Author: Mrs Leslie

We have had a busy time last week in P5 and welcomed Mr Humphreys who will be with P5 until the end of March. In maths this week we started looking at subtraction strategies in Number Talks and we are going to finish shape this coming week and move on to Data Handling. The Royal Mile Planters, the name of our Social Enterprise had a board meeting and have started to discuss roles and the timeline for getting our Social Enterprise underway. We will hopefully be attending the Dragon’s Den Social Enterprise Academy Competition on 2nd March to try and win funding to support our project. Watch this space!!!

We will be starting poetry this week and in reading we will be looking at non fiction. We are practicing our Scottish dancing and singing for our Scots Week showcase with P6 and 7 on Friday 27th January. It is going to be a very busy week!

Thank you for all your support in returning the Home Learning on Friday. The class were able to self mark and ask any questions about the Home Learning and have indicated that they enjoyed the Home Learning. I have once again put copies of this week’s Home Learning in the Home Learning bags and a PDF copy on this blog. Please return the Home Learning on Friday 20.01.23 in the bags. Thank you once again for your support in this and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns. Regards Amanda Leslie

It was lovely to be back in school after a busy holiday. We were able to finish our Stop Motion Egyptian Films in the two days we were back and we hope to be able to post them on the blog soon.

I have had a number of requests to start maths home learning from parents/carers and some members of the class, therefore this term I will sending home both maths and reading home learning.

Please support your child’s home learning by discussing their home learning with them and returning the home learning bag to school. Please complete what you can in the bag, I understand how busy life can be and understand that other events may take priority.

Home Learning will be issued on a Monday in a home learning bag and where possible copies will be available on the P5 Blog in PDF.

Reading books from the library will only be sent home if the home learning requires the chosen book.

Contents of the home learning bag will be:    

• Reading books for pleasure from library only if linked to home learning activity
• Reading home learning activity or challenge sheet
• Maths home learning activity or challenge sheet

Please return home learning in the home learning bag by Friday of that week so that children can check and discuss the learning at Feedback time.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require support or wish to discuss home learning.

This week’s Homework Maths and Reading comprehension – copies will be sent home.

I hope that you have had a restful Christmas break and are ready to face the exciting challenges that we are going to plan together for the Spring Term.

However before we start we must look back and celebrate what we achieved in Term 1. We worked really hard on our two topics – The Water Cycle and the Egyptians. We will be completing our Stop Motion Egyptian films in our first week back and we hope to be able to showcase them in Assembly, no pressure there then! At the end of term we had our Christmas party and we also sang our Christmas at the Canongate Church and on the stairs in school. You were all fantastic!!!

Looking forward to your return we will be working on our Social Enterprise Community Project and we will be producing art that reflects the Spring term. In maths we will be continuing with mental maths strategies and number focus will be multiplication and division. We will also be looking at Data Handling to link to our Social Enterprise topic. Homework will resume on Monday 9th January, so watch this space.

I must thank all parents and carers for their support and lovely welcome in my first term at Royal Mile. I must also thank all my class for becoming a great team and inspirational and fun to teach. Lets make 2023 P5’s best year! I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, 5th January 2023 at 8.50am. Regards Mrs Leslie

What a great week we had last week! Primary 5 have been rehearsing their song for the end of term, we are singing Rockin Around the Christmas Tree and here is the version that we are using to rehearse if you would like to learn it at home.

We are continuing to write our scripts for our Ancient Egyptian Stop Motion Animations in our groups and will this week start to make the props and scenery for the filming.

On Friday we had a morning of problem solving and puzzle making – working with partners to solve and make the puzzles that were in our Activity cupboard. It was great to see everyone working together to solve problems and help each other finds missing pieces. This will make working together on our Stop Motion Animations a lot easier as we have to solve problems, compromise and discuss what to do next.

As we are on the run up to the end of term and the festive period I thought that a festive reading challenge would be fun to do. The First Minister’s Challenge in conjunction with Scottish Book Trust has created a festive reading calendar challenge which starts on Monday 5th December. I have downloaded a copy of the challenge and created links and resources to support the homework. Please let me know if you cannot find the author challenge videos but please note that they are released on the date on the activity.