We can’t believe there is just over a week until the holidays! We are all looking forward to meeting our new teachers tomorrow.

Writing –
P5 have spent the last 10 weeks creating wonderful stories. We used our What a Wonderful World topic as the stimulus to our story. We began by creating a character, a scientist or explorer like Darwin! We then designed our own habitat and created a species that could survive in that habitat. We gave our species special adaptations to help them survive in our particular habitat.
We began our stories by writing an opening paragraph, where we set the scene and introduced the character. We used adjectives and adverbs to describe our character.
Next we wrote a paragraph to build up excitement. Here we described our setting and our new species, again using adjectives and adverbs to describe what we heard, saw, felt, smelled and tasted!
We then wrote about the main event, the problem involving the character which he or she needs to resolve.
Next the character had to find a solution to the problem! How would they resolve the situation?
Finally we wrote an ending to our story! Did we die? Did we become famous for discovering a new species like Darwin?
We have written our edited and up-levelled version in our Profile Jotters.

Here are our highlights of the year!

Lily – I enjoyed writing the adventure story about discovering a new species.

Taylor – I enjoyed writing a Diary of a Victorian School Day.

Erin M – I enjoyed writing the biography of Florence Nightingale.

Scott – I enjoyed making my species out of collage.

Charlie – I enjoyed going to Lowport.

Josh – I enjoyed writing the biography of Florence Nightingale.

Nadia – I enjoyed learning about different Victorian inventions.

Craig – I enjoyed going to Lowport.

Liam – I enjoyed learning about the Victorian toys.

Abigale – I enjoyed having Mrs McClafferty and Mrs Mackenzie as teachers (thank you Abigale)!
Cameron – I enjoyed Fitness Fortnight!

Katie – I enjoyed learning division.

Erin H – I enjoyed going to New Lanark and learning all about Victorians.

Eva – I enjoyed re-enacting the Victorian classroom.

Robbie – I enjoyed having Mrs McClafferty and Mrs Mackenzie as teachers – they’re the best! (Thank you Robbie and I agree)!

Sophie – I enjoyed our What a Wonderful World topic because I love animals.

Emma C – I enjoyed the Victorian afternoon tea party.

Megan – I enjoyed creating our own habitats and species.

Leon – I enjoyed writing my William Wallace story.

Travis – I enjoyed Mrs Waddell’s fun fair!

Drew – I enjoyed learning about the Victorian toys.

Ross – I enjoyed the jungle bashing in Low port.

Ava – I enjoyed my class talk on the telephone.

Lisa – I enjoyed chocolate geology!

Abby – I enjoyed learning about the Victorian inventions.

Emma B – I enjoyed all of P5!

I have had a great year teaching p5m. They are a wonderful class who work hard and are very kind and considerate towards each other. Good luck in P6!