Category Archives: Primary 5

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

P1-7 Literacy Open Morning

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This morning parents and carers were invited in to see what we have been doing in literacy. Mrs Gibson shared the school’s approaches to literacy with a short presentation in the hall. This looked at different ways we learn about literacy and how they can help their children at home. Parents and carers were then able to go and visit their child or children’s classrooms to take part and share in what they are doing for literacy, with reading as the main focus. This gave a little taster of the kinds of things we do and how they can continue this at home too. Please have a look at some of the photos. There was also a leaflet given out about ways to help your child with reading at home. There are extra copies outside the office.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Unique Potato – p5 and p6

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Primary 5 and 6 pupils came together over the last two Tuesdays for Unique Potato. Mrs Balmain and Mrs Harkness came to work with us. In the first session we were exploring potatoes. Now we weren’t growing them or cooking them, no we were turning them into characters! Firstly we had to look at all the things that made the potato unique that was visible like bumps, spots and scars. We then had to create a persona and story about our potato. We did this so that our potatoes became unique potatoes. Yes they would have some things we could see but also by learning more about their characters we found out what made them unique and special.

On the following Tuesday we shared what makes us unique like things we love, things we don’t like and things we are good at. We the discussed different disabilities and how these also make people unique. We looked at disabilities you can see like being in a wheelchair and being blind and using a stick. We then looked at disabilities you can’t see from the outside like autism and ADHD. We spent some time focusing on autism and how it can make their life more difficult, especially in school. Some people with autism find it hard to deal with noises. We had a shot with lots of loud and distracting noises when we were doing a task and it was very difficult! When we thought back to our potatoes what we realised is that everyone is special and unique. You cannot work out what someone is like just by looking at them. You have to get to know them and know their story.

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

STEM Challenge Bins

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Each class have a selection of 4 STEM bins. There are 8 different bins altogether. These bins are tubs that contain 1-2 materials such as lolly sticks or cubes. They also have some starter challenge cards like ‘can you build a maze’ and ‘can you create a bridge to cross a 10cm gap’. The children can then work on their own, in pairs or in small groups to use the materials to build, lay out and create something to solve their challenge. The feedback from the children is that they love these and enjoy making their own challenges. It is great to see how different children will tackle a problem in such different ways and really show off their ideas and creativity. Next time you have a few empty boxes or tubes at home, set your child a challenge to use them to make something to solve a problem.  p3-stem-bins

Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Christmas party

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P4/5, p5/6 and P7/6 had their Christmas party on Monday afternoon. We had a disco and strutted our dance moves for all to see. We did the Macarena and the cha cha slide.

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We played different party games too. We played musical arms. It’s similar to musical chairs but you link arms when the music stops. It’s great fun.

After all of our dancing we stopped for a snack. We had juice and crisps and a chance to chat.

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To end our party we danced the gay Gordon’s and the dashing white sergeant.

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We all had a great time at our Christmas party.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Visit to Dynamic Earth

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As part of our topic “Natural Disasters” we went to Dynamic Earth to learn more about them.

We had a tour of the gallery and learnt lots of interesting facts.

We had to travel back in time to find out how our planet first started.  This is called the “Big Bang”.

 

We then experienced what would happen in an earthquake, the floor moved beneath our feet, and how quickly lava would flow. We watched a video about how glaciers helped form the land around us.

 

After that we learnt more about the first lifeforms on Earth, what an iceberg feels like and animals in the rainforest.

“I learnt that 70% of the Earth is water” Lucy

” I learnt that one of the first reptiles on the planet was a lizard” Rebecca

” I learnt that sabre-tooth cats were hunted and not extinct like the dinosaurs”

In the afternoon we took part in a “shake rattle and roll” workshop. There were lots of activities to do with Natural Disasters. We had to make an earthquake proof building, learn how tsunami are made, sort rocks to see which ones were meteors, make a tornado in a bottle and label/draw different volcanoes.

We had an amazing time and would love to go back again.

 

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Matt Lockwood comes to visit

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Today we had a visit from professional footballer Matt Lockwood. He has played for lots of different teams during his career. : West Ham juniors, Leyton Orient, Colchester United, Nottingham forest and Dundee United.

He talked to us about working hard and not giving up when things get tough or change.

Some children from Primary 5,6 and 7 had a football session with him too.

We worked on our dribbling with both feet, defending and attacking skills and controlling the ball.

We then had a couple of games of football. Matt stopped us and gave us different tips for when we are playing.

We loved learning from him.

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Curling at Braehead Arena

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On Wednesday 23rd November 40 P5-7 pupils from Greenrigg and Stoneyburn went to the Braehead Arena in Glasgow. We went to watch the European Curling Championships. We arrived at the arena at 11:30am so we could get settled before the men’s tournament that started at 12pm. We had a whole section of the stand to ourselves with an excellent view of the curling rink. We were given Scottish Flags to help us support and cheer for the Scottish team. We really enjoyed learning about curling and watching the championship. When Scotland were having their turn we made sure we cheered them on. Later on in the day we then had the women’s championship which started at 4pm. This time they were on a rink closer to us so we had a great view to cheer them on. The other spectators commented on how great it was to see us there supporting our Scotland teams. We had a great day out!