Sharing the learning
Jessica was awarded the Brownie Brown award for sharing her knowledge on germination and caring for her sunflower seed we planted in class in March.
We are so proud of you for developing your leadership skills by sharing your learning with your Brownies.
The Brownies Bronze award badge is awarded by a unit leader when a Brownie has completed two section theme awards from the Girl guiding programme.
We are still collecting donations for our welcome pack projects for Refuweegee. We have 1 more week to go before we can start to make packs.
We started a new block of PE lessons with Mr Farrel again. This time our focus is on Athletics. We had to time ourselves doing a 20m sprint. We then divided the time by 20 to calculate the speed we ran at.
On Wednesday we had assembly and Anas and Jessie had to do a speech.
Thursday was World Book Day and we took part in a live football and book themed quiz. After lunch we have a Book Blether with Primary 4b.
On Friday we walked to the Barrhead Foundry to collect our World Book Day free books!! When we got back to school we got to read them and then take part in a World Book Day Treasure Hunt organised by Mrs Farren.
By Shafwan and Ben.
James and Lacy announced our appeal to the whole school this week during assembly. We are collecting pre loved toys and games to create welcome packs for refugee children who arrive in Scotland. We are collecting for 2 weeks.
Our exposition writing was linked to our appeal as our writing was to persuade others to donate to our appeal. We created posters on Canva and these letters and posters are displayed around the school.
In maths we finished our unit of measurement by exploring capacity. We got to make an guess / estimates then accurately measure the volume of the water or liquid in the bottles. We then moved in to reading and writing decimal fractions!
During PE this week we worked with p2 to explore the loose parts outdoors making a variety of games, marble runs and obstacle courses. On Friday, we had a game of rounders with P5A!
Father Joe came into p5 and we made our confessions before going to our mass on Friday morning. After mass on Friday we stayed to pray the Stations of the Cross we were happy with ourselves we all joined in and all prayed we also got the Eucharist. 🙂
By James and Jessica.
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!
We have had a busy week in class this week.
During Forest School, we were learning how to build a fire. We learned that we need tinder, kindling, and firewood. We got to practice setting up the wood ready to create our own campfire creating a ‘teepee’ type or a ‘jenga’ type. We are looking forward to lighting a fire and toasting marshmallows next time we are in the forest.
During PE, we have been working on different exercises to build up our stamina and fitness.
By Lorena.
At forest school we have been learning how to tie knots and to make shelters water proof.
By Lilja.
We’ve been learning to code in technologies with Mrs Guy. We used the programme called ‘Scratch’. We made a bus drive but Scratch the cat was late and didn’t get the bus on time however the flying hippo did get there in time!
We were using our digital skills and we were focusing to remember the codes.
By Steven.
Primary 5b were able to tick off their first Make Your Mark experience on Monday at forest school.
Working collaboratively in small groups, they were tasked with building a waterproof shelter.
Each team was given a tarpauline sheet, four tent pegs and four bungie cords.
Children could also use sticks and other natural materials that they could collect in the forest.
The children identified that problem solving skills, team work and communication skills were vital to succeed in this challenge.
Mrs Sutherland also noticed the children were developing their adaptability, leadership and feeling skills too ensuring that everyone in the team felt valued and heard during this task.
Have a look at our photos and videos to see how each group created a unique waterproof shelter!
At forest school we were getting used to the forest again. Taking risks when climbing trees, being creative making oat and chestnut curry in the forest kitchen and playing team building skills building our confidence when moving around the forest. We know to stay within the boundary trees to keep us safe.
Our topic in P5 is Egypt. We were learning where to find Egypt on a map. Did you know there are Asian elephants and African elephants? You can tell the difference by the shape of their ears.
By Tatiana and Steven.
Primary 2 have explored the playground looking at the trees around us. Inspired by the book ‘How Many Trees?’, the pupils explored the playground searching for different shapes of leaves. Then then used a leaf Id to identify the surrounding trees based on the shape of the leaves.
If you’d like to do this at home you can find the leaf id sheet here.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/tree-id-kids/
After this Primary 2 discussed the impact of winter on the local wildlife. We then made bird feeders mixing lard or coconut oil with bird seeds and cereals.
In class we then found out about St. Francis of Assisi and his love of nature. We remembered Pope Francis call for Care for our common home and recognised the importance of caring and providing for the animals in our world both local and worldwide.
P2B are outdoors every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Primary 2b had a great day outside.
First they completed a sound scavenger hunt with Mrs Stevens.
Then they went out with Miss McKay. First we listened to a mini beast poem and discussed what mini beasts we might find in our playground.
Others built dens. They used a range of materials and practised skills such as tying knots.
Pupils also had time to watch for shapes in the clouds but it was more like one big grey cloud then lots of different shapes.
In the afternoon Primary 2 create posters encouraging others to look after the playground by putting litter in the bin.
