P5/6 worked so hard at our Robotics workshop this week. They learned about the circumference of a circle, by programming a robot based on the rotations of its wheels. They then had fun creating their own shapes, which they then coded their robot to travel around, based on the shapes perimeter.
After a lot of work on weight in maths, it was only right we put our extended knowledge into context – we measured toppings to make “the Perfect Pizza”.
A huge thank you to our Community Champion at Tesco, Derry, who provided us with all of the ingredients we needed!
Reading – Class Novel “A Kind of Spark” and Comprehension Tasks
Reading Groups and Accelerated Reader
Spelling and Grammar – Jolly Spelling and weekly spelling homework
Writing – National Improving Writing Programme 3 times per week
Handwriting weekly
Numeracy and Maths – Multiplication and Division
Measure
Topic – Climate and Climate Change
ICT – Skills using Canva
Health and Wellbeing – RSHP
At the end of Term 2 we had a visit from Barnum at Shetland Arts who brought in real film equipment. We got the opportunity to learn how to use it and create our own short films! We had the best afternoon.
We write 3 times per week, and today we decided to use Ruby to help us create an imaginative story. While she played “The Lost City” on the double bass, we created imaginative stories about of own Lost Cities.
The National improvement for writing project, aims to have pupils write for short amounts of time (15 mins) focussing on personal targets to achieve. Pupils are then given a further 5 minutes to edit and check their work. This is working great in P5/6 where we’re seeing some superb improvements in writing.
P5/6 have worked really hard this term learning about water and how it can change states. We recently learned about salt and how it changes the freezing point of water – so using this knowledge we created our very own ice creams – in only 15 minutes!
In science this week, we used salt and ice to see if it speeds up the natural speed of ice cubes melting!
In P5/6 this term we are looking at science and how water and other liquids have different states and how they can mix and change states. We learned about density this week, and why things float or sink. we measured the density of 4 different liquids: honey, oil, salt water and fresh water, and with our findings we could then create a layered liquid cake showing the different densities of the liquids.
Mat Skills Focus:
Apparatus Focus:
This approach supports creativity, problem-solving, and physical literacy.
Everybody loves this term in the gym, so I’m sure their will be plenty to talk about when they get home.
PE Reminder
Please ensure pupils:
Week 1 and 2 Mat Skills
Week 1 – Shapes and Rolls
Week 2 – Rolls, Handstands and Cartwheels
