will soon be moving on to time and number work. Mr McLaughlin is ensuring that we are trying our best and presenting our work as neatly and accurately as we can. Our pencil sharpeners and rulers have never been busier!

We worked together to create a Class Charter and looked at our rights. We also created ‘Life Islands’ which we used to show what makes us, us. We also wrote down things we are grateful for and made ‘I Can’ statements; we are a class where positive thoughts rule!

We are focussing on football skills for the next few weeks and some of the boys have led the lessons. They were very supportive of their peers and did a great job explaining the drills. Look out Ange and Gio!