This week we started with a visit to the library.  It was great to have some time to chill and read then they got the opportunity to choose a book to bring back to read in class.

It was our last week completing our DYW tasks in the creative enquiry room so lots of finished work which we were able to share with our classmates.

Finally in PE this week we were focusing on our aiming and accuracy skills with various target games.  It also involved work together as a team and being able to stop and think about what worked well and problem solving game tactics.

It has been a great week in P5 with lots going on.  We have been taking good care of our tomato plant that Miss Davidson gave us as part of the Tomato Plant Challenge and it has now more than doubled in size.  We have named our plant Tilly and this week we decided to repot it to give it more room to grow.

On Monday we finished our block of music and filmed our rap song videos.  There was lots of enthusiasm and some great videos.

On Wednesday we again were in the creative enquiry room focussing on our DYW jobs and some more tasks were finished.

In maths our focus this week was on measuring volume and converting units of volume.

Primary 5 had a great time on our school trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park today.  We all enjoyed watching the lions play and the very cute little baby monkey we saw as we drove through the enclosures.  We then watched the sealion show which was another highlight before walking round the park to visit some more of the animals.   Next we watched the Birds of Prey display where we learned some very interesting facts on owls. It was then lunch, the park and some more animals before heading back for the bus.  Lots of walking but lots of fun was had by all.

This week we started the week having a look at some of the countries that take part in the Olympics.  They worked together in small groups to research some facts and create either a poster either on paper or digitally.

We were also up in the Creative Enquiry continuing on with our DYW jobs.  We had some more finished outfits, a completed house and a working windmill.  We also have lots of advertisers busily planning.

In PE we were learning how we can mix Maths and PE with some fun team ball skill activities.

We have also been working on fractions and decimals in maths and writing a descriptive story.  We ended the week with music.  We have been learning about rap music and are now writing our own rap songs.

We continued our look at possible career options this week in the creative enquiry room.  Children were able to choose which job they would like and get an insight to what is involved.  We had lots of eager fashion designers who started by creating a mood board, sketching their design and then making their outfit.  We had lots of fantastic results.

Other job options were advertising, builder / architect or environmental scientist.  Most of these are still being worked on but there is lots of working together and problem solving happening and it is great to see their enthusiasm .

We finished our week practising our putting and chipping skills in PE.

It has been another busy week in P5 but we have had fun learning about different jobs we can do.  We were lucky to get a class visit from one of the active school coordinators who told us how he got into his job and the fantastic opportunities he has had with it. They children had lots of great questions to ask him.

We then attended the careers fair where we learned about lots of other jobs and the skills needed for them.

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With so many interesting jobs available these days we will be continuing to have a DYW focus over the next few weeks.