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P5 spotlight on term 4

Congratutions to everyone who recited their Scots poems to our class last week, the standard was fantastic!!

Yesterday was the final and Primary 5S showed themselves to be an excellent audience as they listened to children from Primaries 1 through 7 recite their poems.

A huge congratulations to the finalists from P5S – you all did a braw job and I’m so proud!  

Click on the link below to find out what Primary 5S will be learning about in term 3!

P5 spotlight on term 3

One day, when my mum was getting her haircut she showed me pictures of her friend’s daughter who cut and donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust.  I decided then that I too wanted to make a difference and donate my hair to charity.

My hair was already really long (as you can see in the picture).  My mum set up a Just Giving page as, not only did I want to donate my hair but I also wanted to raise money for the charity.  I did a lot of research on the charity and shared this with my class just before Christmas. On Friday 22^nd of December, when school closed for the Christmas holidays, I headed off to the hairdressers and got 9 1/2 “ of hair cut off and this was sent away to the charity along with my donation.

I set myself a target of raising £150 and couldn’t believe my eyes when I looked at my Just Giving page and saw that I had managed to raise £552!!!

I love my new shorter hairstyle (even more than I did my old hairstyle) and would definitely recommend donating, either hair or money, to the Little Princess Trust charity.By Hannah Fitzpatrick

As part of our Christmas from Miss Spiers, we are going to donate money to a charity of our choice.  We have been working in groups over the last few weeks and, using Office Create on GLOW, have worked collaboratively to make a PowerPoint informing our classmates of our chosen charity.

Today two groups presented.  James R and Freddie spoke about PADS (Perthshire Abandoned Dogs Society) and another groups spoke about the Butterfly Trust.

The Butterfly Trust are a charity who help people with Cystic Fribrosis.  We were lucky enough to be visited by Lisa Hertwig, a former pupil of Mrs Gallivans, who has CF and who had a double lung transplant just last year!

The Butterfly Trust have helped Lisa in many ways over the years by;

• Helping her find adequate accommodation with no stairs, double glazing and central heating
• Providing massage therapy whilst she was in hospital
• Providing transport to and from her hospital in Edinburgh before she passed her driving test

We are inspired by the work of both of these charities and are looking forward to hearing the rest of the presentations tomorrow.

What a day we’ve had in Primary 5S!

After break we went to watch ‘Aladdin’ the pantomime in the assembly hall which was excellent. Then, after break, we visited the learning lab and made Christmas pudding rice krispie cakes. 

You will need;

50g Rice Krispies, 30g raisins (optional), 100g milk chocolate, 50g butter, 30g mini marshmallows, 80g white chocolate and some red and green icing.

Method

1. Put the butter, milk chocolate and marshmallows into a small saucepan.  Place on a medium heat and stir until the chocolate and butter have melted but the marshmallows are just beginning to melt.

2. Pour the rice crispies into the pan and stir until well coated.  Line an egg cup, or large measuring spoon (tbs) with cling film.  Firmly press the mixture into this then remove and sit the flat side on a clean plate.  Repeat with the remaining mixture and chill until firm.

3. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave.  Spoon a little chocolate over the top of each pudding before topping with little holly leaves and berries made from the icing.

Despite some of our mixture not binding properly we all had fun (and, as you can see from the picture below, didn’t let anything go to waste).   Thank you to the groups who were very kind and shared their mixture with others.