We worked collaboratively to create a moving object using knex. Some very inventive designs, including a shopping trolley.

A big thank you to Laurieston Bowling Club for putting on a session for us today and introducing us to the basics of bowls. We had a great afternoon and learned it was not as easy as it looks. Some fantastic future bowlers 👍

In STEM we followed instructions to make a water filter. Watch how we turned dirty water into clean water by layering various materials. Great collaborative work p5!

We made some lanterns this afternoon to celebrate Eid.

We have been learning about sustainability and how other countries get their water. We created a fun challenge to transport water from one end of the playground to other. We dropped lots of water and agreed how fortunate we are to have water easily accessible.

We have been exploring time. The class wrote down their timetable for the day. They had the choice to do this in analogue or digital.

Absolutely delighted that our Laurieston Legends Glee Choir won the Esprit De Glee award tonight! We are so proud of you all! Amazing performance 🤩🤩🤩 @lauriestonp5.bsky.social @lauriestonp7b.bsky.social @lauriestonp4.bsky.social @lauriestonp6.bsky.social @lauriestonps.bsky.social

Can you guess what we were doing in the woods today? Some great work during STEM week.

Our GLEE group are all ready, looking and sounding amazing for our performance tonight ⭐️ @lauriestonps.bsky.social

World book day 📚

World book day 📚

We used our problem solving skills to design and make our own catapults.

Mr Mullan came into class today to show the children his old coin collection. I wonder if any of the children can remember the names of any of the coins!

We have been learning about recycling and decided to try and make our own recycled paper. We can’t wait to see how it turns out next week once it’s dried out.

We had a great day exploring various number activities throughout the day 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

Our house captains chose H as our class winner for numbers day

Numbers day

Numbers day

We have been working on our presenting skills and these girls were excited to share their writing with the class. Well done girls 🙂

This week we introduced division using remainders. Some great work using visuals to support

We introduced coordinates using negative numbers and have had great fun testing our friends.

Library time. We have been enjoying coming to our lovely library for some quiet reading for enjoyment 📚

In science we experimented with different liquids and discussed ‘density’

We have been learning how to make PowerPoint and Keynote presentations. These pupils were excited to share 🙂

Some spelling practice 📝

Tomorrow is Numbers Day! We can’t wait to see everyone dressed in numbers 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣1️⃣0️⃣

These girls were enjoying some highland dancing today 💃

Our library is looking fabulous and such a welcoming place to enjoy books 📚

We continued experimenting with liquids today, predicting whether or not various oils and washing up liquid would separate or mix. Some excellent explanations about density 🧪🧑‍🔬

We are focussing on division today in maths

We got a sneak peak at p7Bs Burns Supper. They were fabulous. Well done p7 👏

We did paired reading in class today using our reading books. It would be great if these could be read at home too.

We used the rekenreks to discuss number values and looked at the various number bonds we can make. We had some wonderful teachers in our class who were able to communicate and support others when making amounts.

We evaluated our learning this week and wrote down some new learning which stood out to us.

We were practicing our Boccia skills today in PE ready for our tournament next Wednesday with our PE specialist.

Working in cooperative groups to create bug hotels. This is part of the Ruby Robin challenge. We are working towards this award.

Practising our Scot’s poem, Street Talk. Copies of these have been sent home!

We read together today to explore our new reading books. These are in school bags!

Pupils were given a STEM task to collaborate and create a Scottish landmark using Kapla and Lego. Can you guess what the landmarks are?

‘A’demonstrating excellent grouping strategies to solve multiplication problems

Multiplication and division work continued

We are developing our knowledge of multiplication and division using grouping strategies

Some more tartan weaving

Some wonderful tartan weaving today in p5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Primary 5 were very excited to win the football cup final on Monday! They asked for their photo to be shared!

Today we created wrapping paper using 2D shapes. We discussed pattern and properties of 2D shape.

Live lesson pixel artwork

We joined a live lesson with other school from around Falkirk and created some Christmas pixel artwork. We had lots of fun and loved sharing what we made.