P5 Week commencing 19th March 2018
On Monday we had an amazing and exciting trip to the Forth Bridge Education Centre. In the morning after an introduction all about the three different bridges we went for a walk across the Forth Road Bridge. It was a lovely morning for a walk but it was very cold. We looked at the construction of the different bridges and discovered that a triangle shape is one of the strongest structures and is used widely in bridge construction. In the afternoon we were split into teams called Russky, Sunshine Skyway, Jiashoa, Millau, Tatara and Erasmus. Each team had a project manager, lead engineer, materials manager and a recorder, who were responsible for organising and managing the different challenges. The challenges involved working with different sized building bricks and experimenting to find the best design to withstand strong winds. The project manager then had to decide which of their team’s designs was the best and compete against the other teams to build the highest bridge tower. Competition was very fierce with a few tower collapses during the construction phase. The winning team was Russky.
In Maths we completed the RBS Money Sense “plan a party” activity using our knowledge of money and budgets. Most teams managed to stay within budget and organise a great party for their chosen customer. No complaints were received from the customers! We also continued with learning about division and will pick this up again after the Easter Holidays. We are also continuing to revise our times tables to help us across all areas of Maths.
In writing we have created short stories and poems to describe how beautiful a town Linlithgow is and what historical buildings it has. These will be entered into the local writing Marches Magazine competition organised by The Round Table Association.
For Listening & Talking the class took part in a topical debate about should we abolish or retain homework. A lively discussion was held by the two opposing teams and each put forward their arguments for and against backed up with examples. Our previous work on being an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I assisted us with this as we had to advise the Queen what she should do with Mary Queen of Scots.
In art we made easter baskets and also an eastern egg themed stained glass window display which can be used to decorate our houses for Easter.
Wishing everyone a lovely holiday and a very happy Easter!
