Apologies for the poor sound but we hope you enjoy a wee flavour of our Burns Supper.
Immortal Memory by Cameron
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne
Finlay
Finlay, Katie and Erin with the Reply from the Lassies
Ryan with the Toast to the Lassies
Annabel with the Vote of Thanks
This week in P5C we had fun with Mr Orr and Mrs Barratt in music.
Mr Orr let some of us have a go on the trumpet. He taught us what way we have to blow and the shape our lips have to be. It was good fun.
We took each other’s pulses for our science experiment. 
Aiden was our Star of the Week this week due to his hard work, particularly in writing.
In maths we have been adding tenths and hundredths using our PIMM addition Big Maths strategy.
In writing we are looking at speech marks and had fun trying to guess famous quotes.
We continue to practise our Think Dance and we are looking forward to performing at the MacRobert in February.
This week we have been working on decimals, looking at adding tenths and working with money.
The children had fun using the I-
pads to play money games.
We have also been looking at our talking and listening skills. We focussed on our questioning skills using the old fashioned version of ‘Heads Up’. We used post it notes stuck to our foreheads and we had to guess who the person was, using good questioning skills. Only ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers were allowed. 
All children have worked hard in swimming and this week was no exception when they had to wear pyjamas in the pool and then use the trousers as a buoyancy aid.
All the children enjoyed their Christmas Holiday and have been working hard since they returned.
Our current focus for Maths and Numeracy is working with numbers up to 2 or 3 decimal places. We have identified the value of the digits, their position in a number line and why decimals are important to recognise; measurement and money are examples. The class always enjoy the interactive games we play to consolidate their learning.
We are starting a new topic on Animation and Disney; the children worked within 3 groups and created mind maps to show me their current level of understanding and what they would like to find out. Watch this space!
Mr Grant is back with us again this term to support our Science and Technology lessons. We are currently planning our Health and Wellbeing experiments and the equipment we shall need to support each.
Miss. White, our Music Specialist, worked this week with a group of children who volunteered to perform at our forthcoming Scottish Assembly.
This morning we took part in Week 1 of our Cricket Taster Session. Lots of fun was had by all.
For Literacy I introduced direct speech by playing a ‘Guess Who Said’ game. First a ‘post it’ was placed on the back of a child and the class had to say a statement or expression associated with the famous person/character until they could be identified. Next each child wrote 3 different expressions in their jotter that they knew could be identified by their classmates. They continued to play this during lunch time. Why don’t you try this at home…..
This week we found out our brand new topic for this term will be the Rainforest.
We thought carefully about what we already knew about the Rainforest and what we wanted to find out over the course of the term. 
We then looked at different pictures, photos and paintings of the rainforest to get an idea of what the rainforest looks like. We particularly liked Henri Rousseau’s famous painting of a tiger hiding in amongst some long grass so we decided to create our own art work inspired by this painting. Here are some of the finished pieces. Aren’t they wonderful?
We have enjoyed our first week back in Primary 5C.
Mr Grant was in to begin our Computing Science lessons. We discussed experiments and began planning our first experiment.
We had fun in music playing the Ukulele and singing a new song in Gaelic.
We discussed our New Year Resolutions and created our goals for 2018.
We listened to speeches from our three Eco candidates and voted for our class representative.
Amelie became the P5C class rep. Well done Amelie!
I would like to personally thank you all for the wonderful cards and gifts I received at Christmas time. It was very thoughtful and I was overwhelmed by your generosity.
Happy New Year !
This week, we have been working super hard in our literacy and numeracy stations. We have been counting up to 50 and adding to 5 and 10! Here we are writing our numbers in our workbook at one of our stations.
In Literacy, Miss Farley has been blown away with all the fantastic reading I’ve been hearing. We are sounding our the letters if we don’t know the word and we have been answering the questions to help us understand the story more. Look at us reading.
The children have been working really hard for Miss Collins this week. P1F have been focusing on feelings and the way our faces look when we are feeling happy or sad.
The children have loved finding out about the five senses and how superheroes have enhanced senses. This week , we focused on seeing and hearing. We used a megaphone to make our voices louder and binoculars to help us see things far away. Here are a few pictures of us all having fun!
It’s official! We are all now superheroes in P1F. WE designed our own superhero masks and made our best superhero pose. Here a few of our new superheroes.
A big happy birthday to Zofia and Ciaran this week! They both celebrated their birthday with the class and we had some choosing time to celebrate. Hope you both had a lovely day!
Snapshot jotter next week where you will see all the fabulous work we do in one week!
Miss Farley
The class have started a new topic about the body. At the moment we are finding out about some of the internal organs , where they are located and their function.
Our first investigation after exploring the lungs was to blow up a balloon and see how big we could make it. There was a great variety in their size. We discussed the reasons that may have had an affect on size and wrote a report on our investigation.
P5C enjoyed our Dr Seuss day on Friday. This was to finish off our Topic. We had lots of fun during our Topic and we looked at the following books by Dr Seuss: The Cat in the Hat; Oh, The Places You’ll Go! and The Lorax. Our Topic covered a diverse range of subjects (Health & Wellbeing; Geography; The Environment; PSD; as well as a huge range of literacy).
Most of us dressed up as Dr Seuss characters and we took part in lots of activities. 
The P5 children, from P4/5K, will begin swimming lessons as of next week. They shall attend The Peak twice a week, a Monday and a Wednesday, with P5 children from P5/6A. Please ensure your child brings their swimming costume and a towel and has a warm jacket to wear.
