This week we enjoyed Scottish country dancing, we practiced the Military Two Step and Gay Gordons and learned the Canadian Barn Dance too, we even tried the progressive version. we learned about Scottish Inventors before finishing off our Scotland Topic … Continue reading →

This week in p5 we have been working hard on comparing fractions with different denominators in Maths, we have been able to find the lowest common denominator and make equivalent fractions to compare them. In our Shape block we made … Continue reading →

We have had a busy start to the new year in p5a. In Maths we have been working on our fractions block and have been working hard on solving equivalent fractions. In Writing we began by working on Scottish poetry, … Continue reading →

This week we started the week by presenting our solo talks. We did a little work on fractions. Lots of other things we did were Christmas-y! Like Christmas French, Christmas art, Christmas maths, Christmas literacy! On Tuesday we had our … Continue reading →

This week we showed great teamwork after deciding on our Christmas door design. We used our handprints to create a Christmas tree, and everyone had a part to contribute. We have enjoyed opening our advent calendar daily too! In Maths … Continue reading →

This week we began learning about biographies and were thinking about subheadings to help us research someone that we know to write a biography of. In reading we focussed on metalinguistics  and prediction. In maths this week we have been … Continue reading →

It has been another busy week in p5a! In Maths we have been working on different strategies for long multiplication – we have used the box method, partitioning and the algorithm. We have all worked very hard on these. In … Continue reading →

This week we have been working on developing a Plot in our imaginative stories. In Maths we have been learning to solve larger multiplication calculations using the box method strategy. We have also been exploring weight through our measurement unit. … Continue reading →

Another busy week in p5a! In writing we have been working on our spooky stories , we have now created the beginning of the story using descriptive and figurative language to describe the setting and introduce the characters. In reading … Continue reading →

This week in p5a we have continued with our addition and subtraction strategies, focussing on using the algorithm. On Thursday we welcomed parents in to our class to showcase our different maths strategies.  In writing this week we have been … Continue reading →