Primary 5 are now learning about the Tropical Rainforest whilst also learning about note-taking and rewriting texts in their own words. They are particularly interested in learning about the layers of the rainforest, the vegetation, animals, the climate and location of rainforests. They have been watching videos, reading books and researching on the internet to widen their knowledge and understanding and have also created some wonderful art. There has also been some really impressive writing generated by their interest.
P5’s Holyrood Palace Trip
Primary 5 had a wonderful visit to Holyrood Palace as a culmination of our learning about Mary Queen of Scots and impressed the guide with their knowledge and enthusiasm about the subject. They got to tour apartments where Mary Queen of Scots lived, saw historical artefacts that belonged to her and tried on clothes from her era. They particularly enjoyed seeing the murder scene and examined the blood stain where David Rizzio was brutally killed, the gallery with paintings showing all the previous kings of Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, the secret door as well as evidence of battles damaging the woodwork in this room and all the challenges set to find artefacts showing the way of life in historical times.
‘Edinburgh’s Christmas’ Winners!
Eoin Mark
We are thrilled to announce that we have not one, but TWO winners in the ‘Edinburgh’s Christmas’ tram competition. Pupils were asked to design characters to appear on the side of a tram which will travel into Edinburgh every day over the festive period.
Many congratulations to Eoin and Mark in p4M whose work has been selected! What a great honour to have your work displayed to such a huge international audience!
The pupils and their families will be invited to an award ceremony – more details to follow soon!
P4M Update
Welcome to the second term!
We hope you got a copy of our curriculum leaflet.
The children have started to look at poems this term and managed to add two new verses to a poem. They have also started our Time project and have made a calendar which has all out important dates that we need to know about. They have also added any activities they do, birthdays and, of course, the holidays! We will be working on analogue and digital time, and different ways that time can be measured.
We had a visit from the Royal Scottish National Orchetra. They came in with a double bass which the children could feel the vibrations through the floor. They then had to make up a piece of music representing a hero and a villain. This is the theme of the performance that we are going to see on the 27 November.
We are also looking forward to a visit from the charity called ONE. They will be telling us about refugees in Scotland.
The class are really enjoying their swimming lessons and are learning how to stop water going up their noses by humming! They are also learning to float on their backs and tread water.
We will have a busy term with Christmas performance, Christmas Fair and singing at places within our local community. The children have already started to plan the event and think of songs.
If you have any questions then please get in touch.
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