PE: Ceilidh Dancing

Scottish Country Dancing

As January decended so did the familiar hum of Scottish Folk Music and whole class counting the beat for reels, whirls or jigs as we concentrate on Scottish Country Dancing.

P5 were no different, brushing off our dancing shoes to take part in Strip the Willow, Virginia Reel and Dashing White Sargent. In dancing, following the steps is just part of fun as we counted in 8 and back again. We spun our partners, stamped our feet and followed the leader.

P5 Pet Shop

As part of our Make Your Mark achievements, P5 had to organise a whole school recycling project.

After finding out that lots of toys end up in landfill.

1. We started with collecting lots of soft toys.

2. We washed and prepared the toys for resale.

3. We sold the toys to their new homes.

 

 

Anti-Bullying Week

Last week was Anti-bullying week and we completed a series of lesson focusing on different types of bullying, the impact of bullying and how to speak out.

During the week some children also prepared a scene from “Sophie Rules” to present to P3 and P4 about bullying.

The Equalities group also led a workshop where all of P5 worked together to talk about the physical, mental and emotional impacts of bullying.

The Journey of a river

Over the last fews weeks we’ve been learning about the journey of a river and applying this knowledge to our topic ‘ The Craigie to the Clyde’.

We’ve explored the upper, middle and lower parts of the river and the different features of each part. We’ve followed the journey of Aurs Burn, to Brockburn all the way to the River Clyde.

We have recognised how features of rivers such as waterfalls, gorges and meanders are formed.

Finally we recreated our own river journeys using makedo kits and cardboard. We applied our craft and mathematical knowledge to make freestanding 3d objects and just slopes and lines to control the flow of the water. We worked in teams to plan, cut and create some fabulous designs.

Climate Ready Classrooms

Keep Scotland Beautiful organised a full day of events focusing on Climate Change.

We had a variety of activities to prompt discussion, make connections with our real life and develop our knowledge of the causes and effect of Climate Change. The workshops were led by experts through Teams Meeting and follow up activities and experiment was carried out in class.