Yesterday Primary 5/6 put Mary Queen of Scots on trial for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I. We all had fun acted out our roles from judges to witnesses to a prosecution and defence. After a period of discussion, the jury found Mary guilty!
This afternoon, Primary 5/6 created their own paintbrushes using what we could find from outside. We then painted and explored how we could use our brushes in different ways to create different strokes and effects.
Well done to our 2 teams who represented Balmalloch Primary in the K-Nex Challenge at Kilsyth Academy this morning. Both teams did extremely well building a Ferris wheel with the girls coming second overall and the boys coming first. The boys will now go on to the final to represent the cluster group. Well done to all 4 pupils from our class!
Today in Primary 5/6 we were all scientists and were testing what metals are attracted to magnets. We had some items to test out and found out that copper and iron are attracted to magnets. We had great fun exploring the magnetic force!
On Friday, we had our Halloween parade and afternoon. We made halloween crafts and pictures, went dooking for apples and even had time for some sweets!
Just before the October holiday, Primary 5/6 used clay to make their own Kilsyth Coat of Arms as part of their topic. We all had great fun making them and I am sure you will agree that the plaques look brilliant!
Dear Parents,
Primary 5/6 would like to invite you along to school on Wednesday 20th September for our Open Evening where you can come and see our class and great work between 6:30pm and 7:30pm.
We hope you like our invitations we made for you.
This morning, Primary 5 from P5/6 went for swimming and some sports fun from North Lanarkshire Council. We will go for the next 10 weeks, this is what we thought:
Arran – I want to live in the pool as it was that good!
Zak – I am so tired after having so much fun
Emma – I thought it was really really good
Lucy – I thought it was amazing.
Ben – I really enjoyed doing gym and swimming
Calum – I enjoyed the swimming more than gym
Scarlett – I really enjoyed swimming
Libby – I liked playing games with Rebecca
Rebecca – I can’t wait for next week!
Abigail – I am really excited to do my widths next week
Kirsten – I am really excited for next week
Kaiden – Swimming was fun.
This afternoon Primary 5/6 made their own Personal Shields showing 4 important parts of their lives or what they enjoy doing through mosaic art. We hope to show them off to the school and parents by having them hanging up high!
It was great to welcome back all boys and girls in Primary 5/6 after a well deserved summer holiday. We had great fun settling in to our new classroom and doing activities today so we could learn more about our new classmates.
We made group signs for our group tables and we are all going to work hard to win the Group of the Week award. We set 2 group targets to aim for and work hard towards so that we have an enjoyable and hard working time in Primary 5/6.
