Author: Mrs Leslie

Last week in Primary 5 we continued our project on Japan and started to build an idea of the history of the country and compare it to Scotland and other countries that we know about. We will be continuing to look at the history of Japan up to the modern day this week coming and start to compare the culture and traditions with our cultures and traditions. In Maths we have been focusing on time and subtraction and we will continue looking at these areas over the next few weeks. In Literacy we are building on our reading detective skills by predicting what is happening next from the text we are reading.

We continue to work on our Social Enterprise project and have been out in the playground weeding and sorting our vegetable planters. We will be sending out a overview of the times and events taking place in P5 shortly so that we are able to keep track of all the things we will be undertaking in P5 over the coming weeks.

On Thursday we had a fun P5 activity day and shared our outdoor experience with P5 at Preston Street. In the morning we went den building and had outdoor games in Holyrood Park. After a lovely lunch in the Park we made our way to the Crags, where we had three activities over the afternoon. We all had a chance to take part and to play football or climb the traverse wall, dance and a coached basketball session.

Home Learning this week will be sent out in the bags on Monday and should be returned completed on Friday for discussion and self correction. This week’s comprehension will be a report format with questions and there will be spelling sheet and maths. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Last Week, although a short week it was fun packed to celebrate the Coronation. Primary 5 joined Primary 2 and 6 to have a great Coronation tea party with juice and cake served by Primary 6. We designed our flags for the Royal Mile Primary School flagpole and chose Victoria’s to represent our class. Primary 5 send congratulations to Alfie, P2 for a great winning design. On Wednesday we continued with our Social Enterprise project and Japanese topic which are both gathering in pace and giving us lots of information to discuss and work on. We also made our Coronation Crowns to wear at the tea party.

On Thursday we had PE and it is good to see some of the class bringing a change of PE kit. On Friday we took part in the Coronation Celebration Fun Event, it was a great morning with Bouncy castles, Diddie cars, Whack a Mole and some sweet treats. As you will see from the pictures we had an exciting and brilliant time. Primary 5 would like to thank Mrs Robertson for organising and finding funding for two great events.

Due to last week being only two and half days home learning was not issued but it will take place this week. Home Learning will be taking place this week and will be issued tomorrow to be returned to school on Friday for discussion and self correction. Please find attached a copy of the Home Learning and as usual thank you for your continuing support in this valuable area of sharing the class’s learning. Regards Mrs Leslie

What a great week we had last week and we finished it with a fun assembly delivered by P4. Primary 5 enjoyed the Kahoot quiz set by P4, well done P4! We were able to work on our Social Enterprise project and have nearly finished our letters to the local shops and our neighbours in the Royal Mile asking for support and help with our project. We were also able to do more planting.

Please remember this is the last week for swimming at Abbeyhill Primary School so please remember your swimming hat, towel and costume. This week we will be having a visit from our Nursery buddies and our focus for writing will be our formal letters and travel writing based on new topic- Japan.

Home learning will be, once again this week, spelling, reading comprehension and maths. It should be returned on Friday for self correction and discussion. I t was great to see that many of the class had attempted the spicy and hot challenges and many of the class had done more than one spelling challenge. Keep going you are all doing a great job.

I hope that you all had a lovely holiday and that you are all well rested for the packed term ahead. We will continue to have swimming for the next two weeks and then our session with Mr Cameron at Abbeyhill Primary School swimming pool will be finished.

This term will very busy with the further progression on our Social Enterprise Project, watch out for news from The Royal Mile Planters of their pop up launch event near the end of term. We have been busy starting to plant our basic soup vegetables and we will be moving to start planting at the front of the school this term. The class will also be undertaking their chosen topic for this term looking at Japan, its culture, environment, clothing, food, art and comparing life in Japan to that in Scotland.

This term home learning will include spelling, reading comprehension and maths. In spelling the pattern/words will be sent home with a mild, spicy and hot challenge, pick one of the challenges or try more than one to practice the pattern or words that are being taught to your spelling group. The challenge should be returned on Friday along with the other pieces of home learning that will be issued on Monday. Please remember to support your child and do not feel that all the challenges should be completed. Discussion and self -correction of home learning will take place on Friday.

It was lovely to see and share the learning and achievements of Primary 5 with parents last week. It was also a sad week in Primary 5 as Mr Humphreys finished his Placement with us and returned to University on Monday 27th March. The class and staff wish him all the best and thank him for his fabulous contribution to Primary 5 that he made in his time with us.

Swimming took place on Monday 27th March and we will have another session on Monday 17th April the day we return from our Easter Break. I will let you know if there are any further sessions after this but the class have demonstrated an improvement in their skills and are progressing well in the water.

This week is a busy week and we will be visiting the Science Festival at the City Art Centre Tuesday 28th March where we will be taking part in three active workshops. On Friday we will taking part in our Houses in the Parent Council’s Easter Egg Hunt. Friday 31st March will also see us start our April Holidays and I would like to wish every one in class a Happy Easter and a Happy Ramadan.

This week I will not be issuing Home Learning as we have a busy Friday of activities that will not allow us to do self correction and discussion. After the holidays Home Learning will consist of maths, reading comprehension and spelling. Spelling will be the patterns that the groups are learning during the week and the Home Learning will be a challenge that the class are familiar with. Once again thank you for all your support in making Home Learning a shared experience.