Engineering

People came in for stem week and what we did for stem week was land yachts.  We had to make a land yacht out of Lego.

                                   

Technology

Learning about circuits

We made music with special paint, when touched our pictures it played music.

  

 

Science

We had to make water move from one cup to another. We put water in one cup left one empty and put kitchen roll in the water and folded it into the empty cup. The water climbed up the kitchen roll and dripped into the empty cup, we used food colouring to make it interesting. We put another cup of different colour water on the other side to see it change colour in the middle.

We left it overnight, when we came back in the morning it was blue green and red.

Then we tipped the water outside it was red and blue we had to use chalk to trace over the water.

We began the term with a block of athletics. We took part in a variety of activities across three key areas: running, jumping and throwing. This gave us plenty of opportunities to learn, practise and develop our skills across the different events.

The school planted trees on the field.

Shetland Amenity Trust came to help us plant the trees; we planted over 300 trees everywhere in the field.

First, we got shovels, then we got shown how to do it. Then we got told to go and try ourselves. We all went in groups of 1,2,3, and 4. We had to find a good spot and make a square in the ground and then flip it over. Next, we stomped it down and make a cross and open it up a bit. Finally, we popped the trees in and patted it down. It was quite hard to find soft ground for most of us but we got it.

It was really fun and exciting, the people that helped said we were a big help to them.

Everybody was a big help!

We learned about Arthur Anderson. We drew him and wrote about him. We made models of sea animals. We learned about how fishing has changed from sixareens to modern boats.

We did a performance for our parents and carers, we sang the Unst boat song and     Ronas Voe. Then we invited our parents and carers to see our work. We painted herring and mackerel too. We made our door into the novel ‘A stranger came ashore’.

 

 

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https://youtu.be/7h_ozMSIjDU

 

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Curriculum Information P5 25-26 Term 4

We finished term 3 with a block of badminton following the lessons from Badminton Scotland Curriculum for Excellence School Pack, Second Level.

Term 4 Overview

We are finishing the year off with three activities for four weeks each.

1 – Athletics with Determination and Resilience

2-Skipping with Stamina

3- Rounders with Cue Recognition.

In music this term P5 have been learning two different Shetland songs, both connected to the sea which ties in to their class project ‘Stories of the Sea’.

The first one is called Ronas Voe, written by the late Ronnie Cooper and the second is Shetland’s oldest surviving song, the Unst Boat Song which is sung in the ancient language of Norn.

Below are audio files of both songs which we hope to perform to an audience in Term 4.

P5 organised literacy week in term 3. We did lots of fun activities including a quiz where you had to answer the questions about a book or character.

We decorated the classroom doors to be like our class novels and we organized book buddies where P5s went down to the infant wing to read stories to the children.

We thought the activities were enjoyable, really fun and helped make our school look vibrant.

This week we begin our third four‑week block of PE. So far this term, the class has enjoyed learning dance and handball, and we wanted to share what we’ve been working on.

Dance

In our dance block, pupils explored how to use movement to express ideas. We focused on:

• Using imagination and responding to different stimuli
• Travelling, stillness, shapes, jumps and gestures
• Changing rhythm, speed, level and direction
• Repeating patterns in movement
• Showing expression and confidence

The children had great fun experimenting with creative movement and performing short sequences.

Handball

During handball, we concentrated on building throwing and catching skills and taking part in small‑sided games. Pupils learned some of the key rules of the sport:

• Players have 3 seconds to pass or shoot
• Players may take 3 steps only while holding the ball

We also practised moving into space to make successful passes and talked about how handball is a fast‑paced, exciting team game.