Dance Mat Typing

This week at school we have been busy typing up and redrafting a story we wrote a few weeks ago.  When we started to type we realised that we were a bit rusty on our touch typing skills which slowed us down when typing our story!  We did some practice by using the ‘Dance Mat Typing’ Game which we find tricky but it does help us.  Here is the link to the game to have a try at home!  Mums and Dads can have a go as well and see how good they are at touch typing!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

Super Sandwiches

Today we were learning about writing a set of instructions.  To help us with this Miss Shearer thought it would be a good idea to actually make a sandwich then write the instructions so that we could think exactly what steps needed to be put into our instructions. 

Although we knew how to make a sandwich it was good to go through the exact steps and we could be sure we were writing an accurate set for someone else to follow.

Our instructions were very thorough and we were pleased with how they turned out.  Plus we got a really tasty sandwich for our hard work!!

Friday Dancing

We are very lucky in Primary 5 to have the opportunity to take part in a new Dancing Activity Group on a Friday Afternoon.  We had our first session this week and it was great fun.  We met our Dance Leaders – Shannon and Aisling and got a feel for what we will be doing each week.  We did some warm ups, played a game and then began to learn some dance moves – it was great fun!  We’re already looking forward to next week.

Our First Week Back

We’re back into Primary 5 with a bang after New Year!  We have been focussing on getting back into our routines after the holidays and finishing off some things we started before the holidays. 

In maths this week we have been working on measuring.  We had a few measuring challenges where we had to measure the gym hall, corridors and tables and chairs in the classroom!  We have also been working on our understanding of the link between measurements and how we can convert millimetres into centimetres, centimetres into metres and meters into kilometres.  It’s been quite difficult but we are developing our understanding of this.

We have finished off our changing materials topic by working on separation.  At the beginning of the week we were given the challenge of separating out a variety of solid materials.  We used different methods such as sieving or using a colander to separate them or sometimes we were able to use our hands to pick the larger items from the beaker. 

 

We also had a go at separating a liquid – ink.  We learned how to do an experiment called ‘chromatography’ where we used filter paper and water to see the different colours which made up the ink.  It was very interesting and we enjoyed looking at the colour trails and the different patterns the ink made on the filter paper. 

 

We have enjoyed the science aspect of our materials topic and carrying out lots of different experiments.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

What a great term we’ve had in P5.  Busy but great!  The main highlight is of course Panto Pandemonium but we’ve done lots of great project work, writing and maths as well!  We finished off the term by taking some ‘Photobooth’ photos with some props Miss Kelday had and we thought we would share them with you as a Christmas treat! 

 

Have a wonderful Christmas P5 and see you all in 2015!

 

 

Merry Christmas!

FUNDAY MONDAY!

Last Friday we had a very special visitor to our classroom – Santa Claus!  He came to deliver our present.  There was a worrying time when our presents had been mixed up with another school but after saying a magic spell ours finally appeared in Santa’s sack! 

When we opened the parcel we were delighted to find it contained two vouchers – One for a trip to Julia’s Café for Hot Chocolate and another for 45 minutes on a bouncy castle.  Both of these things were to happen on Monday and we were going to Julia's with P6.  When Miss Shearer realised they were on Monday she said our Christmas Party was on Monday too – it would be FUNDAY MONDAY!!

On Monday when we arrived at school Miss Shearer told us that Jimmy and Vega Poke and kindly offered to drive us in a bus to Julia’s seeing as it was such horrible weather!  We were delighted!  Julia’s was lovely and cosy when we arrived.  We sat down at table and got a big cup of Hot Chocolate with marshmallows.  Miss Hutchison had baked us truffles and malteser traybake and we got a piece of each!  They were really yummy!  It was great fun and Julia’s and we really enjoyed sitting with our friends and talking while we had our delicious treats! 

Thank you very much to Miss Hutchison, Tracy and Karen for looking after us at Julia's.  A huge thanks to Vega and Jimmy for chauffeuring us as well - it was much appreciated!  Here we are enjoying our Hot Chocolates and sweet treats.

 

 

 

After break time we had our Bouncy Castle slot.  It was a huge Bouncy Castle and was a bit like an assault course!  We went in two at a time and were racing each other.  As you can tell from our smiling, excited faces we had a fantastic time! 

 

 

Our party was in the afternoon with P6 & 7.  We danced, sang, played games and had some more sweet treats!  It was a good party.  The teachers were so busy joining in that they forgot to take any pictures!  Ooops! 

 

It certainly was FUNDAY MONDAY - thank you Santa for brining us such a great present! 

 

Christmas Craft Reminder

Just a reminder that we’re having a Christmas Craft afternoon from 2pm – 3pm on Wednesday 3rd December.  Feel free to come along and join us to help out with our crafting!