P5 had lots of fun during Health Week, taking part in a range of activities that promoted healthy lifestyles, wellbeing, and teamwork. It was a fun week full of great experiences! 😊🏃♀️🍎 #HealthWeek #Wellbeing #HealthyLiving
Deanburn PS Primary 5
@missfleming-dps.bsky.social
This is the official Bluesky account of Primary 5, Deanburn Primary School, Bo'ness, in Falkirk Council.
P5 learned about renewable energy and how wind turbines work before designing and creating their own working wind turbines. It was great to see their creativity, problem-solving, and engineering skills in action! 🌍💨 #STEM #RenewableEnergy #Engineering
P5 explored probability through a range of maths challenges involving coin flips and dice rolls. They used their reasoning skills to make predictions, test outcomes, and spot patterns! 🎲🪙 #Maths #Probability #ReasoningSkills
Pupil of the week 🌟 Well done everyone for all your hard work!
P5 took on a STEM paper cup stacking challenge, using only elastic bands to build the tallest tower possible. They showed fantastic teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills throughout. Well done, everyone! 🌟🏗️ #STEM #Teamwork #ProblemSolving
P5 successfully completed their playground leader training!
Pupil of the week 🌟 Well done everyone for all your amazing work!
P5 enjoyed their day at the safari park on our whole school trip today! We saw lots of exciting animals and had lots of fun! 🐒🐘🐯🦁🦅
Pupils of the week 🌟 Well done everyone for all your hard work!
We took our numeracy lesson outside to practice multiplication and division using chalk to create a times table hopscotch.
Pupil of the week 🌟 Well done everyone for all your amazing work!
P3 joined us today for some paired reading. P3 shared a book of their choice, and P5 enjoyed sharing the books they are currently reading too. It was great to see everyone reading together and chatting about their favourite stories and characters. Thank you P3 for a lovely visit #DPSBookWeek2026
Today we welcomed an author into school to take part in a live activity. Pupils worked to create fox characters, while also thinking carefully about their character’s personality and where they might live. P5 enjoyed the experience and loved bringing their characters to life! 🌟 #DPSBookWeek2026
We used our invention designs and posters to create persuasive advertisement videos. In our videos, we explained what our inventions are, how they work, and why people should buy them. We filmed and edited our videos using the iPads. 🎥📢
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟You have been working extremely hard in numeracy, showing great determination using a range of different multiplication strategies. Great work!
We carried out an experiment to see which materials are the most water-resistant. We tested wood, plastic, tin foil, paper and tissue. This experiment will help us decide which materials work best for our inventor challenge! 💧🔍
We became inventors for the day! We designed and created brand new inventions to solve everyday problems. We loved seeing everyone’s curiosity, problem-solving and innovative thinking in action.💡🛠️
Today we explored famous Scottish inventors as part of our Inventions and Inventors topic! We researched different inventors and created fact files to showcase what we discovered. Fantastic work everyone! 🔬🔎
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟 You regularly show kindness and care towards others in the class, making others feel happy and welcome. Well done!
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟 You have been working very hard on your recount writing. You have used great descriptive language to make your writing engaging for the reader. Great work!
We had an amazing time with P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social at our Christmas party! 🎄 We played fun games and did lots of dancing🕺 Have a very Merry Christmas everyone! 🎅🏻🎁
We spent a lovely morning at Bo’ness Parish Church with the cluster primary school for our annual #CarolService. It was filled with singing, readings and stories. @missfleming-dps.bsky.social @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social @deanburnps.bsky.social 🎄🌟 #Festive #Nativity #P7Team 😊
We had a lovely visit from @missfleming-dps.bsky.social this morning where we shared the #ExtendedWriting we did earlier this week! It was lovely to share our stories. #ExcitableEdgar #Recount #VCOP #Literacy #P7Team 🎄⛄️😊
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟 You have showed great determination during numeracy this week. You have been working very hard using different strategies to solve missing number problems. Excellent work!
We need your help to decorate the school Christmas tree! 🎄 We can't wait to see your recycled creations!
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟 You consistently demonstrate kindness towards others in the class. You are a great role model for others. Well done!
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟You are showing great determination in numeracy. You have been working very hard to develop your subtraction skills. Well done, great work!
Our #WordOfTheWeek this week is ‘cantankerous’. Ask us what it means and if we can use it in a sentence! #WordAware #WordRap #NewVocabulary #WonderfulWednesday 😄