This has been a fantastic week for us in Primary 5, we have had such fun in our learning.

Monday we went to the Loch to meet Rosie and Melissa who are both rangers and teach children about wildlife. They played games with us to help us understand more about the food chains that are in the Loch. We played bird bingo using binoculars, we had to spot particular birds that live around the Loch, some of them were really hard to spot but we tried our best. We learnt more about the water cycle and also considered how many different ways our Loch gets polluted.

We began writing our version of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe this week which we have been preparing for over the past few weeks, this was great fun as we are able to make the story our own but keeping to the ‘bones’ of the story.

World book day was amazing in Primary 5; Mr Reed encouraged us to lose ourselves in a book of our choice. We were able to chill out and enjoy reading, something Mr Reed often encourages us to do.

This week we are making arrangements to say goodbye to our fish, they are growing so fast that it is time to release them into a local stream. Amy had to come to our class to provide us with special food as the fish have lost their yolk sacks now so need feeding daily. When we release them on Tuesday we will be meeting some volunteers who will teach us more about the water and life around the stream.

Next week we also have a trip to a chocolate experience where we will be learning more about our topic of sustainability.

Primary 5