P5

Welcome to P.5.  We have two P.5 classes and our teachers are Mrs Turley and Mr O'Neill. 

In P5 pupils are encouraged to be curious, take risks with their learning, to know that it is ok to make mistakes and learn from these.  Pupils continue to use concrete resources in many lessons and enjoy practical interactive lessons which help them  be creative and develop problem solving and thinking skills.  We love to watch pupils develop greater independent skills and feel proud of all of the small steps they take to make be the best they can be. Our classroom environments are bright, positive and organised.  We encourage all or pupils to simply try their best and are there to support and help them along the way.

           Happy Christmas from P5

P5T were delighted to see baby Thomas just before the Christmas holidays with his mum and dad. How cute does baby Thomas look as buddy the Elf!?  He enjoyed the boys and girls singing to him and as always P5 had lots of questions to ask Mrs McMaster about the new things Thomas was learning to do! 
We really hope Thomas enjoys his first Christmas

P5O enjoyed painting some beautiful Christmas pictures

Making and Testing Out a Shaduf

As part of their World Around Us topic Ancient Egypt P5O had great fun making a shaduf, which is a tool used thousands of years ago to collect water from the Nile so that they could water their crops. They worked in groups with their student teacher to create it and then test it out to see if it worked.

Heart Start Programme with Aaron from Burns Skills School

P5 have been learning all about the heart and how we can keep it healthy.  We learned out about all the parts of the heart and how the blood flows in veins and arteries.  We used pool noodles to show how blood collects oxygen from the lungs and travels to all parts of the body.  Aaron taught us all vital life saving skills.  We learned what to do if we were to find someone unconscious and unresponsive, how to safely put someone into the recovery position, and how to perform CPR.  

Pupils were amazing and hopefully have developed some skills that could save a life some day.

Museum on the Move Life in Ancient Egyptian Times

In November both P5 classes enjoyed  two excellent museum on the move workshops with Sharon from the Ulster Museum.  They explored objects, looked at case samples of linen, papyrus, blue rock used for make-up and moisturiser.  They drew some amazing pictures of the objects, wrote their names in hieroglyphics, learned new facts and most of all had lots of fun!

Friendship Friday

P5 enjoyed  wearing their pyjamas and spending time with their friends to celebrate their friendships at the end of anti-bullying week.

Roots of Empathy 

 P5T have now had two Roots Of Empathy visit from Baby Thomas.  Pupils were so excited to meet baby Thomas and learn all about how he is growing and developing.  Mrs McMaster talked to the pupils about how Thomas communicates with her and what toys he likes to play with.  We had lots of fun trying to make Thomas smile and watching him as he listened to us singing some nursery rhymes.

In P5 pupils are very excited to start learning from their tiny teachers. P5O had a great Roots of Empathy lesson with baby Zachary.

P5 enjoyed a taster sessions with VR with Andrew and Erin from Burns Skills School

Lots of excitement all round.

P5 love PE and this week some of our dancers from the Masked Singer groups got to showcase their dances to their friends.

                                      Writing Speeches and Using Technology to Present Them

P5 had great fun writing speeches on a selection of topics for the C2K News desk competition. They worked in pairs to write the speeches then used Animate your character on Adobe Express to record them. 

                                 P5O love spending time outdoors with their friends

Instructions

In term 1 P5 were learning about how instructions.  We wrote instructions to explain how to make  a healthy sandwich then had lots of fun making and eating our tasty sandwiches. Yummy!

Measuring Length

P5 have been measuring length in centimetres and metres.  We measured lots of smaller things inside the classroom like scissors, books and paper clips in centimetres. Next we had lots of fun taking our learning outdoors to measure larger length in metres.