We had our end of term Spring Service today and we were confident to share our information about Easter in French speaking countries from around the world. We have learned some more vocab linked to Easter using our French skills.

We had a class debate this week around the use of screen time. Most felt that too much was not a good thing and were able to explain their thinking. Everyone wrote balanced discussion pieces of writing presenting both sides of the debate. Most were able to use rhetorical questions.

We have finished our work on time and completed some assessments to show our understanding.

We learned about Tanka poems and created our own Spring themed ones, working well with a friend to use the correct amount of syllables.

In P.E, we competed well in mini games of hockey and some team games to end the term. We carried out analysis of nutritional information on food packaging to understand what the labels tell us.

We have enjoyed carrying out further experiments to explore changes and chemical reactions. This has involved an egg in vinegar, making a lava lamp and coke/mentos! We have been making good predictions and recording our results.

 

Happy Holidays!

Our final Friday of the term! We have had another busy week in P5.

We enjoyed participating in a debate all about junk food advertising and whether it was correct to have a ban before 9pm. Lots of interesting points were made and we were learning to think carefully before we contribute and listen respectfully to the points made by others. We then wrote a discussion piece of writing including both sides of the debate. Our next step is to add rhetorical questions and use more persuasive language.

We have been learning strategies to calculate intervals of time and interpretating timetables, including ones in our local area.

In our Health and Wellbeing work, we have been analysing food packaging to see what the information tells us. We have also been developing our skills in gymnastics and giving feedback about each other’s performance.

We have chosen to find out about how Easter is celebrated in French speaking countries across the world to share at the Easter service next week. We have used ICT skills to research and then display our findings.

We have learned about vocabulary linked to Easter in French and designed our own French Easter cards in celebration.

We have been learning further about chemical reactions and reversible and irreversible changes.

In outdoor learning, we were exploring textures in our environment.

This week, we have met with our pupil committees over the week and have enjoyed working with others from across the school.

 

This week, we wrote our last piece of procedural writing. We had a choice about what we would write about and this included a variety from how to play football to Pokemon.

We have been exploring the difference between vegan and vegetarian diets and planned a balanced day of eating for both. We also learned about the dangers of too much sugar consumption and the impact on your health. We made persuasive posters to encourage people to make healthy swaps.

In our Numeracy work, we have been learning about different aspects of time. We have been learning how to calculate 24 hour time, timetables and time intervals.

We have been learning to appreciate different types of music and identify the instruments played. We loved listening to Queen and We Will Rock You and then playing along using body percussion. We continue to enjoy our music lessons with Mr Foggo as we develop our drumming skills further.

We have concluded our Victorian topic by thinking about what we have learned and what skills we have developed. We also made quizzes for each other using Microsoft Forms.

In Art, we designed socks for Rock your Sock day, thinking about line, shape and pattern.

We have been working hard on team work skills in P.E during Gymnastics and Hockey.

In French, we have been revising talking about foods we like and dislike.

We enjoyed exploring the outdoor environment with P2 pupils and identifying signs of Spring.

In Science, we have continued to explore chemical changes and writing up our findings as a report.

We loved watching the Red Nose Talent Show today!

We enjoyed our trip yesterday to Dundee Science Centre. We had lots of time to explore the exhibits and make links to our learning in class.

In Writing, we have continued to develop our skills in writing a procedure and thinking carefully about our use of adverbs and visuals to make our instructions very clear.

In P.E, we have been developing our skills in Gymnastics and Hockey. We have been working hard to work well with others when performing or in a team.

We have shared presentations from our Victorians topic, showing confidence to present to an audience.

In Numeracy, we have been completing assessments to show our understandings of different aspects of fractions.

We enjoyed outdoor learning again with P2 pupils. We conducted a litter survey and taught P2s an outdoor game.

In French, we have been learning to introduce family members.

We worked well with P6 pupils to create vehicles from Victorian times in Loose Parts.

We have been using ICT skills to display our learning in RME.

In Art, we have been using zentangle patterns to create beautiful vases of flowers on our cards to share with our Mums on Mother’s Day,

We enjoyed World Book Day celebrations this week; there were lots of great costumes and props on show. We had fun completing quizzes, art activities and maths puzzles. We also had an author live event with Holly Webb on Monday, who told us all about her new book and what it takes to be author.

We have continued our work on fractions this week, and finding an amount of a fraction. We have also been adding and subtracting fractions.

In Writing, we have written another procedural piece and how to make a Victorian Sponge. We looked to see if we could include adverbs in our writing.

In P.E, we have been developing our skills in gymnastics and hockey. We have been planning a healthy day of eating, thinking about the eatwell balanced plate.

We have designed front covers books in art for the P7 World Book Day competition, all about Buttercup, our school mascot.

In Science, we have been learning about carbon capture and carried out experiments involving lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda!

We enjoyed outdoor learning with P1/2 and creating characters and scenes from books with natural materials.

In French, we have been learning about animals and how to ask others what pets they have.

We continue to develop our music skills with Mr Foggo in drumming.

This week we have been exploring food and cooking during Victorian times. We have learned about the differences between rich and poor diets and the difference to our diets. We have used ICT to display our findings.  We linked this to the Eatwell plate to compare balanced diets from then to now. We also planned our own healthy day of eating, looking to make it balanced in our Health and Wellbeing work.

We finished making our Victorian Houses and gave feedback to each other on what we liked and what could be improved. In our Writing this week, we have been learning about writing clear and detailed instructions on how to make our Victorian houses. We learned about the use of Imperative (bossy) verbs and how to set them out correctly.

We have continued our learning on fractions and how to find equivalent fractions and how to simplify them to. We have begun learning how to find fractions of an amount using our division skills. We created pizzas to show our understanding of equivalent fractions.

In P.E, we have been learning about different balances and rolls in gymnastics. We completed our final session of rugby too.

In French, we have been learning about how to ask and say where we live, colours and numbers.

We conducted experiments in Science about how to use different materials to stop ice from melting. We wrote up our findings into a science report, summing up what we know about insulators.

In outdoor learning, we looked at our bird feeders and used natural materials to create nests.

In Drama, we have been taking on character roles from Victorian times and making short scenes to present to an audience.

We have continued to develop our drumming skills with Mr Foggo.

In Art, we have been developing our line drawing skills and thinking about our foreground, middle ground and background in our Victorian pictures.

This week, we have continued to learn about Victorians. We used loose parts to create our own Workhouse. We also looked at features of Victorians Houses and used junk materials to create our own in small groups, after conducting some research and then planning.

In our writing, we have written letters to Victorian children in 1850 to tell them all about life in 2026. We learned how to set out a letter correctly. We have also been learning more about the use of apostrophes and rhetorical questions in our written work.

In Numeracy, we have been using Excel software to create graphs and charts. We have also been learning about fractions, including equivalent fractions.

We have been developing our skills in gymnastics and also enjoyed taster sessions of judo and rugby for PE this week.

In Science, we have been learning about heat from renewable energy sources. We took on the role of Heat Network Planners to calculate heat costs for a village.

We carried out some outdoor learning with our friends from P2 and put our bird feeders out for our birds in the playground to enjoy.

 

Just two days in school this week, but we have packed lots in!

We have turned our narrative stories into books using Book Creator. We had to think carefully how to split our story across the pages.

We then learned how to collaborate on a Book with a friend to create information all about staying safe online for Internet Safety Day 2026.

We have conducted our own surveys in Maths and displayed our findings. We have also completed a review of our learning.

In PE, and dance, we played some team games and also worked together to create our own dances.

We enjoyed working as a whole class team with loose parts to create a huge cloning machine invention!

In Art, we have created some Valentine’s inspired Pop Art, exploring how to make pastel colours.

Enjoy your break, everyone!

This week we have been learning about Victorian toys and have been exploring how they have evolved. We have been finding out about jobs children had during this time and we acted this out during drama in groups. We used Book Creator to turn what we have learned about life for children in this time, developing our ICT skills.

We have continued to write narrative stories and we gave feedback to each other to develop our stories further.

In Mathematics and Numeracy, we have been developing skills in data handling, including analysing data and being accurate when drawing our own graphs and charts.

In Art, we have been using shade and tone in our drawings of birds we observed in our playground.

We have been exploring renewable energy in Science and worked in teams to create Hydrogen Fuel Cells.

We have been learning our French numbers up to 70 and playing games to help us remember.

In P.E, we have been working on our rugby skills, playing our first games. We have continued Scottish dances and enjoyed the Virginia Reel.

We continue to learn new chords in Ukulele and are improving at changing between them. We enjoyed our drumming lessons with Mr Foggo.

This week, we have been comparing and contrasting our school life to Victorian times. We took part in a Victorian day in class, where we had to follow very strict rules. We sat in rows and had to work on slates to write our work. We enjoyed a drama lesson acting out a Victorian school day and adopting a role.

We have been developing our narrative writing skills and focusing on an engaging beginning to middle with lots of description and a plot twist. We have been looking to use figurative language and have been learning more about personification.

We have enjoyed taking part in the Sumdog Maths contest this week and have been trying hard to be accurate with out mental maths. We have been developing our trial and error skills in problem solving and drawing and reading line graphs in our Maths work.

We have also taken part in the RSPB Big Bird Watch and will analyse our data.

In Science, we have been exploring renewable energy in transport and designed and labelled our own ideas.

We have been exploring what to do with worries in HWB and how exercise, sleep and diet can contribute to a healthy lifestyle. In PE, we have been developing our skills in gymnastics and rugby. We have also continued to learn Scottish dances.