Class of 2022a

Maths

During Maths, we have been doing decimals, rounding and 3D shapes. Currently, the Circles group are focusing on decimal division and multiplication (by 10, 100 and 1000); the Squares group are focusing on volume, and the Triangles group are focusing on multiplication. The entire class have been practising our multiplication by playing lots of games. We have also been practising our problem solving skills by playing Killer 11. The rules are that you can say 1-3 numbers and you can’t say the same amount of numbers that the person before you said.

Literacy (Writing)

We have had various different focuses for our writing lessons recently. We really enjoyed carrying out a Science experiment to test water pressure and writing a report to summarise our findings. It was so much fun! We also used the Chromebooks to research famous landmarks in Australia and used our research to create tourist information leaflets. It was so interesting learning about some of the exciting destinations!

Science

For Science, we made a structure made out of 20 pieces of uncooked spaghetti and some masking tape, then we put a marshmallow on the top. We did this because it was STEM aka Science Technology Engineering Maths, we also had a 15-minute timer and it was tremendously fun! We are also looking at Reachout Reporter and having the chance to take on the role of scientists!

Social Studies (Australia)

For Social Studies, we made a tourist leaflet that included many fascinating, cool landmarks that are in Australia and we used persuasive language and interesting facts about these landmarks. Like the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Great Barrier Reef.

Unfortunately, for some people, we learnt about Australia’s top ten most deadly spiders which were exceptionally disgusting: the top 10 most deadly spiders are listed below:

1.The Sydney funnel-web spider – This spider can kill you when it bites you as it is fatal and you can get high blood pressure.

1. Redback Spider – You could get muscle weakness and loss of co-ordination which is extremely dangerous.

2. Mouse spider – You could get profuse sweating, abdominal pain and breathing difficulty.

3. Fiddleback/Recluse spider – You could get your limbs amputated in the most serious cases.

4. Australian Tarantula – You could vomit for 6 hours (not constantly).

5. White-tailed spider – You could swell and there is an excruciatingly painful bite.

6. Blackhouse spider – There will be and excruciatingly painful bite and sweating.

7. Sydney Brown Trapdoor spider – There is a painful bite.

8. Huntsman spider – You will get an irregular pulse and swelling.

9. Common Garden Orb Weaver spider – You will get local pain depending on where you get bit and swelling.

Outdoor Learning

We are still absolutely loving Outdoor Learning! We have had a little break from the forest over the last 2 or 3 weeks because we have been taking part in Beat the Street instead! We have loved walking different routes and getting to see a bit of our local community. One week, Michael’s Mum even brought their dog, Roxi, along to help! We have also been working on our Literacy and Maths skills. One week, we completed a 2D shape hunt, which was very competitive, and another week, we worked in teams to create poems. We used the format ‘number-adjective-alliteration-noun’ e.g. ‘six super slippery slugs’ and observed things around us for inspiration. We then wrote our poems on the playground using coloured chalk. During the week leading up to Halloween, we have been using our Outdoor Learning time to learn the dance to Michael Jackson’s famous Thriller! This has been a lot of fun and we hope to perform it for some other children at the Halloween parade on Friday! Wish us luck!

R.E.

We had a lovely enrolment Mass in our classroom with Canon Eddie last week to mark the beginning of our Pope Francis Faith Award journey. We have already started looking at the first gift (Knowledge) and discussed some of the ways which we can use this gift in our daily lives. We also learned about Pope Francis himself and looked at his Coat of Arms.

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We have been working very hard on our Literacy tasks over the past few weeks. Below is a summary of some of the different things we have been working on:

Writing:
Character Descriptions
Titanic Poetry
Writer’s Craft
Haiku Poetry
September Learning Journey (personal reflection).

Spelling:
We have been working on a different rule in class each week and this has been our focus for homework tasks. ‘Rules’ we have been practising include ‘ar’ and ‘are’ endings, word roots and simple plurals. We have been loving Sparkle spelling, an active spelling game that Mrs. Glancey has introduced us to that helps us to practise our rules and commit words to our memory.

Grammar:
The difference between singular and plural.
Pronouns and adjectives.
Verbs.

Handwriting:
Practising joins.
Consistency in size of letters.

Comprehension:
We have so far been focusing on non-fiction texts but will also be reading a variety of fiction texts in the coming weeks to develop our ability to interpret information from a text.

Over the last few weeks, we have been absolutely loving our Outdoor Learning sessions! Each week, we have a different curricular focus and have been working hard to develop our skills.

On Tuesdays, we have been venturing to the Muddy Movers area, where we have enjoyed a variety of different lessons. In particular, we had lots of fun playing drama games, using materials to show fractions and building on our team-work skills to create an obstacle course! We have also been asked to help plan where to plant 400 saplings (baby trees) that will be getting delivered to St. Cadoc’s in the coming months. We spent some time in the school grounds to assess how to make best use of the available space.

On Fridays, we have been spending time in the Lower Forest. Our favourite activities so far have been completing a STEM challenge to build a birds’ nest and working with a friend to create a Haiku nature poem. A Haiku poem is a special type of poem which has three lines, following a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. Mrs. Glancey was so impressed with our work that she displayed our poems on the wall outside our classroom.

We can’t wait to spend more time outdoors together over the coming weeks and months.

Our topic this year is…Australia!

During our first few weeks of Primary 6, we have been focusing on famous landmarks and have been completing our own personal research using Chromebooks. Here are some examples of some interesting facts we have discovered so far:

Sydney Harbour Bridge = also known as the ‘Coathanger’ due to its arch shape.
Great Barrier Reef = discovered in 1770 and you can see it from space!
Sydney Opera House = every year, 15,500 light bulbs are changed to keep everything lit properly!
Kangaroo Island = there are approximately 25 million kangaroos on kangaroo island: that’s the same as the number of people living in the whole of Australia!

We are all very excited to learn more about this interesting continent, especially the different types of spiders!

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So far in Primary 6, we have learned about fractions, time and also done some revision of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Mrs. Glancey has introduced us to some really fun new Maths games, too! Our favourites are Corners, Harry Potter Maths, and Killer 11 – you even get a trophy if you win!

It’s Maths Week Scotland from Sept 28th – Oct 4th and to tie in with this, there is a Sumdog competition running across all of Scotland for students and you have to answer 1000 questions! You have to try to answer as many questions correctly as possible.

This week, we have started to focus on new topics within Maths. The Circles group are working on decimals, the Squares group are working on rounding and the Triangles group are working on 3-dimensional shapes.

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This week was STEM week. STEM stands for science technology engineering and maths.We did lots of fun and exiting experiments like making dancing ghost using tissue paper, balloons and static electricity.

Dancing Ghosts

We made a tissue paper ghost and stuck it to the desk with a bit a tape.  We then rubbed a balloon on our hair to create static electricity and then put the balloon near the tissue paper ghost and because of the static electricity the ghost started to dance!

Electric Eels

We also took part in an experiment called Electric Eels.  We used gummy laces and added them to water with bicarbonate of soda.  We then added the laces to a cup of vinegar and they fizzed up.  We left the laces in the water for two hours and eventually the laces rose due to the gas created by mixing the vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and they looked like electric eels.

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On Thursday 5th March we celebrated World Book Day.  Our teacher set up lots of great activities.

She organised numerous spectacular quizzes and crosswords and each group had to discuss the correct answer for each question about books. The teacher also prepared some fantastic bookmarks which had something that resembled to  like reading, it had something related to books.  We listened to Michael Morpurgo talking about how he plans and writes his stories and then we listened to an extract from one of his books.

 China-Map and Atlas skills

We were working with Atlases on Thursday and Friday it was so much fun.  We were to answer different questions and used our atlas knowledge to find our information.   

We all think atlases are very useful and a great way to learn about the countries around the world.

Written children in P5a.

Mrs Cameron was so kind to make pancakes for all of us.  We all got a chance to help make our own pancake and then we got to eat it in class!  They were really nice.  The class really enjoyed it.  Some children tried their first ever egg free pancake, these were made with banana instead of egg and they were delicious!  Thank you Mrs Cameron.

As part of our preparation for the start of Lent we learned all about why we participate in Shrove Tuesday and that it is an important day as it is the day before Ash Wednesday.  We learned about some  Shrove Tuesday traditions in other places, including ladies taking part in a pancake race!  Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and we walked to St.Cadoc’s Church to participate in Mass and to receive our ashes.  Thank you Fr Eoin.  In our Religious Education lessons we have started to learn all about Lent and know that it is a season of reflection and fasting which helps us to get ready for the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.

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Last Thursday children across St.Cadoc’s had the opportunity to take part in the Delancey Chess Fun Day! 8 children in our class took part in the tournament and we took part in lots of other fun activities, for example we took part in activities like tournaments, crosswords and had the chance to design a logo.  It was great fun! Written by the children in P5a.

In P.E. we are learning to play tennis. We have been learning to serve and return. It’s super FUN!! This is how you serve(btw it is extremely simple/easy)you throw the ball in the air and hit it. For positining you stand in the middle of the back line and put your feet shoulder width apart.

Written by the children in Primary 5a.