How fortunate have we been this week, to have this gorgeous weather and the opportunity to take our learning outside.
The highlight of this week, was our trip on Thursday morning, down at Linlithgow canal. Before going on our boat ride, we enjoyed the good weather, playing at the park and having our snack. We then had a very entertaining boat ride, Linton McBurnie from the Canalside Ranger Lowland Canals gave a very entertaining talk but serious talk about water safety. He demonstrated how we can help someone who is drowning by using a group! After our talk, we joined P5A for a lovey picnic before heading back to school!
We started our class talks this week, our topic was ‘How to….’ Mrs Matos has enjoyed each and every talk. Everyone has put in so much effort and thought into their talk! Well Done everybody.
 
In numeracy this week, we continued with Fractions. This week we used a slab of chocolate to help us understand Factions better. While eating away at the chocolate slab a  fraction at a time , we realised that some fractions have different numbers but are equal. We decided to have a closer look at equivalent fractions.
In Literacy this week, we looked at Synonyms and Antonyms. We learnt the definition of both the words. We worked with a partner to sort words under the two headings. We completed our short stories that we started writing last week. We sent sometime reading each others stories, and helping to edit and give feedback to each other. We are trying to improve our editing skills, so that we can use our edited draft to improve on our writing. Mrs Matos has been very impressed with the quality and imagination of our stories.
There is always something fun and exciting happening in P5B
P5B and Mrs Matos
What a week Mrs Matos and P5B! I enjoyed seeing some of the pets who came into school as part of the children’s talks. I did like Darragh and Ryan’s guinea-pigs! Xx