Thank you so much for being such a lovely class. I have loved teaching you all this year. A big thank you from Khin and I for the fabby photo and gift card, such a lovely surprise. For those who couldn’t be in school this week, I have put a wee video up on TEAMS for you, from me.
Stay safe and see you all in August. Ms Menzies ❤️
From ‘Health and Wellbeing Day’ making Dream Catchers and Mandala Hands to ‘How to Train Your Dragon Day’, making Viking Helmets and painting Dragon Eyes.
From ‘Topic Day’ making Tudor Houses and Ruffs to ‘STEM Day’ with challenges such as building enclosures with sticks and marshmallows, paper towers, and roller coasters with paper and cardboard! Wow what a week! Lots of movies and treats in there as well. Very much deserved P5, you have worked so hard this year.
Finishing off our Tudors topic by painting the most beautiful portraits of the Tudor Monarchs.
P5 have been busy learning about data handling. We have looked at lots of different ways to collate and present all sorts of data.
We have been very busy this week. Take a look at a few of the things we have been up to in class before our Easter break, including:-
Adventure story writing, Mayan number Systems, Growing & planting, Chocolate egg creation, to name but a few!
HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE EASTER HOLIDAY EVERYONE!
Happy Easter Everyone!
P5 have been thinking about their own personal aims and goals. They considered things that they would like to get better at, and new things they would like to try. They also identified the people that could help them achieve their goals.
The result was these beautiful ‘Sunflowers of Success’.
We had a lot of fun on Friday with our ‘Red Nose Day’ activities and special ‘Red Nose Day assembly! We even made our own giant red noses!
P5 are working collaboratively with other classes in school to create and plan for some fruit and veg growing. We will be looking at our favourite things to eat, and deciding what we would like to plant this Spring!
We have started by growing our own Giant Sunflowers. P5 will be learning about the lifecycle of plants, looking after their Sunflowers in class, watering them and documenting their growth in their ‘Planting & Growing Journals.
We also learned about the Ancient Egyptian number system and the Power of Zero!
A fantastic week of learning for our first week back in school. Well done everyone!
Well done for all your hard work this week Primary 5. It has been a lovely ‘Book Week’.
We will all be back to school soon, so here is the last week of Home Learning 😊
Head to TEAMS/ Assignments to have fun in our Health & Welbeing Classroom!
Good Luck P5 and enjoy this weeks ‘Book Week’ Literacy Tasks and Assignment. 😊
Have a look at the new updates on our Virtual Classroom on TEAMS. Join ‘NASA Kids’ to find out more about the ‘Perseverance Landing’ on Mars, look at ways to help you set your own goals, look at the science fact of the week, read books from ‘epic’, watch ‘Newsround’, find some new videos and play some games. Enjoy! 😊
P5, remember to complete all tasks and look at all supporting materials before attempting this weeks assignment.
Good luck! 😊
P5, please complete all the tasks and look at all the support materials, teaching videos and links before attempting this weeks assignment.
Good luck everyone!😊
You will need to make written notes to complete this weeks tasks and assignment properly. Take notes whilst you are reading the PowerPoint and watching the video. You can take notes in any way you want. You may want to use: bullet points, a numbered list or you could use a mind map.
Complete all the tasks above by reading and watching all the support materials which are also uploaded to TEAMS.
Once you have completed these, then you can start your assignment.
Your assignment (which has to be uploaded) for this week is to:
Identify features of a Comic Strip from the ‘Captain Underpants’ example. List the features and explain why they are used.
Then, look ate the image of Geoff, Harold and Captain Underpants, fill in the speech bubbles with what you think they might be saying.
You should all be extremely proud of yourselves for the effort you have put in over the last 4 weeks of learning.
Please try to relax and have a good break, you deserve it.
I have attached the link below to the NHS Lothian website where you will find a HUGE list of activities to do in the break if you want to. There are live events and lots and lots of activities you can do by yourself, or with your family.
There is also a lot of good advice for keeping safe and healthy during the holiday.
Have a lovely time P5. Keep safe and enjoy!
See you on Tuesday 16th February.
Ms Menzies 🙂
https://services.nhslothian.scot/camhs/resources/pages/resourcepacks.aspx
I have now added in afternoon catch up calls at 2.45pm Monday- Thursday for anyone who would like any information or just a chat at the end of the day. On Friday it will be at 11.30am.😊
This week we are reminding ourselves of verbs and adverbs and relating them to our class novel, Charlotte’s Web.
Please look at all the support videos and files that I have uploaded on TEAMS to help you with the tasks and the Assignment.
Once you have completed the tasks above, then you can go ahead and attempt the assignment. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiu4one_cHuAhVQQMAKHTnGAg8QtwIwAHoECAMQAg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5bxoX8-3nUM&usg=AOvVaw14Z8287kAVMIOQaSqest1w
Watch the video https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj7_qvm9sHuAhWwRBUIHRcDDM8QtwIwAHoECA8QAg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsKs37idNzwI&usg=AOvVaw1T9q55qOFOfEWDA3y3J69aAnimal Needs, by the SRUC on YouTube to help you with writing the answer assignment question.
This week we will be continuing with fractions. We will be revising fractions on a number line and fractions of an amount.
Please look at all the videos and support materials that I have posted on TEAMS for you to help you complete the tasks and the assignment. These can be found in TEAMS /Assignments and also in TEAMS / Maths / Files / 2/1/21.
Once you have completed the tasks, you can go ahead and attempt the assignment. Good luck! 😊
Hi P5, it can be hard to organise your time whilst working from home so I have posted an example of how you could plan your week. You can use this to help you or you can take some ideas from it to plan when to when to work on maths, literacy and the home learning grid. Do what fits in best with your family and your situation. 😊
This week we will be working with fractions. Please read the fraction support materials I have uploaded onto TEAMS for you as they will help you remember what we have already covered in class.
This week you will have 5 tasks to complete before you attempt your assignment. These tasks will also be on TEAMS under: Maths/files/fractions/25-01-21.
The tasks do not have to be handed in, however they have to be completed to help you with your assignment.
Task 1. Match the shape with correct fraction
Task 2. What fraction of the shape is coloured in?
Task 3. Pair / match the fractions coloured in pink.
Task 4. Equivalent fractions booklet
Task 5. Fractions in the real world
Now you can attempt the assignment which is the only thing to be handed in.
Maths Assignment – To be handed in on Friday 29/1/21
Attempt the ‘Green’ Questions first, then try the ‘Amber’ Questions, then the ‘Red’ Questions if you can.
Green Questions – What fraction is bigger?
Amber Questions – Bigger or smaller?
Red Questions – Order the fractions.
Good luck! 😊
This week you will have 3 tasks to complete before you do the Assignment. The tasks do not have to be handed in, only the assignment has to be handed in on Friday.
However, the tasks must be completed to help you with the assignment.
Task 2. Match the Scots Words to their meaning
Task 3. Read the Robert Burns poem ‘To a Mouse’ and write down what you think it means.
Then read the information about writing ‘Acrostic Poems’ and look at all the writing support materials I have uploaded on TEAMS for you.
I am really looking forward to reading these. Good luck!😊
Have a look on TEAMS to enter our very own Health and Well-being Virtual Classroom!
You can click on items in the classroom where you will be able to to take part in physical and mental fitness exercises, play games, stretch your brain with teasers and maths challenges, read and listen to stories and have some fun.
I will be adding to the classroom weekly, so just keep trying to find the links and have a go at the activities.
I am really enjoying the Rubik’s Cube and playing Connect 4! 😊
Head to TEAMS / Assignments to enter the classroom.
Task 4 – Have a look at the video and the photographs of prehistoric cave paintings, then have a go a drawing one of your own.
Diary of a Stoneage Boy – Continued
Task 1. Once you have read the whole text, please underline all the words written in past tense.
Task 2. Use the link below to look at the PowerPoint about Stoneage families. Take notes whilst you read it in bullet points, a number list or draw a mind map of things that interest you.
Read The Diary of a Stoneage Boy part 1 and 2, watch the BBC Video then complete the following tasks.
1. Underline or write out all the past tense words in the passage.
2. Read the PowerPoint Presentation and take notes from the PowerPoint on facts that interest you either in bullet points, a number list or a mind map.
3. Use the notes you have made to write your own diary entry imagining that you are are a Stoneage child using first person (I, me) correct past tense and time order. Support resources will be under Literacy Channel/ Diary Writing Support.
4. Design your own Stoneage Cave Art (see Literacy channel/ Diary Writing support in TEAMS for ideas.
P5, this week your maths task will be to revise some Place Value and put to good use all our hard work during ‘Barvember’, with the Bar models.
Above is the link for the TollX Counts Assembly for today.
Remember ‘Barvember’? The work we did during ‘Barvember’ will really help us with our new TOLLX Counts challenge next week.😊
This will also tie in with our maths tasks for next week. Enjoy the Assembly!
P5 click on the link and watch the video telling you about Mrs Brand’s January Challenge.
Have a think about what challenge you would like to take on for January and send me some ideas. We will chat about this on Monday. 😊🤸🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️⛹🏽♂️🎻📚
Lovely to see you all this morning. Further to our chat about how to hand in your work, here is an easy to follow video of how to hand in an assignment and it gives other wee tips as well. I’ve posted to general channel on TEAMS. Click on the link to watch it.
Well done everyone, you are doing a great job.
Instructions
Task 1. Please attempt the 12 hour clock worksheet and draw in the times stated.
Task 2. Attempt the 24 hour clock worksheet posted, this is revision so you should be able to manage it.
Task 3. Create a timetable for a day with 12 and 24 hour clock, giving the duration of your activities. For example, 12.00pm-1.00pm / 12:00-13:00 / I had a cheese sandwich for my lunch/ Duration 1 hour.
Send this work in for Friday if you can.
This task will cross off the ‘Time’ challenge question on week 1 of the home learning grid!
Read Chapters 1 and 2 of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ from your home packs. Use the lined literacy jotter I put in the pack to complete this task ( I have posted the e-book on TEAMS for those who have not yet been able to collect packs from school). Then complete the questions / tasks below.
Task 1 – Charlotte’s Web Reading Questions
1. What does Fern’s kitchen smell like?
2. Why does Fern blush at the end of chapter 1?
3. How would you describe Fern’s attitude towards Wilbur?
4. Where and when do you think this story is set?
Task 2 – Diary Entry
Imagine you are Fern. Write a diary entry to describe what happened to you and Wilbur in the first 2 chapters. Describe your feelings in detail using good, descriptive language and lots of adjectives.
Good Luck!
Ms Menzies
Do what you can Primary 5. I have posted lots of support materials on TEAMS. If there is anything else you need let me know. 😊
Hello everyone, I hope you all managed to keep safe and have a lovely Christmas break.
The first two weeks of home learning packs have been prepared and are in school for you to collect from Friday if it is safe to do so. There are jotters, pencils and rubbers, a two week learning plan, additional support materials and a copy of the class novel within these packs. Copies of the main 2 week home learning wall be posted to TEAMS and to the school blog. In addition to the two week learning wall, there will be a separate maths task and a separate literacy task. The maths and literacy tasks are the most important and all pupils should attempt these as they will be required to be submitted for marking and feedback at the end of the week in most cases.
For those pupils who receive support for learning, there are 2 resource packs to collect from school. As these materials differ slightly for each pupil with different reading materials etc, please let me know that you have managed to pick up your packs.
All children have been provided with a login and password for Microsoft TEAMS, some of you have already replied to my message on TEAMS so thank you. Please have a practice so that you can access all the available materials.
I am aiming to have a 9.30am and 10.30am check in every week day morning for the whole class, to catch up and see how you are getting on. Please try to attend this if you can. If you are unable to make it, we can contact each other via messaging on TEAMS. At other times I may contact small groups at a time for task specific support.
If you have any problems, please contact me and we can try to sort out any issues you may have.
Remember, I’m here if you need me.
Kind regards and good luck!
Ms Menzies 😊
We have been busy making gorgeous cards and gifts for our loved ones and jewelled tree decorations for ourselves. The effort put in has really shown in the finished products. Merry Christmas to all the parents and carers in P5, we hope you enjoy your hand made presies! ❤️
We had lots of fun filming our video of ‘8 Maids a Milking’ for the Tollcross PS ‘12 Days of Christmas’ collaboration. Thanks to the superb acting abilities in our class, we not only only filmed ‘The Cow Who Didn’t Want To Be Milked’ with everyone in the class, but we has a really good giggle putting it all together!
We had a lovely time designing our kindness flags at Tollcross. Much time and effort was put in to creating our flags with thoughtful messages explaining what kindness really means to us in Primary 5.
The Kindness video shows just how kind the pupils at Tollcross are. ❤️
We have been learning about ‘Water’ alongside our ‘Rainforest Topic’ with the class conducting a rain cloud experiment. We produced super mini fact files explaining the process of the amazing ‘Water Cycle’ (which look gorgeous on our classroom walls). We have learned about ‘States of Matter’ and recently had a fun afternoon looking at structures which need firm foundations, including bridges.
We used spaghetti and marshmallows to try to build some free standing structures with some fantastic results! Wasn’t messy at all! 😀
The class produced some excellent reports in small groups of 2 and 3 using selection skills, summarising, ordering information in a logical manner and presentation skills.
The groups organised themselves in terms of: researchers, authors and artistic directors and produced some fantastic first reports.
All groups rehearsed and presented their reports in front of the whole class and were marked on their inclusion of report writing and presentation structure.
Amazing efforts by all!
P5 created some very artistic Halloween bunting and ‘Day of the Dead’ skulls to decorate our classroom this week. We took part in activities related to the history of Halloween and made our own colourful masks. Spooktastic!
Have a safe weekend!
We really enjoyed learning about cloud formation as part of our ‘Water Cycle’ lessons. The class used shaving foam and food colouring to show the ‘precipitation’ process, and were shocked to discover that the water cycle is constant and that we use the same water over and over again!
Looking after each other and taking time to ‘check in’ with everyone is part of our daily routine in Primary 5. ❤️
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