January saw the Scalloway Fire Festival fun start us off and we were delighted to see our very own Viking in the mix! There’s been lots of problem solving challenges in the classroom and some DIY boats floating in the sink. Also a mucky pup after playtime!!
So far February has brought more learning about Ancient Egypt. The class enjoyed an afternoon of being Pharaohs and slaves – we had some very creative pharaohs! This week, we started off our mummification focus by mummifying various fruits and vegetables in salt and baking soda.
Some pictures of Term 1 activities in Primary 5. Ranging from place value games and our new favourite flippy, floppy fingers in maths, all the way to lots of science experiments and gravity defying STEM challenges!
P4/5 enjoyed learning all about electricity from Generation Science. They learned about circuits, electrons, how electricity is made and were able to conduct their own experiments. At the end they charged up hex bugs in their groups to have a race. A super afternoon! 🙂
Primary 5 have really enjoyed opportunities to engage in African Drumming with Joy Duncan. They have worked hard on complicated rhythms and have created wonderful music.
Primary 5 have been exploring the BBC micro:bits that we have recently received. The website “make code” editor has been really useful to follow and help us learn how to code. So far we have programmed the hardware to make a name badge, picture and a tune.
We have also been learning about how wind turbines work. We made our own wind turbines using: card, string, a straw, a cup, a skewer and tape. We used a hairdryer to create the wind and saw how this can be used to transfer wind energy into kinetic energy.
Now that we are back after all the snow, we are able to hand out the overview of learning for term 3. The paper copy is going home today in school bags. Parents and children can access the Term 3 overview for pupils here:
