Today we worked in groups to try to build a skeleton! It was interesting to see if anyone knew how our bones are connected. We had fun trying to identify the internal organs too and where they are located inside our bodies.
Last week we wrote down all of the things that we would like to find out about the Human Body. So many excellent questions! We are going to begin group research projects soon to try to answer some of our questions.
I wonder where this goes…?
Working as a team to decide where each organ is located.
In P4/5/6, we have been learning how to build electrical circuits as part of our topic work. We have also looked at which materials act as conductors of electricity and which materials are insulators.
We found out that metal is a conductor, so we used tin foil to help us build an electrical quiz board for the younger pupils in our school.
We thought carefully about the focus for our quizzes and tried to keep in mind how to make the questions suitable for younger pupils.
It was amazing to see how many social skills were developed during this process: turn taking, co-operation, talking and listening, compromising and providing support and encouragement to each other. Of course, there were opportunities to develop ICT skills too. It was lovely to see so many pupils eager to pass on their ICT knowledge! What a team!
To play our games, you need to use an electrical circuit. Instead of completing the circuit, the wires at each end connect to our quiz board – one wire to a question and the other wire to the answer. If the question and answer match, the bulb will light up! This means that we have completed the circuit!
We can’t wait to show you the finished quiz boards soon and test them out on the P1/2 and P2/3/4 classes!
Did you manage to complete the circuit?
Using ICT skills to create questions and answers.
Ayanda is connecting his question and answer on the back of his board with tin foil. Then he has to cover this with tape before connecting the next question with its answer. The tape acts as an insulator to make it safe and help the game to work!
We had a super Christmas lunch in the classroom. We played Christmas songs while we enjoyed good food and company! Grateful thanks to the cooks for all the effort they went to.
Our class is beginning is get ready for Christmas. Each morning, we open the light bulb advent calendar we made and we also learn a new “sign” each day when we open a door on our Signalong calendar. We are taking part in the reverse advent calendar again this year and want to thank you all for your kind donations to the Shetland Food Bank too.
We started our day with a reading session. Lots of quizzes were taken with some great scores being recorded! We’ve had a new delivery of books from the Sandwick School Library so lots of pupils had a look through them and chose stories that they think they will enjoy. We have some very keen readers in P4/5/6.
We are working hard on handwriting in the class. Some pupils worked alone on joined sentences while others copied my examples from the board. Getting to grips with joining can be tricky but all pupils worked hard and did not give up! It was great to see their confidence grow in just one short session.
Maths time was spent exploring 3D shapes and their nets. We built up various shapes using construction, then folded it flat so that we could see how we needed to draw our own nets on squared paper. There was a lot of learning in this activity! It didn’t always work out but we spoke about how we’d improve on what we did next time!
After lunch we looked at two Christmas cards and spoke about the different themes that appear on them. The class have been asked to look out for this over the coming weeks at home. Do the cards link to the Christian faith and festival of Christmas or are they more winter themed with images of Santa, snowmen, robins and things we associate with this time of year?
Then we started to think about creating a Christmas card to take home. We painted the background ready to start decorating next week.
We took advantage of the calm day to go outside for a longer Class PE session while Ruben and Ryan grabbed the chance to rehearse their guitar pieces for our Christmas Play in peace and quiet. Two of our violin players also celebrated success in their individual lessons. See the photos below!
Have a lovely weekend all!
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Innes is hoping to find a treat in his advent bulb!
We used nets to create our 3D light bulbs.
Beautiful joined handwriting!
Last week we explored 3D shapes using tooth picks to create the edges and play doh to hold it together. It made it easy to count vertices.
It was tricky to get the shapes to stand up. We needed patience and sometimes, a friend to help hold our structures up!
Rachel was pleased with her triangular prism. We’ve talked a lot this week about the difference between pyramids and prisms.
It’s good to work alongside friends on your Maths!
More complicated 3D shapes were easily made using the Geomags.
Our recent measuring topic came in handy as we had to draw lines of the right size, using the squared paper as a guide. We had to work accurately.
Ruben quickly realised he needed to use a protractor to measure the angles so he could draw his net accurately.
Gluing the tabs and sticking them down was tricky!
Eilidh’s construction cube and her completed net.
These two budding musicians have now moved on to playing first finger! They are very proud of themselves.
Look for the different types of Christmas cards coming into your homes over the next few weeks.
Emma Chittick, who is a STEM Engagement Advisor for Skills Development Scotland, came in to help us with another STEM wind turbine challenge., but this time we used LEGO!
She set a competition to see which design could generate the most power. The tricky part was trying to build a strong structure to set the turbine on. The class also had to consider how they attached their blades and in which direction they were facing.
Everyone was so engaged and worked well on their own or with a partner to complete the task.
Well done P4/5/6! You did a great job!
Great teamwork to build a successful wind turbine.
Rachel won the Pudsey Bear Design a Bandana Competition which was judged by Mainlands Mini Market. Well done! Here she is with her prize and her cupcake, kindly made by the Pupil Council. Thank you for all your Children in Need donations and colouring entries!
Today, on the 11th of November, we stopped and remembered all the people who have died in wars around the world. We also thought about those still fighting today, during our 2 minute silence.
We looked together at John McCrae’s famous poem, “In Flanders Fields.” We copied this out very carefully in our Handwriting time and used our written work to form the background for our poppies.
We had to concentrate on setting out the poem just like John McCrae did. We also had to try to use our neatest writing. Robbie did a great job… as did all the class!
Some pupils in our class took part in a swimming competition in Lerwick recently. Robbie and Kirsty took in their medals to show us! Didn’t they do well!
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