p5 den

Spring Term Update

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Topic
This term our main topic is the Scottish Wars of Independence. This will cover the history of Scotland's fight for independence including the battles of Stirling Bridge, Falkirk and Bannockburn, and the key players involved such as William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.

We will also be learning about castles, weapons, and about life in general 700 years ago. We will be turning our classrooms in to the interior of a castle and will look forward to showing this to you at our Open Afternoon later in the term.

The children seem very enthused about this topic and are already bringing in related books which are fantastic!

Our writing, technology, ICT and art work will be linked to this topic.

Homework
This continues to be handed out on a Monday and is to be returned by Friday. Please check and sign your child's homework diary each week. Homework consists of language work, maths and reading. In addition this term there will be a project to be completed on an aspect of our topic to be chosen by each pupil. Some of this will be done at school but the majority will be an independent homework task. The pupils will be issued with clear guidelines of what is expected.

Catch the Reading Bug
Our reading challenge continues and by P5 all pupils should be encouraged to have a chapter book at home to read in addition to the reading scheme book. Pupils will be asked to give a review of their book to the rest of the class.

Pencils, Glue and Rubbers !!!
Please can we remind you to ensure your child comes to school with sharp pencils, a rubber and a glue stick.

We look forward to an interesting term ahead. Any queries or concerns, please contact us and we will be happy to meet with you.

Thankyou

Mrs Drysdale, Mrs Thomson and Mrs Monkman
P5

Well done to P5 Rm 14 Certificate Winners week ending 3rd December

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:44:00 +0000

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PUPIL OF THE WEEK

Pupil of the Week is Christine Wood for writing a fantastic Christmas Poem and for putting her very best effort in to everything she does ! Well done !! :-)))
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STAR WRITERS

Kiki Dhami and Trevor Wan are Star Writers for writing excellent poems about what they love about Christmas time. When we can dig ourselves out of the snow Kiki and Trevor will type their poems up on our den.
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HOUSE POINT WINNER

Well done Cara for working hard in all areas to be this week's class house point winner !
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noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:20:00 +0000

Photos from P5. Rm 14 from week beginning 15th November.

Joey and Coco, our class pets ( on right) have found some pals!

Now, how did 3 Joeys and babies find their way to Bearsden ?!

P5 Rm 14 enjoying the Olly Octopus game in PE

P5 enjoying some percussion in Music

Our Christmas Concert Rehearsals are in Full Swing !

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:49:00 +0000

P5 have started practising for the P4 to 7 Christmas Concert which is taking place on Dec 7th and 8th.

Our songs are sure to put you in the Christmas mood !

Try to get word perfect on all the songs as soon as you can P5 !

Mums and Dads - please could you buy a Santa hat for your child for our concert. You may be able to pick one up in Poundstretcher or one of the big supermarkets. Dobbies may also sell them. Thank you very much for your support !

Certificate winners in P5, Rm 14

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:27:00 +0000

Each week in Pr, Rm 14 some hard working pupils are awarded certificates.

Certificare winners for week ending 12th November
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PUPIL OF THE WEEK was Sara Nikjeh - for working hard across all areas, being helpful and always cheerful. Well done Sara!

CLASS HOUSE POINT WINNER was Zoe Glackin for achieving the most house points over the week for class work. Great result Zoe!

STAR WRITERS - were Ewan Kennedy and Abbey Coats for writing fantastic imaginative and very descriptive settings for their horror stories. Keep up the excellent writing!
Arman Vyas was also awarded star writer for writing a super original imaginative magic spell ! Well done Arman!

A big pat on the backl to all our certificate winners this week !

GROUP OF THE WEEK - was the Smarty Pants Group for working hard, showing good teamwork and being very tidy round the class. Well done Smarty Pants !

Meet Joey and Coco , P5, Rm 14's class pets !

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:16:00 +0000

Each week a pupil in P5, Rm 14 is awarded Pupil of the Week and gets the chance to take our class pets Joey and Coco home for the weekend. The pupil of the week writes up in a diary all the fun things they have done cwith Joey and Coco over the weekend.
Joey and Coco are quite well travelled little bears ! They have been to London, France and visited lots of lovely places in Scotland !

Joey and Coco, class pets in P5, Rm 14

Birthday Celebrations In P5, Rm 14

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:07:00 +0000

We've had quite a few birthdays in P5, Rm 14 and every time it is a birthday, the birthday girl or boy puts on the musical birthday hat and we all sing along with the hat !

P5 Iron Men Models

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:50:00 +0000

Christine suggested we put some photos of our fantastic Iron Men Models on our Den so here they are !

The task was to design and build a model of the Iron Man but the challenge was to make sure that the model Iron Man could stand upright on its own. This model below was cleverly built with cans for legs as it could stand firmly taking the weight of the body and head.

These Iron men models were successful as they met they fulfilled the challenge of being able to stand independently. The middle model had cans for legs which could take the weight of the model. The models on the right and left could not stand initially but then the use of egg boxes to attach the legs to solved this problem .
Pupils had to use their creativity and thinking skills to work out how their models could stand independently.

Halloween Pictures from P5 Rm 14 Halloween Party !

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:56:00 +0000

The Joker and Dracula!

Sumo gear!

The boys looked great!

Sumo girl, supergirl and the Count!

The girls looking fab!

More witches, witches cat, princess and little devil!

Looking great, not sure about the red devil!

Great hat and mask! Very cute cat too!

The boys took on the girls in the apple forking competition

Supergirl!

The cutest witch and cat ever!

Now I wouldn't want to meet these two on a dark night!

We're going mad for maths in the Four Nations Math Challenge !!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:39:00 +0000

From Monday 8th to Friday 12th November there is a UK wide 'Four Nations Math Challenge' involving schools in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.
Primary 5, Rm 14 have been taking part and doing really well ! We have to complete mental maths questions on the maths challenge website and we're trying really hard to get enough points that we appear on the leader board!
Keep it up P5 and there will be a prize for the pupil who has the most points on Friday! Everyone who takes part will also get a certificate fior being an excellent mathemagician ! For an update on the leader board and challenges see the link below. All pupils have their own log in details to access the site.
http://www.fournationsmathchallenge.co.uk/

P5 Trip to Mosque

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:05:00 +0000

P5 all really enjoyed our trip to the Glasgow Central Mosque on Wednesday 20th October. We were given a guided tour amd saw the wuzu ( washrooms), stunning main prayer hall with the ornate 'Minbar' chair and ladies' prayer hall with its unusual carpet.

Mums and Dads - do you know why the carpet in the main prayer hall is green with horizontal white lines on it ? Ask your son and daughter and they will tell you why !

Also, why are there 6 clocks in the entrance hall ? I'm sure your child will be able to give you the answer!

DRAGONS !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:48:00 +0000

New Topic

We all really enjoyed reading the Iron Man and the pupils made some fabulous model iron men of their own, some of them even had moving parts ! Impressive !

After the September weekend we are going to start our new book study called Dragons Breath. It is a fantastic story about a mysterious dragon and I'm sure the children will all really enjoy it and will have the chance to write their own scary stories about dragons.

To tie in with this topic we will be researching and learning about reptiles so if Mums and Dads can help the pupils to find out any information on this topic that would be fabulous. In addition it would be super if you can find any good books on reptiles that you can bring in and share with the class. So try getting along to the library to see what you can find !

Termly Update : September 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Bearsden Primary School) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:03:00 +0000

This term, we are studying the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and we will base our art, technology and writing on the story. Our Religious & Moral Education topic is Hinduism and, in particular, the story of Rama and Sita. PE days are Wednesday and Thursday so please ensure your child does not wear earrings on those days. Primary 5 teachers would be very grateful if pupils could bring a pencil case to school with sharp pencils, a rubber, sharpener and a glue stick.
Many thanks.