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.
