Primary 5 love the opportunity to get outdoors especially if they get the opportunity to build. As you can see from the pictures below Primary 5 are very creative and can build engaging structures. These spaces became areas in which they acted out ‘war’ like situations based on our topic, The Scottish Wars of Independence. It’s great to see the class working together to build, create and role play.
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Cardboard boxes needed
Primary 5a will be making shields next week, if you have any breakfast cereal boxes please send them in.
Primary 1 are looking for some resources
Mrs Carwood is looking to restock the P1 outdoor area. If you’re able to donate any of the following she’d be really grateful!
Primary 1 are looking for
- Pots
- Pans
- Bowls (metal or plastic)
- Kitchen utensils (ladles/serving spoons/spatulas etc)
- Sieves
- Jugs
- Cake tins
- Teapots (metal)
They are also looking for some other loose parts
- Pipes
- Guttering
- Wood slices
- Cable reels
- Traffic cone
Many thanks
Spelling Homework
16.9.19
Many of P5 forgot their homework jotters today, please see the words below.
Spelling
LI – to identify words with thr
i.e. thrash, three, throat
Star Pupil 13th September
This week’s star pupil was recognised by members of the class as:
– always being kind
– hardworking
– supportive of her peers
– a good listener
6 times table focus
All pupils should be revising the 6 times table and applying this in wider contexts.
Pupils should be practising recalling the tables in and out of order.
I also encourage the children to learn the factors of the times tables,
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60
Place Value
I have extended the range of whole numbers I can work with and having explored how decimal fractions are constructed, can explain the link between a digit, its place and its value.
MNU 2-02a
Place Value Playing Cards
– Remove the King, Queen and Jack from the deck, you may also wish to remove the tens.
– Decide on the place value you are working towards for example Thousands.
– You and a partner, select the appropriate number of cards each.
– Shout reveal, you then have 3 seconds to make the biggest number you can. Largest number wins the cards played.
I.e. you have 4, 2, 7, 1, once revealed these numbers would be reordered to make 7421 (seven thousand, four hundred and twenty 1).
This can be adapted to within any place value, similarly it could be about the smallest value created.
Online Games
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value
Golden Time 1
Primary 5 have created a list of activities they would like to experience during term 1. This week Primary 5 made empire biscuits.
Scottish Wars of Independence
Primary 5a started our topic Scottish Wars of Independence. Pupils have started by asking their questions.
This week we answered two questions.
When did it happen?
The responses below found that 4 children said the wars happened in 1200 and the majority of pupils said 2000. The truth the wars happened in 1200s and 1300.
Following this, pupils explored a timeline and ordered the events of the Scottish Wars of Independence. Each event will be looked at individually over the coming weeks.
Where did it happen?
First they tried to find Glasgow on the map.
Then they used atlases to find the cities of Scotland and mark them on a map.
