This morning we learned how to dance the Slosh- a popular dance at Scottish parties and weddings. We started by creating our own dance which had to a have a kick and a turn. This helped us to get used to the beat of the music. Mrs Pollock then showed us the steps to the Slosh and we all picked it up very quickly.  

After our reading and learning logs, we split into 3 group for activities. We had Valentine’s Crafts, Cool Maths Games (Billy the Bug) and K’nex.  Next month, there is going to be a K’nex Challenge for P6 in Greenfaulds High School.

❤️💕💕❤️💕💕 This afternoon, we made Valentine Sweethearts to sell at the Valentine’s disco tonight. We are going to sell them for 20p each and we hope to make a profit. ❤️💕💕❤️💕💕

In Maths we will be looking at units of time.
Go to this website and find out which day of the week, date, month and year you were born on.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/calendar.html

Monday’s Child by Mother Goose
Monday’s Child is fair of face
Tuesday Child is full of grace
Wednesday’s Child is full of woe
Thursday’s Child has far to go
Friday’s Child is loving and giving
Saturday’s Child works hard for a living
But the Child that is born
On the Sabbath Day,
Is witty and wise and good and happy!
Can you find out what the poem says about other people in your house?

For extra practise on time  including worksheets and games have a look at:

http://www.snappymaths.com/other/measuring/time/time.htm
We still need to practise our times tables. Have a look at this link to the Guardian Education Blog for some great resources and ideas to help provide a solid times tables platform. This link also explains why learners need to know their tables.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/teacher-blog/2013/apr/29/times-tables-teaching-resource

Literacy
Letter of Complaint
Imagine that you’ve been feeling poorly and have taken some medicine to help you get better.
Imagine that instead of making you better (doing what it said on the bottle) the medicine has actually done something unexpected to you.
Perhaps the medicine has made you bigger or smaller. Maybe the medicine has changed you into something else!
What you have to do is write a letter of complaint to the people who made the medicine.
Make sure that you tell them what has happened to you. Tell them what things you now find difficult because of the effects of the medicine (you could also mention anything that you find easier!). Tell them exactly what you want them to do about the situation and why.
Remember to set out your letter correctly!

Pancake Tuesday
In France they call it Mardi Gras, which means Grease or Fat Tuesday. Research and find other names, used around the world, for Pancake Tuesday. Did you make pancakes? Write down the recipe in your thinking jotter- don’t forget to include the ingredients and equipment used.

Today we had three acts competing in the Woodlands Got Talent: Rebecca and Timothy; Megan and Erin and Chloe.   They were fabulous stars and a credit to P5/6. The rest of the class were a wonderful audience. It was an entertaining afternoon and we all enjoyed ourselves.

Megan and Erin came third and won 100 points for their house- pine.  Well done, Girls 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This afternoon we lauched our Paper Airplane Competition. We only had 14 people pay for a paper airplane. At this rate we are going to run at a loss!!!!! Tomorrow, please bring in 50p to take part in the Paper Airplane Competition. Remember to tell your friends, brothers and sisters- we need more people to support our event.

In our maths lesson today we were learning how to read different timetables.  Then we had to create our own timetables for the Micro Tyco- Paper Airplane Competetion.  As we started we realised we needed to take into consideration lots of information before we could even begin to create the timetable.   We found it tricky at first but got there in the end.

This morning we filmed our creative dances.  Mrs Pollock thought they were outstanding.  We gave each other feedback and enjoyed watching  our performances on the iPad. After playtime, we looked at different units of time and the relationship between them.  We then closed our eyes and predicted when 1 minute was up. Some children were very good at this.  Finally, we guessed how many star jumps we could complete in a minute.