We have just finished our topic on the Titanic. We learned it set off on its maiden voyage from Belfast in April 1912 and it sank on April 14th 1912 after hitting an iceberg. The musicians on board kept playing until the ship sank, we thought this was brave but also sad. We had a look at different people involved with the Titanic, including the Captains of both the Titanic and the SS California, the lookouts, the designer and the engineers, and came up with our own opinions about who might have been to blame. We built our own Titanic in the classroom and we made cabins from tissue boxes. Here is a photo…

This week we have been focusing on internet safety. We made leaflets about how to stay safe online. We have also been watching videos on newsround. Here are some of our top tips:

~ don’t become friends with someone you don’t know

~ don’t talk to people online that you don’t know

~ never arrange to meet up with anyone

~ always tell your parents to check friend requests

~ always tell your parents if something doesn’t feel right or bothering you

~ never give out your personal information

Primary Five are excited to be back at school! We all had a lovely christmas and New Year and are ready to work hard. This week we have been reminding ourselves about what we learned before Christmas. We started our topic this week and are very excited to learn all about the rainforest.

This week primary five have been creating a picture using pointilism. In maths we have started division! We know that we can use our understanding of times tables to help us divide. We also went a trip to the library to hear a Scottish story teller. We heard lots of interesting stories and riddles.

This week we have been practicing for our assembly which will take place on the 15th of November. We loved watching the Primary one’s assembly today, they all done so well! We had a great time in art this week, Mrs Hill came in and showed us how to use colour to draw a picture of a Scottish thistle. We used the computers to write diary entries as William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and King Edward.

This week we have learnt our 7 times table and have been practicing our 6,8 & 9 times tables. We have started learning about ways to collect and record data.

We wrote a letter to Harry Potter which was full of questions. We have begun planning our Christmas Fayre crafts.

This week primary 5 have been looking at £5,£10 and £20 notes. We have learnt how to give change from these amounts. We thought about things we would want and need for our school and created posters to show this. We loved learning about money and finance and look forward to seeing the other classes stalls.

This week we have been learning all about money and finance. We have learnt the difference between credits and debits and how theese affect Bank statements. We have used our skills in art and design to make representations of places to keep our money. We have learnt that we can pay with more than just cash, we learnt how to use credit cards, bank cards and vouchers. We wrote a diary about spending one million pounds! It’s more difficult than you think!

This week Primary 5 have been busy in maths, the circles have been lerning their 9 times table and the triangles have been learning their 3 & 4 times tables.

We have been designing shields for our topic and were discussing the qualities needed to make a good teacher. Come check out our display at the top of the stairs!