Category Archives: Primary 5

Achievements, English & Literacy, Events, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Uncategorized

Mid Calder celebrates Robert Burns in style!

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On Friday 20th January, pupils from across each class demonstrated their Scots skills by participating in our annual Robert Burns assembly.

Two pupils from each class recited their poem in front of the audience, led by our House Captains.  We learned a little information about Rabbie Burns himself and we were treated to a real celebration of Scots culture, when girls from P6 and P7 performed some Highland dancing.

Niamh Sher, Cailin McKenna and Zach Paris will now go forward to represent Mid Calder Primary at the West Lothian Burns Recital competition later on this term.

ALL boys and girls who took part were a real credit to themselves – their use of Scots language was outstanding and dedication to learning their poems off by heart was fantastic.

Thankyou to our judging panel, Mr MacFarlane, Mrs Bokhari and Mrs Mackenzie had a tough job choosing a representative from Primary Five to Seven.

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Interdisciplinary Learning, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 5

P5a Maths

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P5a Maths

Learning Intention:

We are learning to display information in frequency tables and bar charts and understand the impact of scale on these

Success Criteria:

  • I can ask and answer questions about information displayed in frequency tables and bar graphs
  • I understand the impact of scale on pictograms and bar graphs and can use this to make sensible choices about what scale to use
  • I can create my own pictogram or bar graph choosing an appropriate scale, labels for axes and title
  • I can ask and answer questions about bar line graphs

As part of our IDL topic on Natural Disasters, we have been learning about different ways of displaying data and how to interpret information shown on charts and graphs.

We looked at a selection of graphs and answered questions about the data displayed on them. We then surveyed our class and created our own graphs. When we could confidently do this, we looked at data about volcanic eruptions around the world and created bar graphs to show the number of deaths caused by these.  As we were working with large numbers we had to adjust the scale of our graphs accordingly to ensure they were accurate and that they would fit on the page! Next we will be learning how to create pie charts and line graphs.

Learning Letters, Primary 5

Learning Letter P5

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Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to Term 3 in Primary 5. We are looking forward to a busy and fun term. The highlights of last term
included our George’s Marvellous Medicine topic and our trip to the cinema. We were also excited to start
this term off with our Dragons’ Den pitches to a guest panel of exclusive Dragons. We have now begun our
new IDL context for learning, Natural Disasters, and all of the children in P5 will be involved in the West
Calder High School cluster handball festival on 15th February.
Miss Sherlow and Mrs Campbell

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Anytime Anywhere Learning, English & Literacy, Interdisciplinary Learning, Primary 5, Uncategorized

Horrible Hurricane Histories in P5B

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We are learning to research a significant natural disaster from throughout history.

Success Criteria:
I can identify reliable websites and understand when a website is trying to influence me
I can organise my notes under appropriate headings
I can summarise my findings using my own words
I can use my notes to contribute to a class OneNote

As part of our IDL context, Natural Disasters, this week Primary 5B have been learning all about hurricanes, tornadoes and cyclones. First of all, we learned that the main difference between these weather phenomenons is the location where the storm is formed. Next, we used our own and the school devices to research a well known hurricane in pairs, taking notes on our findings.

We also used our findings to contribute to a class OneNote, where we had to input the cost of damage caused by our hurricane, and the number of lives lost in the disaster. We then used the data handling skills we have been learning in our maths lessons to transfer this information into a pie chart and a bar chart using Purple Mash. We posted our charts onto our Natural Disasters Yammer page.

We then brought all of this information together to write a newspaper article about our hurricane. We imagined that the disaster had just happened and we had been given the job to tell the world about it.


What a whirlwind of a week for P5B!

English & Literacy, Primary 5, Winter Ready P5

Winter Ready Homework: Pure dead braw poems for P5!

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It is that time of year again where we celebrate one of Scotland’s greats, Robert Burns, at our annual Burns Assembly on January 20th 2017. Please find the two Scots poems for Primary 5 to choose from for this year’s competition. Each child must learn as much of the poem as possible, and we will hold our own in class judging to select the two representatives to perform at the assembly. P4-7 will also then have the opportunity to be chosen to recite their poem and represent Mid Calder at the West Lothian Schools Burns Festival. Good luck and remember to gie it laldy!

Scots poems- P5 2017

To demonstrate that you are winter ready and can access our school blog, please comment below with the poem you have chosen to recite to celebrate Burns this year.

 

Achievement Awards, Events, House Points, Learning Stories, News, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Top Scorers

Celebration Assembly- Term 2

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Today we held our second Celebration Assembly to recognise the successes and achievements of children from across the school. We began with a welcome from Mr Povey, then shared the winners of our STEM Superstars and Remarkable Readers awards, as well as our top scorers and winning House- Calderwood. We also celebrated BB Bonkers’ success following their Dragons’ Den win yesterday.

A big well done to all of our award winners!

Community, Events, Primary 5, Reading IDL 2016

Dragons’ Den

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Today groups from Primary 4 and 5 presented their persuasive pitches as part of a Dragons’ Den challenge linked to their topic of George’s Marvellous Medicine. They were judged by a panel of experienced Dragons including Mrs Pendry, an expert in setting up cooperative businesses, and Mrs Ross, a representative from Enterprising Schools. The standard of pitches was extremely high and all of the teams did a fantastic job in selling George’s medicine to the judges.

A huge well done to Lewis, Lexie and Ben who made up the winning team, BB Bonkers, and a big thank you to our Dragons- Mrs Ross, Mrs Pendry, Mrs McKenzie and Fraser. Thank you also to Miss Burton for setting us such a great challenge, one that we really enjoyed taking part in.

 

Anytime Anywhere Learning, Events, Primary 5, Primary 7, Technologies

Google Virtual Reality Expedition

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Today, P5-7 had a very exciting visit from Google Virtual Reality experts who took us on amazing 3D journeys using the Google Expeditions app. As reading is a whole school focus this session, our experience was centred around the life and works of Roald Dahl. We used our Virtual Reality glasses to explore the film set of Fantastic Mr Fox, the place where he used to write some of his books, his old classroom and the crash sight of the plane accident he was involved in. The buzz and excitement about using this technology was electric, and we’re looking forward to using Bring Your Own Device to explore its possibilities in the new year.