P5hp – 26.5.23

Hello everyone!

We wanted to let you all know what our thoughts are about our current learning 🙂

  • We learned to put rules into function machines and solve multiplication, it was easy – LG
  • We were learning about forces. We learned about air and water resistance. It was cool doing the experiments. – JC & SM
  • We have been learning about calming strategies and have been learning about controlling our emotions. – LK
  • We have been learning about plural spelling words in literacy. We have been practicing using a dictionary, too. – CD
  • It was fun learning the fruits and colours in Spanish. For example, fresas means strawberries! – SM
  • Rounders is really fun because i like running around and I like batting – PB

We also had our P5 residential trip recently to Fordell Firs and the children had a great time caving, ziplining, bell boating and water sliding for 3 days! The overall words that came to our minds when reflecting about our time at camp was: FUN and AMAZING!

 

Thanks for reading and we will post again soon!

Primary 5hp!

P6 Blog – Friday 26th May 2023

Class Assembly

Our class assembly was on Friday 19th and was based on the theme of Eurovision.  We shared lots of facts about previous winners and sang three songs which were previous entries in the song contest.  We learned the sign language for one of our songs called Love Shine a Light, created a handjive dance to Waterloo and added percussion instruments to Boom Bang a Bang. After the assembly our parents came back to class to see our jotters and meet our class chick.

 

Chick Hatching Project

After the Easter break we decided to incubate and hatch some hens eggs.  First we had to get fertilised egg from the chicken farmer and then we used an incubator to mimic a hen looking after them.  The incubator kept the eggs at a constant temperature, humid and turned then once every half hour.  After 21 days the egg began to hatch.  Two of the chicks needed help from the farmer but we were able to look after one in the classroom for a few weeks.  We had a democratic vote and called him “Chapstick.”

 

Dynamic Earth

On Tuesday 23rd of May both primary 6 classes went on an excursion to Dynamic Earth.  We took part in a workshop which linked to our class topic on space.  We learned about space debris, how to follow instructions by radio communication, we created solar powered circuits, learned about water absorbent powders which is essential in zero gravity and we were also able to view the space station using VR headsets.

 

French Student Visit and Vertical Learning Day

On Thursday 11th May we had a visit from a number of French Exchange students who took part in our Scottish themed vertical learning day. Each of the p5, 6 and 7 classes were mixed together and worked their way around a selection of activities which included tasting traditions Scottish food, creating tartan, learning Scots vocabulary, creating art inspired by Scottish artists and learning the rules to Rounders

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P6bc 24/5/23 Our Day out at Dynamic Earth!

P6bc went to Dynamic Earth for their school trip.  It was linked to their learning about Space and our Solar System.  The children had a wonderful day and enjoyed going through all of the rooms.  The weather stayed warm and sunny and we were able to eat out lunch outside.

Arthur said “I really enjoyed the Planetarium, the visuals were amazing.”

Hollie said ” we completed lots of experiments in our workshop and added water to a solution to create a solid.  We then learned that this is how the  astronaut`s suits absorb wee in space!”

Oliver said “We finished the day with the gift shop which was brilliant.  I bought lots of things.”