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Have a happy holiday!

K.Thomson — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:14:06 +0000

Thankyou to all the children and parents of P5T for all your generous presents and lovely cards. It has been an absolute pleasure teaching this class, and after two years I have become very attached to them all. The children have worked hard and deserve to be proud of their achievements! I have lots of lovely memories of our times together! The parents have always been wonderful and hugely supportive, which always makes a big difference, Thank you! Take care and have a great summer! Karen Thomson X
Goodbye P5T X on PhotoPeach

Potato Growing Competition

K.Thomson — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:43:24 +0000

Our potatoes weighed 450g. Not the wooden spoon this year!

Hatching Butterflies

K.Thomson — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:48:53 +0000

We had a butterfly hatching kit in the classroom for a few weeks. The tiny eggs arrived in a small tub which had the food they needed to survive. At first nothing happened, but suddenly after a weekend we noticed that the eggs had changed into five tiny caterpillars. Within a few days they were spinning strange webs inside the tub and growing bigger by the hour.

The caterpillars grew fat and crawled to the top of the tub, where they hung upside down! Gradually their skin became hard and we watched all five caterpillars change into pupa. We then transferred the pupa into our hatching net.

Inside the pupa the butterfly was changing, and we could see through the pupa silvery wing shapes.

Eventually the pupas hatched into Painted Lady Butterflies. They had beautiful orange and black markings which stood out clearly. The children found plants and leaves to feed them. Even although we had been observing them closely over several weeks, we missed every single pupa hatching into a butterfly!

Eventually, it was time to release the butterflies outdoors among our school plants. At first they didn’t seem to want to leave, and happily settled on people’s hands! It was a little sad to see them go but after a while they flew away to explore their new habitat.

Hatching Butterflies on PhotoPeach

Primary Games Festival- Meadowmill

K.Thomson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:04:49 +0000

Primary Games Festival on PhotoPeach

Olympic Sports Day

K.Thomson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:52:03 +0000

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Olympic Sports Day on PhotoPeach

John Muir Award: Wildlife Posters

K.Thomson — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:56:20 +0000

Scottish Wildlife Posters on PhotoPeach

Eco Fashion Show

K.Thomson — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:27:01 +0000

There were several amazing outfits for our annual ‘Trashion Show’. Kay, Demi, Karla, Nicole, Amy and Christen had clearly spent lots of time on designing and making their outfits from recycled materials.Can you see what they have used ? The results are not only stunning to look at, but also incredibly creative! Well done girls for such a fantastic effort! The fashion show was great fun with some spectacular entries this year. The winners were Douglas and Gregor Brunton in their Jubilee suits.

Our entries for S.Wynd Trashion Show on PhotoPeach

Thumbs up for a tasty pot of homemade soup!

K.Thomson — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:35:20 +0000

We enjoyed a pot of tasty homemade vegetable soup all made from vegetables grown in our school gardens and greenhouse.

John Muir Award: What creatures can you see in our woodland frieze?

K.Thomson — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:21:23 +0000

Scottish Woodland by P5T on PhotoPeach

Maths Week: The Number 36

K.Thomson — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:54:16 +0000

We found out lots of facts about our Maths Week number:

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8=36

36 is double 72

It is ‘Trente Six’ in French

36 is three dozen

36 is a perfect square (6×6)

36 has 3 tens and 6 units

Factors of 36:

1×36=36

2×18=36 Half of 36=18

3×12-36 One third of 36=12

6×6-36

4×9-36 One quarter of 36=9

36 degrees is the angle measurement for a perfect star!

William Shakespeare wrote 36 plays!

A 2D shape made up of 36 sides is called a tricontakaihexagon!

The probability of throwing a double six in dice is 1 in 36 throws.