The week we will be focusing on the 7 times table.
We will be using this video to develop our abilities to quickly and accurately count up in 7.
We will also be working on developing concrete and pictorial aspects of the 7 times table.
Pupils should continue to work on the recall of all multiplication facts at home as this reinforces their learning within school.
Well done to our Star pupil. He was recognised for his good manners, his hard work and his kind nature towards friends!
He also has excellent handwriting 🙂
Letters have went out today about Thursday’s multi sports event.
Children are encouraged to wear a coloured t-shirt to represent their team.
| Red | Green | Blue |
| Hayley
Isaac Leo Alan Taylor |
Shane
Andrew Kayden Reece Patrick K Adam Laiba Zainab Michelle Keegan |
Marissa
Louis Grace Patrick M Marley Peyton Mairead Bartosz Skye James |
Our star pupil this week. He was nominated because he has been good all week, having great behaviour and listening to the teacher.
We found out about the weapons that were used during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
We referred to the Battle of Bannockburn website.
Bannockburn Resources
We found out about pikes and the use of the defensive Shiltron, as demonstrated by some of the girls below.
Everyone then created their own shield using pattern, shape and a material of their choice – most chose paint. 
Identifying remainders is an important skill when dividing.  It’s really important that we can see the number and understand where the remainder comes from. Throughout this week we will be looking at division by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
We will be using concrete materials, drawing pictures, counting and many more strategies in order to reinforce this skill.
The rules below helps us to recognise if a number can divide equally. At the moment we are working on identifying numbers within 100 which divide equally by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. This will help us identify when we should have a remainder.
To practise this at home.
Choose any number and encourage pupils to consider if it is even, adds up to 3, ends in 0 or 5. If not then it will have a remainder when divided by 2, 3 and 5.
For example
This number will divide equally by 3 because 2+5+5 = 12. It end in an 5 so it will divide equally by 5. However as it is an odd number it will have a remainder when divided by 2.
Primary 5 have been looking into potential schools trips. They completed their online research and then wrote letters to our Head Teacher Mrs Dillon Ruddy. Pupils were tasked with writing a persuasive argument that explains why a trip would be beneficial. As you can see below they had a variety of mostly educational arguments. They were using a writing structure where they made their point(P) and then explained (E)their reason. 
The St. Mark’s staff are baking to raise money for Macmillan Cancer research. Everyone is welcome to come to the hall and join us for a tea/coffee and some delicious homebaking.
Both star pupils were chosen by the pupils for their hard work, being kind to their peers and going the extra mile in class.
Well done!
Exploring with KNEX
Challenge 1 – build a tower
Challenge 2 : build a catapult
