We had a great time using straw to make skeletons of the 3D shapes that we have been learning about in class. They really helped us to explore the shape and talk about the edges, vertices and faces.
Check out some of our excellent shapes below…
This week we explored our final sense which was about touch. We found out about what your skin does and took part in a paperclip experiment where your partner had to close their eyes and you had to touch different areas of your partners skin with ends of a paperclip and see if they could feel one or two of the ends. We got a mixture of results with some areas feeling one and others feeling two. That is because different parts of your body have more or fewer touch receptors and sometimes you can’t feel everything that’s in contact with your skin.
We also went on a scavenger hunt after brunch to find different textures and discuss how they felt on our skin.
Yesterday we took part in a live lesson which was linked to our maths topic on 3D shape and their properties. The ladies who were running the session talked to us about our maths fitness and how this is very like P.E. fitness and that we have to practise (exercise) lots of times to build up new skills. If we are stuck at something then our friends can give us tips/ advice but shouldn’t just tell us the answer as just like at P.E. if you were learning to do sit ups and someone just did it for you it wouldn’t increase your fitness or help you in anyway.
We were shown how to make origami cubes using 6 different parts. It was very tricky at first but our class origami enthusiast John managed to figure it out first and then gave tips to other people who were then able to help others. It demonstrated great team and perseverance among the class. Well done everyone. Maybe you could teach someone at home how to make these.
See Mrs Brown’s links below for videos of more origami to try at home.
Today we watched a video in class called ‘The Present’. It was a very moving film and brought about lots of discussion about feelings and mind-sets. The class wanted to share this with people from home as they felt it had a lot of powerful messages in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqiU5FgsYc
How did it make you feel? What message did you take from this video?
Click on the links below to access some subtraction, addition and shape games for you to practise at home.
Can you beat your score on Hit the Button?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.teacherled.com/2015/01/06/symmetry-invaders/
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Geometric-Solids/
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html
If you have a dice at home why not teach someone at home how to play the place value game or the addition or subtraction race games.
Choose one character from the photo below. Can you create a character description based on the character for us to guess?
Use the writing guide below to help your descriptions.
Can you guess the character I am describing…
On top of his head is a black, shiny hat. Under the hat sits two, bushy eyebrows. A pair of large, pink ears stick out from the sides of his face which help him hear things from far away. Under his eyes is a dark, wiry moustache with a wide, grinning mouth hiding underneath. His arms are as thin as a stick and at the end of them sits some smooth, white gloves. At the bottom of his head/body are a couple of bright blue shoes which he uses to stomp across the floor.
Who am I?
We have had lots of fun in class this week…
We created some excellent mini beasts using Miss Binkle’s, from our class novel, as our inspiration.
We also learnt some more playground games and we all loved the game Cops and Robbers. Mrs Smith was proud to see us teaching this to other classes in the playground.
In my maths we have started learning about subtraction and we have been playing lots of dice games with our partners. We are learning different strategies to help us tackle takeaway problems.
In writing we have been writing a description based on a character who joins our class. This new boy is rather different though as he has wings and claws!
We have also been learning more about 3D shapes and creating our own perspective art using different 2D shapes and turning these into 3D shapes with our vanishing points.
Our new class novel is called The Famous Five and Me and at the end of each chapter the book asks us what we think should happen next so we can create our own story.
In spelling we have been learning about long ‘i’ and twice this week we have won against Mrs Smith in the rhyming challenge. We are getting really good at it.
What have you enjoyed this week?
This week we have:
-Created a 3D art work as a class under the theme of staying connected.
-We learned about the eye and drew a diagram and labelled it.
-We took part in some addition lessons and learned about bridging with harder sums.
-We designed and coloured in our Christmas cards.
-We wrote a description about Helen Keller.
-We practised spelling words using long the ‘e’ sound.
What did you enjoy this week?
Primary 5 have had a super week this week and have been very busy. They:
-Investigated objects with symmetry
-Learned about our ears and how they work.
-Wrote fantastic descriptions about Mrs Binkles (a character from our story)
-Were very excited by the cliffhanger that we got to in Max and the Millions.
-Learned about the word gratitude and why it is important to say/show thanks.
What was your favourite part of the week?
During our assembly today Mrs Wilson asked us to think about what we are grateful for. Leave your comments below…
