This week in primary 5/6 it has been a lovely Christmas week.
Today everyone in the school sang a Christmas song at the school sing along and our class sang half the world away, from the John Lewis Christmas advert.
We had the pantomime, on Thursday, it was ‘Jack and the bean stock’ it was really good and funny. In Science we watched a live video of Tim Peake and other astronauts launching into Space we also created fact files with all the information we have learned about the Solar System.
Here are some facts we found interesting:
Sun- The Sun is a star
Mercury- It’s the closest to the sun but not the hottest planet.
Venus- Venus is the brightest planet in the Solar System and can be seen even in daylight if you know where to look.
Earth- the Earth is unlike every other planet in the Solar System in a number of different ways.
Mars- Mars and Earth are similar in so many ways that it’s almost hard to believe we haven’t found anything alive there.
Jupiter- Jupiter is the giant of the Solar System, with a mass more than 300 times the mass of the Earth and is called after the ancient Roman sky-god, Jupiter, known to the Greeks as Zeus.
Saturn- Saturn is the sixth planet in the Solar system and, when seen through a telescope, by far the most beautiful.
Uranus- The seventh planet from the Sun, it was not known in ancient times, unlike the planets from Mercury to Saturn.
Neptune- The discovery of the planet Neptune was one of the most exciting discoveries in astronomy.
Yesterday the Primary 5 and 6 had their Christmas party, we did some Scottish dances and some disco dancing too. We all had a lot of fun!
Some people in ‘Mini Vinnie’s’ went to a local care home, sang some Christmas and gave away homemade Christmas decorations.
In French we have been working on writing Christmas postcards to another school and we all enjoyed receiving replies from our French pen pals.
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
By Jessica and Sophia
