P5G Prestonpans Primary

Hello Everyone and welcome back to school. What a great start to the summer term with fabulous behaviour today [smiley faces all round !] , our new classroom and golf outside in the sunshine !Well done and keep it up :]

On tuesday the class started a challenge linked to the Europe topic - in Home Teams they are to create a 3D map of a country in Europe. The challenge is going really well with most people feeling they have achieved quite a lot.Watch this space for the photos. 

Today we had the first of 2 rugby taster sessions. It was a fab day and everyone enjoyed themselves. Remember to bring your gear next Friday as well.

We were also learning about light and shadow and decided a good way to learn would be to make shadow puppets. What do you think of our show?

In January P5 went to Dominoes Pizza in Musselburgh to learn how to make pizza. Great fun was had by everyone - I didn’t get to go !!!

Last Tuesday we went to Newhailes with the Outdoor Education team to learn about orienteering. Great fun was had by all and thank you SO MUCH to the parents who accompanied us on this [ and all the other visits ] making it all possible.

Last Thursday P5 held a castle challenge. Working in groups we had to design and make a castle .It had to have a working drawbridge,towers and at least one other feature of a castle. A lot of mess was made but everyone worked very co-operatively and we had great fun.

Next we moved on to Stone Keeps. These castles started to be built when people realised that they were easier to defend because the rooms were built on top of each other instead of side by side.Preston Tower is an example of a stone keep.

We have been learning aout castles for our topic work and 5G took the decision that making models would be a cool way to learn. We firstly made Motte & Bailey castles using plasticine, card board , matchsticks and assorted other materials. We hope you think that they look good.

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