Holy Cross Primary School

“Yesterday we learned about multiples, factors and primes.” – Irfa

“It was fun playing the ‘Coconut Multiples’ on the Promethean board. I did the 11 and 12 times tables.” – Maleeha

“I liked the smart board game. I did the 11 times table and 9 times table.” – Sorin

Inspired by the P7 children who came third place in the Debating Competition last week (🎉👏🏼), P5a learned the meaning of a “debate” and began to form arguments of their own.

Today’s statement for discussion was:

‘School uniforms should be required.’

The children formed their own opinion and joined FOR and AGAINST sides. They worked with their peers to come up with reasons to back up their opinion and present them to the opposing group.

“We were doing a poem for Anti-Bullying week. It was an acrostic poem.” –Danish

“This week, I enjoyed singing the Greatest Showman’s ‘This is me’. I got a solo part. At first I was really shy but when I started I was feeling really confident.” – Amna

“We were learning about the ‘look for a pattern’ problem solving strategy. I liked it because it was fun having groups and solving it together.” –Zainab

“I liked it when we were learning factors and drawing the factor number bugs.” – Sorin

“I loved the song ‘This is me’ because I got a solo part and I got to show my talents in front of the class and Mrs Gray.” – Maleeha

“I was amazed to get a part in our song and sing it with Tahreem.” – Andrew

“We were learning to write ingredients and instructions for the digestive system.” – Raheem

“I liked this week’s outdoor P.E. We played a game where we used badminton rackets to pass the shuttlecock to the next person. It was the first time we played that game it was very interesting.” – Irfa

“I enjoyed doing the problem solving. It was competitive.” – Ibrahim

“I enjoyed playing the ‘stage game’ in my dance masterclass.” – Tahreem

“I liked learning about Anti-Bullying week because it made me confident to stand up to bullies. We did anti-bullying poems and we learned not to be a bully.” – Japhet

🖤 ANTI BULLYING WEEK  🖤

Check out some of our Anti Bullying acrostic poems.

“They will never forget”

”Think before you speak”

”Never join bullies”

”Give respect to people instead of bullying” 

Well done P5a!

Miss O’Neill asked, “What did you learn this week?”……

“I liked learning multiples’. – Zainab

“I found learning antonyms interesting. When I first started I didn’t really know what to do but when I got into it, I felt more confident.” – Brodi

“I liked learning about the Saints. It is interesting.” – Irfa

“I liked learning about the Digestive System.” – Inam

“I liked making our hands for the poppy because it helps me remember my oldest brother who died when he was born. It also helps me remember to pray for other people.” – Maleeha

“I liked the Digestive System experiment because we got to learn more about the digestive system and our body parts. It was disgusting and fun as well!” – Japhet

“I enjoyed doing my times tables today. I like developing my times table skills.” – Amna

“On Wednesday we made a recipe for a firework party. We also did problem solving today to help us solve questions. ” – Fabia

“I liked Thursday gym because we played a fun game and it wasn’t too easy!” – Liam

“I enjoyed making poppies because it reminded me of people who died in the First World War.” – Tahreem

“What did you learn at school today?”

…. “We learned to make poo!”

This afternoon, we became scientists. The children learned about the digestive system process and after eating their lunch, were completely fascinated at what was happening in their bodies as we spoke!

The whole class engaged in an experiment to discover each stage of the digestive system process. I will say no more… the pictures say it all!

Miss O’Neill x