P5B Art Competition: Our Future

This month, our Primary 4 and 5 classes were invited to take part in Faifley Art Group's Annual Art Competition with other local schools. We were asked to create a drawing linked to the future. This could involve our own future, a future invention or how the world will look in the future. During another spell of good weather, Primary 5b took our artwork outside to help our imaginations flow. We came up with a lot of good ideas!

'In the future I want rainforests to be colourful and happy places instead of knocking trees down.'

'My future: I would like to go to college and be an artist.'

'Future inventions: A robot that picks up litter in the street.'

'Future inventions: Chocolate paths, chocolate ponds, a rainbow you can walk on and the BBB6000 (a tool that does lots of different things - cutting, lifting, a fan, a grabber and something to love things.)'

'Future invention: Portals that cars can travel between, and rainbow grass with shaped houses.'

'I want to be a vet in the future and be able to see people who I couldn't see before they passed away.'

'Future invention: Bubba. People can ride in bubbles to travel to different places.'

'Future invention: Whenever you want to go somewhere, you click a button and the tunnel takes you straight there.'

'Now in school vs. my future. I want to work in McDonalds'

'My future: I will work between a doctors and vets in the city. I would like the fish to be happier with less rubbish. I would like to see flying cars and trains.'

P5B New House System

P5b have been working hard to earn house points for our new houses this term. We are split between 4 different houses which were named by pupils at Edinbarnet Primary! Each pupil who earns 10 house points in a week is rewarded with a 'Target 10' extra playtime. Pupils who earn more than 20 points in a week get to choose a Golden Prize Reward.

Lacey was the first pupil in our class to earn 20 house points in one week! She chose a Golden Prize which allowed her to be the teacher for 10 minutes to teach a new skill. After our normal PE lesson, Lacey planned a warm up game and taught us skills which she learned from her gymnastics club. It was a very successful mini lesson and Lacey enjoyed gaining new leadership skills!

P5B Reading Matilda

This term, Primary 5b have enjoyed working through our novel study: Matilda. As we read each chapter we analysed the characters and developed reading skills including summarising, note-taking and predicting. Primary 5b performed a fantastic assembly which showcased our learning. Some pupils even took on acting roles from the book! 

 Some pupils continued their learning at home. This is a fantastic homemade model of Miss Honey's cottage!

P5B Outdoor Maths

In Maths, Primary 5b have been learning about right, straight, acute and obtuse angles. We made the most of the good weather and went outside to work with chalk on our playground. Our class drew lots of different shapes and letters, and used symbols to mark different sizes of angles within the shapes.

P5B Titanic STEM Challenge

Primary 5b have enjoyed learning all about Titanic during their topic work. One big question that we had was 'how did the Titanic float when it was so big?' During STEM, we learned about buoyancy and carried out our own experiments with tin foil boats. After weighing objects in our boats, we found that the bigger the boat, the more weight it could carry before sinking because of forces pushing the boat in the water.

P5B Fun Fitness Stations

This month, P5b's focus in PE is fitness. Our class have been working in pairs to participate in lots of different fitness stations each week. We have recognised which activities can help to build different types of muscles in our body. It is hard work but we're slowly getting through more and more stations during each lesson!

P5B STEM Vibrations

During STEM lessons, Primary 5B have been learning about vibrations and how this makes sound. We took part in lots of experiments to show that the vibrations of different materials, including the skin of tambourines, string telephones and the rim of a wine glass filled with water, can make different sound waves. We used this knowledge to create our own musical instruments. We knew that we had to make sure the materials were attached tightly together to allow vibrations to travel through the materials.

We then made links between the pitch of high and low sounds and features of different instruments. We carefully measured different lengths of straws to create pan pipes which could play a tune using high and low notes.