This week in Primary 5A we have been studying the life and work of Charles Rennie Macintosh. We have looked at his paintings, furniture and architecture. We practised different techniques and experimented with colour to paint our own Macintosh style paintings. We got into our own art zone listening to relaxation music while working and our VSE visitors were really impressed with our artistic talents.
At IT we had researched Macintosh and then had the choice of working with a partner to produce a power point or word document about his life and work. Next week well will be presenting these to our peers and we will be giving good constructive feedback.
Our handball festival was very exciting playing all the cluster primaries and there was excellent sportsmanship and skills displayed. We were exhausted by the time we got back to school.
During our literacy work we also discussed and chose Scottish poems to learn and we will recite these next week to our class and then other classes in the school.
Money is the main focus for maths and we have used different notes and coins to give change. It would be great if the pupils had opportunities at the shops to practise working out their own change.
In Science we are continuing on work started in P4 on floating and sinking and we are now up levelling to look at the force of buoyancy after having completed work on gravity and air resistance.
The pupils were super when our visitors were in and spoke knowledgably about their work and were able to answer all their questions confidently.
Thank you.
Jean Tulloch
