P5B Week Beginning 17th February 2025

Hello P5B families!

We did not get a chance to do a blog post on Friday so I will briefly write about some of the experiences your child had this week and the photos should hopefully give you an insight too into what we got up to:

Literacy – The children have been working hard on completing the final draft of the poem they wrote inspired by Robert Burns.  The final versions are impressive!  They include some old Scots vocabulary and are decorated with a Scottish themed border.  We will compile them in to our very own ‘P5B Book of Scottish Poems’ that we hope you get a chance to browse on Parent’s Evening next week.

Maths – The children had an introduction to division this week and its links with multiplication.  We started off with sums with no remainders and next week will move on to dividing 4 digit numbers by 1 digit.

Topic – The children had been working on independent research projects this term about a Scottish town or city and those that wanted to, presented theirs to the class (we are not finished our presentations yet).  We spoke of the importance of how to deliver a presentation and the need for eye-contact, projection of voice and not just reading from the screen.  After each presentation, the children received feedback from the class and then from myself.  Even though we have technically moved on to a new topic, our learning about Scotland’s towns and cities will continue during Literacy as we learn about and subsequently write an information report on Edinburgh-Old and New.

Science – Our Climate Smart lessons continued this week with physically demonstrating how wind turbines generate electricity!  The class worked in groups to build and then light up an LED light using wind generated from a hair dryer.

Story writing – Recently, the class had researched an animal of their choice and after examining the features of an information report, proceeded to plan and write their own information report.  We discussed the importance of layout and images to support the text.

Congratulations to our reading champion this week, Aaeryn-Leigh and our hot chocolate winner, Olek!

I look forward to seeing you next Tuesday or Thursday for your  consultation appointment.  I hope you enjoy your weekend!