Primary 5b 23/24 – Page 4 – Sharing the learning

January 19, 2024

WB 15th January

It has been a busy week in P5B! Our class novel is the book called ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. We have been hoping to reach the end of chapter 10 and we managed to do it!

We have also learned a new type of writing called recount writing. Recount writing is when you recall and evaluate past experiences/adventures.

In math lessons, we have been doing more word problems using bar models, number lines and digit calculations.

By Laughlin and Lorena!

See google classroom for photos/videos. Thank you for reading the blog.

December 18, 2023

Make Your Mark – Lego Challenge 18.12.23

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.

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Week 16 and 17 Learning

We have had a very busy 2 weeks at school! Here are some of the things that have been happening inside our class.

Today we could wear our Christmas jumpers to school we loved seeing everyone looking so bright and colourful! Some jumpers had lights and music and some people had Christmas themed headbands!!

This morning we visited p6 for their ‘Grow £5’ event! What an amazing amount of products and events to take part in. Our favourites were the hot chocolate cones, the bracelets and the reindeer balloons. Mrs Sutherland loved the ‘Knock the Santa Cups down’ stall, she thought it was a great idea to have things to do and not only things to buy! Very creative!

We took part in a live event about the Ancient Egyptians. It was pretty interesting because it taught us about artefacts and we learned about a new artefact called a ‘Shabti’. A small Egyptian figure that was placed in the sarcophagus with the mummy to help remind the person to carry out specific tasks in the afterlife.
We got to ask the presenter questions which he answers LIVE!! We were excited to see Primary 5a also ask questions! We saw a sarcophagus, canopic jars and some other artefacts which are usually displayed in the museum.

Our writing focus this term has been information writing. Last week, we wrote about Brilliant Barrhead sharing lots of information about where we live, the Dams to Darnley and the Foundry. This week we independently wrote a piece about the Egyptians using all the knowledge we had learned about them since August.

In music, we learned to play ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ on glockenspiel and bells. We had to listen to each other and work together to keep the rhythm.

In DLL, our readings book have been play scripts. We have been working on expression and pace when reading out loud the plays to each other. We then started acting them out developing our understanding of a character. On Monday we are going to be performing them to everyone in the class. During independent learning time, some people enjoyed having a chance to act out other people’s scripts too! We are really enjoying acting and doing drama with our literacy lessons.

During our independent learning time, we have been doing measurement with the Kapla blocks, creating intricate Christmas themed models with the Kapla such as making Santa’s house, a church and Santa’s elves with lego. With the circuit board we made the fan spin and it flew. We have been busy designing an app for the Make it Happen Festive App competition!! We have been using our creative skills, thinking skills and problem solving skills.

On Friday afternoon we were invited to watch the dress rehearsal of the primary 2 Nativity! We are so proud of our family and friends in p2 who performed confidently and were fabulous and entertaining!

Our Health and Well being lessons are on the theme of Relationships this term. So far we have focused on how to be a good friend and showing empathy. We enjoyed identifying the qualities that would make a perfect friend and then creating the perfect potion with these ingredients! We also enjoyed acting out scenarios showing empathy to others.

Enjoy your weekend,

Alfie, Arya and Mrs Sutherland.

See Google Classroom for videos of music and photos of our creations.

December 4, 2023

Design an Alternative Book Cover Competition

Congratulations to T who won the competition for the best alternative book cover design for p5!
Her design is so colourful and eye catching! 👏🏻👏🏻

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

Week 15 Learning -Poetry

We have been learning about poems as part of our Daily Literacy Learning lessons. We noticed that poems have a rhythm and can include rhyming words. We learned that poems can tell a story and also share some thoughts and feelings.

We chose our favourite poem from our reading book to practise and then we recited our poem to the class.

The children were fantastic poets demonstrating bravery and confidence and were also wonderful supportive audience members being polite and respectful to the performers! 😍

To celebrate Catholic Education Week, we have been learning about a variety of Saints including St. Damien, St Andrew and St Cecelia.
As St Cecelia is the patron saint of music, poets and instrument makers we created our own poems. We used the tune of ‘Three Blind Mice’ as our inspiration and created our own fabulous poems about being in Primary 5b. The children were very creative and produced excellent poems about his great p5b is!
See Google Classroom for these videos.

By Jessica, Dani and Mrs Sutherland

November 18, 2023

Collaborative learners in p5b

Primary 5b have been working on developing their team working skills this week by collaborating in groups during many tasks this week.
On Tuesday they explored estimating measurements of a variety of objects. They had to estimate the mass, length, capacity and area or objects found in the class using known objects to compare it to. They worked well to listening to each others thoughts and justifications.

The children had the opportunity to lead their learning by deciding what skills to work on during their independent learning time. Some children worked as a group challenging themselves to build complicated structures using the Kapla blocks, demonstrating resilience and patience. Other children worked on the multiplication skills with a game of BAM! This activity develops their fast recall of multiplication facts in a supportive environment encouraged and helped by their friends. Some other children decided to create more stained glass windows of saints they have learned about for our RE display. The children have shown lots of creativity, kindness and excellent team working skills this week.

As it was Book Week Scotland, the children enjoyed learning about other peoples books during our Book Bingo Activity. We spoke about our favourite book and got to answer questions about it. Many children enjoyed swapping books to have a little read of other peoples books and were excited to have discovered a new author / a new books to read. Liz Pichon and Jacqueline Wilson maybe have got a lot of new fans!!