Overview
Numeracy:
This week we have been learning different strategies to help with division. We have looked at dividing multiples of 10.100 and 1000. We have also looked at how to solve division problems by multiplying and partitioning.
We started trying to measure angles using a protractor and as we found this quite tricky, we shall be focusing on this a bit more next week to help us improve our measuring skills.
Literacy:
Having made our water wheels last week, this week we have been learning how energy can be harnessed by the flow of water and converted into electricity. We wrote fantastic procedures to explain how to make a water wheel in our writing lesson. Next week we will be testing our water wheels outside.
We have also researched and prepared a powerpoint to present at the Primary 6 St. Andrews Cluster Assembly next week.
Health and Wellbeing:
We have continued with our Discrimination topic and we have been learning what discrimination means and that some people are treated unfairly because of their characteristics.
Parental Involvement:
When reading at home, try reading aloud and pay close attention to the punctuation to help you to improve your reading with expression. Remember to try to use your voice to make it more interesting and exciting.
Division is so much easier if you have a good knowledge of your times tables! Keep practising and use this website to help:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
Pupil Voice:
Angel: I enjoyed creating a poem for the road safety competition.
Michelle: I learnt how to divide big numbers using partitioning.
Cameron: I enjoyed making the St Ninian’s leaflet as part of the Pope Francis Faith Award.
Brooke: I enjoyed creating our own definition of the word Respect.
Orla: We started Scottish dancing this week.
Carly: I liked writing our procedure about the water wheel and we loved sharing our skills with Mrs Roy.
Michael: This week we learnt about discrimination and we had fun creating small drama scenarios.
Kate: I enjoyed making a Boost Word poster for our Literacy Wall.
I enjoyed my visit to your classroom this week during your writing lesson. It was great to see how well you are all doing with writing a procedure, I particularly liked your use of Bossy Verbs and how you were using self and peer assessment.