‘We have been learning about multiplication. When multiplying you always start with the units.’ Morgan

‘I have learned to do 4-digit multiplication.’ Jack

‘I have learned about influential people and how they have shaped our future.’ Lauren

‘In art we were looking at line and tone. We picked out a feature on our face and tried to improve our drawings.’ Sam

‘I learned lots of information about a famous Scottish Missionary called David Livingstone.’ Lewis

“I learned how to do smile multiplication.’ Mackenzie

This week we have been learning all about fractions. We can identify halves, quarter and many more fractions. We have also been looking at complex fractions which have been very tricky.

‘I have learned how to do fractions and it gets easier to understand the more I practice.’ Lauren

‘As you do it more it gets easier and easier.’ Megan C

‘Now that I understand it, It’s easier.’ Sam’

‘Doing complex fractions is fun.’ Mackenzie

‘At first I thought it was really hard but now it’s easier.’ Joshua

Our mini topic thsi term is Scotland. We will be practising Scottish songs and poems and taking part in a Burns competition. We will also be comparing life in Scotland past and present.

‘I have researched schools in the past. If you were misbehaving you had to wear a cone on your head,’ Aaron

‘I learned how to recite a poem in the style of Robert Burns.’ Calum

‘I have learned about kilts and tartan.’ Mia

‘When we were doing the poem I found the language hard to understand.’ Morgan

This week we have been learning about time. All the children in P5/6 should be practising telling the time using their watch.

“We have learned that after half past the time tells us ‘to’ the next hour.” Emma Louise

“The small hand points to the hour and the big hand points to the minutes.” Mia

“We are working on 24 hour time.” Kayleigh

In IDL the children have been comparing and contrasting local and global landscapes. They created beautiful silhouettes of their chosen scene depicting land and wildlife.

“There is a variety of landscapes e.g. rural, city and tropical.” Lauren

“I did an African landscape as a silhouette.” Morgan

I’ve learned about different climates in the world.” Joshua