Once again primary 5/6 have been super busy this week.
On Monday we had a very interesting visit from the SSPCA where we learned lots about the important work that they do in keeping animals safe from harm. Additionally we had the opportunity to take part in some great activities learning all about the different types of animals which the SSPCA help and about we can do to help protect them too. It was very informative and lots of fun!
Wednesday brought some more special visitors to our class, this time from Santander. Again this was great fun and a fantastic learning experience for all of us.
Our fantastic visitors explaining the first task.
We learned about the various different ways that we can earn or get money and completed some group mind maps showing these.
We then thought up all the different ways that we could spend money. We had loads of ideas, everything from sweets to paying off debt. Miss Brennan said we were ‘fantastic’.
We designed our perfect bedroom and learned how and why to budget. Some of us found it difficult to part with our dream TV, but we all managed eventually.
After the tricky budgeting task, we talked about the importance of saving some money and sticking to our budgets. We got to ask our visitors lots of questions about their jobs and everybody learned something new.
Today, we had another busy day. We used our fantastic topic knowledge and created fact file pages called, ‘All About Space’ in the morning. After an exhausting P.E session in the afternoon, we used our learning from the past couple of weeks, practised the recovery position and carried out some peer assessment on our techniques. We were very successful and have worked so hard this week. We’re looking forward to celebrating winning last week’s ‘Cool Class Cup’ tomorrow too. What an awesome week.
