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P5d Class Trip to Stirling Castle

Yesterday we went on our class trip to Stirling Castle.  What a magnificent day we had! When we arrived we were met by a very helpful tour guide who told us what our day was going to be like.

We then had some free time to roam around and explore the beautiful, historical castle.  We visited the Grand hall, the kitchens, the fabulous gardens, the stunning views and walls.  We also explored the King’s old building and the Palace.  We got to watch a short video of Stirling Castle’s history.

By this time, we were pretty hungry! We had our packed lunch picnic outside in the gardens and thankfully it didn’t rain.

In the afternoon, we had a very special guided tour with a costumed character.  He brought us back to the 1300’s and we travelled through history with him. He was very exciting and we really enjoyed this part.

“I liked when we went on the guided tour.  It was really cool to see how the weapons were built and he also told us how many times Stirling Castle was knocked down.” Lucas

“I liked the classroom because of all the drama that happened there.  He showed us some weapons and some volunteers got to recreate what happened for us.” Emaan 

“I liked hearing about all of the defenses of the castle.  I liked to know how they used to protect the castle with the drawbridge, towers, fences and all of the other ways of keeping people out.” Vincent 

“My favourite part was the movie because it showed us about Stirling Castle and all of the old sculptures and statues.  After the video, we went out to look at the statues.” Khayrah

“I loved feeling how heavy the chain mail armor was because it showed us how strong and fit and soldiers in the wars of independence must have been.” Matthew

“I liked when he told us about the dungeons.  People that tried to get into the castle were thrown in the dungeons and forgotten about.” Mirin 

“He told us that they used to eat their food off of plates made out of bread.  I thought that was an interesting, funny fact.” Daniel E

“My favourite part was meeting the solider.  He told us what happened people if they tried to attack Stirling Castle and he showed us lots of weapons.” Maya

“I liked the bit when he told us some of the old jobs people used to do around the castle.  I liked the carpenter job because we saw the roof and floors that they used to work on.” Brodie

“I liked hearing about the kinds of foods they used to eat. They used to eat fish, chicken, lamb, vegetables and baked a lot of bread.” Shay

“I liked when we got to wander about and read all of the different bits of information and facts that were around the castle.  I read some facts about coins they used to use.” Cara

“I liked looking in the Palace play area with all the different little rooms.  There were musical instruments, costumes and games rooms.” Ethan

“I liked going into the great kitchens because it showed you what actually happened in the old days. There were statues of people baking bread in the big old fires.  There were lots of food on big tables too.” Daouia

“The gift shop had lots of different toys, sweets and souvenirs of Stirling Castle.” George

What an amazing day we had! We were all very tired coming home. Well done P5d! You learned a lot and had a really great day 🙂

 

What a busy week in P5d!

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.  🙂

P5 sport their Brownies & Cubs uniforms

Primary 5 enjoyed wearing their Brownies and Cubs uniforms today.

P5a

“What I like about Cubs is we are allowed to do games and also do some challenges.  Sometimes we go to places cutting thorns and other outdoor activities. I love being part of Cubs because we learn really important life skills.” Marcus

“I like Brownies because we get lots of badges if we complete certain activities. Some of my friends from school go too and I like seeing them outside of school.  My favourite part about the club is the arts and crafts.” Louise

 

P5b

“I like playing games with all my Brownie friends.  I love clock in the tower because sometimes if no one has a partner they can go into the middle.  My favourite part of Brownies was doing the Halloween challenges.” Scarlett

“I like going to cubs because we do fun activities like jumping over ropes and things like that. Sometimes we do a jumble sale and the cubs post leaflets around about it.  We sell things like old games consoles and things like that.” Ethan

 

P5c

“I like going to cubs because we do activities that we wouldn’t do anywhere else. I like playing diamond football and the port and starboard game.” Paul

“I like being a part of the Brownies club because we have a lot of fun. We do arts and crafts. I also like drawing.” April

 

P5d

“I like Cubs because we play fun games and activities.  We play games in the park. I like rounders and football.” Lucas

“I love Brownies because we get to do arts and crafts.  At Christmas we made elves and sewed them. We also get to play games.” Isla

 

Brownies

 

Cubs

You looked great Primary 5! Well done 🙂

P5d – Scottish Art Outdoors!

Last week, in the outdoor classroom, we were collecting natural materials to create pictures.

We worked in teams of four and we got to choose a picture to create.  We talked about what we had learned in our Scottish History topic and in our groups, we decided what picture to make.

“We decided to make a highland cow because it is one of Scotland’s most famous animals.” Daouia  “We used grass, stones and bark. We used grass for the inside because it looked a bit like hair.” Maya    “I liked doing this because it was fun and we got to pick our own group members.” Cloda 

 

“We wanted to make Nessy the Lochness monster because it is one of Scotland’s most famous creatures. We thought it looked great at the end because we added in a tail and finns.  We also used stones and bark to put a Scottish flag in the middle.” Finn, Joseph, Daniel and Lyle 

“We wanted to make a Scottish flag because it is quite important in history.” Matthew   “We collected bark, grass, stones and sticks and made our flags using these materials.” Brodie  “At the beginning we just used sticks and stones but it didn’t look that good so we decided to get bark to try and make it look better.” Ethan 

Well done P5d.  You worked very hard, in your teams, to create Scottish images.

P5 interview a Civil Engineer

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.

P5d – Angles all around us!

We have been learning how to identify and classify angles using the terms: acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex.

We have been investigating angles in the environment and classifying them using appropriate mathematical vocabulary.

Today, we took our learning outdoors and searched for angles in our school environment.  We recorded our findings on worksheets and discussed the properties of the objects.

“We were looking for angles in the outdoor classroom. We found right angles, acute and obtuse angles. We did find some reflex angles in the tyre.  We worked in pairs. We recorded what we had found on a worksheet on clipboards.  We also discovered that there are angles in between our arms and legs.”   Shay & Rocco

“We liked looking for angles outside because we didn’t know that there were so many angles all around us.  It was more fun than doing indoor work.  We found lots of right angles but not a lot of reflex angles.”  Lucy McG & Mirin

Excellent Effort today P5d! Well done 🙂

Internet Safety Day in P5d

P5d have been very busy this afternoon leading their own learning.  We spent some time working in pairs, in Google Classroom, thinking of some topics to learn about.  As today is internet safety, we thought about how we spent our time online.

This afternoon we: 

  • discussed how we use the internet / technology in our everyday lives
  • demonstrated, using Chromebooks, how we are responsible internet users
  • showed how we can use search engines effectively
  • used a search engine to find facts on our chosen topics
  • used Google Classroom to work independently and collaboratively as a class
  • used Google Classroom to share ideas and opinions
  • discussed the dangers of the internet and came up with ideas of how we could stay safe!

Well done P5d! Keep up the good work online 🙂

 

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