P5A were thrilled to be paired up with their reading buddies again this term. We spent some time in the library this week sharing our love of reading.
Time Scavenger Hunt
P5A took part in a time scavenger hunt in pairs to revise all the learning they did on time last term. They did an excellent job of working in pairs to solve the time code breaker.
Creating Water Butts
Our topic this term is Water. We have been learning all about the water cycle and the importance of water. P5A spent time outside this week looking at the best areas around the school to place a water butt to collect water. They also took time to decorate their own water butts. This task involved collaborating with peers and applying critical thinking, a very important meta skill. Next week we will monitor the water they collect.
Stories of the Sea Museum
Parents and carers were invited into our class to see our Stories of the Sea Museum.
It was great to have the opportunity to share some of the great stories we have been learning about. We have found out about The Braer Disaster, Betty Mouat, The Shetland Bus and the Haaf Fishing. Mrs Stewart had also prepared two songs – The Unst Boat Song and Ronas Voe which the pupils performed. It was a great afternoon sharing all our learning and hard work this term.
Easter Bunny Art
It’s nearly the Easter break so we created some colourful Easter Bunny Art and used handwriting pens to draw some intricate detail onto our bunnies.
A visit from Claire White
We had a visit from Claire White yesterday. She played us some Shetland fiddle tunes and showed us her Betty Moaut film, linking into our Stories of the Sea topic. We used our creativity to write about an eventful time in our own lives that could later be used to create a piece of writing, a poem or song. It was a real treat. 
Athletics
We have finished the term doing Athletics in PE. With only three weeks, we focused a week each on the three areas of the sport – running, jumping and throwing. Each week we also completed a 5 minute run, building up to being able to run a 400m, once round the track, at sports day.
Here are some pictures of our 5 minute run and our sprinting work.
Beach Trip
Last week P5A went to the Sands of Sound beach. Our topic this term is Stories of the Sea so we were interested in gathering shells to use in a display for our Stories of the Sea Museum and checking the beach for plastic pollution.
Pupils stated that learning outdoors at the beach had helped them focus and lift their mood whilst working collaboratively to search for beach artefacts to display back in the classroom (all very important meta skills). They also stated that they enjoyed adapting to learning in a different environment and spending time outdoors with each other, even though it was a cold, blustery day.
Badminton
P5 have been playing badminton in PE. We have worked on a lot of individual skills and basic hitting with a partner. We also spent some time on creating a practice that developed our aiming that the other groups then had a go at. Here are a few pictures of those practices.
Reading Week
This week P5A have been taking part in a range of activities to celebrate World Book Day on 7th March. These included:
- When the school bell rang, we could all participate in whole school reading.
- We made a display for our door based on our class novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
- We read the Shetland dialect book ‘Myrtle an Meenie’ by Ann Marie Anderson.
- We went to the school Book Swap and had the opportunity to take a book home which had kindly been donated.
- We watched and took part in the the “Footy Booky” quiz.
It’s been a great week of activities, sharing our love of reading.
