This week was STEM week and we were lucky enough to have several visitors we learnt about rocks, marine conservation, took part in a fun measurement practical and even sat in a gritter lorries cab. We made bubbles and worked out that all bubbles are spherical no matter what shape you blow through. We had a hands-on session learning about electric current and made our very own circuits.

Our writing this week has been focusing on creative writing based on the first line ‘I never should have gone there’ I enjoyed reading any spooky tales from my imaginative class. We have been using bullet points and colons correctly in lists and listed everything in our human bodies we even shocked ourselves with how much we knew! We have started a new story ‘The Demon Headmaster’ we have got to a good part as Dinah the main character is attempting to not be hypnotised we’ll let you know what happens next week.

In maths we have been learning out a new concept tessellation using 2D shapes to produce patterns with no overlap or gaps and have been improving our multiplication with ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’ style quizzes. To finish off the week we designed our very own trainer and thought about brands, style and ultimately comfort.

What a busy week with two trips! On Tuesday we represented our school at the Big Sing workshop. The children have been working hard practising for months which paid off as we knew all the words off by heart. Actions were added and we had a boogie with children from other schools.

The next day involved even more excitement as we jumped on a bus and crossed the Forth to Edinburgh to visit the National Museum of Scotland. We were blown away by the size of the animals and learn about taxidermy in class. We got hands on in the technology section, which was interactive we used pulleys to lift our own weight, calculated how heavy our group was  and launched a hot air balloon. When we returned back to class we wrote about our eventful day including what we show a friend if we went again.

We have been improving our listening skills each week we will complete an activity and record our score on a bar chart to see how we improve. Miss Graham hopes this will improve our listening skills for all lessons.

In maths we have been improving our times tables skills competing against the clock. In science we learnt about the infection cycle and watched a video on sneezing which opened our eyes to the spread of contamination which linked to our mini practical using talcum powder and finger painting experiment.

What an fun-filled but exhausting week!