This week in P5 pupils have begun learning about different Scottish inventors and inventions such as James Watt’s contributions to the steam engine and James Clark Maxwell’s production of the first colour photograph. Pupils have begun to think about how past inventions have influenced present life.  

We have also been learning about the Zones of Emotional Regulation and have been grouping different emotions into the four zones (red, blue, yellow and green). We have talked about how the green zone (calm, proud, content and positive) is where we ideally want to be. However, we acknowledged that it is not always possible to be in this zone. Next week we will be unpacking what strategies to use when we are in the blue, yellow and red zones. Pupils have enjoyed playing hockey during PE.

We have been focusing on adverbs, persuasive writing and Scots poetry in literacy and have been learning strategies for multiplying and dividing in numeracy.