We have been working hard to improve our fitness this week and develop our Netball skills.
Category Archives: Primary 5
Natural Disasters
Narrative Writing
Primary 5 have been learning how to use descriptive language to create an interesting character and setting description for our narrative piece of writing, ‘A Castle in the Sky.’
Subtraction Strategies
Primary 5 have been learning different types of strategies to help with subtraction. Working together they shared their process of thought.
Making Thinking Visible
After looking for signs of Autumn in our school grounds, we carried out ‘Colour, Symbol, Image’ (CSI) together for a deeper understanding of this beautiful season.
Day and Night Experiment
As part of our studies on Planet Earth, today we worked collaboratively in an experiment to discover how the Earth rotates throughout the day.
Addition Strategies
Today, Primary 5 worked together to share additional strategies. They were adding up in chunks and are able to explain their process of thought to one another.
Children’s Rights
Making Thinking Visible
We have been using a variety of Making Thinking Visible strategies to explore the characters, main events and key themes within our novel “Wonder”. We especially enjoy debating some of these through a “tug of war”, where listening to the views of our classmates can often influence us to change our minds!