WOW what a great day Primary 4 have had at the Zoo!
It was very hot and we were careful to keep hydrated and keep safe in the sun.
We enjoyed a session about endangered animals in the zoo education centre followed by time to explore the animals in the zoo. We enjoyed reading the map and all the facts about the animals.
What a day we have had today!!
When we got to the zoo we took part in an interactive quiz where we were learning and guessing what animals were endangered.
We then had lunch in the shade by the penguins. We tried to get around as many animal enclosures as we could and seen most animals. Our favourite animals were the giraffes, pandas, flamingos, kangaroos, penguins, tigers, hippos and monkeys. We have loved our trip today and now want to go to the safari park!!
As part of our learning in Science, P1 have been learning about water. We spoke about how we use water in our every day lives and know that we need water to survive. We made a long list of everything we know about water and it was very long! We know that water can freeze when it is cold and it can melt when it is warm. Today we experimented with ice and water and added some food colouring too! The ice eventually melted into water.
We have had a great week spending lots of time outdoors. On Monday we began our new section of measure with our focus on weight. We estimated and weighted different objects around the classroom using balance scales. We tried to estimate how many cubes each object weighed and we then tested our answers by weighing the objects.
We really enjoyed our walk to West Calder library on a beautiful sunny Tuesday. We loved exploring the choice of books and reading them. We were lucky to get to check out our own books which we will read in class. Thanks to Ann who works in the library for helping us and making our visit so enjoyable.
During our outdoor education we said goodbye to our fully grown butterflies. We have enjoyed watching them go through their life cycle and learning all about them.
Folowing on from learning how to be safe in the sun last week, today we looked at how we can be safe in and around water. We thought about the different places we can find water and why we need to be safe even if we are just walking beside it. We discussed the different things that can be dangerous and what we can do to keep ourselves safe. We also thought about what we would do if we were or seen somone in trouble. We created some warning posters and tried on Miss Lawtons buoyancy aid.
Who knew National Sausage Roll Day was a thing…Primary 5 knew!
Yesterday (June 5th) we spent some of our morning making our own sausage rolls to either, eat at lunch time or bring home to share with our families.
The class worked so hard and really enjoyed eating our homemade sausage rolls!
We enjoyed a lovely 🥰 morning at the school “big breakfast”. It was lovely to have so many families join us for breakfast.
We also had a great morning talking about what we look for in a friend and how we can be a good friend to others, we all enjoyed sharing our learning with grown ups that could come along.
in class we have been closely watching our caterpillars 🐛 grow and then patiently wait on them turning into butterflies 🦋 Today we released them. Some of us got to hold them but we were very understanding that they are delicate and we need to let them fly off.
To end the week w had some fun in the sun for our fun 31 time! Have a lovely weekend everyone ☀️
It has been a very busy, sunny week in P5!
We’ve nearly finished our Time topic in numeracy and the children have all done really well completing this.
In grammar, this week we were focussing on Time Connectives to help us with our writing topic of Exposition. We practiced these by completing an activity on our desks in small groups.
We were using different active methods to practice our spelling word this week and had the choice of scrabble tiles, foam letters or partner testing!
We ended our week with Sharing Our Learning focussing on Friendship, Trust and Communication. Thank you so much for all who participated, it was a great morning and the class loved it.
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
We have been enjoying watching our caterpillars grow and turn into butterflies. After waiting a while the have changed and look beautiful. Today we released them and some were very friendly and did not want to leave us.
We loved having our parents in today and hope you enjoyed doing sun safety with us.
Thank you to the parents who were able to pop along to our Sharing the Learning event this morning. As part of our Health and Wellbeing learning, this morning the children were finding out more about sun safety. They all worked very well and chose a variety of activities to do with their parents.
A very special thanks to Miss Gaffney who has been in P1 and P2 this week as part of her school’s work experience programme. The staff and children have all loved working with her and she has the makings of being a wonderful, caring and fun teacher! We are very thankful for all her help and wish her every success in the future.
