Primary 1 have had another great week! In topic we have been building houses from clay and using our new Promethean panel to design a castle. We have been retelling the story of the Three Little Pigs using storymats and building our own story using a variety of materials in preparation for our writing next week. We had a visit from the author Michelle Sloan who read her story ‘The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee’.
Hi everyone, this week in P7, in Maths we have started to work on time/distance/speed problems. In Writing we investigated different story starters and included one of these starters in our story about a ‘Terrible Tsunami’. In topic we found out all about industry in Japan. We especially enjoyed finding out about humanoid robots. In RE we continued thinking about Lent. We also thought about the life of St. Joseph and had a lovely St. Joseph’s day mass. In Art we studied the importance of the cherry blossom in Japanese culture. We sketched our own cherry blossom pictures using blending and shading.
It is safe to say that Mr Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory has certainly been opened to our class. We went to Gooey Events in Livingston as we had won a visit thanks to Rachel’s mum who had entered our class into a competition that they were running. We all clambered into the coach excited about what delicious delights lay ahead.
When we arrived at the ‘factory’ we were met by Alison who showed us to where we could leave our coats before heading into the ‘inventing’ room. We spent some time learning about the different types of chocolate which of course we all had to try to taste for ourselves the differences and also about Fairtrade a topic which we really impressed Alison with our knowledge about.
After a short break it was back to the ‘inventing’ room where we were given a chocolate ‘pizza’ base and some sweets that we used to create a face. This was a very sticky, fun and tasty session as most of us tested some of the sweets we were using.
We then had to use our entrepreneurial skills to create a sweet and an advert for it, we worked in small groups to demonstrate our group work before presenting our idea to the rest of the class. This was great fun and the sweets all sounded amazing.
We finished our visit with a quiz about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a book we all know very well having just read it. We all scored so well Alison then continued the quiz about sweets that are available in shops today.
The whole day was great fun and we are looking forward to eating our chocolate pizzas tonight when we get home.
Our thanks again to Rachel’s mum for winning us the trip.
Primary 5
The day had finally arrived for us to say goodbye to the brown trout. Over the last six weeks we had grown fond of our class pets and enjoyed seeing them grow and become frys, an incredible transformation from the eggs that were given to us all those weeks ago.
Amy split the fish into bags to allow each of us to take responsibility for a few fish as we walked them down to a local river which we were later told was a nursery river for brown trout.
We dressed in waterproof jackets and trousers as the weather was very changeable and no one wanted to get wet or cold. We then set off with mixed emotions.
Arriving at the river, we were met by several members of the fishing club who had created a learning space next to the river. Mr Reed split us into three groups and we went off to our stations.
Station 1 was an opportunity to see close up some of the insects that live in the river, we saw lots of freshwater shrimps, caddis fly larva, stonefly nymphs, mayfly nymphs and even a leach.
Station 2 was an area to learn a little more about the river and the work that goes on to keep it healthy, we were upset to see the amount of litter that the guys had cleared in just ten minutes.
Station 3 was where our fish were to be released into the river. Amy took charge of this station and we said our goodbyes and carefully put them into a large container which was then slowly emptied into the river.
Our project has ensured that over 120 young brown trout have been given the best start in life and hopefully will grow and have many more young.
Primary 5
Primary 1 have had a very exciting and busy week. We have been continuing to learn all about Fairtrade by designing a poster to show where chocolate comes from. We used Fairtrade Chocolate to make Chocolate Krispie Cakes and used Fairtrade Jam on our pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. We have been investigating materials and used sticks, bricks and straw to build our own houses for the Three Little Pigs. On Wednesday we had a very special service to mark the beginning of Lent. This morning we worked with Mrs Vickers and Henry’s mum to plant Snowdrops in our playground. We are also really excited about our brand new Promethean Panel which was installed on Thursday!
Welcome back to our blog.. this week in P7 in Literacy we completed our Critical essay on the poem Timothy Winters using P.E.E chains. We also completed our block on ‘Money Maths’ we know the importance of budgeting, how to use Debit and Credit cards, and we can also say what VAT, APR, and discounts are. In Topic we found out about transport in Japan. We were very impressed by the speed of the bullet or Shinkansen trains and we drew our own. We also found out about one of the longest bridges in the world, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. We enjoyed eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and had a lovely Lent service on Wednesday and thought about our own Lenten journey. On Thursday we designed tokens for ‘World Book Day’. We also had out first read through of Mary Poppins. Finally we created fireworks pictures with Mrs Ross.
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
Primary 1 have been learning all about the importance of Fairtrade. We had a visit from Mrs Byrne and Mrs McEwan from the Linlithgow Fairtrade Partnership and we found out about different food products. We designed a picture of a variety of Fairtrade snacks and designed a poster to show the journey of a Fairtrade Banana. Our new sound this week is oa/ow and we were outside writing our sounds with chalk. In maths we have been measuring length and weight in non-standard units. On Wednesday it was such a beautiful day that we got to have our lunch outside!
This week in P7 in Maths we worked on calculating Profit and Loss and foreign exchange. We found out how to convert currencies. In writing we investigated figurative language like metaphors, similes and alliteration. We found out how the poet Charles Causley used figurative language effectively in the poem Timothy Winters. We also learned about P.E.E. chains and how to use them to write a critical essay on the poem. In our topic work we compared food in Japan with food in Scotland. We saw how Japanese women wear a kimono for the Japanese tea ceremony and created our own kimonos. In Science we found out about chemical reactions and carried out a chemical reaction when we made our volcanoes explode. On Friday we also found out which parts we got in our school show Mary Poppins. We are very excited and can’t wait to start rehearsals.
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