Lairdsland Primary

Week 3 (week beginning Monday 6th November)

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This week we made a Solar System model in the playground to show the difference in size of the planets. Our model also showed the distances of the planets from the sun (but a scaled down version!)

We also made these mobiles which show the order of the planets from the sun:

In the I.C.T suite this week we used Colour Magic to make these diagrams of the Solar System:

Week 2 (week beginning Monday 30th October)

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This week we have been using Ticket to Space to find out more about the planets. Once we completed our planet faxes, we worked collaboratively to create posters about each planet. Have a look at the finished results:

We also wrote a factual report about one of the planets in the Solar System. Here is W.A.L.T and W.I.L.F from our writing lesson:

Hello from Lairdsland Primary!

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Welcome to Primary 5's blog! We are looking forward to using Ticket to Space to find out more about our solar system and hope to hear from other schools too. Watch this space to find out what we have been learning each week!