This week Primary Five have enjoyed all the opportunities that they have had to develop their cricket skills. We have had three coaching sessions led by sports leaders at the local community centre over the past three Tuesdays. We have practiced ourskills and played games of cricket with the rest of the class. On Thursday we attended the cricket festival at Whitburn Community centre. When we got there, we were placed in different teams mixed with pupils from four other schools. We participated in seven different stations which were led by sports leaders from the local high school. We had a fantastic time and learned so much. We would like to thank Mr Masters the sports development officer for making it all possible.

This week, Primary Five received a very interesting talk from a Powerwise employee. They learned:

• about conductors and insulators of electricity
• to stay away from cables and in particular, red wires
• to keep water away from electricity
• to make sure the socket switch is off before inserting a plug
• be aware of warning signs near electrical points
• keep an eye on younger children when using electricity
• playing with electricity is never a game!

Primary Five feel that they can make sure that their families and themselves are far more safe when using electricity. 🙂

We have had a wonderful week learning about money and finance. Today we are celebrating our hard work by displaying money stalls in the hall for visitors to see. The class have made their very own cash machine and have had great fun using it. We have learned about money safety, credit unions and other financial institutions and how money is represented and accessed by creating our own bank statements. As you can see, we have been working extremely hard.

This week Primary five have enjoyed:

• Learning about Ash Wednesday and Lent. All pupils have made Lenten promises and will try hard to keep them. Pupils received their Ashes yesterday.
• Learning about the space station in science.
• Learning how to use the wall bars safely in gymnastics.

They will enjoy their last session of golf today with Mrs Crawford. This week pupils will learn how to complete the last swing which is the full swing!

We did self portraits

We got some very good tips

They look fabulous!

As you can see Primary Five have had another busy week!

They have been creating Haikus and drawing self portraits.

Ask them to make one especially for you!

Primary Five have had an exciting week.

• They have been learning all about Robert Burns and have even written an alternative ending to Tam O’ Shanter! On Burns Day all classes performed a Scottish song. The concert was a huge hit!
• All pupils are now working towards their Level One Club Golf. Everyone has been having great fun doing so.
• In science, they have been learning about planets where each pupil has completed research on a chosen planet. The children even got to design their own space rover!

Primary Five are having fun studying the rainforest. They are learning where rainforest exist. They are also learning  about the animals that live in this environment, the layers of the forest and the indigenous people there. Read this wonderful description of the Amazon rainforest written by a primary five pupil.

Enormous trees towering up to the sky, further than I can see. Swinging monkeys gliding from branch to branch. Intense delightful flowers everywhere. Marvellous monkeys howling ferociously are so loud I can’t hear myself think!

Written by Connor