As our China topic draws to a close, P5 shared their learning with each other. We set them all out so that we could share these fantastic projects.
P5 have put a lot of hard work and effort into all of these projects and presentations so a huge well done to everyone! 🙂
Today we participated in Reciprocal Reading. Each pupil took on one of five roles and within their group took turns to carry out their role. We showed our understanding of the text being read by asking a range of questions and using context clues to read unfamiliar words! We applied our knowledge of reading strategies to summarise, predict, question and clarify meanings! Pupils enjoyed leading their own learning!
Reciprocal Reading
Art & Technology
We have been creating a collaborative Chinese dragon using our art and technology skills. Today we began the process of painting the body of the dragon before it is put together in a 3D model! Well Done P5!
It is the end of another busy week in Primary 5a! We have enjoyed our second week of swimming lessons and have been enjoying a range of activities as part of Maths week!
Visitor
We were very lucky to have a special visitor today- local business owner Mrs Capaldi. She spoke to us about how important Maths is within everyday life, particularly when running a successful business.
Outdoor Learning
We have been learning in Numeracy about symmetry of shapes and coordinates. We created our own coordinate grids using bark and sticks.
Cillian said “We looked for different materials and we saw different types of plants. We used them to make the grid.”
Literacy
We have been focusing on developing characters to make our writing more interesting. We have been considering how we can make characters come to life. We had different stations. Some of us highlighted descriptive language by authors, some of us watched a video clip and took notes on the authors description while some of us created a life size character!
Christopher said: “We drew round Gavin and then created a huge character which we named and gave a personality to.”
Social Studies & Literacy
We have been working in partners to research different aspects of Chinese culture as part of our topic. We have been note-taking and are in the process of creating a leaflet.
Eilish said: “We made a leaflet by first researching on the chromebooks information about China and then wrote down important information to include in our leaflet”.
VR Headsets
We loved trying out the VR headsets this afternoon!
Special Achievements
Well Done to Orla for winning a trophy in Irish dancing! What an achievement!
Cameron visited the Emirates arena to watch professional tennis players training for their games this weekend. Cameron managed to get Jamie Murray to sign his top! Well Done Cameron.
Primary 5A have all settled well into the year and are enjoying the new routines of P5. Have a look what we have been up to this week:
STEM
We have been learning about materials and the way that they can change into different substances. This week we had 5 different stations that we visited to learn more about changing substances: melting chocolate, melting and freezing ice cubes, dissolving salt in water, a video station and a worksheet station!
Alice said: “I liked the chocolate station because we got to heat the chocolate and see it melting.”
Marcus said: “I also liked the chocolate melting station because it was like cooking. I liked seeing solids becoming liquids!”
Kamran said: “I liked watching the TigTags videos which were about dissolving and making substances change.”
Rachel said: “I liked the salt experiment because you got to see the salt dissolving in the water, it was quicker with warm water. The worksheet station was good because you had to discuss in your group what you thought made the substance change.”
Have a look at some of the pictures below:
Writing
This week we have been learning to write a personal recount. We wrote about our favourite days and focused on using excellent sentence openers, wow words and including detail in our writing.
Technologies
We have been enjoying using a range of technology since we came back to school! We have been learning how to use Google Classroom and having fun editing documents together and answering questions. We also have been incorporating Education City into each of our Numeracy lessons to reinforce the concept we are learning in a fun and interactive way.
Social Studies
Our new topic is China! We are excited to learn all about the culture, schooling system and geography. We have decided as a class what we want to learn and so far have drawn the panda (as it is Native to China) in Expressive Arts and began researching China through Technologies.
Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder that swimming begins next Tuesday morning!
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