We have some caterpillars in the class which are part of a Butterfly Growing Kit. We are watching their progress with interest each day!
May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
by Mrs Hunter
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Outdoor Learning – Measuring
We drew lines with metre sticks and then measured each others lines. Then we picked different things in the playground to measure.
Some of the Meta-skills that this activity included were:
- collaborating
- focusing
- communicating
May 21, 2024
by Mrs Hunter
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Outdoor Learning – Disappearing Puddle
With this lovely weather we have been having, we decided to time how long it took for a puddle to disappear in the playground. We measured it’s length and width every 15 minutes. We calculated how much it had shrunk by each time. It took just under an hour to disappear. This tied in well with our Water topic where we have been learning about the water cycle and evaporation.
Some of the Meta-skills that this experiment included were
- communicationg
- focusing
- sense-making
- curiosity
May 16, 2024
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A BIG THANK YOU!
Thank you all so much for visiting our classroom museum at the end of last term. Both P5 classes managed to raise £192.71 for the RNLI. We will be handing over the cheque to a representative from the RNLI on Tuesday the 21st of May.
Thank you for your very generous donations.
May 13, 2024
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Outdoor Learning – Saving Water
Our topic is Water and we have been considering ways water can be saved in the home. We made water butts from plastic milk bottles. We then attached them to the fence around the polytunnel. We decided that was the the best place to put them as they were less likely to get disturbed. We were careful attaching them to the fence, making sure each one was upright and not at an angle. Lids were glued on ensuring they would not leak. Each day we have gone out and measured the rainfall. We will be using these results to make a graph using Excel. During our time outdoors we used our collaborative meta skills working in pairs. Rainfall gathered will be used to water plants.
April 29, 2024
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Rain Cloud in a Jar
We had fun with shaving foam and blue dye.
We have been finding out how clouds are part of the ‘water cycle.’ Water in oceans, lakes and rivers evaporates making water vapour, which rises into the air. When the vapour hits cold air it turns back into droplets which stick together to form clouds. Eventually the clouds get so full and the water falls back to the ground as rain.
April 24, 2024
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Reducing, Reusing and Recycling in Music!
We have started Term 4 in Music by learning about the importance of looking after our planet and how we can reduce, reuse and recycle our waste materials. Having been inspired by the Landfillharmonic orchestra of Paraguay, we created our own musical instruments out of things that we would normally throw away. Here are a few photos of the class making their instruments.
Watch the clip to see us using our recycled instruments as part of an Earth Day song.
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April 24, 2024
by Mrs Hunter
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Curriculum Information for Term 4
Welcome back after our Easter break everybody. We are well underway with our learning this term.
Please find attached the curriculum information for this term, containing our planned learning.
March 28, 2024
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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, The Shetland Bus and Haaf Fishing. Mrs Stewart had also prepared two songs – The Unst Boat Song and Ronas Voe.
March 18, 2024
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Finding out about Creels
Tom Robertson works on a whitefish boat but he also has a shellfish boat. He came in and told P5 about how creels work. The following notes were made by Brigitte and John.
- When a crab goes in it can’t get out.
- You are not allowed to harvest female lobsters.
- You can catch stuff other than crabs.
- If you are lucky you can catch one or two crabs in the creel.
- There is cement in the bottom of the creel to help it sink down.
- Sometimes you don’t know what you are going to get.
- You need a license to harvest more than two creels of crabs and lobsters.
