What have we been up to?

It’s been a very busy few weeks!

Lots of wonderful things have been going on in P5!

Literacy-

After doing lots of work on description and similes we put all of this together to create a poem about a tiger. We were not allowed to use the word tiger in the poem but instead describe their movement/features surroundings to allow the reader to know what we were writing about. These are now on display for the whole school to have a read of as I was so impressed with them, I felt they needed to be shown off. We typed them up to make them look even better. Our typing skills are improving and we are learning new skills on google docs. 

We looked at contractions last week- where we are taking two words and shortening them to one using an apostrophe. We then looked for these whilst we were reading our books. We will be looking at the other use for apostrophes in the New Year as often when we learn about them they then appear in all sorts of funny places.

The character Ahmet in ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ is a refugee from Syria. We have been hearing more and more about his life up until now. We had to visualise what we thought he looked like based on what we know about him. We drew these focusing on proportion. They look great, everyone has a different perception of what he looked like based on what they have inferred. 

Numeracy-

We have been looking at multiplication and division through arrays. This is a visual representation of times tables in the form of dots. It allows us to see the connection between multiplication and division. When we don’t know the answer to a times table we can draw an array to work it out. Some of us have also been looking at multiplying 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number. Those who have been doing this can share with you at home how they work out the answer. We are also going to be looking at angles this week and hopefully learning how to use a protractor. 

Expressive Arts-

We have been doing a big focus on using different lines, shading/tone and also proportion. There has been a big improvement on this, I have to say. Our pictures are looking much more realistic and we are adding much more detail. Last week, we got out the water colours and explored making our colours bleed/blend to create a realistic looking sky. It is definitely something we need to practise as it’s a change using less colour and more water. 

Christmas Party-

Tomorrow afternoon. Come dressed in your clothes tomorrow, school clothes are not needed. 

Sickness-

There have been lots of us not well, please remember to only come back if you are germ free as we don’t want anymore of us falling ill. We wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you when you are well!