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P6/5 Outdoor learning – people of the rainforest.

October 15, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

P6 from Stoneyburn joined P6/5 today to take part in outdoor learning at Greenrigg Community woodland. It was a chance to make new friends and work with different people.

Mrs Gibson, Miss Cooke and Miss Benson walked us down to the community wood to help us make forest cocktails and build dens.

Our forest cocktails were made with different leaves, flowers and tree parts and mixed with a long stick. We had different smells in each cup. We then named our creations.

We then formed teams and had to make a den with a roof to protect us from the wind and rain. We used leaves, sticks and plants around us to build them. Some of us were more successful than others.

We had an excellent day and can’t wait for the next opportunity when we can all get together.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Money Week budget challenge

October 9, 2015 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

As part of Money week, we had to complete a challenge to organise a weekend trip to London for 2 adults. We had a £1000 to spend on travel, accommodation and activities. It was really important that we stuck to our budget as you can’t spend money that you don’t have. We found that even though £1000 seems a lot, it didn’t go very far.

We were successful and kept to our budget that we were given. We realised that booking and organising a trip away or a holiday isn’t cheap.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Visit from Zoolab

October 1, 2015 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

Today P6/5 had a visit from Zoolab. They brought lots of different rainforest animals for us to look at and touch too. We saw a cornsnake, stick insect, scorpion, cockroaches, snails and a tree frog.

“I enjoyed holding the cockroach. It was really ticklely” – Sophie

” I liked touching the cornsnake because it was really cold and had lots of scales” – Arron

” I liked when the frog climbed out of the box and was jumping everywhere” – Jason

” I liked looking at the frog because it was cute.” – Rafael.

We really enjoyed their visit and hope that they can come again.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Word wizards in P6/5

September 29, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

We have been working very hard with our literacy Circles in class this week.

We have been concentrating on ‘Word Wizard’. We listened to an extract called “Maniac McGee” and had to find all the powerful words and phrases. We then discussed as a class what we thought they meant and had to explain our thoughts too. We found it interesting that we all thought different things. We also learnt that writers can really make you think, create questions and images in your head with just a few sentences.

We can’t wait until next week where we’ll be looking at vivid verbs that authors use.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Keeping fit

September 22, 2015 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

We have been working on building up stamina and our fitness levels in P.E.

We have completed various exercises stations, which include ball punches, bench hops, skipping, shuttle runs, jumping jacks, sit ups, press ups and much more. We completed each station for 1 minute and rested for 1 minute in between to help our bodies recover.

We found it very hard but we know that if we persevere then our fitness levels will improve.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Primary 6/5 collages

August 31, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

Primary 6/5 have made an excellent start to the year. We have completed two challenges in small teams to help us develope skills for life. We’ll be taking on more challenges throughout the year.

We have taken part in a local art competition. We had to make collages linked to the theme “flying”. We had lots of ideas and enjoyed working with different types of paper to create our own artwork. We hope we’re successful and win