Happy Friday!
We have had a busy and exciting start to Spring this week in Primary 4/5!
As we were snowed in last week we celebrated World Book Day this week instead. We have been studying the work of Anthony Browne and did some drama based on his book “The Tunnel”.
First we split into groups and were asked to describe the two main characters: the brother and the sister.
We decided that the brother was mean, nasty and rude and the sister was quiet, unhappy and shy.
We then split into twos and one person played the role of the brother and the other was the sister. We had lots of fun shouting at each other in character.
After that we went back into our groups and created still pictures of what we thought would be beyond the tunnel that the characters crawl through. Some of us thought there was a spooky forest and other thought there was a cave. Sorrelle’s group even thought there would be a luxury cinema!
Thankfully we read to the end of the story and discovered that the scary forest was not real!
In literacy we have started two new topics: Advertising with Mr McCormick and Descriptive Writing with Mrs Kerabi.
Mr McCormick had us try to sell his bunnet as a multi-purpose bargain! Hamza decided it was a mobile phone, Rayan thought it made a great toothbrush and Najib-Ullah was willing to throw in a free sponge with every purchase!
During our descriptive writing lesson we learned about similes and metaphors. We used these techniques to create stories about a winter scene.
In maths we are continuing to learn about time. We played some different games to help us to remember where the hands go on face clocks at different times of the day.
The triangle group successfully matched their time dominoes with digital and face clocks. Well done Triangles!
This week for our Migration topic we have been studying the country Syria. Hamza and Rayan both migrated from Syria to Scotland with their families. We looked at the artwork of Syrian artist Khaled Takreti. He believed he should use his art to express how important it is that Syrian people are listened to. He does this by collaging together images of technology that makes sounds. We created our own versions of these!
Finally, we were able to visit the Tramway this Friday to see our art exhibition which we worked hard to create last month.
Our certificate winner this week was Najib-Ullah. He delivered an amazing presentation about the life of bees and how to make fair trade honey. Well done Najib-Ullah!
We also had a special birthday this week, Zahra turned 10! We had a class party with cupcakes that Zahra brought in! Happy Birthday Zahra!
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Primary 4/5 and Miss Webster
