Category Archives: Primary 5
Term 4: Achievement Assembly
On Friday we had our final Achievement Assembly of this session. Each class nominated one pupil to receive the Achievement Award for their class and parents and carers were invited along to watch the assembly.
We also presented Star Writer Awards, Magical Mathematician Awards, Top Scorer prizes, Smoke Free Homes certificates, ICT Awards and announced the winning house for the term.
Well done to everyone who received an award!
School Assembly for P7 Leavers
This morning Mid Calder Primary celebrated all things P7 as every class made a presentation to P7. This included songs, memories, poems and some interesting masks! Thank you to everyone for making this such a special occasion for Primary 7.
P.5/4 homework – 20/06/16
Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:
Reading
The Dream Catchers The Hullabaloo at no. 13 – Gyles Brandreth (p.50-end)
The Gangster Grannies Write a short review of your last book, Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine.
The Cookie Readers Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter (p.59-end)
The Ruthless Readers The Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om – John Coldwell (p.17-end)
Maths
Follow instructions from your Maths teacher.
Spelling
There is no spelling homework this week.
P.5/4 Homework – 13/06/16
Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:
Reading
The Dream Catchers The Hullabaloo at no. 13 – Gyles Brandreth (p.5-49)
The Gangster Grannies The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine (p.32-end)
The Cookie Readers Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter (p.33-58)
The Ruthless Readers The Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om – John Coldwell (p.3-16)
Choose two characters from the book and write a paragraph about their similarities and differences.
Maths
Follow instructions from your Maths teacher.
Spelling
This week, Spelling homework will be given on Tuesday and due for Friday. As usual, follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.
Mid Calder Gala Day 2016
A big thank you to everyone who walked with the school during the Gala Day Parade – your costumes were fantastic! A big well done to our Gala Relay Team.
Super spacecraft
P.5/4 have finished our making our space craft. Now, they are exploring our class solar system! There has been lots of interesting learning taking place:
- Investigating the components of a spacecraft.
- Exploring how best to use the materials available to build a spacecraft.
- Working with others to give constructive feedback and making improvements based on this.
- Discussing useful innovations to make our spacecraft ‘products of the future’.
See our photos below!
P.5/4 Homework – 7/6/16
Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:
Reading
The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 6)
The Gangster Grannies The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine (p.19-31)
The Cookie Readers Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter (p.5-32)
The Ruthless Readers The Squink – Rita Ray (p.17-end)
Choose your favourite character from your book and write down 5 adjectives that you could use to describe them.
Maths
Follow instructions from your Maths teacher.
Spelling
This week, Spelling homework will be given on Tuesday and due for Friday. As usual, follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.
3, 2, 1… lift off!
P.5/4 have been enjoying designing and creating their own space craft over the last week or so. During the parents’ open morning we started our designs based on what we had already found out about space craft and these success criteria:
- I can include the following features of a space craft in my design:
- Rockets to provide the thrust needed for launching into space.
- A fuel tank.
- Compartments to carry astronauts and their equipment.
Currently, we are creating our space craft out of all kinds of ‘junk’ that would otherwise just be recycled e.g. drinks bottles, cereal boxes, plastic tubs etc.
Watch this space for photos of our completed creations!
Mission 5 ready for lift off…
Learning Intention:
We are learning how to design a space craft of the future.
We are learning how to use a range of materials to create a space craft of the future.
Success Criteria:
I can work as part of a team to create a labelled design of a space craft of the future
I can work as part of a team to create a model of a space craft of the future
A successful model will:
- Show an awareness of scale
- Be well constructed using a variety of materials
- Use appropriate colours
Mission 5 landed in Primary 5 last week, and we are happy to announce that it is ready for launch. We were challenged to design and create a space craft of the future. We began by watching two videos to help us to understand more about space crafts and how they operate.
After a little research, we discussed the idea of scale and technological developments and how we could incorporate these into our designs. We decided to draw our designs out on whiteboards before beginning our final diagram so that we could experiment and be creative.
When we were happy with our final sketches, we transferred this onto our design briefs, labeling each component and their function.
Next, we got to work on building our space crafts using recycled materials. We presented our finished products to the class, justifying our choices and explaining how we constructed our rockets.
Who knows, maybe one of our designs could end up being used by NASA! Watch this space…
