{"id":814,"date":"2023-06-01T09:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/primary5b2223\/?p=814"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:41:44","slug":"been-may-hem-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/primary5b2223\/2023\/06\/01\/been-may-hem-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Been May-hem as usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cracking spell of weather as we write this, makes all the difference. Long may it continue! The time since Easter has gone like a flash and we only really have 3 weeks really to go until the summer holidays with P6 (yes, Primary 6!) beckoning. We\u2019ve been working hard as usual, Fractions, Decimals, poetry, \u2018Narnia\u2019, Mandarin, apostrophes, and so on, but we\u2019ve also got quite a few different things to tell you about with plenty of pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we came back from Easter we had a 2 week Science focus, for us it was all about chemical reactions. It was interesting to think about where we just see changes of state and where we see an actual chemical reaction with new materials being formed. We performed a fun experiment in class with a surgical glove! Continuing on the STEAM theme we grabbed some cardboard and had a rare time building some imaginative creations with \u2018Makedo\u2019 tools. We also did some \u2018SCRATCH\u2019 coding and had a play about with some SPHEROS. We really enjoy this sort of thing and it\u2019s amazing how you can learn by just diving in and having a go.<\/span><\/p>\n

We then started our new mini-Expedition, \u2018What Matters to Me\u2019. Same idea as the last one where we take control. We\u2019ve come up with topics such as family, religion, our future, the planet, being healthy and so on. We\u2019re still going with all of that. Connected with these topics, we also celebrated Earth Day by considering the challenges our planet faces. We sent off our Lenten \u2018Do Without Day\u2019 contributions to SCIAF and said a Rosary decade a day for specific intentions throughout the month of May using our rosary beads. Sarah, Ezinne and Oscar also helped Miss Hillhouse with the Rosary club. The school\u2019s had the communions and confirmation too, where some of us went along to support our families.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heading outside, we\u2019ve had a go at building some cairns (Burnsy\u2019s lost the pics), undertook another community litter pick, concentrating heavily on the immediate area surrounding the school (some difference we made and it\u2019s not school litter), built some dwellings for our favourite cuddly toys and also hijacked a crashmat during PE!<\/span><\/p>\n

The St Cadoc\u2019s Cup has been and gone, Declan made the final and we all enjoyed going round the classes each morning with the fixture sheet. Mr Burns gets his lunchtimes back now, we\u2019re happy, less grumpy in the afternoon now hopefully. We also had the Spring Disco (so loud!), again Mr Burns couldn\u2019t get his iPad working for photos and videos. We enjoyed our mini-World of Work week, just in our own class, where we talked about different jobs, interviewed people at home, considered the difference between skills and qualities and what ones we had and what ones we would like. Thanks to Sarah\u2019s dad and Ryan\u2019s mum for managing to come in and talk to us about their jobs. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it, a quick-fire stop of the variety of school. We also welcomed Zach to the class in the last week or so.<\/span><\/p>\n

A whirlwind 3 weeks or so to come and then we\u2019re all yours for 7 weeks! Are you excited? We are!<\/span><\/p>\n

Bye for now<\/span><\/p>\n

P5B boys and girls<\/span><\/p>\n

p.s. we mentioned the Stations of the Cross on the last blog \u2013 some photos in here from there.<\/span><\/p>\n