In Maths we have been working on calculations involving money and finding out the cost of different items and then working out the various ways we could give change. In addition to this we have also been revising our rounding skills by rounding up the cost of different items and estimating the total cost.
On Wednesday we went to the handball festival at Linlithgow Academy. It 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. We are not sure yet of the final results so watch this space for further news!
In Literacy this week we listened to and then selected Scottish poems to learn. We will then recite these next week, to our class and other classes in the school to showcase our Scottish language skills.
We also looked at the work of the Scottish writer Lari Don who wrote a book entitled “The Secret of the Kelpie”. We listened to her reading an extract from the book and discussed how she built “suspense” into the story. We used these techniques to write a story based on the Kelpie, or a mythical creature of our own choice. Some of us challenged ourselves even further by writing a poem.
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.
On Friday we practised our mental mats skills by completing the BIG Maths challenge and also tested our spelling patterns which we learned for homework.
The whole class was super when our visitors came to see us and spoke knowledgably about the work they had been doing and were able to answer their questions confidently.
Have a super weekend!
Mr Ritchie and P5B
