P5 Curriculum Outline 2023-2024 Term 4
P5 Curriculum Outline 2023-2024 Term 2 (1)
June Update
Continuing our Learning for Sustainability, we made some bird feeders to hang from the trees in our school grounds. We also turned our focus from land to issues concerning climate change in our oceans. Through our class story called ‘DRY: Diary of a Water Hero’, we learned lots about myths surrounding this precious resource and how small actions can have a big impact on conserving water. This also provided a great opportunity in Maths where we discussed misleading data relating to climate change where we looked at how statistics can be presented to show a one sided view. We also created some fabulous seascape collages using a variety of media to create back, mid and foregrounds.
The children have had lots of fun during our Olympics Sports Day, created and hosted by our P7 classes. We have also had a great time working our way around the STEM Trail created by our STEM Ambassadors.
May Update
During May P5 has taken full advantage of the good weather by playing Rounders and Red Rover. The class has also been engaged in lots of talking and listening activities surrounding climate issues and have been learning about the benefits of renewable sources of energy. As part of our Learning for Sustainability, we also welcomed our class butterflies, recording data on their lifecycle, learning about their anatomy and identifying all of the ways that they contribute to a healthy ecosystem.
We had a lovely afternoon releasing our adult butterflies into the wild! We also made some wonderful Mandala artwork from natural materials found in the school grounds.
April Update
In Numeracy and Maths, P5 has been learning to convert between digital and analogue time as well as the skill of reading schedules and timetables. We have also learned the cardinal and inter-cardinal compass points and used these to read maps and give directions.
During outdoor learning we discussed perspective by looking up from the base of trees into their canopies. This was the inspiration for some beautiful cherry blossom tree artwork.
In Literacy, we learned about exposition writing and created posters and leaflets in an effort to persuade readers to make small changes that will have a positive impact on climate change.
March Update
Continuing our study of the Scottish Wars of Independence, P5 learned about the significance of heraldic animals and symbols and created our own coat of arms.
To celebrate World Book Day during outdoor learning, the children completed a scavenger hunt to link authors, characters and themes of well known books.
In Maths, the pupils learned how to measure the perimeter and area of 2D rectilinear shapes.
February Update
During Children’s Mental Health Week we had lots of class and group discussions about the things that matter to us and the importance of kindness. We read and watched The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse which we used as a prompt for a variety of literacy and HWB lessons. P5 also learned how to draw a horse which was then developed into a piece of art highlighting the things that make us unique, inspired by the artwork of Charlie Mackesy.
The pupils also worked created some excellent Cinquain poems about a thunderstorm.
January Update
P5 learned about number patterns and how to extend the Fibonacci sequence. They created some excellent artwork based on the pattern. They also learned about measuring mass and converting between metric units of mass.
We began our new topic about the Scottish Wars of Independence and the children wrote some detailed descriptions about life in medieval towns and villages. We also started our new class novel The Siege of Caerlaverick and the children have been using a variety of comprehension strategies to understand the text.
In PE, P5 has been learning serving and passing skills during doubles games in badminton.
December Update
The children showcased their singing, dancing and signing skills in our Christmas show. All their practise really paid off and they gave a confident performance.
We continued to expand our French vocabulary through our topic on Christmas in France. We learned all about the similarities and differences in the Christmas and New Years traditions in Scotland and France.
In Literacy, P5 learned about the features of description writing and they produced some excellent posters on French traditions olver the festive period.
November Update
Continuing our work on measure, pupils have been learning to convert between metric units of measure (cm and m and km), which has brought into play the work they have done on place value.
Anti-Bullying week provided a great opportunity for the children to debate and discuss bullying behaviours. They participated in a variety of tasks, including grading the seriousness of bullying behaviours during a Diamond 9 activity.
We took our ICT skills outdoors when the children used iPads to create 3 scene stories with their friends, adding speech bubbles and description text to their photos.
October Update
In October, P5 have been learning about data handling. They gathered data using surveys, sorted it into categories then learned how to display it in a range of graphs and charts. During our unit on measure, the children learned how to accurately measure a tree using a friend and a pencil in the school grounds, and a measuring tape back in class.
We have been looking at the features of description writing and P5 wrote some excellent descriptions of a haunted house.
During outdoor learning, the children enjoyed leaf rubbing and identifying symmetrical patterns in nature. They also had fun creating some spooky characters using natural materials found in the school grounds.
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September Update
P5 has been learning about 2D and 3D shape. Pupils have been identifying 2D shape within 3D objects by looking at their nets. They have been finding lines of symmetry in regular and irregular 2D shape, using mirrors to help them recognise reflective lines of symmetry. They have also been creating symmetrical block patterns.
During Outdoor Learning, P5 took the opportunity to investigate some of the facts that we have been learning about our solar system. They used shadow outlines to demonstrate that the earth is rotating on its axis. Children drew a line where a variety of shadows fell and then revisited them 15 minutes later to discover the shadows had moved.
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