Wind Power!

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As part of our topic looking at Renewable Energy, we have been working with a partner this week to construct a wind powered car.  Each group were only allowed to select up to 4 “wheels” using the materials provided, along with straws, wooden skewers and tape.

This was definitely a task to test our patience and perseverance!  We quickly found that our first designs were not quite right and needed to be modified.

Then it was time to have a little test to see if their cars were going to work.  Most groups found that there were still small changes to be made to improve on their design.

It was lovely to see everyone working together to solve the problem.  What a helpful bunch we are in our class!

Next week we will set up a fair test and measure how far each car travels when wind energy is provided.  We will also evaluate our own  designs, thinking about what could be adapted to make improvements.  We’ll let you know the results next week!

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31 Playful Minutes

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What a lovely afternoon we had, playing together with friends!

Playing Dungeons and Dragons

Playing with horses

Craft and play dough

Busy on the farm

A photo opportunity was missed for those who were playing table tennis and Boccia in the hall, but they had lots of fun too!

When the class were asked if they had been doing any learning this afternoon, it was amazing to hear what they felt was important as they were playing.

Some of the main themes were:

  • Sharing
  • Helping
  • Taking turns
  • Solving problems
  • Thinking of others

What a great start P4/5/6!  I can’t wait until the next one!

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Term 1 Learning

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Here is a brief overview of some of the learning that will be taking place in P4/5/6 over the coming term.

  • Maths – Place Value, Number Bonds & Measuring Tasks
  • Language – Spelling Groups, Grammar Groups and Handwriting Activities
  • Reading – Daily ERIC Time (Everyone Reading In Class) alongside Reading Groups and our class novel, ‘The City of Ember’.
  • Writing – Creative writing ideas that arise from our novel and other written tasks that allow us to work on our use of punctuation, sentence structure, spelling etc…
  • Listening & Talking – Encouraging good listening skills, especially to new routines and instructions.  Encouraging respectful talking to both staff and peers alike.
  • Topic – Sustainability/Renewable Energy/Electricity
  • Health & Wellbeing – Class Charter, Zones of Regulation & Growth Mindset
  • Religious & Moral Education – Christian Festival of Harvest

If you have any experience or expertise that you can bring to any of these topics, we’d love to hear from you!

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Fun with Probability

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We had an introduction to basic work on probability for something a little bit different this week, as we head towards the end of term.  Work in this area also takes in work on Fractions and Information Handling which we are looking at in class just now so the game ‘Blocko’ fitted in well!

Each pair were given a board with sections marked 2 -12 and 12 cubes.  They were asked to arrange the cubes in any way they liked.

Some chose their favourite numbers.
Some placed them randomly.
Some placed one on each number with one extra placed randomly.

They were then told the rules of the game and were given the chance to rearrange their cubes once they had been given the full instructions!  When two dice were rolled, the total of the two numbers would be shouted out and if they had a cube on that number, they could remove it.  The winners would be the first to remove ALL cubes and shout, “BLOCKO!”

Some were happy with their choices and chose to leave them as they were.  Others began to think about our introduction to probability and began to realise that some totals are more likely to be rolled than others, given the number of combinations that can make them.

Random placement but changed as the photo below shows.
This pair thought there would be more likelihood that the totals 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 would be thrown.

We had a couple of competitive games with everyone keen to be the first to remove all their cubes!

For our second run through, we recorded the results we got and displayed them in a Frequency Chart.  We discussed what this tells us about the probability of rolling certain totals and we talked about what surprised us.  We did not expect 3 to be rolled so often given that there is only one way to make it!

Blocko Frequency Chart

It was a fun Maths time! 🎲

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First Aid

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Our Health and Well-being work this term has centred around the safe use of medicines.  This led us to find out about basic first aid techniques that should be carried out when minor injuries happen.  Discussions naturally developed into what would happen if….? We decided to invite Andrew Best, a First Aid Responder, to talk to our class and to demonstrate what would happen in more serious situations.

We were told about the first action to take on finding someone who is clearly unwell. Check you are safe and speak to them, gently shaking them, to see if they respond.
Check for signs they are breathing and, if so, put them into the recovery position and call for help.

We then had the opportunity to practise putting our partners in the recovery position.

Andrew and Jack then showed us what to do if the person wasn’t breathing.  He talked us through making a 999 call and emphasised the importance of getting help quickly.  We’ll talk more about this next week.

He talked us through giving CPR on adult bodies, children and babies.  We all got to experience what this felt like using his dummies.  We were surprised at how hard and deep you had to press down!

Andrew showed us how to use a defibrillator and we talked about where to find the nearest one to our school.

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We would like to say a big thank you to Andrew and Jack.  Everyone has hopefully learned some life long skills today and, who knows, maybe a spark of interest for some future careers has been lit!

 

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Museum Trip

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Primary 4/5 visited The Shetland Museum on Wednesday 5th June to learn more about Shetland in World War Two.

Lots of changes were taking place in Shetland during that time and it was interesting to learn about how people lived and adapted to these changes.

We looked at World War Two exhibits, learning about the Home Guard, The Shetland Bus operation, stories about men who were fighting in other countries and how soldiers created their own entertainment here in Shetland to boost morale.

We learned that materials were rationed and it was common for children to make their own toys out of things they could find around the house.  We made our own peg dolls!  What a creative bunch in P4/5!

Learner Led Event

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We hope you received your Learner Led Event invitation in your child’s Diary.  We are looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 29th from 5:00 – 6:30.  The pupils are excited to show you around!

We have been a little quiet on here recently…so apologies for that!  We have still be really busy though!  It’s been so lovely to have some sunny days and we enjoyed taking time to read outside during ERIC time.

 

Our World War 2 Topic is well under way!  The children have been finding out about what life was like during this time in History and have been set the task of finding out about their own family’s involvement in the War as part of a Home Learning Task.  We are really looking forward to hearing some special stories!

Our main focus for Writing this term is Functional Writing.  With Mrs Henderson, the class have been looking at the main features of newspaper report writing with the view to creating their own World War reports.

We used real newspapers to spot some key features in report writing.

With Mrs Smith, the class have explored advertising and how writing is used to persuade.  The children have worked with enthusiasm when creating their own brand of cereal.  Their boxes had to include many of the tried and tested ways to influence buyers!  These boxes will be on display for you to see next week!

In Maths, we have been working within the areas of Multiplication and Division and Information Handling.  The pupils have been gathering data from the classes and our local area and have been learning about the different ways this data can be displayed.  Please come and have a look at our results next week!

In the remaining weeks, we hope to enjoy an educational trip to the Shetland Museum to learn more about the War.  We also have a visitor coming to class who is going to help us with our Health and Wellbeing work, talking about First Aid.

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Voar Redd Up

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It was a beautiful day today for our ‘Redd Up’.  We went as far as the Croft House and worked hard to collect as much rubbish as we could.  The roadsides were actually really quite clean which is a good thing!  Thank you to our adult helpers.

How many children are lucky enough to have a field of ponies right next to their school?

Not too many unusual finds this year but we did find an empty cookie packet!
We saw some lovely stones along the way!

Well done everyone! Every little bit helps!
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