Time is really flying, we are full on in Primary 5 these last few weeks.
We introduced Time this week, when we start a new topic for the first time it’s important that we share what we already know and that I can get an idea of where each of the children are in their learning. We had a great discussion about all the things we know to do with time then we had a look at digital (12 and 24 hour) and analogue clocks.
Time is a life skill that we need to have. Everything in life runs by time. Try over the next little while to become more aware of timings of things and to notice where the hands are or what the numbers are on the clock for certain times. I realise that digital clocks are a lot more popular now but it is still important that we can tell the time on an analogue clock too.
If parents can get the children to be looking at the time when you need to go places etc or set timers for when you know you need to leave for a club. For example set a timer so that you have to get yourself organised and ready rather than relying on being told ‘right it’s time for swimming now’. Building this independence will develop good time keeping skills which is also an important life skill.
Next week we will be exploring time further. For some, reading and setting the clock on both digital and analogue, others converting between 12 and 24 hours, or looking at time durations, reading timetables and making journeys from these. We will be working at what is appropriate to us and where we are in our learning.
Over the last week or so we have been exploring religions and more specifically festivals/traditions that religions may have. We worked in pairs to choose a festival/tradition and present it to the class in anyway that we choose. We shared some of these today and it became apparent whilst we were doing this that we had copied and pasted lots directly from the internet and whilst this is okay in some cases, when we don’t actually understand what we are talking about then there is no purpose or sense of achievement in the learning. So we had a big chat about what we can do if we come across words that we don’t know the meaning of. Share with someone at home what these might be. We are going to go over what we have done on Monday and try and rephrase some of the words and make sure that what we have written we actually understand. Whilst this is also a really hard skill, it is an important one that we are going to put lots of work into so that we are confident with this and can apply this in lots of different parts of our learning.
We have also been reading and plotting co-ordinates. So today we learned how to plot co-ordinates and the join them up to make a picture Share with someone at home what your picture revealed once you had plotted all the points. It was important that we joined the points up in order that we plotted them so that the picture was correct. Always remember when doing co-ordinates ‘along the corridor and up the stairs’.
In literacy we used the app ‘Brush Ninja’ to create an animated character that we can then use to write a story about. You can work on these over the weekend if you are able to and can save it to your google drive so that you are ready to go on Tuesday. The character should not be a stick person and a setting needs to be included. Looking forward to seeing the finished product and piecing all of this together.
Oh I almost forgot about the fun we had learning french classroom objects, I loved how we had a go in the first instance and just stuck le or la in front of computer or jotter etc. It made me laugh. Confidence is building just need to try and perfect that accent ;).
As a school we are going to be looking at the children’s wider achievements. These are things that children achieve that are outwith school. It could be learning to tie your laces, winning a medal at a competition, baking a cake etc. On your profile there is a page for you to add these to. It is good to do this at home as parents can help remind you and also support you with what you have achieved.
We really need to become more accountable for our learning and our successes/progress in Primary 5. There are 33 of us and only one teacher. So the drive and motivation needs to come from within. We want to strive to be mastery learners and this is going to be a focus for the rest of the year. We all have the potential to do wonderful things but too much time is being wasted doing things that are not needing to be done at that time which results in lots of unfinished work that eats into time where new learning can be done. Have a chat over the weekend and discuss your steps in how you are going to be successful and try and achieve the allocated tasks each day. What will this look like? Sound like and feel like for you?
Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday with your 3 question cubes 😉
Have a lovely weekend, that’s all from me!
Primary 5R 