Mrs Wilson and P5WL
Mrs Wilson and P5WL
Embedded Files
May 2025
We all enjoyed a brilliant trip to the Safari park. The weather was excellent and we toured almost the full park! A highlight was the Birds of Prey show. Everyone enjoyed listening to the Elephant talk. We enjoyed visiting the exotic animals, the dinosaur exhibitions and the farm animals.
We continue to work hard outdoors towards the Natural Health Award.
Literacy
Reading
Reading
Term 4 will be be focusing on:
Reading fluency and expression.
Identifying Inference in texts.
Identifying the author's intent and purpose in texts.
Writing
Writing
This term will be be focusing on:
Using accurate punctuation to support and enhance our writing.
Writing procedural texts.
Using 'bossy' verbs.
Listening and Talking
Listening and Talking
This term will be be focusing on:
Listening and Talking in small groups.
Numeracy
Time
Time
Term 4 will be be focusing on:
Learning to read, write, and convert between 12-hour and 24-hour time.
Learning to calculate time intervals and durations using timetables and real-life scenarios.
Learning to use different units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years) to solve problems.
Learning to understand and use time zones and international time differences.
IDL
Outdoor Learning
Term 4 will be focusing on:
Identify and classify examples of living things, past and present, to help me appreciate their diversity. I can relate physical and behavioural characteristics to their survival or extinction.
Learning to assess and manage risk, to protect myself and others, and to reduce the potential for harm when possible.
Being aware of the need to respect personal space and boundaries and can recognise and respond appropriately to verbal and non-verbal communication.
HWB
Term 4 will be focusing on:
I am developing my understanding of the human body and can use this knowledge to maintain and improve my wellbeing and health.
I am aware that positive friendships and relationships can promote health and the health and wellbeing of others.
I am identifying and practising skills to manage changing relationships.
I recognise that how my body changes can affect how I feel about myself and how I may behave.
I know that all forms of abuse are wrong, and I am developing the skills to keep myself safe and get help if I need it.
February 2025
February 2025
Primary 5 have settled in well to our new learning space. Take a look at the carousel of photos showcasing some of the fantastic spring themed masterpieces we created in our new classroom.
In Literacy, our writing focus is Persuasive and we have been using 'Book Creator' to make our own professional 'Visit Stirling' magazines.
We have started working on the Bug Club text ' The Song of Sky and Sand' to help develop our comprehension skills. We also all have a new group reader for February to continue reading for fluency at home, and in class.
In Numeracy, we are consolidating our division skills and continuing to explore more complex fractions.
Our class Assembly has been rescheduled for Wednesday 5th March at 2.15pm. All families welcome!
January 2025
January 2025
Primary 5 are enjoying a very busy start to 2025!
In Literacy, we have been learning Scots to help us recite our Scots poetry; 'Street Talk' and 'A Dug, a Dug'. We are reading 'The Sleekit Mr Tod' which is a Scots language adaptation of the famous and fantastic 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We also all have a new group reader for January to continue reading for fluency at home, and in class.
In Numeracy, we are exploring Fractions and Decimals. We are consolidating our previous Fraction knowledge before moving onto more complex Fractions and Decimals work.
In IDL, we are working hard on our Scottish topic, learning songs, poems and dances! We invite all our families and friends to our very special Scottish Assembly on Wednesday 5th March at 2.15pm.
October
October
Primary 5 enjoyed our first week back in October!
We started our new topic and we are exploring the Global Goals. We are focusing on Goal 14: “Life Under Water”. We will be learning about how healthy oceans and seas are essential to our existence. They cover 70 percent of our planet and we rely on them for food, energy and water. Yet, humans have managed to do tremendous damage to these precious resources.
In IDL, we used oil pastels to create our own Sea Turtles for display to highlight that Sea Turtles are in danger.
In Literacy, we all have a new group reader to continue reading for fluency at home, and in class. We have started work on our Talk for Writing book project, more details to follow on this exciting project!
September
September
P5WL have enjoyed a busy month!
In Literacy, we have been developing our Comprehension skills using non-fiction texts: “Death of the Dinosaurs” and “Mary Anning: The Girl who cracked open the world”. Everyone enjoyed learning more about Geology and Palentology whilst developing our comprehension skills. We focused on adding more detail to our written responses to literal and inferential questions.
Every child also has a high quality group novel to practise reading fluency at home. A few pages each evening is all it takes!
We have also worked hard on our “Planet Zargon” imaginative recounts in Talk for Writing lessons. As per Talk for Writing programme, we chunk out writing each week. The creative ideas from P5 blow me away and I love reading the recounts! Tools for Writing, in particular punctuation, is a focus.
In Numeracy, we have developed our use of mental addition and subtraction strategies. We will revisit this throughout the year. We continue to enjoy written daily mental maths activities. Mr Logan has been exploring problem solving strategies with us on a Thursday afternoon. We are trying to transfer our Numeracy learning across to problem solving lessons.
Our IDL topic is Victorians, which has been met with great enthusiasm. We enjoyed dining like rich Victorians and poor Victorians. Some enjoyed the poor children’s diet of gruel, but EVERYONE enjoyed the cake! The children also undertook some personal choice research into an aspect of Victorian life that interested them. The focus was on reading for information and using their own words. Again, P5 did an amazing job of this and some were keen to share the presentations with the whole class. In P5 we use digital technologies often to support and motivate us.
We want our classroom to be safe, calm and pursposeful.
We will be Ready, Respectful and Safe.
We have worked hard over the past few weeks to create our Class Charter, in line with the UNCRC. We all understand the rights we have as children.
We have worked hard over the past few weeks to create our Class Charter, in line with the UNCRC. We all understand the rights we have as children.
Page updated
Report abuse