We have set up an experiment to find out what is the best soil for plant growth. Is it top soil, peat, compost with zinc or compost with potassium? We made sure that we had only one variable – the soil and everything else was exactly the same (amount of water, amount soil, pot and seeds).
We have predicted what soil we think will produce the best plant growth and we are really looking forward to observing the growth of the sunflower seeds.
Primary 5’s Farewell Song – using the tune of ‘She’ll be comin’ round the mountains’
Mrs MacIntryre- We are really going to miss you.
Oh we’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac
Oh we’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac
Oh we’re really gonna miss you
Really gonna miss you
We’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac
Who will sort out all the buses when you’re gone – beep beep
Who will sort out all the buses when you’re gone- beep beep
Who will sort out all the buses?
Sort out all the buses
Sort out all the buses when you’re gone -beep beep
Who will help all the children when you’re gone – boo – hoo
Who will help all the children when you’re gone – boo hoo
Who will help all the children?
Help all the children
Help all the children when you’re gone – boo hoo
We will miss your typing fingers when you’re gone – click click
We will miss your typing fingers when you’re gone – click click
We will miss your typing fingers
Miss your typing fingers
We’ll miss your typing fingers when you’re gone -click click
Who will show all the new children round the school – Welcome
Who will show all the new children round the school – Welcome
Who will show all the new children?
Show all the new children
Show all the new children round the school – Welcome
Who will answer all the phones when you’re gone – ring ring
Who will answer all the phones when you’re gone – ring ring
Who will answer all the phones?
Answer all the phones
Who will answer all the phones when you’re gone – ring ring
Who will copy all the letters when you’re gone – zoompt zoompt
Who will copy all the letters when you’re gone – zoompt zoompt
Who will copy all the letters?
Copy all the letters
Copy all the letters when you’re gone – zoompt zoompt
Who will sort out who is absent and who’s not – I’m here!
Who will sort out who is absent and who’s not – I’m here!
Who will sort out who is absent?
Sort out who is absent
Sort out who is absent and who’s not – I’m here!
Who will put on all the plasters when we’re hurt – stick stick
Who will put on all the plasters when we’re hurt – stick stick
Who will put on all the plasters?
Put on all the plasters
Put on all the plasters when we’re hurt – stick stick
Oh we’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac – goodbye
Oh we’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac – goodbye
Oh we’re really gonna miss you
Really gonna miss you
We’re really gonna miss you Mrs Mac. – goodbye
Primary 5
The Easter Bunny visited Primary 5 today. Happy Easter everyone!
In block five, as well as SRA, we will also focus on reading for enjoyment. We will not have set reading pages weekly as we have done up till now. The children will be choosing books to read for enjoyment from the school library or bringing in books from home. We will be thinking about genre (types of books), the plot, setting and characters. Reading time will be given in class but we also expect some regular reading to be done at home.
Peebles Library has a wonderful children’s books section and borrowing books/becoming a member is free.
Please talk with your child about the books they are reading. What they like/dislike about their book, about the plot, setting and characters and any words that they do not understand.
Later in the block, children will be asked to provide a short presentation to the rest of the class on their favourite book. We will be encouraging children to read more than one book during this time.
Many thanks.
Primary 5 had been set this homework task at the beginning of March. Well done. Super, spectacular Roman chariots were made.
We had a great time yesterday exploring lots of Roman artefacts. We got to handle wax writing tablets with stylus. We looked at leather fragments of shoes. We tried on a Roman sword belt and pictish bangle.
There were little oil lamps, cooking pots and containers.
A collection of Roman coins with heads of different emperors.
A mortaria which was a grinding bowl, There were pieces of grit pressed into the bowl and this helped to grind corn or seeds.
Tara found it cool that Roman people wrote on bees wax tablets but found the smell weird. Aimee liked this as well as she really wanted to feel what it was like. Rana I liked the stylus because it looked like gold.
Mr Johnstone came into class to tell us all about his time in the Armed Forces. He has had lots of interesting, varied, demanding and quite frightening jobs in the Army. He told us that you begin with Basic Training of 14 weeks which is very intense and then begin your Trade Training which was for Mr Johnstone an Ammunition Technician which involved working with explosives and defusing bombs, He has worked in many different places such as Belfast, Bosnia, Cyprus and Iraq. Mr Johnstone also trained using parachutes and did bomb disposal work on oil rigs and ships. He did tell us that there are lots of sports you can play representing the army. He let us see special events reported in newspapers and of course his superb medal collection. We also found out that there are some hard times too in the army as you are away from your family for long periods of time and that some friends do not return home.
Benjamin thought that it was interesting the stories behind the medals. Frazer could not believe that a lady found in a charity shop a hand grenade and needed to call the bomb disposal squad. Lewis found it funny that an officer blew up a building with explosives by mistake. Mrs Scott was amazed at the weapon knowledge of the children in Primary 5.
Chris works in a Creative Agency, Whitespace in Edinburgh. He told us that his agency works with adverts, logos, videos, games and websites. Lots of different skills are needed eg designing, art, writing, writing scripts, films, editing, animation, CGI and websites. Teams of people within the agency work with clients producing what is required.
Every day is different.
Chris showed us how Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality can be used in his work.
We looked at a brilliant advert for Shackleton’s Whisky which was filmed in Finland (Hoth, Star Wars). Chris explained the 25 second advert and how the ‘hero shot’ was created.
Chris took us through the process of the creation of the front page for Edinburgh Fringe, Step Into the Unknown. Starting with a Mood Board, the changes, then working on quality and motion and then CGI.
We looked at the hidden meanings in Logos and this was great fun trying to find the message. Chris told us about the importance and impact of colours and typography.
Chris has challenged us to create a Personal Brand with a Logo using colour and font to represent ourselves. We will post these on completion.
Alfie C, William M, Lewis, Alfie J, Aimee, Tara, Oliver R, Oliver J, Daniel, Charlie, George, Benjamin, Thomas, Callum and Frazer really would like to do this job when they are older.
Charlie thought that the games were fun and it was interesting trying to find the special meaning hidden within the logos.
The Rotary Club of Peebles held a Young Photographer 2019 competition. Oliver was placed second in the Junior Category.
Well done Oliver.
We had a good time listening to Fire Fighter Scott as he told us about his job as a Fire Fighter.
Alfie C – thought it was really funny seeing Mrs Scott in the fire fighters uniform.
Firemen wear steel toe capped boots and Rana tested how strong they were and jumped on Mrs Scott’s feet. Mrs Scott reports that it did not hurt!
Sam said that it felt really heavy and really hot wearing the uniform.
We learned about different jobs in the Fire Service – Aimee.
Lewis said that he learned what happens when a 999 call is answered.
Thomas found it interesting that once a 999 call was received, the control room then sent a signal to the fire station giving details of where and what.
William Mac liked to find out about the uniform and how quick firemen can put it on.
Oliver J felt that the information about Retaining Stations and firemen in Peebles was interesting as they had to keep their pagers with them at all times and no matter what they were doing they would have to drop everything and get to the station as quickly as possible.
