Primary 3 have been learning all about money! We created our own shops and practised adding money and counting coins.
We loved pretending to be the shop keepers!
March 4, 2019
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February 28, 2019
by Mr McCrea
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P5b’s Class of the Month Trip
As a reward for winning Class of the Month, P5b went to the Museum of Transport yesterday. Everyone enjoyed the scavenger hunt quiz which took us all around the museum hunting for clues.
Some of the many memorable exhibits were :
- lots of old sports cars,
- the oldest bike in the world,
- the models of famous ships, many of which were built on the Clyde,
- the tall ship moored just outside the museum,
- old rifles and pistols,
- the reconstruction of an old street in Glasgow,
- an old hearse pulled by horses.
The children saw a very unusual, old bicycle called a penny farthing and wondered how people managed to ride , or even get onto, it. They said it was really cool to go on the old subway train, but they found it strange how there was no seat for the driver. They also found out how spitting had to be banned on buses and trams to stop infectious diseases like tuberculosis spreading throughout the city.
Here are the happy winners with the Class of the Month trophy and their scavenger hunt answer sheets after their fabulous learning experience :
February 27, 2019
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P2/1’s Medieval Banquet
P2/1 dined in ‘The Great Hall’ today and enjoyed a delicious medieval banquet. They have been learning about the different rooms inside a castle and had lots of fun bringing one of them to life in our classroom. I’m sure you’ll agree that it looks like a feast fit for royalty!!
February 27, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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Papier-mâché Volcano Experiment. Step 1…
P5a are aiming to work collaboratively in groups to create a papier-mâché volcano experiment. We will create a volcano structure, paint the volcano then make it erupt! 🌋
Today, we tackled step 1 of the challenge- building the structure…
The papier-mâché got very messy!
And we finally have completed volcano models 👏🏼…
Next step for another day- PAINTING. 🎨
February 25, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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HOTS Question Time in P5…
P5a have been learning Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and developing their ability to create their own questions.
We focused on the first skill of ‘remembering’. The children worked in pairs to write 5 ‘remembering’ questions for another pair in the class to answer. They then marked their answers and gave each other feedback ☺️👍
February 22, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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P5a’s Learning Log.
Happy Friday! 🙂
Have a read to find out what we have learned and achieved this week…
‘Yesterday we learned about comparative and superlative adjectives. I got a sticker and a CURAMUS stamp because I did really well at it. I’m really proud of myself that I moved up three levels in my book banding and now I am on white’. -Fabia
‘I liked learning about the volcanoes because it gave us so much information. We made a poster and that was quite fun. My partner was Brodi. I liked my reading assessment with Miss Collins because I achieved white and I am one colour away from lime.’- Japhet
‘I liked gym because we learned fitness. It is a load of fun. I liked P.E on Tuesday because I reached two and a half laps of running. I have achieved lime in my book banding book. Today I think I have achieved 100 words right in my common words test ‘ – Brodi
‘I liked when we did the volcano in our Social Studies jotter. I labelled all the different parts.’- Danish
‘I liked learning about volcanoes because I like learning about natural disasters.’- Ibrahim
‘I enjoyed researching about Mount Fuji in the digi hub. It’s not just one volcano, it’s three volcanoes above each other!’- Irfa
‘I loved this week because I won the natural disasters game in gym and I reached lime in book banding. I’m three more colours away from diamond! Also, I’m making a poster about a volcano with my best friend AJ. Also I researched a volcano on Mars. The volcano is three metres taller than Mount Everest’. – Amna
‘We learned about different volcanoes. I like learning about natural disasters’- Ahmad
‘In maths, we learned about converting then doing a sum then converting back’- Sorin ‘
‘I have achieved diamond in my book banding level. Today I enjoyed playing ‘BUZZ’. Fabia was being the teacher. I won the game of ‘BUZZ’ I was against Japhet in the final. I love learning about volcanoes. Also, Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan.’- Maleeha
‘I liked P.E. because it was so fun. We did fitness games. I really liked it. I really liked learning about volcanoes. We made a volcano poster and it was so fun.’- Naina
‘I have moved up my book banding book by 2 colours’- Rayan
‘In homework club, me and Danish learned about a new app called Keynote. You can make pictures move.’- Inam
‘I enjoyed learning about volcanoes.’ – Robert
February 21, 2019
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P3a creating their own Tutankhamen death masks
February 20, 2019
by Mrs Leyden
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Where does food come from?
During our visit to The Hidden Gardens we focused on where our food comes from. We worked collaboratively to locate the different food products on a map and then tracked the journey of the product to the UK. We learned about ‘food miles’ and why some foods are sourced from abroad. We came up with possible solutions to the environmental impacts of global food production.
February 18, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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P5a visit Dynamic Earth. 🌏
Last Thursday, we visisted Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh to learn more about natural disasters. We attended a natural disasters workshop, got an excellent guided tour and had a 3D cinema experience. Ask us about it- it was FANTASTIC 🌪 🌊 🌋
February 15, 2019
by Mr McCrea
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P5b’s Visit to Dynamic Earth
Yesterday, Primary 5 went to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh to supplement our learning about the topic of natural disasters. The location was very appropriate since it was right beside the extinct volcano known as Arthur’s Seat.
We attended a workshop on natural disasters with activities, such as building an earthquake-proof tower, watching how tsunamis are formed on laptops, examining various rocks formed from the lava of volcanoes, using magnets to identify meteorites, and making glitter tornadoes in plastic bottles.
We travelled in a time machine to learn about how the solar system was formed and how life on earth began.
Our favourite parts of the day were the 3D cinema tour around the world, the earthquake simulator, touching an iceberg and visiting a rain-forest.
“It was lots of fun.” “It was very interesting.” “I really liked it when the ground started to shake.” “It was amazing to be able to touch real meteors.” “I touched the iceberg and it was so cold!” “I got to touch real fossils.”
