P5 Snowy Days Home Learning Activities!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 5:57 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2018

Good Morning P5!   Due to the adverse weather conditions all pupils are off school again today so in between your sledging adventures, snowball fights, symmetrical snow angels and  igloo construction here are some optional home learning activities that you might enjoy exploring together at home: Just click on these links and have fun learning and achieving […]

Snowtastic Snow-People Science!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 5:28 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2018

Some more exciting learning challenges for P5!   Why not check out these fun science experiments today? Baking Soda Snow-People and Melting Snow-People Slime! FOAMING, FIZZING, MELTING SNOW-PEOPLE SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS Just click on these links for the instructions: Baking Soda Snow-People and Melting Snow-People Slime! You could also get wrapped up, go outdoors and then time […]

Snazzy Super Snowy Learning in P5!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 2:17 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2018

Happy St David’s Day P5L! I hope you have all been outside enjoying the snow, building snowmen and making snow angels…who would believe it is the first day of spring?!   For some extra activities why not try some of these snowy challenges: Snow Spelling Get wrapped up warm and write your group spelling words […]

P5 CHRISTMAS PARTY FUN!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 4:02 pm on Wednesday, December 20, 2017

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Egyptian Pharaoh Drama!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 4:53 pm on Wednesday, December 6, 2017

P5L enjoyed exploring the Ancient Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamun today with Drama Specialist Teacher, Shonagh Davidson. They created a human labyrinth full of Egyptian treasures and artefacts, became Egyptian citizens for the Pharaoh and created a freeze frame of the Tomb of Tutankhamun before forming a corridor of thought. It was a very magical afternoon […]

Exploring the World of Construction with P3K and P5L!

Filed under: P3,P5 — glendrum at 4:33 pm on Tuesday, December 5, 2017

P3K and P5L had an exciting and very interactive exploratory learning experience this afternoon when they investigated the STEM – Science, Technology, Maths and Science – construction box that has been on loan to our school as part of a science curriculum initiative. The children worked co-operatively in small teams to build walls, role play […]

Paired Reading with P2 and P5L

Filed under: P2,P5 — glendrum at 1:38 pm on Friday, November 10, 2017

P2 and P5L enjoyed a paired reading session with each other today… Paired Reading with P2 and P5L on PhotoPeach Next week we are going to explore some of our new non-fiction topic books.

Groovy Gymnastic with P5L!

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 3:02 pm on Friday, October 27, 2017

Groovy Gymnastics with P5L! on PhotoPeach P5L had a fantastic morning in the gym hall today with our P.E Specialist teacher, Mrs Clapperton. They were exploring and using their ‘thinking body’ to develop and create their own gymnastics sequences using balance, control and movement. Everyone worked hard both independently and co-operatively to extend their technical […]

Recycled Bird Feeders with P5L

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 2:47 pm on Friday, October 27, 2017

As part of their Bronze John Muir Award P5L worked with Emily Sanderson, the National of Scotland Ranger at Newhailes, to make lard balls and recycled bird feeders for our school wild garden areas. The children are going to monitor the garden bird population in our school grounds to try and identify the different species […]

Tsunami Wave Art by P5L

Filed under: P5 — glendrum at 3:55 pm on Thursday, September 28, 2017

Tsunami Wave Art by P5L on PhotoPeach P5L have been inspired by the Japanese artist, Hokusai, to paint their own tsunami waves as part of their interdisciplinary topic, Man-Made and Natural Disasters. They used oil pastels and mixed watercolours to explore hot and cold colours as they drew and painted their own wave pictures.

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