You have all now presented your Titanic personal projects to the class. Once again we have had a wide range of projects being shared: PowerPoints, models, posters, books, and we even had a few quizzes (with prizes for our winners). A large amount of information was shared during your presentations – I was very impressed! Well done everyone! Verbal feedback for individual presentations will be given over the course of this week.
Once all of our presentations had been completed, you had the opportunity to have a closer look at each other’s work. Please click the link below to view our presentation photographs.
A massive thank you to everyone who attended our Open Afternoon yesterday. I hope you all enjoyed visiting our class this afternoon and taking part in all of the activities. The children really enjoyed showing off all their work and demonstrating their knowledge of the Titanic. They have worked very hard this term, as they have all year and should give themselves a huge pat on the back.
Thank you also to those of you who have already completed our feedback survey. It is very much appreciated. If you did not mange to complete it in class we would be very grateful if you could find some time to complete it at home. You can find the link here.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Open Afternoon today. I hope you all enjoyed visiting our class this afternoon and taking part in all of the activities. The children had a wonderful time showing off their work and knowledge on the Titanic. They have worked incredibly hard this term (and all year) and deserve a huge round of applause.
Thank you to those of you who have completed our feedback survey. It is much appreciated. The children will have a look at your comments and discuss your feedback on how they can make their next Open Afternoon even better. If you would like to complete the survey, you may access it here.
Please click here to see our photographs from this afternoon.
Thank you for coming to our Open Afternoon. The children have been very excited about having the opportunity to showcase all of their work.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could complete this short survey to let us know what you thought of our Open Afternoon today. The children in P5S created the survey as part of their Data Analysis topic in maths. The survey can be accessed using the link below. Thanking you in advance.
Yesterday we visited the Tall Ship in Glasgow to take part in a workshop linked to our Titanic topic. Unfortunately the weather was pretty awful but it didn’t dampen the spirits.
First we had the chance to have a nosey around the ship. We also took part in a scavenger hunt. Some of the groups managed to find the soft play area and had lots of fun! We also had the opportunity to learn a little morse code. Can you tell someone at home what the code is for SOS?
In our workshop we became Marine Archaeologists and we found a number of items that may just have been on the Titanic. Some of the items were over 100 years old! There were also a few unusual items that we hadn’t seen before. Can you name any of them? You even had to use your knowledge of coordinates when recording the things you found. I was pleased to see you all remembered how to do this. Well done!
After finding these items, you had to decide whether or not the items were real or fake. It was a little tricky to decide on some of the items. How did your group do?
A huge thank you to our parent and gran helpers who braved the weather to come with us. To view some photographs from our trip, please access the link below.
Please read each question carefully so you understand fully what is being asked of you and the type of operation which should be used.
Each answer should show all workings and include a sentence answer. This task should be completed and returned to school by Thursday.
It is estimated that the iceberg the Titanic hit was 60 feet above the water. If you can only see 1/5 of an iceberg above the water how big was the iceberg altogether?
The Titanic had 20 lifeboats on her. There were 2 wooden cutter lifeboats that could hold 40 people each, 10 wooden lifeboats that could hold 65 people each and 8 collapsible life boats that could hold 47 people each. How many passengers could the lifeboats hold altogether?
The look out on the Titanic first saw the iceberg at 11.40pm on April 14th. The first distress rocket was fired at 12.45am April 15th. How long did it take before the order to fire the rocket was given?
The order to launch the lifeboats was given at 12.05am and 30 minutes later the first life boat was launched. What time was the first life boat launched?
Challenge Question: There were 4 people in a 3rd class cabin on the Titanic. Passenger 1 brought – 3 pairs of trousers, 6 pairs of pants, 3 shirts and 6 socks. Passenger 2 brought – 4 pairs of trousers, 7 pairs of pants, 5 shirts and 7 pairs of socks. Passenger 3 brought 9 pairs of trousers, 10 pairs of pants, 5 shirts and 4 pairs of socks and passenger 4 brought 6 pairs of trousers, 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts and 2 pairs of socks.
How many of each item did all the room mates pack?
Please read each question carefully so you understand fully what is being asked of you and the type of operation which should be used.
Each answer should show all workings and include a sentence answer. This task should be completed and returned to school by Thursday.
It is estimated that the iceberg the Titanic hit was 96 feet above the water. If you can only see 1/8 of an iceberg above the water what fraction of the iceberg was below the water? How big was the iceberg altogether?
The Titanic had 20 lifeboats on her. There were 2 wooden cutter lifeboats that could hold 40 people each, 10 wooden lifeboats that could hold 65 people each and 8 collapsible life boats that could each hold 47 people. How many passengers could the lifeboats hold altogether?
The look out on the Titanic first saw the iceberg at 11.40pm on April 14th. The Titanic sank at 2.20am April 15th. How long did it take the Titanic to sink?
The order to launch the lifeboats was given at 12.05am and 37 minutes later the first life boat was launched. What time was the first life boat launched?
Challenge Question: There were 4 people in a 3rd class cabin on the Titanic. Passenger 1 brought – 3 pairs of trousers, 6 pairs of pants, 3 shirts and 6 pairs of socks. Passenger 2 brought – 4 pairs of trousers, 7 pairs of pants, 5 shirts and 7 pairs of socks. Passenger 3 brought 9 pairs of trousers, 10 pairs of pants, 5 shirts and 4 pairs of socks and passenger 4 brought 6 pairs of trousers, 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts and 2 pairs of socks.
a) How many of each item did all the room mates pack? b) How many items were packed in total?
Primary 5 are holding an Open Afternoon on Tuesday 13th June at 1.30pm to showcase the work they have produced this term. Invitations will be heading your way very soon.
Over the next few weeks you should prepare a personal project presentation on the Titanic. You will then present your project to the class on Thursday 15th June. I know some of you may already be sunning yourself somewhere hot on this date, therefore you may complete your project prior to this date. Please see me (or Mrs Hughes if you are in P5H) and I will organise a different presentation date for you. The criteria and task sheet for this task can be found below.
Titanic Personal Project Presentation
Learning Outcome: I can research a given topic and create a detailed presentation.
I can use primary and secondary sources selectively to research events in the past. SOC 2-01a
I can discuss why people and events from a particular time in the past were important, placing them within a historical sequence. SOC 2-06a
Skill for Learning
Application & Knowledge: I can apply my knowledge of a given topic to plan and produce an interesting presentation.
Skill for Work
I can organise my time and resources independently to ensure my presentation is completed in the allocated time.
Background
To build further on your presentation skills you have to prepare a personal project to present to your peers. Presentations play a huge part in our learning and being able to present to your peers, with confidence, is a great skill to learn.
Task
What you need to know: Your personal project should be about the Titanic. You may choose any aspect you wish.
What you need to do: You can present your project in any way you choose. This might be in written form, a PowerPoint presentation, a booklet, a video or even a model. In other words, you have the choice to choose the way you feel will best help you to demonstrate your knowledge of your chosen topic. This project is all homework based therefore you need to think about the resources you will have access to: books, library, internet, personal accounts etc.
What you need to think about: You can use whatever you need to describe your personal project: photographs, videos, props etc. Try to think about why you picked this area for your project. What was it that interested you about it? Remember some people in class may know nothing about the area you have chosen to discuss, so you must explain it in detail.
How to get started: Get all of your ideas down on paper and then decide which ones are the most relevant and will best engage your audience.
Product Criteria
· You have 4weeks to pull your presentation together so use your time wisely. You will be presenting your information to the class on Thursday15th June 2017. Remember to try and present your information in a different format from what you have done before. Be creative!
· This is an independent research project. It is your responsibility to organise your time effectively and ensure you are putting in enough effort.
· Everyone will approach this task in different ways so don’t worry if your friends are doing something different from you. Have faith in what you have to say and it will all work out.
· This is your chance to show just how well you can take responsibility for your own learning.
There were approximately 1300 passengers on the Titanic when she made her maiden voyage. As you know there were first, second and third class passengers on board. Now it is time for you to find out more about them.
Each group member has been given the name of a passenger who was on board when the Titanic embarked on her maiden voyage. Using the relevant links below, you are required to research information about your passenger. Only these links should be used. You should include:
As part of our Titanic topic we will be visiting the Tall Ship in Glasgow on Tuesday 6th June. We will be leaving at 9.45am and returning to school around 2.30pm. P5S requires 2 parent helpers and P5H requires 3 parents helpers. If you are able to help, please leave a post on our class blogs or send a message in via your child’s school diary by Wednesday 24th May. This will allow us to give our parent helpers plenty of notice.
This afternoon we had our first research task for our Titanic topic. We used the new laptops to find out lots and lots of facts (some of which were very interesting). Can you remember where and when the Titanic left on her maiden voyage? What facts did you learn about the crew? When did the Titanic sink? How long did it take? Please share some of the facts you learned with someone at home.
Using these fascinating facts you were to create a group poster showing your new knowledge. How did your group do? We had a wee chat at the end of the day to see which groups worked well with one another today. I was pleased to see that you were all very honest with your feedback. Please ensure you are discussing any issues which may arise during topic tasks. You are a new group working together for the first time so you may need to compromise with one another at times.
The posters are looking great and I am looking forward to showing them off once they are completed. Just remember they should include facts and it’s not all about the illustrations.
Last week we started our Titanic topic with our Home Team Challenge. With your new group you had to create a banner and include information you researched relating to family life during the early 20th century. You were given a list of names of families who were on board the Titanic during it’s maiden voyage and had to choose one for your group name. We had some very interesting choices made.
This week we started our new topic and completed our Home Team Challenge. You decided on your Titanic family names and created your banners using the information you researched about family life during that time. In jigsaw groups you researched particular information which you then shared with your group members.
In your first task as a new group you had to work on the following skills:
Skill for Learning – Application: I can carry out a task by working collaboratively with my group members.
Social Skill: As a group we can reach an agreement in the correct manner.
How did you do? Did you achieve success, both as an individual and a group member. I could see some fabulous work going on however at times there were individuals who were not on task or as focused as they should have been. Were you one of them?
Here are some photographs of you working on the task. Are you on task? Did you complete your share of the work? Keep scrolling to see just how well (or not) you think you worked as a group on this first task. Please remember to always think about next steps and ways in which you can ensure you are all working to the best of your abilities in future tasks.
