As part of our Home Learning, we are creating personal projects on subjects of our choice. We are currently at the research stage, gathering resources such as books and websites.
While examining a variety of non-fiction books we noticed that many of them used ‘Did You Know?’ boxes to catch the reader’s attention and share interesting snippets of information.
Here are a few ‘Did You Know?’ facts that we may use in our projects:
Literacy and English
This week in literacy we have been learning about how to tell fact from opinion. We had a fun lesson where we had a jumble of facts and opinions and we had to sort them into the right categories. We have also been learning about report writing. We will use what we have been doing in our LATC as a focus for this. We have identified the conventions of writing a report and now have to gather information over the next few weeks for our final report on the lifecycle of a plant.
Numeracy and Maths
In maths we have been focussing on a range of things this week. We are continuing to develop our recall skills using the four operations and always remembering to use the inverse strategy where we can. We have been consolidating our learning of simplifying fractions and finding fractions of a quantity. We had great fun learning about probability and chance. Miss Brown asked us lots of questions that really helped us to understand this concept.
LATC and Science
We have been enjoying learning about our topic, ‘What a Wonderful World.’ Carrying on from last week’s lessons about religious creation stories we have been learning about the scientific theory of the Big Bang.
We have also been learning about lifecycles. this week we each planted a runner bean. we will give our seeds water and sunlight, we are also experimenting by giving one seed water but no sunlight, one seed sunlight but no water and one seed no water or sunlight. we have made predictions about what we think will happen and we will be recording and changes to the seeds over the coming weeks.
Lennox – now that I am learning more I think the big bang theory happened
Lucy M – We did a fun thing to help us understand the big bang. We put glitter into a balloon and then we burst it and the glitter went everywhere.
Jennie – Our group burst our balloon and we measured how far away the glitter spread. Some of the glitter was 10 metres away from where the balloon burst.
Expressive Arts
We have been practising lots for our world record attempt. Parents, carers, guardians, family and friends are all welcome at the Livingston football stadium on Thursday 2nd June to watch as we attempt to set a new world record for the biggest Djembe ensemble. There will be around 900 children from West Lothian schools taking part!
Have a great holiday weekend!!!!
This week we were sharing our ideas and opinions on how life on Earth began. We had a fascinating discussion where some people shared their religious beliefs, others shared knowledge they had gained from books and the internet and some used their imaginations as they considered how life on Earth may have begun. It was wonderful to hear everybody’s ideas and we all met our Success Criteria by treating the views and opinions of others with respect.
We’re looking forward to exploring this fascinating topic further!
From the Blog Post Box:
impressed me this week by……………
Katie impressed me this week by doing so well in Reading Routes. Fiona
My sister impressed me this week by doing well in her exam. Michelle
My sister impressed me this week by coping well with her braces. Lewis
Skye impressed me this week by never giving up and being a great team member in PE. Emma
Maisie and Tamsin impressed me with their amazing Tadpole Rag. Tobin
My brother impressed me at the Tadpole Rag. Go Shaun! Steven
Pupil of the Week: Aidan
This week, in Maths and Numeracy, we have been learning more about fractions. We played a game where we had to find a partner with an equivalent fraction. It was quite tricky but lots of fun. We also put our division skills into practice when we learned to simplify fractions.![IMG_0932[1]](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/Balbardie/files/2016/04/IMG_09321-e1461155332182.jpg)
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In Health and Wellbeing we learned about the importance of having a good breakfast to set you up for the day. Many of us were able to come up with ways to upgrade our breakfasts. Mrs Mackenzie is going to add a piece of fruit to help her with her Aim for 5 target.
In ‘What a Wonderful World’ we examined the lifecycle of a frog. We worked in groups, each member taking responsibility for describing a particular part of the cycle. At the end of the lesson we joined all our groups together to demonstrate how the lifecycle continues.
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From the Blog Post Box:
This week I learned…
…that a Komodo dragon’s spit contains more than 50 types of bacteria. Casey
…that a Brachiosaurus would eat the weight of 2 cars a day. Harry
…that frogs lay 3000 eggs but only around 5 survive and grow into adult frogs – that fraction is 5/3000. Gabriel
(Well done Gabriel for linking your learning. Could you simplify that fraction?)
…to simplify fractions, to dive properly and to try new foods. Noah
…that jellyfish have no brains or hearts – only a nervous system. Fiona
Pupil of the Week: Jordan
Hope you enjoy them…
This week my blog is about Loch Ness.
1. Loch Ness is the second biggest loch by surface area and the largest by volume.
2. Part of the loch is 812ft deep.
3. There is one island on the called loch cherry island at fort August.
4.The Loch Ness monsters nick name is Nessie.
5.Loch ness is 22.5 miles long and 1 mile wide.
This week is going to be about dinosaurs
1 Some dinosaurs coudlden see in colour.
2 No human has ever seen a dinosaur.
3 Dinosaurs bones are called fossils.
4 Some dinosaurs used camouflage.
5 No dinosaurs had long fur.
5 facts about Ibrahimović.
1. His full name is Zlatan Ibrahimović.
2. He was born on the 3rd October on 1981.
3. The place of birth Malmõ Sweden.
4. He plays for PSG that stands for Paris Saint-Germain.
5. He is 6ft 5 in 2.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
No blog from me this week but look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
My blog this week is about Mr Berginis.
Mr Berginis likes to run.
His favourite food is pizza.
He supports Hearts football team.
He likes his family the best.
Sometimes he like to sing on the karaoke.
I think he is awesome
This week my blog is about The Pod.
1.There are 8 members in The Pod.
2.We go up stairs after lunch.
3.We have been learning about emotions.
4.After we do some learning we have choose.
5.We have a behaviour chart.
This week my blog is going to be places to eat in Bathgate.
1. A very famous place McDonalds.
2. Gregg’s bakery i love a pizza out Greggs.
3. Kelly’s sweet shop they sell sandwiches.
4. The James young Pub.
5. The sports centre cafe.
I hope you are hungry for more next week!
Article 13 – Children have the right to find out things and share what they know
We began our new focus for Maths and Numeracy this week – fractions. We can identify fractions of a shape as well as fractions of a group. We understand and can use the terms numerator and denominator.
Our new focus for Health and Wellbeing is Healthy Lifestyles. We created mind maps to share our previous knowledge. We look forward to learning more about this important subject and understand that, at our age, we are becoming more responsible for keeping healthy.
In Reading we will be focusing on non-fiction text, gathering information from a variety of sources to build a project on a subject of personal interest to us. We will also keep a log of all our reading experiences and have opportunities to share them with our classmates.
‘What a Wonderful World’ is the title for our new Context for Learning. This week we discovered some amazing new species: velocipigs, catiphants, smilions and bargontions to name a few. These new species will all enter the Battle of Evolution. Stay posted to find out if they survive or face extinction!
From the Blog Post Box:
My target for this term is…
…to climb up the reading ruler. Jordan
…to bring in my glasses every day. Gary
…get more medals and trophies in archery. At the start of the Easter holiday I got bronze, at the end I got gold! Gabriel
…master my times tables. Steven
…get into the Golden Club before the end of May. Archie
…go on my bike more. Aidan
…to climb up the punctuation pyramid. Kamron
Our Whole Class target is to focus fully on our learning and make our final term of P5 fantastic!
This week we completed our class talks where we had to argue the case for the Victorian invention we considered to be the most important. We rounded off this part of our context for learning with a Home Team Challenge. Working as a team, we had to design an invention, advertise our product and present a pitch to the Dragons’ Den.
We came up with some very interesting ideas:
The Marvellous Messis were the overall winners of the challenge, gaining the highest score with their excellent team work.
The Brilliant Brains were the winners of the Best Invention, receiving the largest investment from the Dragons for their Baby Care product.
The Demolishing Stars won the award for Best Business Brains by successfully predicting the success level of each invention and making sensible investments.
Wouldn’t it be great if a pupil, 100 years from now, presents a class talk on one of these wonderful inventions?!
From the Blog Post Box:
This term was because………………………..
epic because I liked the Victorian tea party. Callum
exciting because we went to New Lanark. Lewis
excellent because we had amazing class talks and I loved our Dragons’ Den. Jack
‘fantabulous’ because of our Victorian topic. I really love learning about the past and I enjoyed hearing all the class talks. Lauryn
epic because I have the best teachers in the world – Mrs Mackenzie, Mrs McClafferty and Miss McClements. I’m so sad that Miss McClements is leaving. Emma
Pupil of the Week: Jamie
Hope you enjoy them…
This week my blog is about keeping safe when your outside🚶🏻
1. If a unknown person asks you to go in there car say no because the can do anything to you.
2. Do not leave anyone behind even when it is still day light.
3. Hang about with a bunch of people not just one person.
4. Be careful when crossing roads.
5. Try and bring a phone so that someone at home can get in touch.
This week is going to be about the POD🤑
1. There is 8 people in the pod 2 adults 8 children.
2. It is a lot of fun to GO to.
3. The pod only one in the afternoon except Friday.
4. In the pod we play the wii and teamwork games.
5. We learn about emotions.
My blog is going to be doing Jimmy Johnson.
1. His full name is James Connolly Johnstone.
2. He didn’t were shinpads.
3. He scored 129 goals for Celtic in 515 appearances.
4. He was born on the 30th of September 1944.
5. The place of birth Viewpark in Scotland.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
This week my blog is about the dangers of smoking
1.Smoking makes your lungs go black.
2.Smoking makes your heart beat faster.
3.Smoking makes your teeth turn yellow.
4.If you have 1 you want more.
5.Smoking makes your hair smell bad.
This week my blog is about the worlds fastest cars.
1. This is one of the top 10 fastest cars in the world and its called the Hennessey venom GT.
2. SSC ultimate Aero can go very fast and it went 256mph in 2007.
3. The McLaren p1 is in the top 10 but is not the fastest.
4. Ferrari La Ferrari has the same recovery system as a race car.
5. The Bugatti veyron supe sport cost $1.7 mllion.
This week my blog is about Wayne Rooney.
1. He is a great football player.
2. Wayne Rooney was born in Croxteth.
3. He was 16 when he started football.
4. He is the best in his football team.
5.He was not that good this year.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
Article 13 – Children have the right to find out things and share what they know
Here are a few of the rules we had to remember for our Tea Party.
How do you think we did?
Pupil of the Week: Jack
From the Blog Post Box:
Victorian ladies and gentlemen enjoyed having tea parties in their free time. What do the ladies and gentlemen of P5b enjoy doing?
I enjoy playing with my best friend Jack on his crash mat and trampoline. We do fun tricks. Murray
I enjoy playing Minecraft on my Xbox and drawing cute My Little Pony pictures. I like watching Anime like Hunter X Hunter and Fairy Tale. I also like learning to cook. Stacey
I enjoy practising my gymnastics because I have a competition called the North West on April 9th. Darja
I enjoy going to Judo because I go with my cousin. We learn new moves and play games. Gary
What a great week!
We have really stretched our brains in maths this week. We have been going over all the strategies we have learned when using the four operations. We are able to identify what skills we need to transfer to certain maths contexts. We are working hard to use this knowledge to set the success criteria for certain maths learning outcomes. We have also been learning how to calculate the perimeter of a shape.
Ty – if it is a rectangle you can times by two
Sam – there is a length and a breadth in each perimeter
Lennox – if the shape has lots of sides then you can add two sides at a time then add them all together at the end
Our writing has been exhausting this week as well! We asked if we could have sheets of paper that we could write an imaginative story on. Mrs Drummond says she has learned a lot from us doing this. Some of the pupils who don’t enjoy writing are now asking if they can continue their writing at golden time. We have used this piece of writing to develop our self-evaluation skills and we all have a post it note that we have used to bullet point things in our writing that we could improve as our stories continue.
Brooklyn- the post it note really helped me. I enjoyed doing that.
Rowan- we had to pick part of our writing to re-write using the post it note to make changes and I am describing things better now.
New Lanark
On Tuesday we went to New Lanark with P5b. We had an amazing time.
Cole – it was really cool because the man told us that they had the longest river.
Lucie T- I liked the Annie McLeod ride because I learned more about her.
Here are some pictures from our day at New Lanark-
Have a great weekend!!
Hope you enjoy them…
My blog this week is about unicorns
1) A unicorn is the Scottish national creature.
2) There was a Lascaux unicorn witch had two horns.
3) A gang of unicorns is called a blessing.
4) There is a belief that if you place a unicorn horn on a injury it heals it.
5) The unicorn is usually depicted a large horse.
This week is going to be about emojis .
Here’s 5 of my favourite emojis 💩.
1😍😘loved it means that you are loved .
2 nerdy because I am a nerd .
3😂happy its so awesome 😂😅
4 😭sadness it’s the only emotion that makes you feel better about yourself .
5😲 hurt its really not that good.
I am doing my blog on Manuel Neuer.
1. His full name is Manuel Peter Neuer.
2. He was born in Germany.
3. He was the best keeper in the world.
4. He plays for FC Bayern.
5. He was the man of the match in the world cup 2014.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
My blog this week is about the greyhound.
1. Greyhounds are the fastest breed of dog.
2. They can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour.
3. Queen Victoria and king Henry vlll kept greyhounds.
4. They are the only dogs known in the bible.
5. Most greyhounds can’t sit down.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
This week my blog is about motorbikes.
I’m not around this week but I look forward to sharing more facts with you next week.
Article 13 – Children have the right to find out things and share what they know
We had a great time at New Lanark. I liked…
…the Annie McLeod ride because it told us all about her life and what her job was like. Noah
…the Harmony video because it was as if she really was from the future and now I know even more about Robert Owen and the mills. Gabriel
…the Annie McLeod experience because of the holograms like the silent monitor. I liked learning about water power. Robyn
…the Annie McLeod ride because the story was great and the holograms were amazing. I also liked the amazing scenery because there is a stunning waterfall and the woodland is beautiful. Fiona
..the amazing site of New Lanark. The schoolroom was also fantastic. I loved doing drill! Skye
…the schoolroom because I enjoyed Mr Smart and Mr Hardacre’s art lesson. Michelle
Pupil of the Week: Harry
Internet Safety
This week we started a new project in HWB about internet safety. We watched a video which taught us about online safety and what can happen if we do not use the internet safely.
We learned that….
-we should never give away personal information on the internet to people we do not know.
-if someone asks to meet up with us we should tell an adult.
-we should limit our use of the internet because there are lots of other fun things that we can also do with our time.
-we should never send any pictures of ourselves to anyone who we do not know.
-we should keep our passwords private and only share them with a trusted adult if we think we might forget them.
-we all really enjoy using the internet to play games and for research but it is important that we know the warning signs that tell us when we might be getting into an unsafe situation.
P.E
In outdoor hockey this week we were learning how to tackle. We learned that there are two types of tackles in hockey-the jab tackle and the block tackle. We now know that one of the most important rules to follow when you are tackling is to make sure that your hockey stick does not come into contact with the other person’s hockey stick. This was really tricky!
From the Blog Post Box:
I aim to improve my ………………. by………………………………… .
reading by putting expression in my voice. Robyn
handwriting by practising it in my Writing and Journey Jotters. Gabriel
swimming by being more focussed. Cameron
decimals by practising at home. Michelle
4 times table by practising with my mum. Katya
Pupil of the Week: Michelle
Hope you enjoy them…
This week is going to be about Victorian toys
(1.) Tiddlywinks It was played in the victorian era.
(2.) Ball in a cup was played. I think it so much fun.
(3.) Poor people had to use a pigs bladder as a football.
(4.) Families played knots & crosses.
(5.) Rocking horses were popular in the victorian times 👄👄💅
Today i am talking about footballer and commentary Alan Smith.
1.He was a footballer but he is an commentary.
2.He was born on 1962 21 November in Hollywood.
3.He played for Leicester city before he joined Arsenal.
4.His full name was Alan Martin Smith.
5.He is 6ft 3.
This week my blog is about horses
1. Did you know that there are around 100 types.
2. Some of the colours are brown, black,grey and white.
3. Did you know that horses can grow up to 2metres.
4. They can weigh up to 1200kg.
5. They can live for up to 20 to 30 years.
This week my blog is about me.
1. My name is Greig I love mince and potatoes.
2. I like boxing and sports riding scooters and bikes.
3. My best friend is called Dylan.
4. My favourite bike is a mongoose.
5. I like dirt bikes too my favourite is a yamaha.
This week my blog is about the motorbike.
1. Modern motorcycles can travel very fast.
2. It was invented in 1869.
3. It was produced in 1885.
4. They were first raced on a track in 1897.
5. They don’t get stuck in traffic and they use less fuel.
This week my blog is about Ferrari
1,Ferraris are fast.
2,Ferrari is a racing car.
3,Ferraris can go 117 miles per hour .
4,The Ferrari has a horse on the badge.
5, Lots of people think Ferraris are cool.
LAC
This week we started preparing for our trip to New Lanark. We learned about Robert Owen and what he did during his time at the New Lanark Mills. We learned that he was a social reformer who changed the working conditions for people in the mills. He gave children the opportunity to go to school and he reduced the length of the working day. We discussed how to write down information into our own words and we used this skill to create a poster about Robert Owen.
Health and Wellbeing
We did outdoor hockey this week and we were focusing on our passing and shooting skills. We played a mini tournament at the end of the lesson and we were all very competitive!
We continued learning about how to deal with problems in the playground. This week we look at what to do when someone is being excluded. We used drama to act out different scenarios and we discussed if the group had chosen to respond in a weak, cool or aggressive way. We learned that sometimes the manner in which we say things can make a big difference to the outcome of the situation. We realise that if we ask someone nicely and politely if we can join in with a game then they are more likely to say yes, compared to asking them in an angry manner.
Maths
In maths the Pentagons and Squares continued their work on decimals. We were learning how to add and subtract decimals. We used the column method to work out these sums. The Triangles continued their work on division and learned how to divide by 5. We all practiced our times tables and we started to learn the 7 times table. We found out that we already knew some of the 7 times tables as we know that 5 x 7 is the same as 7 x 5 and we know that 7 x 2 is the same as 2 x 7.
By P5b and Miss McClements
From the Blog Post Box:
This week I want to say…
…..thank you to Callum for bringing me up when I’m down. Jamie
……thank you for giving me the privilege of learning. Casey
……thank you to Miss Elliot for letting us go to the netball tournament. Aidan
……thank you to Harry for always being cheerful. Jack
…..thank you to Luca for being my friend. Jordan
Pupil of the week: Luca
We posted a blog last week yet it can’t be found so here is last weeks blog (again) followed by this weeks blog!
P5a
Last week-
Maths has been really tricky this week as we have been learning about the 24hr clock. We say that ‘am’ is after midnight and that ‘pm’ is past morning and it’s really helped us with the 24hr clock!
Lennox – the 24hr clock is different to the clock we normally use because it just shows numbers to twelve.
Jenny – you have to add twelve hours on to the pm time to make it 24hrs.
Yasmin – 8 o’clock in the morning is O800 hrs.
We have also been practicing our mental maths skills. We are getting much quicker adding nine to a number and we are all much faster when adding ten to any number.
Our writing this week has been about writing instructions. We made a Victorian theatre and we had to follow verbal instructions then write our instructions down after we made the theatre. We also used the theatres as a focus for writing a play working in pairs. We will finish our playwriting next week and let you know how it went.
Here are some pictures of our theatres-
This weeks blog!!
P5a BLOG
This week we have been learning about how to write a diary entry. We have been learning about the conventions of writing this way.
Lennox – write short notes.
Rowan- write in the past tense and in chronological order.
Cole – you can use bullet points for things.
Jennie – always have the date.
Maths this week has been building on what we have been learning about time. We have been learning to read journey timetables. We found it quite straight forward when we had to add or takeaway whole hours however it was very tricky when the time differences were more difficult. We had a fun time with rapid fire questions when Mrs D would say a time and then we would have to add or subtract 15mins, 30 mins, 45 mins etc. we all agree this helped us a lot !
We have also been learning how to measure an area in square centimetres. We really got the hang of this very quickly! We know it’ll get harder next week but we are really looking forward to more complicated measure work.
Learning about the lives of Victorian children has been great fun. This week we made peg dolls. They didn’t take long to make but we all had great fun finding different materials to use for clothing and arms etc.
Here are some pictures –
We did a really fun task on Thursday. We had to works in pairs using one hand each to make a paper aeroplane. We had to really work together to be successful. Lots of instructions meant intense listening ! Here are some pictures-
Have a great weekend!!
Hope you enjoy them…
My blog is about Pele the footballer.
1.He was born in 1940 23rd October.
2.He is now 75.
3.He was born in Brazil in Tres Coracoes
4.He won three world cups in 1958.
5.He as three girls and three boys they are called Sandra Machado.
I will only name one because it’s too many.
This week my blogs about motorbikes
1. MTT Turbine superbike is one of the worlds most powerful bikes. It costs £100,000 which is
a lot of money.
2. This motorbike is 1 of the worlds fastest bikes. lt goes 193 mph.
3. The inventor of ‘motorcycle’ was Edwart Butler in 1885.
4. 1946 Honda began to make push bikes with engines.
5. People who made motorbikes thought of an idea to use steel for the frame.
My blog is about the shows.
1. The shows are another name for a funfair or a carnival.
2. They are in Bathgate for a few weeks.
3. I went to the shows with Greig on Saturday.
4. Some of the best shows ever are the Waltzers, the Trailblazer, the Booster and the Energy Storm.
5. I love the shows so much because they are so cool and fun.
Article 13 – Children have the right to find out things and share what they know
Hope you enjoy them…
All facts from this section are accurate as of 2016.
1. Contrary to what jurassic park lead us to believe Velociraptor was smaller than a human and covered in feathers.
2. The Velociraptor is believed to be one of the smartest dinosaurs ever with there advanced planning and strategising skills and pack hunting capabilities.
3. The name Velociraptor means swift seizer.
4. Velociraptor lived in the late Cretaceous period about 73 million years ago.
5. The first known Velociraptor fossil was found in the Mongolian Gobi Desert in 1922.
This week is going to be about Miley cyrus👠💋.
1.she was born on November the23 in Franklan -Tennessee.
2 Her real name is Destiny hope .
3 her dad’s name is billy ray
4 she grow up on a farm
5 she started in Hana montana
5 things about Naymar.
1. His full name is Naymar da silva santos júnior.
2. His birthday 5 of February 1992 age 24.
3. Place of birth Mogi das cruzes in Brazil.
4. He is left foot in football.
5. He plays for Fc Barcelona.
my blog. is. about kit cars.
1.Kit cars are cars that. the buyer has to build themself
2.They are older cars from the past
3. They take some time to put together.
4. It can take hundreds or thousands of hours.
5. People use too ls and a plan to the car properly.
1St. The wwe world heavyweight champion belt has had 8 alternate names since it was introduction in 1963.
2nd. Since the beginning of the WWE there has been 120 WWE world heavyweight champions.
3rd. The rock,triple h and randy orton are all tied with 8 WWE championship wins.
4th. The most attended wrestle mania to date was wrestle mania III in pontiac Michigan on march 19th 1987 the attendance was a reported 93,173 people.
5th.diamond Dallas appeared at wrestle mania VI.
HOPE you enjoyed this weeks facts see you next week
My blog is about Justin Bieber.
1. He likes The Notebook.
2. His favourite food is sandwich.
3. His middle name is Drew.
4. He was born on the 1st of March 1994
5. His zodiac sighn is pisces
Article 13 – Children have the right to find out things and share what they know
LAC-This week we learned about where the Victorian children went on holiday. We found out that a lot of the Victorians went to the seaside by train and there were so many people at the beach you could barely move!
Literacy-We used the information we learned about the Victorian holidays to write a postcard. We pretended that we were a Victorian child writing to someone about a holiday at the seaside. Part of our success criteria was to include adjectives to describe the holiday. We also used our knowledge to draw a picture on our postcard to show what the seaside would have looked like in the Victorian era.
Maths-This week in maths the whole class learned about decimal numbers. We played an interactive game on the smartboard which helped up practice how to order decimal numbers for the smallest value to the largest value. We also learned about the value of the numbers before the decimal point and the value of the numbers after the decimal point. Some of us made a poster to show our understanding of place value and decimals.
Hope you all enjoy the holiday!
By P5b and Miss McClements
From the Blog Post Box:
Something fun I did this week was….
…..my class talk. Cameron
……P.E when I played Hockey. Luca
…….going back to knitting club. Fiona
…….drama because we used ‘shancompancom’. Robin
…….learning about decimals. Noah
Pupil of the Week-Katie
Another great week in P5a!
We have been learning how to use a dictionary this week and we now feel much more confident with this. We were also learning about synonyms and for this we used a thesaurus. We noticed that the earlier work we did with the dictionary helped us when it came to using the thesaurus.
In maths this week we have been converting kg into grams and vice versa. Some of us found this a little tricky at the start but we are all feeling very confident with this now. We are also able to determine which unit of measure we would use to weigh different things.
LATC
We made a thumatrope this week. A thumatrope is a toy that Victorian children would have made and played with.
Most exciting of all this week was our Victorian classroom afternoon.
Eva – I liked the desks being single
Cole – you could get the cane if you were slouching and had your elbows on the table
Lucy M – you had to listen very carefully because the teacher wouldn’t keep repeating things
Harvey – I didn’t like having to sit up straight
Here are some pictures –
Have a great long weekend !!
