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This morning, we were set a STEM challenge in our new class groups. We had to design and create a theme park or water park and we were only given limited supplies. We ALL worked super hard and were SO creative in our designs- it was hard to choose winners! 

⭐Well done everyone! ⭐

😎 We had so much fun.....and the sun shone! 😎

In the afternoon yesterday, we were set a year group challenge to set up an obstacle course on the pitch. Each class took a section and made 5-6 obstacles. We were very creative with our stations and made some super suggestions of what we could do with the equipment. 

Once we were shown what to do, we had a chance as a class to complete the whole course. 

⭐ We did really well! ⭐

😊On Friday, Monday and Tuesday, we all had fun meeting our new classes and our teachers. 😊

This morning, we all enjoyed taking part in a dance workshop. 

We certainly have some moves in P5C! 😁

Oh what fun we had! Everyone had great fun taking part in our Sports Day! 

⭐ Excellent effort from everyone- well done! ⭐

😲 WOW! 😲What an amazing show of the Aurora Borealis on Friday night! 

I presume that most of you will have been in bed so here are a couple of the photos I took in my back garden- stunning!

This morning, we were using Cuisenaire rods to work out what the whole would be when we were given the fraction. We did really well 😊

 ⭐We did it! ⭐ 

Oh what fun we had! Mrs McGinlay is super proud of each and every one of us for making our camp so successful. 

💤 An early night tonight I think for all! 💤

As the sun started to set, we roasted some marshallows on the fire. 🔥 

They were sooooo yummy!  

The first job was to put up our tents! We worked super well in our pairs and all managed with little help from the adults. 😁TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK! 😁

After lunch, our job was to help weed and collect the grass that was growing and smothering the apple trees. We used a variety of tools to scrape and dig it away and filled our barrows with it. At the end, we took our barrow to the compost heap and added it in. We did a great job and collected lots! 

This morning we set off on our walk to Amisfield Walled Garden. We were excited to go back and to see what has changed since our last visit. 😊 When we arrived, we had our snack and then we did some observational drawings of things we could see around us. We explored parts of the garden and found a wooden xylophone and some wind chimes. We then used our senses to create some poems. It was lovely to sit in the peaceful garden. 

🌸 Amisfield Walled Garden 🌸

P5B were first to teach us! They were very well prepared and taught us all about Viking longships. They had planned lots of different tasks for us to complete. We thought they did very well 😊

As part of our topic and Learners leading learning, each class have been working hard to learn about one aspect of Viking life that they can share with the other classes. 😊 We have to plan and create a lesson that we will teach to a small group. In P5C, we have been learning about Viking jewellery. 

⭐Leaders Leading Learning⭐

🤩 We have been super creative and Mrs McGinlay was very impressed with our results 🤩

📚World Book Day 📚

Mrs McGinlay set us a challenge- we had to turn a potato into a book character of our choice! We worked in pairs to create them and had great fun in the process! 😁

📚World Book Day 📚

On Thursday, we enjoyed celebrating world Book Day! We started the morning by telling our talking partners about our favourite book and then we did some paired reading with our P3 buddies 😊

This morning, we learned all about Viking jewellery. We created some Viking brooches of our own. We have been planning and creating lessons in groups to teach the other classes about jewellery too 😊

🐝🐝This week, we brought it altogether by recording ourselves singing "Killer Beez!" and adding in some sound effects. 🐝🐝

🔢As part of our numeracy work, we went along to P5A this afternoon. They have been learning how to use a Rekenrek to work with number and they shared with us what they have learned. It was tricky at first, but we soon got the hang of it and were managing to complete (most of) the sums they gave us! 🤩

🎅This afternoon we enjoyed watching a Christmas movie and having some Christmas themed snacks 🎅😋

Then for our writing lesson, we had to write some clear, easy to follow instructions for how to make them! 😊

As part of the Diwali celebrations, we discovered that families make yummy sweet treats to share with each other. We made some "Coconut Barfi" today and then got to try them- most of us loved them and thought that they were yummy! 😊

🪔Today marks the start of Diwali, the festival of light. We have learned about the story of Rama and Sita and how in the end, good triumphs over darkness and evil. We learned that Hindu people make Diya lamps which they place in their windows during the festival of light. We have started to make ours using clay- they are looking amazing! 🪔

In the afternoon, we created some Poppy art- don't they look fab?

As part of Remembrance Day, we took part in a minutes silence in school. We read a story about war and discussed why it was important to remember those who have lost their lives in battle. 

🎃As part of our fun Halloween afternoon, we enjoyed a pumpkin drive with our friends and creating some Zentangle pumpkin art 🎃

👻 We had fun playing "Boo Bump" today- an addition game against our partner 👻 We enjoyed it when we could "bump" them off one of the numbers! 

⚓This afternoon, Mrs McGinlay set us the challenge of returning "Titanic" to her former glory and building the ship. We had to use the knowledge and sketches from our research of what the ship looked like to help create her. ⚓

⭐ We worked in groups and each group took a different section of the ship to make. We worked extremely well and Mrs McGinlay was super impressed with our ideas and focus. ⭐

🍎 After all our hard work, and fun, we got to choose and pick a Red Devil apple to eat. They have a pinkish flesh inside and we thought they were "delicious!" 🍎

We all enjoyed our visit and are keen to go back again sometime soon. 

🌳 Lastly, Erin told us a bit about the garden and what grows there. We learned about how a Sycamore tree spreads its seeds. 🌳

😁 Next, we got to try the maze. 😁

"It was so much fun!" "We thought it was going to be easy when we saw it, but it was much more difficult than it looked!" "I kept going the wrong way, but I didn't give up!" "I made it to the tree, but then couldn't work out how to get back out again!"

⭐ Reuben was first to crack the maze and make it to the tree in the centre and Eilidh B was close behind! 👏

🍁🍂 Our first job was to rake up some leaves in the garden. We worked in pairs and each had a turn of raking and grabbing the leaves. It was hard at times as the wind was blowing our piles away- we had to be quick! 🍁🍂

This morning, we set off to Amisfield Garden for a visit. We had quite a long walk to get there but we were lucky that it was such a nice day 😊 

When we got there we sat down in the lovely garden and had our lunch.

We had some time on each floor to read the information and make some notes about John Muir's life. At the end, we all shared a fact we had learned with the class. 

On Wednesday, we enjoyed our class trip to John Muir's Birthplace in Dunbar. 

🐉As we head into the long weekend, our dragon eyes are finished and ready to dry out. We are looking forward to painting them when we return next week. 🐉

⭐ Don't they look fabulous? ⭐

👁This afternoon, we started to design our Dragon eyes using clay. We discussed how to build up the eye around the pupil and how we could manipulate the clay. We used some tools to help us add details such as scales. 👁

📚 After listening to Simon, we enjoyed looking for books and then sitting somewhere quietly  to read them  😊

🏉 We had so much fun trying to "tackle the bag" today! Mrs McGinlay was very impressed with how much we "went for it!" 🏉

Look out Haddington Rugby some new members may be incoming! 😊

After a quick rest and a trip to the toilet, we were straight back out to rugby!! 

This morning, we had a lovely walk along the River Tyne in the sunshine. 😎 As part of our John Muir Award, we will be studying the river throughout the seasons. Our section will be from the Waterloo Bridge to the Stevenson Bridge. We stopped along the way to look at the water, the wildlife and to make some sketches and take notes. We finished with our snack.😊 

Each group worked extremely well together and all completed their design within the given time. Next we had to test them....... which design would sweep up the most rubbish? 🤔

We then were set a STEM challenge to design a dustpan and brush from the materials we were given. Mrs McGinlay was very impressed with our problem solving skills and the ideas we came up with! 😊

After hearing the story of "The girl who never made mistakes", we had a great discussion about having a Growth Mindset and not giving up when things get tricky. 

We recognise that mistakes are a part of learning and should help us to improve next time. ⭐

This week, we have been consolidating 2d/3d shapes and their properties. We had a successful shape hunt at Millfield and in the playground and have played games on the chrome books to test our knowledge. 

In P5 we will be learning about John Muir. 

❓ We don't really know much about him at the moment but we want to find out who he is, what his life story is and why he is important? 

Today Mrs McGinlay brought in some dragon fruits for us to see. They looked exotic! Although they look spiky, the leaves are actually smooth to touch. 

We created some descriptions of the dragon fruit in our writing lesson and also did an observational drawing of the fruits. In the afternoon, we cut them open and were surprised to see that the flesh was a bright purple colour! 

We all tasted a piece of the dragon fruit- most of us like it! Surprisingly, it does not taste as juicy as it looks. We thought it was quite bland! It reminded us of a kiwi.

Time to test the strength of our bridges- will the cars get across?

We all had some super ideas about how to build our bridges initially. We had to problem solve as we went along, overcoming challenges and thinking of solutions 😊 Super team work! 😊

We finished our first week back with a STEM team challenge. Each group was given £100 to spend on materials and had to plan and build a bridge to cover a 30cm gap. The bridge had to support the weight of a car travelling over it.