We have had a fun and busy week in P5 this week.
In Green Gym we were given various activities to choose from such as making bandanas using cloth and bit of leaves, grass etc. We used stones and rocks to rub the grass etc inside the cloth and then the colour rubbed off on to the cloth. We also got to build dens, make bird feeders and create little decorations using nails, wood and leaves etc.
In Digital learning we started off the lesson by discussing hardware and software and the differences between these.
Examples of hardware – phone, ipad, laptop, smartboard, computer, console.
Examples of software – apps, wifi, glow, games etc.
We also coded Hungry Snake, where we had to put eggs around the place for the snake to find, but if he touched a rotten egg then the snake had to disappear!
In Numeracy we finished off our data analysis work from last week. In one group we looked at interpreting data from a database and graphs and in the other group we looked at using tally charts to gain information.
In Reading we continued to work on clarifying unknown words in a text. We used our group texts this week and found some really interesting words!
Examples of words we clarified:
hazy, mangy, oblige, contraption, sorrow, particular, wistful, adamant.
We are working hard to do the final work on our Space topic. We have worked in groups again to research the last planets ready to present these and include these in our class encyclopedia.
In Writing this week we picked a different job role to write about. We had to start by making some notes on the job we wanted to write about. Mrs Hillan showed us an example for a nurse. We were given the opportunity to use laptops to research any information we weren’t sure of that we wanted to include.
In spelling this week we created word searches using our words. We also picked from a variety of our strategies such as spelling tennis, back writing and noughts and crosses.
In PE this week we had our second session of badminton skills where we practised different serves. We also went on to have a go at some short games.
Remember it is a holiday on Monday! Enjoy the long weekend!
