This week the children have had opportunities to develop their understanding of numbers to five through exploring games and natural materials.

We helped each other by checking each other’s answers and working together.

Every month the Scottish Book trust runs a ‘Fifty Word Fiction’ competition.  At the end of August P5A had a go and entered some of our compositions.  Unfortunately we didn’t have any winners this time but all the entrants received an email thanking them for their words.  If you would like to have a go at this month’s competition please click on the link below:

50 word fiction

Here are some of the entries we submitted:

The Baking Mystery by Sam Fitzgerald

I was baking a cake and I went to the shops to get some ingredients.  When I came back everything was gone.  It was confusing.  Then the door of the cupboard creaked open and I walked around the table to see what was there and then…everything went black.

The big disaster by Adam Taylor

As I entered the bakery I smelt the cupcakes and bread mixed to make the sweetest smell.  The factory was enormous -trays and trays of freshly baked goods.  The factory began to rumble, the icing fell onto the floor flooding the factory.  I ran out.  The factory exploded.  Kaboom!

The cream disaster by Ben Margiotta

“AHHHHH!!”

There was cream all over the town.  It was like a flood but of course cream.

“What are we going to do??!!”

The cream got bigger and faster!!!  The police came bursting through.

“We’re saved!” everybody screamed repeatedly.

Cupcake World by Aimee Watson

When I woke up I saw a giant cupcake in my room.  I walked up to it and I got teleported to cupcake world.  I ate twenty one cupcakes and then I felt sick.  My sick somehow turned into rainbows.  I liked that.  Then I ate more cupcakes.

Cupcake Island by Flo Kirkpatrick

One day I was on my sponge boat.  It was rocking a bit more than usual.  The sea was made out of creamy blue icing.  The waves got bigger and suddenly the sponge tipped.  I fell on a sponge island.  I stood up.  What should I do next?

well done Oscar

Today we used the website www.natgeokids.com to find out cool facts about bugs. Thomas and Struan found a new bug. It is a giraffe weevil.  Maybe you could read these bug facts at home.

In Reading we read all about ants and discovered more interesting facts. Mrs. Thomson was impressed that we remembered lots of facts that we had read.

Enjoy finding out about bugs.

25 cool things about bugs!

Well done everyone who has been looking in their gardens and telling us what bugs they have found.

Well done P2/3
from Mrs. Thomson

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/331/Maths-Race-Multiplication

I Think this game is really fun because i like cars and you can pick your class like if you were in P6 you could pick P6.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/331/Maths-Race-Multiplication this is a fun maths games and it will help you with you multiplication

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/530/Rounding-Mini-Maths-Motors
I would recommend this game because you have a time limit and having a time limit helps you think quick. This math game also helps you with your rounding. I had so much fun playing this.

http://www.math-play.com/Place-Value-Millionaire/place-value-millionaire-game_html5.html
I found this a fun game to play and you can win $100 if you can
answer all the questions

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/318/Tommys-Trek-Times-Tables . This game is fun and helps with the time tables.