Welcome back everyone. We hope you had a wonderful October break.

Mr Muller has been hearing about some of the adventures P5mw children have been getting up to over the holiday.

We have been learning upon our return about Global Goals. This means we have been learning about climate change more specifically global warming and what we can do as children given that this will impact our future environment. We’ve been looking at how plastic ends up in the oceans and how this can harm animals and sea-life.

In numeracy, we have been exploring the x2, x5 and x10 tables. By the end of our term, we hope to recall most, or all, of our times tables instantly. We will be practicing this regularly and it would be great if this was repeated at home. We have been making paper chains to reflect our learning in numeracy. We played speed tables too which was challenging for most of us.

In brass, some of us have been learning rhythms and show our understanding of music using coloured sheets. We have also been looking at different notes to improve our brass-playing skills.

In writing, we have been using our imagination to create spooky characters. We used many ambitious adjectives to up level our writing.

P5mw have been continuing to learn about natural disasters. In particular, we have been looking at tsunamis as well as how different tectonic plates constantly move and how they fight against each other to unleash huge forces. We have been learning about new vocabulary such cataclysm, wavelength, devastate, submerge, amplitude, greatness of magnitude.

We have also been creating our collages too in class. We have been completing our volcano and tsunami collages and paying careful attention to detail to make sure they are illustrative and interesting.

We have also been creating our very own class scarecrow!  We used different materials such as straw, balloons, newspaper, a jumper as well as a crown to make them.

Welcome back to our school blog!

P5mw have been learning about natural disasters. In particular, we have been looking at volcanoes and how they erupt as well as what the biggest eruption has ever been (Indonesia).  Also, we have been looking at how they start and how hot they are. We also looked at tectonic plates and how they fight against each other and this pressure causes earthquakes.

In brass, we have been learning how to blow up balloons to help us use instruments such as the trombone, French horn, clarinet and the trumpet.

In PE, we have been doing gymnastics and learning new stances such as back to back straddle as well as creating obstacle courses and playing games as part of a cool down.

In problem solving we have been using spaghetti and bread to create free-standing towers. We had to be careful and construct them with care and creativity. Our class winners were Iyla and Sophie who managed to reach 52cm! 

In music, we have been learning about the Swedish band ABBA and in particular the song Mamma Mia. We even practised some sign language.