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P5S – The River Clyde/Clyde in the Classroom Debrief

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Today we had our topic debrief. We discussed What Went Well and how we could make the topic even better (EBI). I have been delighted at the enthusiasm shown by you all with this topic.  You have all worked incredibly hard and have learned so much this term. Well done!

Here are your feedback comments.

Lewis:  WWW – I liked that we had the fish and the bake sale/fundraiser.

EBI – If we could choose our own landmarks for the mural and to have some more balloons at the fundraiser.

Mirren: WWW – I think when we had the fish we looked after them well!

EBI – I think it would be even better if we kept the fish for longer!

Kate:  WWW – I really like looking at the huge mural outside of class and I really enjoyed making a part of it.

EBI – It would be even better if we had the fish for longer.

Lily: WWW – Looking after the fish went very well. The community Café went very well when we did the quiz all about the River Clyde.

EBI – If we went on more school trips about the River Clyde. Also if we could have kept the fish for longer.

Cameron H: WWW – I like that P5S and P5H kept fish in the classroom. I enjoyed gong to the Science Centre because we got to try things out for the first time. Also releasing the fish into a burn was fun.

Innis:  WWW – I liked having the fish in the class. I liked making our 3D fish. I really the song about the River Clyde we learned.

EBI – It would have been better if the groups had been able to look after the fish a bit more. We got to take the fish home.

Lucy L: WWW – I liked the fish because we got to look after them. I also liked letting them go.

Chloe M: WWW – The mural because it was fun making it and it looks good on the wall. Our trip to the Science Centre and releasing the fish. Having the fish in class was good. I enjoyed organising the fundraiser. The quiz during the Community Café was fun because my grandparents were there.

Heather: WWW – Most of our fish survived because we took good care of them. Our fish life cycle posters on the wall are good. The quiz on the River Clyde at the Community café went well.

Mikey: WWW – Not a lot of our fish died. I liked my group and we learned a lot about the River Clyde.

EBI _ If more fish stayed alive.

Luca: WWW – The activities and the brown trout. Looking after the fish and making the posters.

EBI: It would have been even better if we had been able to keep the fish and go on a visit to the Sealife Centre or go fishing at Balloch.

Ewan: WWW – I thought the fish were good because it was very fun.

EBI – I think we should have went on the Waverley.

Finlay: WWW – Everything because it was fun.

Lucas: WWW – Not a lot of fish died because we looked after them so well.

EBI – The quality of my work was better and if I stopped talking more often.

Olivia: WWW – I really liked keeping the brown trout. It was fun looking after them. I loved learning all about the marine life in the River Clyde.

Cameron S: WWW – I enjoyed the quiz – definitely! I enjoyed making the posters. I enjoyed making the 3D fish. I enjoyed learning about the River Clyde from the visitors at the Community Café.

Lucy S: WWW – I loved that we got to have brown trout and then release them. Also I learned more about the River Clyde like there used to not be the Erskine Bridge and instead it was a ferry. I also learned that the Waverley is 70 years old and will be 71 years old this year.

Aiden: WWW – It was really fun – everything!

EBI – If we didn’t have to release the fish and if some of the fish hadn’t died. It was sad when they died.

Chloe S: WWW – I think we looked after the fish very well. I think it is good that we had around 185 fish left.

EBI – It would be even better if the 3D fish didn’t fall apart so quickly. I wish we could have had the fish longer because I really liked looking after them.

Kieran: WWW – My group didn’t fight. We learned a lot and it was fun.

EBI – The brown trout didn’t jump in the water. If the tank didn’t leak.

Alex: WWW – I liked doing the Pointillism brown trout because it was a different way of painting them and we got to draw them before we painted them.

Charlie: WWW – I liked the quiz. I liked the Now and Then task because it was interesting. I liked releasing the fish.

 

 

P5 Georges Seurat Research Homework – w/b 6.3.17

 

George Seurat was an artist whose favourite medium was paint. He is best known for one particular technique. Your homework is to research the following pieces of information about him and share your findings with your year group by posting a comment on this blog.

  1. When and where was he born?
  2. When and where did he die?
  3. What age was he when he died?
  4. What painting techniques was he most famous for – clue, it begins with P.
  5. Explain what this technique means.
  6. Any other information that you find interesting.

Also, see if you can find examples of his paintings, choose your favourite and explain why you like that particular painting.

The links below will help you with this task.

Georges Seurat

Biography plus some paintings

Facts and Information

Mrs Hughes

P5H – The Biology of the Brown Trout

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Yesterday we looked at the biology of the brown trout. We learned about all of the different parts on a trout’s body. They have quite a few fins. Can you remember the names of any? Each fin is used for a different reason.  Can you remember why they have them?

To help remember the different parts we are making 3D brown trout. Each fish will then be labelled showing all of the different parts. First of all you had to draw the outline of a trout and then paint on all of the different markings found on their bodies. The trickiest part was painting on the correct side for some of you!

The fish are looking fantastic and next week you will get the chance to complete them and show them off on your wall spaces.  Well done P5H, it was lovely working with you.

Here are a few photographs of you hard at work.

P5S – The Biology of the Brown Trout

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Today we looked at the biology of the brown trout. We learned about all of the different parts on a trout’s body. They have quite a few fins. Can you remember the names of any? Each fin is used for a different reason.  Can you remember why they have them?

To help remember the different parts we are making 3D brown trout. Each fish will then be labelled showing all of the different parts. First of all you had to draw the outline of a trout and then paint on all of the different markings found on their bodies. The trickiest part was painting on the correct side for some of you!

The fish are looking fantastic and over the next few days we will have them completed and ready to go on our wall spaces. I look forward to showing them off.

Here are a few photographs of you hard at work.

 

P5 – Fish Release

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This afternoon we braved the cold as we set out to take our fish on the next part of their journey. We released them in a small burn behind the golf course. This will allow them to grow a little more before they find their way to the River Clyde.

Having the fish in class has been a wonderful experience and I have to say just how well you all looked after them. Out of the 200 eggs we received, we managed to keep a whopping 184 alive! That is just fantastic and Lesley, our scientist, was absolutely delighted. Well done Primary 5!

Thank you to our parent helpers who came along with us today. Here are a few photographs from this afternoon.

 

P5 Fish Release

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Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) we will be saying goodbye to our class fish. We have looked after them so well it is now time to let them go. Our scientist from Clyde in the Classroom has found the perfect spot for their release and we will be heading there tomorrow afternoon. As it has been so wet recently the ground is rather muddy therefore you MUST wear suitable footwear. Wellington boots would be perfect. Please wear your school shoes as normal in the morning and bring your boots in a separate bag to change into before we leave. A suitable waterproof jacket should also be worn as we will be walking there and back. The forecast has to be cold so hats, scarves and gloves should be worn also.

P5 – Our fish are growing!

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Our fish are getting bigger! All of our eggs have hatched and are at the next stage of their life cycle. Can you remember what this stage is called? How are they feeding? What will happen to them next? Please tell someone at home what you have learned so far.

Here are some up-to-date photographs of the fish today. We have a few cheeky characters who are being brave and swimming to the top of the tank sometimes but most of them are still playing it safe and staying under the stones.

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