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Primary 5, Primary 6

Angles in P6/5

February 8, 2016 Mrs Gough 2 Comments

In Maths, we have been learning all about angles. There are different types of angles.

An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.

A right angle is 90 degrees.

An obtuse is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

A straight line is 180 degrees.

A reflex angle is more than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.

Today we went outside to draw and measure different angles. We used a protractor, ruler and some chalk. First we drew a horizontal or vertical line. We then lined up our protractor on the 0 line and lined up the circle with the line. We then choose what angle we wanted to draw and made a mark. Finally we then drew a line through that mark.

We made lots of different types of angles.

” I liked this because it was a different way to draw angles” – Eeman

” I liked doing this as we worked in pairs and checked other people’s angles to see if they were correct” – Carla

Primary 5, Primary 6

Victorian school afternoon

February 2, 2016 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

This afternoon we took part in a Victorian school afternoon to learn more about how Victorian children learnt at school.

First of all we set up our classroom so that our tables were in rows. We had to sit with boys on one side and girls on the other.

When we came into the classroom we came in height order with boys first as they were more important than girls.

We took part in dictation, handwriting with chalk and with our right hand and recited our times tables.

If we spoke out of turn, were silly or work was messy we had to stand in the corner as a punishment.

“I enjoyed when we did handwriting and I had to write with my right hand. It felt really weird and sore as I write with my left” – Jenna.

“I enjoyed how scary it was in a Victorian classroom and was scared in case I had to stand in a corner” – Jason.

“I was scared as Miss Cooke was really strict. It was hard not to laugh” – Scott.

” I felt happy and excited as it was fun that we got to have our tables in rows and sat next to our friend.” – Elise

Some of us felt sad when it finished as we really enjoyed it. Miss Cooke felt very relieved as it was hard to stay really strict the whole time and not help those who found handwriting hard.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Active spelling

January 29, 2016 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

We have been practising our spelling words in a variety of ways this term to help us learn them better.

We have used lego and pipe cleaners to make the shape of each letter.

We have been spelling the words on each others backs and cheerleading each letter according to its height.

We used shaving foam to write each letter and we’re going to begin to write the letters in sand too.

We have been using different spelling cards to help us write them in our jotters. We have written letters to Superman, completed rainbow writing, backwards writing, fancy letters and many more.

We really enjoy practising our spelling this way.

Primary 6, Primary 7

Challenge club begins

January 29, 2016 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

This week in Challenge club we completed 2 STEM challenge cards. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

The first challenge we took part in was trying to get 2 ping pong balls to float above a hairdryer that was on. We got 1 to float but found it difficult for the other one to stay in the air. This is because they kept on hitting each other and the air current could only work around one ping pong ball.

The second challenge we completed was to make a car safe if it had a crash. We designed a crumple zone for the front, back and sides of the car. We used paper, sellotape, masking tape and straws to make the crumble zone on our toy car. We tested our crumple zones by shooting a car towards a wooden block. Some of us were successful and the crumple zone survived, some did not!

We can’t wait for the next challenge club next week.

Primary 5, Primary 6

P6/5 visit the Nursery

January 12, 2016 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

We went to visit our buddies in the Nursery last week. We took a picture book of our choice to read to them. We had to make sure that we read loud enough for them to hear and we talked about the pictures in the book too.

We really enjoyed seeing our buddies again and we can’t wait for the next visit.

Primary 5, Primary 6

P6/5 visit Hopetoun House

December 18, 2015 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

On Monday 14th December we went to visit Hopetoun House near South Queensferry. We went to learn all about Victorians in a stately home at Christmas time.

We all had the opportunity to dress up as servants. We were butlers, valets, footman, bootboys, house maids, parlour maids, nurse maids and scullery maids. We got to act out the different chores that they would do around the house.

” I was a scullery maid. I had to sleep under the table in the Butlers pantry. I wasn’t important” – Emma MacKay

” I was a nurse maid. I had to act out when I was giving Lady Hopetoun her baby.” – Emma McDougall.

” I was a parlour maid. I had to clean the important rooms in the house” – Carla.

” I was the bootboy. I had to light over 100 fires every morning”-James.

” I was the Butler. I had to make sure all the servants were doing their jobs. I had to wear white gloves and run them across the surfaces to check for dust or dirt” – Jason.

In the afternoon we made our own butter. We had a tub of double cream and an equal amount of gold top milk. We then had to churn the mixture until butter had been produced. It was very tasty when we tried it the next day.

We also did some quilling. We used a pheasants feather and dipped it into ink and wrote letters home.

It was amazing and we would all LOVE to go back again. It was the best trip ever.

Primary 5, Primary 6

P6/5 Victorian Christmas afternoon tea.

December 11, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

Today we sat down and had a great Victorian Christmas afternoon tea. We invited Mrs Gibson and Mrs Berginis to join us.

We had a variety of different treats to eat. We had German biscuits, shortbread, cheese savoury crisps, chocolate and orange truffles and Christmas cake. We also had a beautiful cup of English tea.

“My favourite part of the afternoon tea was the shortbread” – Harris

” I tried cheese savoury crisps and I LOVED them” – James

” I loved it. You wouldn’t want to miss it” – Jenna

” I tried German star biscuits and I liked it” – Noah

We enjoyed it so much that we are going to have an afternoon tea again.

Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Tuck time

November 25, 2015 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

Everyday we sell tuck at the beginning of school. Lately we haven’t been selling much so we thought we’d tell you about what we have and why tuck is good.

You can buy:

* biscuits

* a range of fruit – bananas, apples, oranges, raisins, pineapple and melon

* yoghurts

* cheese strings

The items vary in price starting at 10p.

Having a healthy snack at playtime provides us with lots of energy to help make our great brains work. If you buy tuck it helps the school to raise money to buy new things for our classes and our playground.

We hope to see more of you at tuck shop.

The tuck team – Jason B, Jenna and Elise

Primary 5, Primary 6

P6/5 amazing class talks

November 20, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

This week we performed some outstanding class talks. We were brilliant because we brought in props to support our talks, we were loud and clear for everyone to hear, everyone was included by asking questions, taking part in quizzes and singing songs.

There were lots of different talks.

Adam – my talk was about the Brazilian wandering spider.

Karis – my talk was about acrobatic gymnastics.

Arron – my talk was all about Judo.

James – my talk was about the plague.

The whole class were prepared and participated in their own class talk. Miss Cooke was amazed and can’t wait until the next lot of talks.

By Primary 6/5

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Maths Problem Solving challenge day

November 19, 2015 Mrs Gough 3 Comments

We went along to Stoneyburn Primary School to take part in a Maths Problem solving challenge day.

We talked about different types of problems we can be given and the different strategies we might use to solve them.

We had lots of opportunities to work through different types of problems – logic, finding different possibilities, visual and rules and patterns.

Scott – I really enjoyed the logic problem all about Lego.

Jason – I really liked when I got to work out how many ways I could arrange number cards 1-15.

In the afternoon, we tackled 3 challenging questions. One was about how many jelly babies we would need to pull out of the bag to ensure we got one of each colour. The second question asked us to work out whether it was quicker to travel by horse and cart then a donkey or to walk the whole way.

The last question was the hardest and most challenging. We had to use our logic problem skills to work out the name and job of the son and Father. We found it hard but we didn’t give up.

Can you solve the problem?

Messrs. Baker, Butcher, Farmer, Joiner and Plumber are all residents of the small village of Haar. They are the sons of a baker, a butcher, a farmer, a joiner and a plumber, who are all retired, and they themselves work as a baker, a butcher, a farmer, a joiner and a plumber. None of the five has a name which is that of his father’s occupation or of his own occupation; and none follows his father’s occupation. None has, as yet, a son of his own. Here are five clues to help you find out the occupation of each of the five villagers and the occupations of their fathers. 1. The retired plumber’s son is engaged to a girl in the neighbouring village of Smirr. 2. The village badminton team, which has four players, consists of Mr Baker, Mr Plumber, the retired butcher’s son and the joiner. 3. Mr Butcher and the retired baker’s son married sisters. 4. The village folk group, HearHaar, is made up of the retired farmer’s son on guitar, the plumber on fiddle and Mr Butcher on percussion. 5. The joiner is the only unmarried man in the list.