Hello!
Another quick week with lots packed in!
Assembly
Our assembly for Mrs Malcolm was lovely. Ruairidh and Millie from our class presented Mrs Malcolm with a card and lovely words about the positive impact that she has had at Springfield. We will all miss her and wish her all the very best in her retirement.
The Provost of the Marches came to our assembly to talk to us about the significance of their role in the Marches. It was very interesting and Joseph Burgess out the hat on that the Provost would wear on Marches Day.
Languages Ambassadors
The newly appointed Languages Ambassadors created a Powerpoint presentation to deliver to the upper school in assembly about what they are going to achieve this term. Welll done to Sophie, Grace and Zara who were clear and confident when speaking to P5-7 children!
We are all looking forward to them teaching us French and Spanish words this term.
Futsal and Quidditch
Our Futsal and Quidditch lessons are lots of fun! We managed to play Futsal with real goals on Wednesday and we played Quidditch with real brooms like Harry Potter on Tuesday! We are recognising the importance of team work.
Maths
We were comparing and ordering fractions at the beginning of the week. Lots of us managed to calculate the answer but found explaining why the fractions were in that order trickier.
Mrs McCartney said that we worked really well in pairs to come up with the right answers.
We are now learning about decimals and managed to convert fractions to decimals on Thursday. Lot of us recognise the link between fractions and decimals, even the link with percentages!
Literacy
We discussed a time in our life when we have been proud. We had to think about what it was that made us proud? Did we do something important or different? Had we achieved a target that you never thought you would?
We linked this to the fact that Olympians must be very proud to be taking part for their country. We had to imagine that we had been selected as a Torchbearer who will carry the torch. We had to re-tell the story of the big day. Our Story Writing piece is structured into the following sections:
1. Anticipation – setting the scene and getting ready.
2. The Flame approaches – the Torchbearer has their moment to shine in the Torch Relay.
3. After the event – talking to the press, friends and family.
We wrote the beginning of our story on Thursday, we are going to write the middle on Monday.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read our blog!
Have a fantastic weekend and we look forward to Mr Wells joining our school on Monday!
P5A and Mrs McCartney
