Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Interdisciplinary Learning

This week we have been learning more about Kenya and how many layers of clothing you would have to wear to climb up Mount Kenya. You would also need to take suncream 8)

Art

 

Literacy

 

For writing last week we wrote Weather Forecasts for Scotland and Kenya, comparisng the weather over a 5 day period. This week we used this learning to write an imaginative story set in Kenya, that included both facts about Kenya and clues about the weather. We also set a personal target and assessed our story against this target. Some of us met our target and some have a bit more work to do.

Numeracy

In maths we have been continuing to work on adding – and the cuboids and spheres have been developing our understanding of the upstairs downstairs method. Pyramids have been focussing on mental adding and can now add on in 2, 5, 10, 9, 11, 25, 50 and 100 from single-digit numbers.

Health & Wellbeing

We are continuing to learn football skills in P.E. and even managed a game of 5 a-side. We are developing our teamwork skills and out listening skills through our P.E. lessons.

***Awards went to Shay for improved handwriting; Cameron for mental maths and Nia for participating in an important ice-skating event*** Well done and remember that awards are handed out every week!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Miss Anderson and P5

Last week we made hedgehogs out of clay and then we made a simple flowchart to give instructions for how to make one.  Next week we are going to paint our hedgehogs to add them to our woodland display table.  This week in art we used wax resist techniques to create images of seaside creatures, shells and seaweed and according to P2 our display looks fab. 

In maths we have been learning to count in 2’s, 5’s from any number using the strategy of nodding on the number and then counting on using the correct number of fingers.  We will now try to count in 10’s.  We have also been using the Ten Frame Towers game to make towers of number bonds to 10.  The children liked this game because they could easily see the numbers that would fit together to make ten.

Primary 4 attended a Seafood in Schools workshop, finding out about our Scottish fish and how they get to our plates. We also got to sample lots of different types of fish too!

Here are some of the things we had to say about our trip:

CJ: I liked trying the fish. Now I know I like it.

Angel: I learnt that there are 65 different types of fish in Scotland.

Samantha: I liked it when we saw the crab.

Ella: My favourite bit was making the smoked mackerel dip because it tastes AMAZING!

Donatella: I learnt that we have farms to grow mussels and oysters.

Hayden: I learnt that the boats that catch fish are called trawlers.

Sophie: I liked trying the fish and looking at the sea creatures.

More photos of the day to follow!

We have been researching the different kinds of animals that can be found in Madagascar and finding out facts about their diet, habitat and behaviour. We worked in pairs to display our facts on a colourful poster.  In writing we have been making lists of what our “wants” and “needs” would be if we were to be stranded on a Desert Island. We all agreed that food, water and shelter should go on our “needs” list.