Author: Miss McNee

P6/5 thoroughly enjoyed our outdoor learning session this week. We went to the woodland area behind the school and our first task was to find and identify different types of plants and trees using the branches and leaves. Next we had to build a den using team work and our communication skills. Before heading back to school we measured the average age and height of trees using our counting and measuring skills.

P6/5 worked with Xcite during PE this week to develop our skills in tennis. We practiced under arm throws and striking the ball with the racket. We all had a great time and cant wait for the next session!

P6/5 thoroughly enjoyed their second session with Jen from Voice Rocks. Jen taught us how to sing Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and we even had some volunteers to do some solos!

P6/5 have had a great first week back! We started our book study on ‘Guardians of the Wild Unicorns’ by Scottish author Lindsay Littleson. In the story Lewis and his best friend Rhona are on a P7 residential trip in the North of Scotland. Lewis gets lost in the moorlands after an argument with Rhona and he believes he spots a unicorn but he is too afraid to tell Rhona incase she thinks he has gone mad!

We had some hot seating where the children pretended to be the main character Lewis and others asked questions about Lewis’ character and some of the questionable decisions he has made throughout the first few chapters.

We also used technology to create images using AI, powerpoints and coding on the mciro:bits to predict what we thought would happen in the next chapter.

P6/5 had a great time at their Christmas party!

There was lots of games and dancing going on.

We then ended the week with a movie and hot chocolate!

Merry Christmas from P6/5!