Category: Primary 5/6

In handwriting we have been learning how to join letters to the letter “y”. We have also been trying our best to keep our work very neat and our letters on the line.  We have also been working on our pencil control techniques to help us.

On Wednesday we took part in the Big Spell and showed our parents the different activities we do to help us learn our spelling words.

We also started our new topic which is a book study on “The Firework Maker’s Daughter”.  We found out facts about the book and the author and made a prediction of what will happen in the story.

In Maths we took part in the BIG Maths challenge to improve our mental math and times table skills.  We have also been revising our six and nine time’s tables and working on our addition skills.

We had our second “Rugby taster” sessions at Linlithgow Rugby Club.  We learned how to throw, pass and catch the ball correctly.  We are looking forward to going back next Tuesday.

In French we have been learning about the different parts of the body and played the game “head, shoulders, knees and toes” in French.

In Drama we read a section of the book “The Animals of Farthing Wood” and acted out a scene.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” Ben & Badger were travelling through the store room where they found another door which they went through.  They found a girl called Tanya who had escaped from her Uncle and Aunt.  She told them how she had escaped and how she got aboard the ship.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In our Reading Groups we started working on new pieces of text to help us improve our comprehension skills.

In handwriting we have been working on joining tall letters to small letters. We have also been trying our best to keep our work very neat and our letters on the line.  We have also been working on our pencil control techniques to help us.

In Maths we took part in the BIG Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.  We have also been doing “Number Talks” in maths and learning new vocabulary, number bonds and facts about different numbers.  We have also started to add using “chimney sums” to help us.

In PE we have been continuing to learn how to dribble and also how to shoot when playing basketball. We have also started our “Rugby taster” sessions at Linlithgow Rugby Club.  We learned how to dodge and score with the ball.  We are looking forward to going back next Tuesday.

During Art we constructed cube pumpkins and made table decorations to celebrate Halloween.

In French we have been learning how to count forwards and backwards up to 20.  We have also been learning the French words for different colours.

In Drama we played a game where you were given a yellow piece of paper and on it was written the name of an animal that lived in the woods.  We then had to walk around and act out what our animal was to the group.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” Ben and Badger went out of their cabin at “lights out” to see what Poppy and Fee were doing at the side of the ship. Then they went into a store room which contained life jackets.  When they were there they nearly got spotted by Matron but they managed to hide in the fire hydrant box before she saw them.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In our Reading Groups we have been focusing on trying to improve our comprehension skills by looking closely at the text to try and find all the clues to answer the questions.

In handwriting we have been working on the diagonal join to tall and small letters. We have also been trying our best to keep our work very neat.  We have also been working on our pencil control techniques to help us.

In Maths we took part in the BIG Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.  We also did “outdoor maths” to practice our times tables by “chalking” them out on the playground. We have also been taking part in a SumDog maths challenge.

In PE we have been learning how to dribble when playing basketball. We also completed a Health & Wellbeing questionnaire.

We have also been talking about what equipment we would need to take with us to support our family for a period of three days if our house was destroyed by a monsoon in India.

In RME we have been continuing our work on the Ten Commandments and made videos about Jerusalem.

In Science we have continued to monitor our plants growing in the different areas of the school and recording the results.  The plants have now been placed in the windows so they can get more light.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” Ben and Thomas tried to get a main part in the movie but Shark and Hardtack got them instead.  The movie is about pirates and it is being filmed on a new ship called the Albatross.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In our Reading Groups we have been focusing on trying to improve our comprehension skills by looking closely at the text to try and find all the clues to answer the questions.

In handwriting we have been working on our ascenders and descender’s and trying our best to keep our work very neat.  We have also been working on our pencil control techniques to help us.

In Maths we have been working on our problem solving skills by working with a learning partner to solve some mystery maths  and word problem activities.

In RME we have been continuing our work on the Ten Commandments. We have made illustrations to represent some of them and have also been making up some of our own for the class.

We have been working on our French language skills by learning how to say our names and introduce ourselves to people.

In our topic this week we have been learning about natural disasters that occur in India such as Monsoons. We then discussed the damage they cause and who might be able to come and rescue us.  We also looked at what we might need for our family to survive for three days.

In Music we were learning how to play the tabla drums from India to beat out a rhythm. We made a graphic score to help us.

In Science we have been observing our plants growing in the different areas of the school and recording the results.

In Writing we wrote stories about Lakshmi and Sundari who took part in the elephant festival.  Sundari was the very first girl to become a mahout to take part in the parade with her elephant called Lakshmi.  Our fantastic stories are now all on display in the classroom as part of our main India topic.

In Art we designed “Tuck Tuck’s” and “Kilted Tatties” to record facts about the two countries and added this to our classroom display.

In PE we have been taking part in mini badminton games but we still need to work on our service to make sure we get the shuttle in the correct part of the court.

We also welcomed our French visitors who came to visit our school and find out what we were learning and what it was like to be a pupil in a Scottish Primary School.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” Ben went down to the lower deck because he heard footsteps and went to investigate.  He found Fee talking to Poppy who was holding something mysterious behind her back!  Ben was also chosen to be an extra in the movie they are making on board the ship called The Albatross.

 

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In our Reading Groups we looked closely at our work and identified where we could make improvements in our comprehension skills.  We need to remember to make sure we look back in the book to look for clues if we are not sure what the answer to the question is.

In ICT we have been using SumDog to help us with our Maths.

In Maths we have been working on greater than, less than, equals and not equals with our number calculations.  We were also looking at word problems and using a strategy to solve them.

In RME we have been looking at the Ten Commandments and have also made up some of our own for the class.

We have been working on our French language skills by learning how to greet people and we also learned that the Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by France.

In Science we planted seeds.  We have planted seeds and placed them in different areas. E.g. Outside the classroom, in the dark cupboard, the fridge, window etc. to try out different growing conditions.  We have also set up two “control plants” which we will use to check against the other plants growing conditions.

In Art we have learned about the annual elephant festival that takes place in Jaipur and designed our very own elephants for our classroom display.  We also listened to the story “A pair of twins” about Lakshmi and Sundari who took part in the elephant festival.  Sundari was the very first girl to become a mahout to take part in the parade with her elephant called Lakshmi.

In PE we have been taking part in mini badminton games but we need to work on our service to make sure we get the shuttle in the correct part of the court.

This morning after our spelling test we took part in the Big Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.  We can see that our scores are beginning to increase.  To help us we will continue to practice our tables and number bonds at home.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” Ben has still to find his “sea legs” but he managed to save the ship by steering it past the rocks.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In Literacy we have been continuing to work hard to develop our comprehension skills and discuss the story lines in our reading books.

In ICT we have been using SumDog to help us with our Maths using search engines to help us find out interesting information about India and Scotland.

In Maths we have been working on rounding numbers, calculating double numbers and working on word problems.

In RME we finished our mini films about “Gods promise to Abraham” and we will be sharing them to the rest of the class next week.

In Science we have started working on learning about how plants grow.

In Art we have made the national flags of both Scotland and India for our new display and finished our Linlithgow Museum competition posters.  We also designed “retirement cards” to present to Mrs Orr who is retiring this week.

In PE we have continued to learn how to play the game of Badminton.  We have been working on our service techniques and trying to get the shuttle in the correct place on the court.  On Monday we had a taster session to introduce us to the game from Harry Potter called “quidditch”.

We have been using our “Incredible 5-Point Scale” to help us feel calm at school.  We have been using and trying out our strategies that we made to help us.

This morning after our spelling test we took part in the Big Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.  We can see that our scores are beginning to increase.  To help us we will continue to practice our tables and number bonds at home and in class.

In our class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” by Alexander McCall Smith the ship has now started to set sail for Term 1.  Badger told us a story about being attacked by a great white shark and how a ship came to rescue him.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

This week we are joining our Committees and will be finding out what we will be doing to develop our chosen area of responsibility.

We have been working hard to develop our comprehension skills using our reading books.

In ICT we have been using SumDog to help us with our Maths and take part in the symmetry challenge.  Everyone who finishes the challenge will receive 100 SumDog points.

In PE we have started to learn how to play the game of Badminton.  We have been learning how to serve and the areas of the badminton court.

We have been using our “Incredible 5-Point Scale” to help us feel calm at school.  We are continuing to use and try out our strategies that we made to help us.

This morning after our spelling test we took part in the Big Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.

In class this week we have been continuing to read our new class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” by Alexander McCall Smith.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.

In literacy we have been learning how to use and recognise adjectives, verbs and nouns to help us improve our writing. We have also been revising the importance of making sure that we are using capital letters and full stops correctly.

In ICT we have been using SumDog to help us with our Maths and take part in the SumDog challenge which we won.

In Art we have been designing Christmas cards and our designs will be sent off to the printers to make lovely cards and to help raise funds for the school.
We have been using our “Incredible 5-Point Scale” to help us feel calm at school  and trying out our strategies that we made to help us.

Today we have been looking at people connected to Linlithgow to help us with the poster design competition for the new Linlithgow Museum which we will be entering after the September holiday.

In Maths we became Maths Detectives to try and solve the mystery of the “Mixed up Scarecrows” using our knowledge of number, time, shape and patterns to solve the clues.

This morning after our spelling test we took part in the Big Maths challenge to improve our mental maths skills.

In class this week we have been continuing to read our new class novel entitled “School Ship Tobermory” by Alexander McCall Smith.  Ben and Fee have now moved into their cabins and are exploring the different parts of the ship. They have met Captain Macbeth, Badger, Matron, Poppy, Flubber, Henry the dog and Shark. We are looking forward to find out what happens next.

By Mr Ritchie and all the “Tiggerrific” P4/5s.