Ella in P5A has been learning British Sign Language and this week she volunteered to teach a short lesson to the class. We learned how to sign please, thank you, hello and goodbye and then we practised signing our names. Next time, Ella and Emma will be teaching us how to sign all the letters of the alphabet.
Our 1+2 Languages ambassadors have done a great job of promoting languages this term across the school. They suggested having a Languages ‘Advent Calendar’ where every day in December classes would learn how to say ‘Merry Christmas’ in a different language. All of our pupils really loved doing this and it gave them a chance to share the different languages spoken at home by many of our children and their families. We also learned a lot about different cultures and customs across the world at this time of year. Here are some children from Mrs Turner’s class enjoying their daily dose of languages!
On Thursday, 9th November, P5A visited East Calder Library with Mrs Campbell and Mrs Robertson.
We met Deborah the librarian who told us all about how to become a member and explained all of the different services the library provides. We did some reading activities and then listened to a story. Lots of us were keen to get an application form so we can become members and visit the library more regularly.
On Monday 2nd October, P5A and P5B took part in the Handball Tournament at West Calder High School.
We formed 3 teams and took turns to play short matches against other schools.
Everyone showed great team spirit and sportsmanship and we had a chance to practise our skills in passing, receiving, shooting, marking and blocking.
Well done to everyone who took part!
This P5 pupil successfully completed the Summer Reading Challenge 2023 and shared his favourite book with us – a great achievement, well done!
Primary 5A have had a busy couple of weeks settling into our new classroom and revisiting our school rules and values. We are in the process of creating our class charter (it’s going to bee good!) and have been reminding ourselves about the 4 capacities and skills for learning. We also thought about our goals and aspirations for the new school year.
We had our first visit to the school library and have been enjoying having the opportunity to read or listen to stories in class.
We have begun revising place value and have explored the numeracy materials in class to help us demonstrate our understanding.
On Friday, we joined up with P5B to choose our IDL context for this term. The outcome we will be exploring is all about the impact we have on the planet and how we can lead more sustainable lives – there was a clear winner and we are all very excited about exploring The Rainforest and showcasing our learning.
On Thursday morning Primary 5 had a visit from Natalie and Emma from InStep dance who kindly donated their time to give us a taster session of a hip-hop dance class. Everyone made a huge effort to participate and came up with a very impressive routine after just a short session, a lovely fun way to round off the term. Thank you again to Natalie and Emma for making it such a fun session.
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The first of our Personal Projects came in today and we were all very impressed with this pupil’s research on guineapigs. It was beautifully and clearly presented and contained lots of interesting information- there was even a word search and a quiz which we had fun completing. We look forward to seeing more projects as they come in.
Last weekend Jakson in Primary 5 qualified for the Motocross British Championship, an amazing achievement for such a young rider. We are all incredibly proud of Jakson and we look forward to seeing what the future holds for him as he continues to compete in this exciting sport. Well done, Jakson!
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