This month primary 5b has been very busy taking part in lots of activities.

In maths, we have been learning the properties of 2d and 3d shapes and we have linked this to our outdoor learning using stones to create the shapes. This involved working together in teams to ensure the shapes were correctly formed. We have now started learning about how to find the area of squares and rectangles. To find the volume of cubes and cuboids, we simply multiply the length, breadth and height. We have continued to work on multiplying numbers by a single digit. As always, we practise our mathematical language to help us with more difficult word problems.

In writing, we have been finishing personal writing and have written all about our October break. In order to plan our Autumn poem, we walked around the playground and looked for signs of Autumn. Then we used this to develop our vocabulary to produce our written piece. This week, we moved on to imaginative writing and wrote a story about Hallowe’en Night. We have continued to use adverbs, adjectives and adverbial phrases in all our written tasks.

In science, we have completed the last part in our ‘Solids , Liquids and Gases’ topic. We investigated the weight of gas by weighting four different fizzy drinks. We found out that diet coke and tango contained the most carbon dioxide. This term, we are going to  learn about famous scottish festivals.

‘Beat the Street’ has been a great way to keep fit and we have completed a 3K and 5K walk. In Art, we created ‘Haunted Houses’ pictures inspired by Tim Burton. In I.C.T, we have learned how to use Sway and Spreadsheets.

We are all really excited about the Hallowe’en parties tomorrow!!!