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Day 1 at Lowport with Primary 5a

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It’s arrived –Lowport P5a’s week

We arrived at the Lowport centre yesterday. We dropped our bags and then walked to the palace to get a guided walk by school children from Linlithgow Primary…we learned so much.

Afterwards we ate our own lunch outside at The Peel. Weather dry and nice

We then took part in Orienteering with the instructors from Lowport centre. We stayed in our 3 groups..Mrs Aitken, Miss Carerra and Mr Blair… We had lots of fun all around the Peel with our partner finding little flags with different letters on them depending on the colour.

Dinner was early as we were going swimming. Mr Reid, Miss Garland, Mrs Laidlaw and Mrs Knowles joined us for dinner.

We had soup and bread then sausages, potatoes and mixed vegetables. The plates were full !

After that we had a long walk along the canal to the swimming pool

Comments:-

Zara- Orienteering with Ammie Leigh was really good fun

Ammie Leigh-Getting a chippie was really nice and it warmed me up after the swimming

Donna- Swimming is great fun and being with all my friends

Luke- Orienteering was really good fun. I was partners with Ross. Mrs Aitken said we were really fast at finding the flags

Ross- I liked Orienteering and I liked learning how to use the map beforehand

Arran- Swimming was really good fun as I was with my friends in the pool

Lucas- Swimming was great as we were all playing on the rafts

Blaire- Swimming was great as I was playing with my friends. We were in the water for ages

Jodie- I really liked searching for the flags on the Orienteering.My partner was Blaire

Erin- I really enjoyed the Orienteering as we were running about looking for the flags. I was partner with Donna. Mrs Aitken said we were quite fast

Gabriel- The best bit was swimming. Everyone was splashing each other

Rory-  I enjoyed Orienteering. My partner was Gabriel. I liked finding the flags. We were good at it!

Niamh- I liked Orienteering. It was fun. I was with Mia

Mia- I really enjoyed the visit to Linlithgow Palace. I liked one of the games that we played. Girls from Linlithgow Primary took us around and shared facts with us

Tamsyn- Orienteering was great I liked searching for the flags around the Peel. My partner was Katie

Katie- Swimming was great. We had fun in the water playing on the float. It sunk as so many of us tried to climb on !

Callum- The best part so far has been Orienteering. It was great fun working as a team. We had to stick together

Murray- I liked using the map and learned more from Dave the instructor

Ellis- I liked working with my best friend at Orienteering and using a map

Lucas- I liked Orienteering as I was running around with Evan, my partner

Evan- Swimming was fun. We played around in the water with the floats

Cameron- Orienteering was fun. We had fun running about and exploring the Peel

Kai- Swimming was good as I had lots of fun with the floats

Shelbi- I liked swimming because I was practising swimming as it wasn’t too deep

Maisie- I liked Orienteering because I got to do it with Shelbi and Lily. I had a turn holding the map. We were running around The Peel looking for the little flags

Lily- I enjoyed the Orienteering because we got lost but we always found our way back, it was tricky looking for the flags

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Everyone having such  good time 🙂

 

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Literacy: We have been learning all about the most famous Victorian nurse, Florence Nightingale, or “The lady with the lamp”. We have been learning all about biographies and we first wrote a class model biography about Michael Morpurgo. We then wrote biographies about Florence Nightingale. We also wrote a packing list for Lowport.

Maths: We have started our new fractions topic. We have learned about fraction vocabulary like numerator and denominator. We are also learning about equivalent fractions.

Victorians/LAC: We loved our Victorian lessons this week. We learned all about the toys and games Victorian children would play with. We also learned about optical illusions, which became popular in the Victorian times. We even made our own thaumatropes. We also learned about conditions in Victorian hospitals before Florence Nightingale made them cleaner and better. We learned about some very strange Victorian cures, like putting vinegar up your nose to stop a nose bleed! We also learned about Charles Dickens and role played a scene from Oliver Twist.

Our highlights:

 

Gabriel – I really enjoyed the Oliver Twist role play.

Lucas K – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Shelbi – The role play was really fun.

Samuel – I liked learning about Charles Dickens and doing the role play.

Murray – I liked making the thaumotropes when we learned about optical illusions.

Ellis – I liked all the fractions work we did.

Luke – P.E. was good.

Lucas He – I liked being ‘it’ in P.E.

Blaire – Oliver Twist role play was really fun.

Mia – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Jodie – I liked the Oliver Twist lesson.

Niamh – I liked making the thaumotrope.

Kai – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

Katie – Everything was good this week!

Erin – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

We are really looking forward to going to Lowport next week!

 

Note: remember to make a Parents’ Night appointment if you wish one.

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For literacy this week we finished our Victorian Newspaper articles. We also read all about Comic Relief and Red Nose Day and worked with our learning partner to answer questions. For numeracy this week we have been working on mental maths skills and finishing off our time topic. We had a great week learning about Victorian schools and we were so lucky to have a lady from the Museums Service who brought in loads of amazing Victorian artefacts. We even got to hold lots of them and she told us some really interesting facts about the Victorians. Here are some of our highlights:

Samuel: I enjoyed the Victorian artefacts session.

Ammie-Leigh: I liked seeing the antique shoehorn in the Victorian handling session.

Gabriel: The Victorian artefacts was the best bit.

Lucas H: I enjoyed the time assessment.

Katie: Art with Mr Bennett was really good.

Donna: I liked see all the Victorian things.

Ellis: I liked the time assessment.

Mia: I enjoyed making aboriginal art with Mrs Laidlaw.

Luke: I liked learning about the belt they used in a Victorian school.

Ross: Seeing the belt was my favourite bit of the Victorian lesson.

Zara: I liked learning about the Victorian tooth powder.

Maisie: I liked wearing the Victorian pocket!

Jodie and Erin: We thought the iron was really cool.

Niamh: I really liked the aboriginal art.

Brooke: I liked the all of the Victorian artefacts.

Murray: art with Mr Bennet was my favourite part.

 

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Red Nose Day , Artefacts in the afternoon and Victorian Talks-P5b

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Busy week in Primary 5b. We have heard more Victorian talks. So interesting. Well done everyone for all your hard work.

We were handling artefacts that Library services brought to school.The clothes were great to pass round.We had to wear white gloves to protect all the old items. The old car horn was really funny to listen too.

Our stories this week were all about  a new life in New Lanark…exciting to read ! Well done.

We have loved Red Nose Day where we dressed down or in red..We put lots of coins into the box for the charity. Many bought the red noses..there were funny designs this year.

COMMENTS THIS WEEK-

RESEARCHING

Kyle- I enjoyed researching with Eva on the netbook.We researched Sir James Young Simpson

Holly- I enjoyed doing research on the netbook. I did William Morris

Charlotte- I watched some of the Victorian diaries on the netbooks.It was good fun

Dylan- I was researching Charles Darwin with Charlotte on the netbooks. It was really interesting looking for 10 facts about him

Alfie- I was researching Emily Bronte with Ellie. We found interesting facts about her

Owen- I enjoyed researching Florence Nightingale with Ruby. We worked well together

Olivia- My research was on Emmeline Pankhurst. I was researching all about her on my own

Orla- I was researching Alexander Graham Bell. One of my facts was he had 4 children

ARTEFACTS

Ruby,Eva- We enjoyed hearing all about The Victorian artefacts and handling them. We had to wear white gloves

Lewis- I enjoyed listening to the talks about the artefacts. I liked seeing the old clothes and the car horn

Aaran- I enjoyed the talk from the library services team. I liked hearing the old car horn

MATHS

Jamie- I enjoyed Big Maths. My score was 40/40. I was happy!

Rory- I am in TT1 and my score was 50/72. I was really happy with that score

OUTDOOR PE

Ellie Rose-I enjoyed Outdoor PE -my partner was Mrs Aitken then Mrs Leamy

Bryce-I was playing tennis with .It was Alfie who was my partner. We played well together

Max- I enjoyed tennis again this week

Alfie B. – I worked well with Aaron at tennis

Shaun- I loved Outdoor PE this week. My partner was Lewis. We were able to pass to each other for a few passes without dropping the ball

Noami- I enjoyed playing tennis with Owen

Leah- I enjoyed playing tennis with Brooke. We made a good team

Brooke-I was partners with Leah. We played well

Kaycee- I was partners with Charlotte. We played really well

Brandon- My partner was Liam. We played well together

Liam- My partner was Brandon. We can play well together

Ellie-  I enjoyed my tennis partner. We were good at passing to each other

Florence- I enjoyed playing tennis with Annie.We worked well together

VICTORIAN TALKS

Alistair – I enjoyed presenting my talk to the class. I spoke clearly and carefully

THE FARM

Jay-I enjoyed making a little model telephone at the farm today

Well done to the winning table this week

Have a super weekend, everyone !

Well done to everyone on the points for each house this week

Home Learning is due Monday and there will be no Home Learning next week as it is Lowport the following week

 

 

 

 

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We had such a fun and busy week of learning last week. On Wednesday we had our class trip to New Lanark and we had a fantastic time. We got to ride on the Annie McLeod experience where we learned about the lives of the cotton mill workers. We also got to see where they lived and bought food, and we got to see Robert Owen’s house. We also got to spend time in the Victorian school. It was great fun and we learned so much.

For literacy we were focusing on World Book Day, when we wrote about our favourite books and worked in groups to complete a quiz. We also wrote diary entries all about our trip to New Lanark. We also really enjoyed our Victorian Inventions presentations – it was so nice to see how much effort everyone had put into their presentations at home to make them interesting and engaging. Here are some of our highlights:

Katie: I really enjoyed the Annie McLeod ride at New Lanark.

Ellis: The Annie McLeod ride was great.

Murray: I really enjoyed hearing everyone’s inventions talks.

Brooke: My favourite bit of the trip was when Farrah dropped her lunch box on the Annie McLeod ride. Luke: I enjoyed my inventions talk

Gabriel: The Annie McLeod was really good.

Tamsyn: Robert Owen’s house was really interesting.

Maisie: I liked seeing the Victorian shop.

Mia: Being in the Victorian school was fun.

Erin: I liked seeing the big cotton mill machine.

Ruby: I enjoyed the New Lanark movie.

Jodie: I enjoyed the Victorian houses.

Lily: I enjoyed everything about last week!

Ammie-Leigh: I enjoyed the World Book Day quiz.

Zara: I liked finishing the William Morris drawings in Art.

Shelbi: I liked giving my invention presentation.

Arran: Robet Owen’s house was good.

Cameron: I liked doing my presentation.

Rory: I enjoyed Gabriel’s talk the most.

Evan: My favourite bit was the invention talks.

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Primary 5b visited New Lanark on Wednesday 6th March

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We had a busy week. We enjoyed learning about Shrove Tuesday and eating pancakes. We thought about what we could give up for Lent. We had fun on Book Week too-reading to a friend in class or a family member. We read lots of different things this week and look forward to reading some poems next weeks.

We had an amazing excursion to New Lanark. We loved everything from the arriving and walking down to the village to visiting Robert Owen’s amazing house with all the furniture from the 1800s. The Millworker’s house was tiny in comparison to his house. We loved the Annie McLeod ride learning lots about New Lanark from a child’s point of view. We walked through one of the mills and saw a machine working too.It was very noisy and huge. We tried to imagine children crawling under it when it was working-how scary ! We finished our day walking back up to the car park admiring the Falls of Clyde over the roof tops.

HERE ARE OUR COMMENTS:-

Aaron,Florence, Alistair, Jamie, Noami, Jackie, Brooke,Annie, Eva, Brandon, Kaycee,  Shaun, Holly, Charlotte and Liam-We really enjoyed the Annie Mc Leod ride

Alfie L., Bryce, Dylan – We enjoyed the view as we walked down to the village from the car park. We could see all the mills and the Falls of Clyde

Orla, Olivia- We enjoyed seeing Robert Owen’s writing on his desk in his house

Jay- I liked pancakes  and hot chocolate at the Farm. I made butter too

Ellie- I am looking forward to my birthday on Sunday

Alfie B. – I enjoyed Art this week. We finished off our William Morris art pieces

Aaran – I enjoyed going to New Lanark on Wednesday with the class

Max- I enjoyed going inside the mill and seeing the machine working

Rory- I enjoyed going into the mill workers’ house at New Lanark

Ruby- I enjoyed everything at New Lanark

Kyle- I enjoyed walking down to the village from the car park

Owen- I enjoyed visiting the school

HAVE A SUPER WEEKEND

REMEMBER HOME LEARNING IS DUE IN ON MONDAY

WE ALL ARE LOVING LISTENING TO EACH OTHER SHARING OUR VICTORIAN CHALLENGE…WELL DONE 

MORE TO COME NEXT WEEK

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literacy:

We have been learning about the features of a newspaper so that we can write our own newspaper articles about a Victorian cotton mill accident! We wrote some great headlines using alliteration and puns to grab the reader’s attention.

Numeracy:
This week for our money topic we worked at different stations where we had to solve word problems, write cheques and add and subtract money. We have also been looking at bus and train timetables and working out how long different journeys last. We have also been thinking of really good strategies for Number Talks.

The Victorians:

This week we have been learning about the New Lanark Cotton Mill before we go on our trip next week. Since we have been creating presentations about Victorian Inventions, we worked in groups to design our own inventions for school children. We are looking forward to giving our presentations – everyone has been working hard at home.

Other highlights:

Blaire:  Learning how to write a newspaper article was really fun.

Erin: I liked the funny brain break.

Katie: I loved designing an invention with my group.

Ross: Football in P.E. was great.

Donna: I enjoyed the talking skills dice.

Zara: I liked the inventions lesson.

Luke: I enjoyed football in P.E.

Ammie-Leigh: Number talks were really good this week.

Shelbi: I enjoyed P.E.

Lily: The inventions lesson was fun.

Maisie: Science was really good.

Lucas H: Playing football in P.E. was good.

Samuel: P.E. was good.

Lucas K: I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Callum: football was good.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Victorian Inventions Presentations beginning 4th March.

Trip to New Lanark on Wednesday 6th March

 

 

 

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Our week has been busy-P5b

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We have worked very hard on our Money in Maths this week. We received a Money pack from the Bank of Scotland Museum. We even got £500 in shredded paper!

We loved going outside on one of the warm days this week. Tennis was such fun in the sun!

Our Victorian work this week was all about Florence Nightingale. We learned so many facts about her -Did you know she was home schooled by her father ?

Here are our comments of different areas of the Curriculum:- 

Jay- I loved getting my certificate for being excellent at the Farm. Miss Holwill  gave it to me

Bryce-Problem solving on Money was great this week

Ellie- This week with Mr Jeffries we were playing Basketball- I liked it

Ruby- I enjoyed having Bryce, Jay and Ellie at my table. Our table is called New Lanark

Brooke- I enjoyed playing tennis with Ellie this week. We had Outdoor PE on Wednesday because the weather was so warm

Lewis- I liked playing tennis this week with Liam-we passed well to each other

Eva-I enjoyed Maths this week especially Problem Solving on Money

Owen,Aaran, Shaun, LiamWe enjoyed preparing for Lowport- we chose our lunches and  partners

Olivia- I enjoyed Big Maths this week

Brandon- I enjoyed going to Nurture with Jay this week.  We had hot chocolate and played Monopoly

Jackie- I enjoyed Problem Solving.  I was with Brandon. The egg  question was so tricky !

Noami-I enjoyed Problem Solving Maths -it was all about Money

Holly- Problem Solving was tricky this week and we had a Money word search as a finisher

Aaron – I enjoyed completing and making a New Lanark word search

Leah- I enjoyed the Egg challenge question in Problem Solving

Jamie- I enjoyed making the New Lanark word search this morning. Leah completed it

Kaycee-I enjoyed choosing my partner for Lowport

Alistair- I enjoyed preparing for Lowport

Max- Problem Solving was fun- I was working with Rory

Kyle, Alfie B, Ellie Rose- We enjoyed PE with Mr Jeffries. It was basketball

Alfie- I enjoyed tennis with Aaron this week-it was lovely and warm outside

Orla-I enjoyed doing the Egg Challenge in Problem Solving with Charlotte

Rory- I enjoyed the Cracking value Egg Challenge with Max

Florence- I got the class certificate for Values today at the Celebration Assembly

Annie-My partner was Ruby for Problem Solving- we are both in the Squares.Mrs Aitken noticed we worked together

Charlotte- I enjoyed making a group dance with Florence, Eva and Holly. We are practising during Golden Time

Dylan- I was partnered with Bryce this week for tennis. We really played well together

Dates to remember-

Monday 4th March -photographer in school

Wednesday 6th March- Our excursion to New Lanark-packed lunch please

Wednesday 6th March- Victorian Challenge due in for Home Learning

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Primary 5b’s week was short

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We had a short week this week but we managed so much….

We are nearly finished Money work and we are definitely getting faster at Big Maths.

Robert Owen was introduced this week to prepare the class for their visit to New Lanark on Wednesday 6th March-not long now. We learned he moved from Newtown in Wales to take over the mills at New Lanark. His first job when he arrived there was to build a school for the children who lived in New Lanark.

We loved tennis for Outdoor PE. We are improving our passing and working with a partner. It is hard work.

Shaun- I enjoyed Big Maths because I like doing times tables. Mrs Aitken noticed I had the highest score in my group TT1.

Florence, Noami, Aaran, Jamie- We enjoyed learning about Robert Owen and New Lanark

Annie- I enjoyed Outdoor PE because I was playing tennis with Florence

Ruby- I enjoyed playing tennis with Ellie

Kyle- I enjoyed tennis yesterday. My partner was Owen

Alfie B. -I enjoyed tennis yesterday. My partner was Shaun

Ellie- I enjoyed tennis and my partner was Ruby. Mrs Aitken noticed we played well together

Liam- I enjoyed Outdoor PE -my partner was Aaron. We played well together

Bryce- My partner was Brandon.Mrs Aitken noticed we played hard shots to each other

Jay-After returning from the farm I enjoyed playing Netball. Mrs Aitken  allowed me to share my farm fun day aswell

Alfie L- I enjoyed Outdoor PE because we got to play tennis. Mrs Aitken noticed I am quite a good player

Aaron- I enjoyed playing tennis with Liam. I was better than Liam at keepie uppie with the tennis raquet  ( not sure Liam would agree!)

Orla- I enjoyed tennis with Olivia. We were both good at keepie uppie !

Max- I enjoyed playing tennis with Rory. Mrs Aitken noticed we were good at passing back to each other

Holly- Eva and I were tennis partners .We were a good team

Rory- I enjoyed playing tennis outside with Max. We were good at playing together

Alistair- I enjoyed playing tennis. I was lucky my partner was also my best friend !

Owen- I was lucky my partner was Kyle for tennis

Eva- I enjoyed tennis with my partner. It was Holly

Brandon- I enjoyed playing tennis with Bryce. Mrs Aitken noticed we played long shots and tried to return them to each other

Olivia- I enjoyed playing tennis yesterday and I was lucky to have Orla as a partner

Charlotte, Leah- We enjoyed P4s Red Nose Assembly. It prepared us for the day ( 15th March)

Jackie- I enjoyed helping tidy the chairs up after this morning’s Assembly. Mrs Leamy told Mrs Aitken and I got 500 points !

Kaycee- I enjoyed making the food wheel with Mrs Rodger in Health

Dylan- I enjoyed reading my book ” Terror at sea”

New Lanark date Wednesday 6th March-money is due NOW…thank you 

Lowport is coming soon as well…Wednesday 27th-Friday 29th March…that’s exciting 🙂

Victorian challenge is due on Wednesday 6th March…looking forward to seeing them all after that

Have a lovely weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We have had a short but busy week in P5A. Here are our favourite bits:

Shelbi: I really enjoyed the P4 assembly.

Gabriel: P.E was good fun.

Tamsyn: I enjoyed the Escape from the Workhouse writing.

Blaire: I liked writing my 500 words story and science.

Erin: I enjoyed P.E.

Murray: I really liked finishing my 500 words story.

Luke: P.E. was really good.

Ellis: I enjoyed writing my 500 words story.

Brooke, Arran, Zara and Jodie: P.E was great.

Donna: I really enjoyed typing up my story for the 500 words competition.

Katie: I enjoyed everything!

Maisie: I enjoyed Maths this week.

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This week we have really enjoyed writing a short story for the BBC’s 500 words competition. We had loads of crazy, silly and spooky ideas for stories. We are looking forward to submitting them. For maths we have been working on time and doing lots of mental maths and problem solving. We are also enjoying continuing our learning about the Victorians and we learned about the tough conditions for children in Victorian workhouses. We worked really hard this week and are looking forward to our extra days off! Here are some highlights:

Cameron – I enjoyed coming up with my story for the BBC 500 words competition.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Samuel – P.E. was good.

Ross – I enjoyed writing my story and Stuart Reid’s visit was so funny.

Gabriel – P.E. with Mr Jeffries was good.

Farrah, Donna and Luke – We loved writing our stories for the competition.

Zara – Stuart Reid’s visit was hilarious.

Ellis – feeling better and coming back to school.

Blaire – P.E. was good.

Lily – 500 words was fun.

Ammie-Leigh – I liked getting my Lowport letters and I’m really excited to go.

Erin – My favourite part of the week was the visit from Stuart Reid.

Tamsyn – Stuart Reid was really funny

Katie – Art this week  was great.

Callum – The best bit was Stuart Reid’s talk and his funny pictures.

Murray – Science with Mrs Rodgers was really good.

 

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!

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Stuart Reid, author came to our school today….Report by P5b

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Today we were so lucky as part of our Literacy programme to have Stuart Reid, a children’s author in to talk to the P5-P7 classes. He had all his books with him.

He read a little from all his 7 books. He was very funny and had lots of sound effects and clips to enhance his books.

He told us books are brilliant and we shouted Reading Rocks!!!

Here are our comments from a fun filled hour of Learning about reading:-

Leah- I enjoyed the author-he was so funny

Brandon, Eva- We were chosen to be cheeky chimpanzees. It was funny and we enjoyed it

Jamie-I enjoyed Brandon and Eva being cheeky chimps

Alfie, Brooke- We enjoyed doing the floss at the front when he said “Leprechaun”

Ellie Rose, Owen- We enjoyed when Stuart was doing the booger part and he had slime -it looked like a booger !

Liam, Bryce, Holly, Lewis, Dylan, Olivia, Ellie, Annie- We enjoyed everything about his visit

Kaycee- I enjoyed when Stuart Reid signed my book and Mrs Aitken took our photo

Aaron, Florence – We enjoyed the clip of the monkey falling off the branch of the tree

Jackie- I found it too noisy so I didn’t really enjoy it

Charlotte- I practically enjoyed everything but the pink poo bit was the best

Ruby- I enjoyed the other P5s throwing the sweetie false teeth at him during him reading some of a book

Orla, Kyle, Rory, Alfie- We enjoyed Mr Erskine being in a story.  He had to  pretend to be an elephant

Max- I enjoyed the clip of the little child running about with the cat

Jay- I enjoyed his sound effects especially the giant pump

Aaran – I enjoyed when he said leprechaun and Irish dancing came on the screen -Monkeys were dancing the Irish jig

Alistair- I enjoyed Stuart’s favourite word -it was jobby!!

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE !

 

 

 

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In P5 we are really enjoying learning about the Victorians. We are busy at home preparing presentations about an interesting Victorian invention, and in class we researched facts about Victorian inventors and created fact files. In numeracy we are working hard on our mental maths skill, especially adding and subtracting money. We also talked about being safe online for Safer Internet Day. Here are some of our favourite parts of our week:

Erin – I enjoyed researching and writing the fact file.

Blaire – I enjoyed making the poster for safer internet day.

Arran – I liked making the internet safety poster.

Luke – I enjoyed playing castles in P.E.

Farrah – I enjoyed making the posters in science.

Brooke – I enjoyed P.E. when we got to vote on what we will be doing next.

Ross – Castles was really fun.

Gabriel – I really enjoyded the maths mystery problem solving.

Alexander – I liked P.E.

Maisie – I liked the description activity we did.

Katie – I enjoyed writing the description for my learning partner.

Donna – P.E. was good.

 

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An excellent week of Learning in P5b

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What a busy week of Learning in Primary 5b.

We pretended to be chimney sweeps and made funny pictures using our photo and a sweep shape …We don’t really want to be chimney sweeps from Victorian times !

We have been practising our Times tables daily to build up our speed and accuracy.

We worked so hard on Problem solving using straws to make different sized squares. We had to work it out in our groups.

We were so excited to meet Mrs Harrison again and baby Robbie. He was so lovely. We had made cards to give to Mrs Harrison.

This morning at the Middle and Upper school Assembly we discussed internet safety. We had lots to offer to the discussion. Well done, Primary 5b!

Some of our class were so lucky and went to Glasgow with Mrs Mansfield and listen to different musicians and be introduced to a conductor. It was a very successful visit for the boys and girls of our class.

ASSEMBLY COMMENT-

Rory, Charlotte, Aaron, Alistair, Kaycee- We enjoyed the Assembly this morning. It was about online safety

MATHS COMMENTS-

Jackie- I like Big Maths. We have been trying to beat our times table score every day

Holly, Aaran- We both enjoyed doing Big Maths this week

Leah, Dylan- We have enjoyed Guess the number this week for Big Start.Each day the number has got bigger

Jay- I have enjoyed Practical Maths this week. It has been on Time

VISIT OUT OF SCHOOL-

Orla, Ellie Rose, Florence, Max- We enjoyed going to Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland with Mrs Mansfield to listen to different musicians

MRS HARRISON AND BABY ROBBIE-

Brooke, Eva, Owen, Ruby, Shaun, Ellie- We loved Mrs Harrison visiting our class with baby Robbie

Olivia-  I enjoyed meeting baby Robbie yesterday

Lewis- I enjoyed making a baby card with Annie for Robbie, Mrs Harrison’s son

LEARNING AMBASSADOR-

Jamie- I was chosen as the class Ambassador and had a meeting with Mr McCabe yesterday afternoon

OUTDOOR PE-

Brandon- I enjoyed playing tennis with my Learning partner Florence

Liam- I was playing tennis with Owen. He was my Learning partner this week

Kyle- Outdoor PE was fun with my Learning partner, Ellie Rose

Bryce- I was playing tennis with Olivia. We played well together

Annie- Lewis and I were good partners for tennis at Outdoor PE

Alfie L.- I was playing tennis with Brooke, my Learning partner

Noami- My partner for outdoor PE was Jamie. We worked hard together

 

Happy weekend everyone

Good luck to all tables-who is the winning one this week ?

It was icy with 5380 points !

Congratulations to Jamie Our Learning Ambassador

Valentine’s Disco is Monday 11th February at 7.15pm…tickets from the school office = £1.50 ( a bargain !)

Please remember to hand in forms and money for our excursion to New Lanark. Our date is Wednesday 6th March.

 

 

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In Primary 5 we have started our new topic, The Victorians, and we are really looking forward to learning more. We have been learning about Queen Victoria’s life and reign, and we wrote fact files about her life. We also worked in pairs to make a timeline photo album of the main events in her life. In maths we are continuing to learn about time and have been calculating durations. We worked at different stations to work out time problems. For literacy we are working on answering different types of questions about her reading books and we have also written fact file all about reading. We got to research facts about reading and about our favourite children’s authors. At home we will be creating a presentation about a Victorian invention to present in front of the class. We are working on our listening and talking skills to help us with our confidence when speaking to the whole class. Here are some of our highlights.

Lucas K: I enjoyed the listening and talking exercises.

Blaire: Art with Mr Bennett was really good.

Donna: I enjoyed learning about the Victorians this week.

Luke: P.E. was good when we played hockey and netball.

Gabriel: Netball was really good and I liked learning about the Victorians.

Brooke: I liked the maths mystery challenges.

Ross: Hockey was good this week.

Samuel: I really liked playing hockey.

Murray: I enjoyed researching for the reading fact file.

Erin: I liked making Queen Victoria’s photo album

Farrah: Art was really good.

Ellis: I had a great time visiting the Scottish parliament.

Katie: I enjoyed writing the fact file.

Zara: Hockey was really good.

Mia: The Maths mystery challenge was really fun.

Niamh: I enjoyed hockey.

Ammie-Leigh: I liked making the photo album.

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Our new learning across the Curriculum is The Victorians

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Our  new LAC is The Victorians. This week we looked at Queen Victoria and her life with Prince Albert. We made fact files about her and we drew her carefully using fine black pens.

We started watching Oliver which is of course set in Victorian Britain. We had to look out for interesting characters and clothes of the time. We also observed the setting  of the time.

We are looking forward to learning about children in Victorian Times especially the workhouse.

Here are our comments:-

Charlotte,Alistair,Liam, Brandon,Brooke,Aaran, Alfie L.- We enjoyed drawing Queen Victoria using black pen

Max,Ellie Rose, Kaycee,Orla,Ruby,Jay,Owen,Shaun,Aaron- We enjoyed watching Oliver! and we had to look at clothes and setting and characters as we were watching

Eva,Rory,Olivia,Jamie,Holly- We enjoyed making the fact file about Queen Victoria

Dylan,Florence,Bryce- We enjoyed learning about Queen Victoria and realising why it was called The Victorian Era

Kyle- I enjoyed drawing Queen Victoria and Mrs Aitken has already put mine on the wall display

Leah,Lewis,Alfie B.- We enjoyed colouring the Victorian designs….It is going on the wall when it is finished

Congratulations to Orla for being the class example of

Fairness, Passion, Trust and Respect.

Well done also to Orla and Brandon for winning a book each for their Scottish recitation-class winners 🙂

Have a super weekend !

 

 

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That wis a really guid assembly!

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We had a fantastic time doing our Assembly in front of our family and friends. Thank you so much to our parents and family members who came to see us – we hope you enjoyed it. Here are our favourite bits from the assembly:

Tamsyn: I liked being the daddy in A Dug, A Dug.

Lucas K: I liked the highland dancers the best.

Luke: I loved singing the songs.

Ross: My favourite bit was when everyone started clapping along to Donald where’s yer troosers!

Rory: I liked eating the shortbread after the assembly!

Cameron: I loved all of it!

Ellis: My favourite bit was making my cousin laugh when we sang Donald where’s yer troosers.

Samuel: My favourite thing was taking part.

Murray: I liked every bit of the assembly.

Callum: It was great when everyone started clapping along to our song.

Jodie: I liked that everyone said how good our assembly was and came to say well done.

Shelbi: I enjoyed the cookies and shortbread after our hard work.

Farrah: I liked all of it – especially dressing up as the Scotland flag.

Alexander: It was a really funny assembly.

Lily: My favourite bit was hearing the Scots poems.

Kai: I enjoyed the highland dancing.

Ammie-Leigh: I loved when everyone started clapping along to our songs.

Brooke: It was funny when Callum sipped irn bru and said mmm delicious!

Zara: My favourite parts were singing the songs.

Mia: The highland dancing was my favourite bit.

Erin: I enjoyed saying my lines!

Niamh: The highland dancing was my favourite part.

Donna: I loved saying my lines because my gran and grandpa were watching and they were really excited for me.

Ruby: I thought the highland dancing was the best bit.

Katie: I loved saying the poem and dancing the Highland fling.

Blaire: I enjoyed the highland dancing.

Maisie: I enjoyed shouting Freeeedom!!!

Evan: The highland dancing was great!

Thank you again if you managed to come and along and see us. We had a great time practicing.

Enjoy the weekend.

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Primary 5’s Assembly

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Our Assembly was this morning. We have worked hard learning our lines and remembering where we sat in the hall. We were so excited this morning especially seeing everyone with tartan on. It was nerve wracking waiting to enter. We entered with Flower of Scotland playing.

Here are our comments:-

Eva- I enjoyed dancing my Highland fling at our Assembly with Katie.

Alfie B. – I enjoyed presenting in a group with Jamie, Liam and Eva. We spoke about Robert the Bruce.

Brandon-  I enjoyed reciting my poem A dug, A dug by Bill Keys

Annie, Ellie, Aaran- We enjoyed doing our Assembly and learning the songs

Shaun- I enjoyed presenting my lines

Ruby, Jay- We enjoyed watching the Highland dancers

Kyle- I enjoyed announcing Donald where’s your troosers

Orla- I enjoyed tea and biscuits after the Assembly with all the parents and reciting my poem with Brandon during the week

Liam -I enjoyed being Robert the Bruce

Owen- I enjoyed dressing up in a See you Jimmy hat

Ellie Rose- I enjoyed practising my words for the Tartan facts

Alistair, Rory- We enjoyed saying my words about Andy Murray

Holly,Olivia, Leah, Jamie, Dylan- We enjoyed singing the songs

Alfie- I enjoyed our Assembly today

Florence, Charlotte-  We enjoyed saying our Scottish sayings

Brooke- I enjoyed presenting about Mary Queen of Scots

Lewis- I enjoyed presenting the poets

Max- I enjoyed saying  about What Scotland means to me

Kaycee, Bryce- We enjoyed singing Donald where’s your troosers

Noami- I enjoyed singing The wee red yoyo

Jackie- I enjoyed  learning all my lines

Home Learning is due on Monday

Outdoor PE is Thursday-please remember warm clothes to wear outside

Don’t forget a ticket for the Valentine’s Disco…£1.50 each… a bargain !

Have a super weekend

 

 

 

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Primary 5b’s week

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We have been very busy this week !

here are our comments:-

Owen,Lewis,Kyle,Bryce,Shaun,Rory,Liam,Brooke,Florence,Ellie Rose,Leah,Charlotte,Ruby, Annie,Dylan,Jackie, Kaycee- We enjoyed practising for our Assembly

Noami- I enjoyed PE with Mr Jeffries on Monday

Max,Alfie,Jamie, Ellie, Olivia-Outdoor PE was fun but cold also

Alistair- I enjoyed playing Rounders at Outdoor PE

Eva- I liked playing with my friends and helping them

Aaron-I was so happy at Golden Time this week as I got to decorate biscuits

Aaran- Golden Time was good.I was decorating biscuits

Holly- I enjoyed playing with my doll for Golden Time

Alfie- I enjoyed playing on the whiteboard for Golden Time

Orla, Brandon- We enjoyed learning our poem A dug, A dug this week. We are working together on it

Have a fun filled weekend.

Good luck to our finalists- Orla and Brandon, Rory and Alistair

Winning table was ICY this week-Well done everyone !

Remember it is our Assembly next Friday

 

 

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P5A

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This week we have been practicing our songs and words for our assembly, which is all about Scotland. We have been discussing the success criteria for a good fact file and have been researching facts about Scotland to create our own fact files. In Maths we are continuing to learn about time and have been developing our mental maths skills. For art we are using different materials to create a Scottish landscape picture. Here are some of our highlights from this week:

 

Cameron – I really enjoyed P.E where we got to play rugby and basketball.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Kai – Outdoor P.E was really good this week.

Evan – I enjoyed basketball too.

Ross – Basketball was fun.

Murray – I really enjoyed research interesting facts about Scotland.

Katie – Assembly practice has been fun.

Callum – I have enjoyed learning our Scottish songs for the assembly.

Jodie – P.E was good this week.

Zara – I enjoyed designing shields for our Houses.

Shelbi – I have enjoyed assembly practice.

Donna – Art with Mr Bennett was really good.

Erin – I enjoyed art this week.

Samuel – I liked assembly practice.

Luke – I enjoyed playing rugby.

Blaire – I liked art and maths this week.

 

Have a lovely weekend.