In PE this term, P5 have done netball, hockey and football. All invasion games where we could use some knowledge across the games.
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Art Lesson
In Art Primary 5 have been learning to form clay to create a coil pot. First we needed to roll out the clay to create a good strong base.
We then had to roll out long worm shapes to make the coils to build the sides of the pot.
We needed to be careful to blend in out joins to make it look neat.
Once we had added at least 4 coils we then spent time smoothing the pot to ensure it neat and has a good surface to paint on.
Outdoor Learning – Water Butts
As part of our learning on ‘Water’ this term, we headed outdoors to set up our water butts. Thank you to everyone who donated milk bottles! We’re planning to regularly check the water levels, collect the water and use it to water our sunflowers. We used our collaboration and critical thinking skills.
Yoga
As part of Health and Well-being week, we explored some yoga moves. We worked together. The children would like to try some more yoga in gym time. It was fun!
Fruit Rockets
As part of Health and Well-being Week, we made fruit rockets to enjoy. We used our numeracy skills to share out the grapes, oranges and strawberries. We talked about the importance of healthy food choices and the importance of cleanliness when preparing and eating food. We used our creativity and communication meta skills. The fruit was delicious!
Planting Sunflowers
As part of our learning in our ‘Water’ topic, we planted sunflowers. We worked together, shared resources and now we’re monitoring the growth and taking turns watering the plants. We also practised our functional writing skills and wrote instructions on how to plant a sunflower. We used our collaboration, communication and creative meta skills.
Numeracy Games – Finding Factors
As part of our learning on times tables, we played ‘Find the Factor’ games using playing cards. We used our cooperative and critical thinking meta skills.
Ice Lollies
We took the opportunity to speak about water freezing from a liquid to a solid and enjoyed a cool treat on such a beautiful afternoon.
S.T.E.M. – Lava Lamps Experiment
As part of our S.T.E.M. leadership activities, we conducted an experiment to test if oil and water mix. We discovered that they don’t mix due to the molecular structure of water and oil being different. In our first attempt, bicarbonate of soda was not the right kind of activator so we repeated the experiment using alka-seltzer as the activator and it was great to see the reactions developing inside our own lava lamps! We used our collaboration, communication and creativity skills. We’re going to share our learning with other children in the school during Fun Friday time and conducting the experiment with them.
Netball
This week in PE we started Netball. Through all the different activities we worked on throwing, catching, pivoting, team work, accuracy of aim, attacking, defending and decision making.
