Category: Primary 5

This week we have had a short week but we had lots of fun!

We have been made to feel welcome in the upper area and Miss Diamond has made sure we know where everything is in our classroom so we know where to get resources when we need them.

Our new PE days are a Monday and a Wednesday.

We have introduced something new to P5, it is called ‘Free Writing Friday’! Today was our first time trying this new and exciting task.

“It was very interesting and fun! I enjoyed decorating my Free Writing Friday journal!” – Angelina

“I chose to write a story about my holiday and it was pretty fun!” – Elenta

“It was very fun and I really enjoyed it!” – Madison

“I wrote a comic all about Spiderman!” – Harry

We have also been making our classroom our own by creating a class charter and setting our new learning goals.

“I enjoyed making a galaxy themed picture to represent me for my class charter!” – Zoe

“I liked designing my galaxy character…I drew an astronaut!” – Maeve

“I really liked making the class charter because it was fun getting to research different ideas for the themes!” – Ana

“I liked PE with Mr McCurdy”! – Marcus

“I liked doing PE playing tennis!” – Alishba

“Ryan and I liked doing the spelling test!” – Matthew

“I liked using chalk pens to write my name on my tray!” – Julia C

We are looking forward to next week, a full week in Primary 5 and can’t wait to see what we are going to learn about.

Have a great weekend, Miss Diamond and P5!

 

We have had a great wellbeing week in P5D.

We have enjoyed getting to take part in and try out some new sporting activities this week as well as learning about the human body.

Some of our favourite activities were; Parkour, Taekwando and football.

“I liked football because I learned new tricks!” – Emily

“I liked Parkour because we got to swing on the bars!” – Maliha

“I enjoyed Parkour because we got to balance on the bars!” – Ola

We were also learning about the importance of looking after ourselves and recognise that it is important to take some ‘me’ time.  We enjoyed our relax kids session where we were giving and receiving back massages and focussing on our breathing to help make us feel relaxed and calm.

A highlight for most of us was our sponsored Tough Mudder! We had an obstacle course to complete which had lots of different challenges on the way. The rain poured and we got VERY wet and muddy but this added to the fun!

“I enjoyed Tough Mudder because I like getting muddy!” – Sophie D

“I enjoyed Tough Mudder because it was fun running in the rain!” – Ethan

We were learning all about the human body and it’s systems. We learned about the respiratory systems and the circulatory system. We enjoyed doing a science experiment to help us understand how our lungs work.

“Learning about the lungs was fun because we got to make our very own pretend lung in an experiment!” – Hasan

“I enjoyed making the lung because when you made it actually worked like a real lung!” – Levente

This is something that could be done at home so why not give it a try.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zvN0HlG-c

In amongst a very bus wellbeing week, we also had our class trip to Dynamic Earth. This was also a brilliant experience and we learned lots of new things.

“I really liked the part where there was an earthquake, lava and the ground started to shake!” – Andrew

“I liked the dome movie learning space!” – Ethan

“I liked when we went into the time machine!” – Emily

“I liked when we watched the 3D video and were on a flight in the rainforest!” – Maliha

“I liked when we went on a plane and bumped into a rhino and I liked the ice room!” – Sophie R

 

Have a great weekend.

Miss Diamond – Primary 5D missed you a lot this week!  We hope that you had fun at school camp with P7 but are looking forward to seeing us all on Monday again!

We have worked hard with Mrs Scott and Mrs Smith and hope you are very proud of all the learning we have achieved in your absence!   We loved the Judo tasters this week and creating our group landscape collages using natural resources.  In Maths we have been working on measure and enjoyed working with partners to measure items in centimetres before converting them into metres and centimetres.  We have been learning about present tense verbs and exploring the Eatwell plate by planning healthy meal selections.  Please see our comments below:

Ola – it’s not good to eat a lot of sugary things. You need to eat 33% of fruit and veg and 33% of bread, pasta, rice etc.

Rhia – is, are, has, have are present tense verbs. I used them in my description.

Maliha – we worked in partners on food diaries. I did Angel’s one and she had to eat more dairy and bread.

Aaron – I have been really focused 99% of this week. I liked learning about the Eatwell plate. I used some good words in my description of a smartboard.

Emily – I enjoyed doing the research task because it was good being able to make meals up.

Angel – I loved doing the Healthiest Menu research task because it was fun working with a partner to go onto the different supermarket websites.

Kasia –  I liked doing Measure and I learned that 6cm 4mm is the same as 64mm. I feel more confident about it all now.

Ethan – I liked reading Simon The Bully and looking for the nouns.

Huda – In writing I liked describing the smartboard because it was easy to look at it and feel it for ideas.

Michelle – I liked Maths and now I am getting better at measuring in mm.

Robbie – I liked measuring using a ruler.

Sophie R – This week I enjoyed doing writing on the netbook and I wrote a description of a smartboard.

Andrew – I liked writing because the smartboard was fun to describe.

Welcome to our P5D weekly blog.

We have had a busy week. In writing, we have been using what we have learned about the features of a description text to write a description of our school. We had to use present tense, pronouns, specific vocabulary and adverbial phrases.

“Writing was fun because we got to talk about our school and how the playground looks!” – Michelle

“It was fun because we got to write about the garden and the structure of the actual school!” – Ola

 

We have been working really hard to learn about and research Global Goals and have spent a lot of time working on this. We worked in groups to research a specific goal, make posters using our research and then put the information into a short movie to spread the word. We used I-movie to create the short video clips and had a movie premiere showing for our parents.

“It was really exciting to show it in front of our parents!” – Emily

“Using I-movie was really fun and I really liked it!” – Morgan

“I really liked doing I-movie because you got to share information that I had learned and it was fun getting to talk in the movie!” – Levente

“I really liked it because we could listen to everyone’s ideas and we got to be creative in our own videos!” – Hasan.

 

In maths, we have been learning all about algebra and solving equations using the four processes.

“It was fun getting to use of problem solving skills when we were solving equations!” – Calvin

“I think it was fun because sometimes it was challenging and it was fun to work the hard questions out!” – Levente

“In algebra, I now know what to do and it used to confuse me before now!” – Hasan

 

In PE, we have been preparing for sports day and participating in races. We used the track on the grass pitch and raced 600m.

“It was fun running!” – Ethan

“I liked racing but at the end it was hard to keep going because I was out of breath!” – Calvin

“It was very hard trying to keep up with Kasia because she was so fast but I managed to pass her near the end and I came 1^st place.

 

Congratulations to Rhia for receiving our praise postcard! Rhia has been trying hard in all areas of learning but particularly giving 100% in the daily mile. Well done Rhia!

We hope you have a nice weekend and enjoy the Monday holiday :)!

This week P5D have been working really hard. We have been learning all about Global Goals and are in the process of using iMovie to make a video about them. We are working in groups to make our video and each group has chosen to focus on a different goal. Some of the goals we are focussing on are; Climate Action, Good Health and Wellbeing, Life Below Water, Affordable and Clean Energy, Water sanitation and  Zero Hunger.

“Using iMovie is fun and I like working in groups!” – Maliha

“I enjoy using iMovie because in groups we get to share ideas and see if we all agree.” – Michelle.

“It is fun using iMovie!” – Sophie R

In art this week we were creating 3D drawings and creating optical illusions.

“I loved doing the 3D hand again, it makes it look like it is popping out of the page.” – Andrew

“My railway track actually looked really real!” – Robbie

In maths, we have started a new topic. We have been learning how to do algebra. We know how to solve simple equations that have unknown letters or symbols in the calculation.

“It is interesting to learn about algebra even though it is tricky!” – Rhia

“Using the Numicon helped us find the missing number!” – Ethan

In PE, we continued with high jump. Some people managed to jump over 1m15cm.

“In PE it was fun trying to jump over the rope!” – Sophie D

“It is more challenging because we had to use a scissor kick and try to dodge the rope and land.” – Hasan

“I liked doing it because you got to jump over it but I didn’t land on my feet so will try that next time.” – Calvin

We have continued with PM writing this week and will be using this to write a descriptive piece next week.

Have a great weekend, P5D and Miss Diamond.

 

In Primary 5D, we have been doing some outdoor learning. We used devices to take photos of different landscapes around our school building and are going to use collage to recreate the image. We have been working in teams to decide/plan what collage resources we will need to make the landscape look realistic.

“It was fun to find a good spot to take the picture!” – Ola

In maths, we have learning about percentages and are able to apply our knowledge to find a simple percentage of a number and make relevant link to fractions and decimals. Some of us have been looking at the link between multiplication and division and used dice games to help us.

“Maths was really fun!” – Sophie R

We have introduced our new HWB topic, Global Goals this week. We got into groups of 3 or 4 and chose 1 Global Goal to research. We will be inviting you to a showcase later this month to help you understand more about the Goals through video clips.

“It was good fun to use technology to design a logo for our goal and I am excited to make our video!” – Maliha

In PE, we have been developing skills in both the long jump and the high jump. In the high jump, we were trying to jump higher than 1m.

“In PE, it was fun learning the scissor kick!” – Angel

“When we done the scissor kick it was very fun but sometimes it was quite challenging to jump high!” – Levente

In writing, we used Newsround as a stimulus to write a news report about one of the stories that interested us. This was an extended piece of writing as we have just introduced our next block of PM writing which is focussing on descriptive texts.

“I enjoyed doing the news report and wrote about the world’s biggest teddy bear!” – Emily

We worked with P4 this week to teach them how to use SWAY. We demonstrated skills we have already learned so that they can use this programme to present information.

“I liked working with the P4s and teaching them how to use SWAY!” – Sophie D

“I like getting to know a bit about the P4s when we were helping them use SWAY!” – Michelle

“I liked helping the P4s make a presentation ‘all about us’ and getting to learn a bit about them!” – Morgan

Congratulations to Emily for being awarded our praise postcard this week for her efforts in writing. Well done!

 

Have a great long weeked, Miss D and Primary 5D!

This week in P5D we have been working really hard.

We have been learning all about ‘Building Resilience’ and this week, worked in pairs to create a SWAY presentation to share what we have learned. Using SWAY was something new for lots of people in our class.

“It was fun to change the designs.” – Kasia

“It was hard to get used to SWAY but it was fun learning how to use it!” – Ola

“It was fun working with a partner because it made it a little easier!” – Maliha

We were having a chat about the importance of having a positive attitude and a growth mind-set. We made quote posters that we will display all around our classroom just to remind us how great we are.

In maths, we completed our fractions block with an assessment and have moved on to learning about negative numbers. We have discovered that you can find negative numbers in everyday life situations like in bank accounts (unfortunately), elevators/lifts in buildings, when reading the temperature and maybe when playing games. We enjoyed playing a ‘tug of war’ style board game using negative numbers.

“It was fun doing fractions and I liked playing the tug of war too.” – Zuzanna

“In tug of war it was fun competing against each other!” – Angel

In PE, we have been working on our fitness and stamina with Miss Ford and completed a Joe Wicks workout. Some of our muscles were sore the next day!

We also played games of tennis with a partner but also played doubles.

A highlight of our week was when we attended the P6 and 7 dress rehearsal of ‘The Gospel Show’!

“It was really good and taught us about stories from the Bible!” – Michelle

“It was really interesting to learn about the stories.” – Emily

“It was great fun watching the show and they were all very good at performing!” – Morgan

“It was really good when they were doing all the singing and acting!” – Sophie R

Congratulations to Michelle this week for receiving our praise post card for demonstrating perseverance and a positive attitude in maths!

Have a great weekend and enjoy the Easter break, Miss Diamond and P5D!