What a treat P5 had today! Two very kind engineers came and helped us build a bridge. We worked as a team to figure out the quickest and safest way to build the bridge, walk over it and then dismantle it again.
Thank you very much for an amazing, hands on experience.
Primary 5d have been very busy this week. They were out to impress with lots of active learning. See what fun they got up to.
Maths & Problem Solving:
We had lots of fun using concrete materials to revisit our learning about equivalent fractions. We used pro bots to follow and create directions to enhance our learning about compass points and angles.
“I enjoyed using the pro bots because it was challenging to get the hang of them but that was fun. It helped us make shapes, straight lines and follow directions.” Lyle
We got very creative and came up with three different strategies to solve a problem. We chose to draw it out, use concrete materials and to use the interactive whiteboard. After we had tested these strategies out we reflected on which strategy we thought worked the best and why.
“I thought that drawing it out was the best strategy because you could rub it out and try again if you had done something wrong.” Lucy A
“I thought the concrete materials was the best way because you could stick them together and also I could see and touch them to know if I had the right combination or not.” Ethan
STEM:
We have been learning about types of forces. This week we explored and investigated what air resistance is. We did three different activities to help us investigate the factors that affect air resistance
Movie Makers:
We have been working in groups to write, plan and film a drama scenario. We chose a HWB topic that we have learned about and used that to help us create some super drama performances. Watch this space for the videos 🙂 
Well done P5d, you have been working very hard. Keep up the great work. 🙂
This afternoon P5 were very lucky to get the opportunity to interview a civil engineer.
We got to ask a lot of questions and found out some really interesting facts.
“I found out that Joe was inspired to be an engineer by his love for bridges”. Maya
“He studied very hard to become an engineer. Before this he was a joiner and liked fixing things”. Lewis H
”He works for Network Rail. Sometimes his shifts can be very long, up to 14 hours”. Brodie
“He works with a big group of people who all work together as a team”. Khayrah
P5 are looking forward to doing some more research about the roles and responsibilities of civil engineers and other types of engineers.
Thank you very much for visiting us Joe.
PE- Tennis:
We have just started a block of tennis skills during our PE time! On Friday we began with practising our technique with partners and then individually. Have a look below:
Numeracy: Kahoot
We love playing Kahoot in teams and have regularly being incorporating these into our Mental Maths!
STEM: Engineering
Today we took part in an Engineering workshop! We began by thinking about what we already knew about the job of an engineer before thinking about the skills that an engineer would need to have. We will be taking part in a competition to try and win an Engineering Award! In the coming weeks we will begin our entries for this exciting competition.
We then took part in this Diamond Nine activity in which we decided which skills we felt were the most important in being an engineer!
Burns Day:
Have a look at the lovely tartan we wore for our Burns assembly and Ceilidh a few weeks ago!
St Ninians: P5A and B
We took part in a range of activities across different stations when we went to St Ninians! Have a look below.
Have a lovely February weekend everyone!
P5d have had a very fun filled Christmas week.
They were given a design brief to create a stable structure capable of supporting 400g weight and also include a moving part.
P5d love a challenge and worked very hard, in groups, to design, plan and construct Santa’s sleigh.
The finished models were extremely impressive. Well done P5d.
A very Merry Christmas to all of you and your families. Enjoy a well earned holiday break. See you in the New Year, 2019!! 🙂
Primary 5d have had another action packed week.
Engineering:
On Monday we were very lucky to have a visit from some Civil Engineers. After learning about some projects that civil engineers carry out, we took part in an activity investigating and demonstrating ‘Flood Risk’. We had great fun!
Remembrance:
This week, especially, we remembered all those special to us who have died. We have learned about Remembrance Day and we did some activities to show our respect for those people.
Science:
In our next topic in science, we are going to be learning about Biodiversity. This week we discussed what a diverse range of living things we have on our planet. We are looking forward to investigating this further.
On Tuesday, we went out to the Chestnut garden to identify some living things in our local environment. We are looking forward to learning about habitats, species and ecosystems.
Reading:
We had a very chilled out morning in the library this week. We selected a book and found a really comfortable place to unwind and read. Keep up the rich reading P5d!
Maths:
We are really enjoying having more active fun, in class and outdoors, with our maths learning. This week, we continued using lots of active materials as we learn about division, fractions and decimal fractions.
Well done P5d! Keep up all the fantastic work 🙂
P5d have had a fun filled week with lots of active learning.
STEM:
We have been learning about chemical changes. This week, we did a fantastic experiment to show how chemical reactions happen. We followed the scientific method to prove when one or more substance reacts together it makes a different substance.
Outdoor Learning Day:
Yesterday was Outdoor Learning day. We planted lettuce and garlic chives. First, we put some compost into trays. Then, we sprinkled some of the seeds into the tray. After that, we put some more compost on top and gave them a drink of water.
We have put them in our classroom windows and we are going to water them every day. They need sunlight and water to grow. When they start growing we are going to each take a little bit home in our own pots. We are planning to recycle pots from home.
Good ideas for these pots include big yoghurt pots, butter cartons, ice cream cartons or bottles cut in half. We are also going to bring a bottle to school, so that we can water the lettuce in class. When our seeds have grown, we are looking forward to eating them.
“I liked doing this because we are going to get to eat it when it grows. It was fun to measure how much compost we needed.” (Ethan)
“I liked it because we can make things out of what we grow.” (Laibah)
“I would love to grow tomatoes and basil so that we could make soup, pizza or pasta.” (Cara, Lewis & Lucas)
“I think potatoes would be great to grow because I like them and we could make chips, wedges or crisps.” (Lucy, Finn & Lewis)
“We could maybe grow strawberries.” (Joseph)
“We could make carrot soup if we grew carrots.” (Brodie)
Maths:
We have been working really hard this week at maths. We have been learning about fractions. We can recognise equivalent fractions, simplify and order fractions. We can also find quantities of a fraction. We have had lots of fun with big materials and games as well as recording our work in a jotter.
Well done P5d on another hectic week! 🙂
We have had such a busy week back after the October holiday!
STEM
This week in Science, we were learning about chemical changes through a Halloween themed lesson using pumpkins. We started by writing a hypothesis and predicting what we thought would happen when we mixed different substances together and then poured them into our pumpkins.
Some of us thought that the pumpkin would explode and some of us thought it might even change colour!
We found that when the reactants were mixed together, it created a chemical reaction causing the mixture to bubble up and overflow from the pumpkin! We had so much fun!
Outdoor Learning
We were creating beautiful artwork using natural materials in outdoor learning! Have a look below:
PE
We started basketball in PE today and loved practising their skills in the Mugga! We had a go at shooting as well.
Primary 5d have been very busy active this week.
STEM:
This week, they planned, designed and constructed a model using KNEX. There were some wonderfully inventive and ambitious structures. Well done P5!
PE:
P5d have been enjoying having the sports leaders from St.Ninians down working with them. This week they were working on fitness and basketball.
Outdoor Learning:
P5 have been learning all about China. They were particularly interested in the Great Wall of China, which they researched and found out facts about.
Today, they used sticks, blocks, wood, stones and chalk to recreate their own Great Walls.
They had great fun in the sun 🙂 Well done P5d!
Another busy and productive week in P5d.
Have a lovely October break everyone!
This week has been another busy week with plenty of fun and learning.
Our Lady of the Missions 60th Birthday
This week we went to St. Vincent’s church for Mass. We celebrated our schools 60th birthday. “Brodie”
It was a beautiful Mass and we all enjoyed a day of celebration for our school. It was very interesting to learn some facts about the school and when it opened. It was funny to think that our school opened with four children!
P.E. St. Ninians – Sports Leaders
On Tuesday afternoon, we went to St. Ninian’s to do sports. We did athletics circuits. “Maya”
My favourite station was the hurdling one. “Ellie-Angel”
I liked the speed bounce one because you had to try and jump over the hurdle from side to side. “Vincent”
It was a fantastic opportunity for us to develop our fitness skills in St. Ninians with the sports leaders. The stations were great fun and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Thanks to everyone at St. Ninians for organising it for us.
STEM
This week, in the STEM room, we learned about changes of matter; solids, liquids and gases. I liked the sorting activity. (Mirin)
Well done Primary 5 on another jammed packed week. Have a lovely weekend!
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