P5a has been working hard to finish art work Ocean animal sunsets,sun catchers and posters. In creative enquiry, we’ve been working hard creating islands out of cardboard boxes and recycling used old rubbish instead of plastic and cardboard going in the bin,pupils in primary 5a are working in groups and happily making fun creative Eiffel Towers out of tin foil and Lego. In maths we have been doing end of year revision step by step, achieving more and learning probability and learning why it’s useful- using yummy skittles and learning the probability of each colour in each packet. In reading we have been reading new fresh books with tasks to test us learning step by step. p5 have been working hard.

By Aroush

This week in p5a we have been working hard in maths on data handling, recording information on frequency charts and presenting  information in a bar chart. We have been very good at this! We also created some fabulous posters all about probability. In Writing we completed our block on Explanations. In Creative enquiry we continued our Construction theme, where we have shown great imagination and teamwork skills. In topic this week we have been exploring creatures in the different layers of the Ocean and also used this as inspiration for our art work. Hopefully we will finish these next week.

This week we have been focussing on data handling in maths, collecting and presenting information. We particularly enjoyed conducting our own surveys using tallies and presenting our findings on a bar chart. We begun our new theme in creative enquiry focussing on ‘construction’ .  We were very engaged in constructing our own island and building all the things needed within base camp. Other people made their own kites or constructed a model of the Eiffel Tower.
In topic we have been exploring the impact of pollution in the ocean.

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This week we have been writing explanations about looking after our environment. We then put some more of it into practice as we  went litter picking. In maths we have been working on using our 4 operations skills to solve word problems, and then began exploring simple algebraic equations. We have been looking at identifying problems in HWB and explored simple conflict resolution. We were pleased to see the growth of our seeds that we have been looking after and think they will be ready to repot outside next week.

This week we have been exploring strategies for more complex division calculations, we have been learning about sustainability and conservation and thinking of ways that we can help in our school grounds and were able to use this for our writing planning. We have continued with our active stations linked to this in creative enquiry too. We have been working hard to look after our plants this week, and used them as inspiration for art where we created realistic sunflowers using different media. On Glasgow day we listened to a Glaswegian poem called The coming o the wee Malkies , we had to work out the Glasgow dialect to work out what it all meant! We then wrote our own replies ‘revenge on the wee Malkies’ in the same style. We also made  Jeely pieces and had a picnic outside with them, we then researched famous Glasgow landmarks and made a postcard about them. What a busy week!

Another busy week in p5a! We have been learning strategies for long multiplication in Maths. Writing fabulous explanation texts in Writing, and creating movie trailers for our reading books. We have been coding in ICT and learning all about sustainability and helping our environment in Topic. We have  been exploring this further in our Creative Enquiry stations. We have started by planting lots of flowers outside to brighten up our area and attract wildlife.
have a lovely long weekend!

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This week we were only here for 4 days because it was the Easter holidays. For maths we have been doing box method and it was really fun ,we solved 2 digit by 2 digit and some people did  3 digit by 2 digit .for PE we are doing athletics and today we did golf . We planted our own sunflowers this week and we planted flowers behind our huts . We have been doing reading tasks for our literacy . Our spelling test was good too.

by Holly

This week we finished off our decimals block in Maths, and news reports in Writing, all about a Tsumami. We have been finding out lots about the devastating Tsunami that hit Indonesia in 2004 and were able to report on this and the effects of it. We had our treat afternoon on Tuesday and have also been out planting seeds as we want to encourage nature in our grounds. Of course we also had some outdoor play in the sunshine too!
Happy Holidays!

Before Christmas the primary 5 classes ran their enterprise. With the money they made they decided they wanted a ‘pizza party’ treat afternoon. We waited for the nicer weather and What a beautiful day we had for it today! Outdoor play and Dominoes pizza ….and lots of fun had by all!
We still have money leftover and have decided to buy some more outdoor play equipment after the holidays.