We have been working hard on our topic this week. We researched important facts about earthquakes and used this to compile excellent newspaper articles reporting a recent ‘earthquake’. 😃
Category Archives: Primary 5
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
We have been exploring a variety of Articles within the UNCRC. We used a variety of relevant Articles to compile our Class Charter. We understand that these are universal entitlements for all children and can identify our own responsibility to make sure our classmates enjoy these 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!
Natural Disasters
We are thoroughly enjoying learning about a variety of Natural Disasters through our Social Studies topic. We have completed a variety of research about the difference between natural and man made disasters and used our facts to write super Explanations.
Rocks and Minerals
Primary 5 have been exploring different rocks and minerals that can be found on Planet Earth.
