Sharing the learning
We were lucky enough to visit the P2 Science Fair! There was so much creativity on display with the fabulous models the p2 children had made. The children demonstrated that were confident learners as they were able to answers the questions the p5s asked them and they could also state some awesome science facts too!
Great job P2! We are so proud of you!!
Inspired by Darrel Wakelam, p5b have been getting creative with cardboard and masking tape. They were developing their engineering skills as they independently followed a set of instructions to create their masterpieces.
Once complete, they let their creative minds take over by designing the sea creatures appearance and the background. There was a variety of tools used to create the patterns including finger painting, splattering with paint brushes, blending with oil pastels and watercolour pencils too.
They then created characters with their creations, researched facts about the sea creatures and have been working together to create stories us their creations.
They are looking forward to bringing these stories to life with our sea creatures!
The children are really leading their learning with this project!
As part of our learning about Global Goals 14 Life Below Water and how plastic pollution affects the creatures in the sea, P5 were doing a litter pick around our school grounds.
We enjoyed putting our school values into action by respecting our environment.
As part of our Make Your Mark experience to explore Global Goal 14 Life Below Water, P5 took part in an experiment to see what would happen when oil spills into the sea. We reused single-use plastic bottles to explore what would happen when oil mixed with water. We made predictions and observed if they would mix. Once the oil settled we added food colouring and a effervescent tablet to create lava lamps. We had great fun watching the bubbles rise and pop!
To further develop our knowledge about Global Goal 14, the children created their own BIG questions. They worked with a partner to inquire and develop their critical thinking skills to research and find out their answer. P5 confidently presented their findings to each other. Some children chose to share the information by creating a model, some chose to create a PowerPoint Presentation , others made posters and some groups even included a quiz.
P5 have been working on lots of their Meta Skills during this topic!
Mrs Sutherland is very proud of you all!
This week we have been up to some very exciting work . On Thursday the class made some turtles out of carboard and paper plates , then on Friday we painted these turtles and all of them turned out very creative and unique . For our art on Thursday we finished our self portraits and started on a one point perspective artwork and we drew our buildings in this session and next week we were going to finish the other side of the artwork . On Friday we done dodgeball and we all had a great time . We had a very creative week !
by: Jessie and Martin
On Monday, we planned our recount for the book are reading called ‘The Boy at the Back the Class’. We found out what he went through and the journey he travelled. Then we did some bar model work and place value in maths.
On Wednesday, we had assembly and we saw people from different parts of the school.
On Thursday we had ICT at the end of the day and we did edited a PowerPoint about Robert Burns changing the font, colour and adding images.
Then finally today we hosted our 3 Ceilidh dance. We danced the Virginia Reel, the Dashing White Sargent and the Military 2 step. At the end we did some drama based on ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’.
By Casey and Dani.
This morning P5 have been busy taking part in a Lego Challenge!!
First, we identified the challenge and our resources.
Our challenge was to build a sturdy bridge with Lego to get 2 cars over the river.
The bridge had to be 10cm tall and be strong enough to hold 2 cars.
Then we worked in groups to plan how we would complete the challenge.
Next we got to work building a bridge using the Lego bricks. We had one hour to complete the challenge.
We tested our bridges to see if they would hold 2 cars.
Finally, we reflected on our bridge made adjustments and looked for ways we could improve if we did this again.
The skills we used during the challenge were collaborating, adapting, focusing, using our initiative, communicating as well as being considerate of other peoples feelings and using our critical thinking skills to be creative and solve the problem. Lots of skills were being developed!!
By Martin and Clayton.
This week in P5, we have had lots of fun . On Tuesday, we were all excited to see each other after the holidays. On Wednesday we had Assembly and we started planning for our write up about our playground. On Thursday we started our writing about our playground and it was lots of fun to hear everyone’s idea’s for titles. Today everyone was excited about going pond dipping . We had lots of fun pond dipping and orienting today with Ranger Rennie at The Darnley Country Park.
By Emmanuella, Anas and James.
Photos on Google Classroom!
