Category: Primary 5 Blog

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.

We had a busy week in P5 and have made a start in groups on our Ancient Egyptian Stop Motion stories. We hope to have them finished this week so that we can create the props and scenery for the filming.

Homework is attached for this week below, there are two challenges to try, pick which challenge best suits the book you are reading. We will be visiting the library on Monday to change the books but you must have the book with you. Homework for this week should be returned completed next Monday.

In maths we are looking at times tables and I would be grateful if you could encourage your child to practice them at home. We are reviewing the 3, 4, 5 times tables and starting to look more closely at the links they have to 6, 8 and 10 times tables.