Hi,
Regarding the school concert on Monday 18th December, we are asking all Primary 5 Pupils to wear a Christmas jumper/ T-shirt or a Christmas hat or some tinsel.
They should still wear their school uniform and can get changed before the concert.
Kind regards
Miss Graham and Mr Neale
Well after a lovely summer holiday our new primary 5’s have been busy since starting. So far we have created lovely self portraits, stained glass names and even started our topic.
The pupils enjoyed making their stained glass names and put a lot of thought into the colours they wanted to use. They were so excited when they were finally put up on the window and luckily for us, the sun was shining so we were able to see the effect of them.
The pupils have also been busy making kites where they looked at what they enjoyed last year, what they are looking forward to in primary 5 and what their strengths are. They also thought hard about something they would like to become better at.
We have had a great start to the term and can’t wait to keep you updated with all of our fun activities in class and what we are learning.
Miss Graham and Primary 5G
Primary 5G would like to wish you all a Happy Easter.
We hope you all have a lovely holiday.
The Pupils have been enjoying working on some Easter themes activities:
Have a lovely holiday!
Primary 5G
Primary 5 have been so excited about Easter and today were set a STEM challenge to build a basket for the Easter Bunny to carry eggs.
The only resources they could use were:
Some of their creations are fab!
We will assess them after the holidays and see how much they can hold.
Yesterday (Tuesday 21st March) Primary 5 had a wonderful science STEM day and made cornflour slime. The children all enjoyed getting involved with the experiments and trying things out and following the instructions to make new things and to show changes in colour and changes in state.
Cornflour slime
The children found it quite tricky to mix the cornflour and water and had to work hard to combine the two using lots of muscle power.
Eventually, when the consistency was correct the pupils chose their preferred colour for the slime.
Results
Primary 5 had a fabulous day today conducting a variety of experiments in class related to changes.
They looked at colour change and change in state.
3 experiments included:
The children completed science reports on each and came up with their predicitons for each experiment before conducting it.
The children had an excellent time participating in these experiments and worked together in small groups sharing ideas.
They then came up with their findings and conclusions for their reports.
Fizzy colours
Findings
Paper Towel Colour Mixing
Findings
Tomorrow the children will finish their report on Cornflour slime and reflect on their findings.
Photos to follow of these fab experiments.
Fair to say that the children enjoyed their science day and will hopefully have more science experiments to report on.
Yesterday (Monday 20th March) Primary 5 were exploring these questions in some depth.
Firstly we came up with our own theories regarding the reasons(s) why the Titanic sank which included;
I am sure you will agree that Primary 5 really thought very hard at this and did very well at giving reasons and when questioned further were able to justify their reasons.
Today we had a guest in the class to help us answer this question and allowed us to have a deeper discussion and develop our understanding. They were all so engaged in the lesson and the questions that the class were asking were just fab!
Today we learned that the Titanic stayed afloat through buoyancy where the upward thrust of a force allowed it to float – when something is placed in water it will sink until it moves enough water to support it.
The reason the Titanic sank = it hit an iceberg and ripped a hole in its hull. water then poured into the hull and the ship became too heavy – there was not enough support or upward thrust to help it float.
Why did it sink diagonally and why did it snap?
Primary 5 really did a brilliant job today of digging deeper into these questions and have developed a good understanding of them now. Their questioning and reasoning was great!
Primary 5 participated in the Handball festival today.
They performed brilliantly and worked very well in their teams. The children had a great afternoon and won a number of their games.
Great teamwork and handball skills!
Huge well done to primary 5 today!
Primary 5 had a fabulous time learning all about space, and in particular, the Moon Landing.
They put all of their knowledge to use and created newspaper articles describing the Moon Landing and enjoyed creating their own headlines.
The effort they put into their reports was excellent and they were all keen to learn more about it.
I am sure you will agree that their display looks lovely.
