Category Archives: Primary 5
Greenrigg Primary School Standards and Quality Report 18-19
P5 Den building
Yesterday we headed down to the local woodlands to complete a STEM challenge.
We had to imagine we were in the Rainforest. We needed to build a shelter to keep us dry. Miss Cooke told us that it had to be at least a metre tall, everyone in the group could fit under it as well as keep us dry.
We used different materials that we found to build our frames and make it rain proof. Some of us found some really big sticks to use.
We discussed what skills we had used once we were back at school. We all agreed that we had used our Maths skills to estimate how tall our shelter was as well as ensuring materials we used weren’t too heavy. We also used Science to work out which materials would be better to keep us dry.
We had a great afternoon. We hope we get to go back and do more STEM challenges.
Author visit from Stuart Reid
Yesterday we had a visit from Scottish author Stuart Reid. He became an author at 42 after realising that he wasn’t happy in his job. He showed us the books he has written and read some extracts from them We got to act the parts out to make the stories really come to life. We were given the opportunity to buy a signed copy of the books.
Osigili Warrior Visit
Today we have the Osigili Warrior Group visiting our school. They performed songs, dances and taught us about their country and culture. We really enjoyed the performance. They also joined us in the lunch hall.
Community Clean Up!
Well done to everyone who helped out in our big litter pick around Greenrigg!
P5/4 read and relax.
Today we decided to head outside and have some “r n r” – read and relax.
Everyday we read a book of our choice for 15 minutes.
“I feel relaxed and ready to learn more after read and relax” – Elle
”I like finding new words in my book to share with the class” – Lewis
You can read and relax anywhere. I wonder where we’ll be reading next.
Orienteering.
Yesterday we went orienteering at Polkemmet country park. P5 from Miss Parks class came too.
First we had a picnic in the park as it was a nice sunny day then had some time to play.
We met Hannah, a park ranger, who told use what orienteering was.
“Orienteering is when you read maos and have to find letters and numbers ” – Jaxon
“Its a bit like a giant treasure hunt” – Lewis.
We split into teams had to follow a route on a map using red and green markers. It was quite easy to follow.
Then Hannah showed us how to use a compass and read an OS map.
“The red arrow on a compass always shows North” – Ross
” All maps have arrows to show North” – Lucy
Once we could read the map we were sent off around the park to find our markers and record on our map.
We had a fab time and would love to go back.
Stem week in P5/4
Today is the first day of British Science week. We have been given the topic to learn about the moon.
First we wanted to find out different things about the moon.
Jaxon – why do people live on the earth instead of the moon?
Adam – why did people go to the moon?
Kaitlin – why do people not live on the moon?
Lucy – why do some people think the moon is made of cheese?
We used different books and the internet to find out our answers. We showed our answers as a poster.
We found out that Mrs Kerr and Deacon know lots about space and the moon.
This afternoon we learnt about the first man on the moon.
Lewis – 3 men went to the moon in July 1969.
Natalie – They went to the moon to study the rocks and dust.
Ellie – Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
We cant wait to learn more about the Moon.
Pac-Man has arrived
Today Pac-Man arrived to help us with identifying angles with Mr Taylor.
We talked about what a right angle was as well as angles that are smaller called acute and angles that are bigger called obtuse.
We went outside into the playground with our Pac-Man to find where right angles are.
We had great fun and can’t wait to learn more about angles this week.
