4D/R

P4DR have had a busy 2 weeks back after the holidays.

Following on from learning Doric with Mrs Rennie, we have been finding out about the famous Scot, Robert Burns.  Children have listened to some of his songs and poems and tried to translate the well known poems ‘A Red, Red Rose’ and ‘To a Mouse’.

For art, we drew a portrait of Robert Burns and they have all done a great job with their black line drawings.

To finish off our mini topic we had a Burns Supper.  Children listened to the famous poem ‘Address to a Haggis’ and some Scottish music whilst having some vegetarian haggis, neeps hand tatties.  It was actually quite popular and some children even wanted seconds!

We have been having a lot of fun in music, with a focus on rhythm and tempo.  Children were moving in time to the music and trying their best to sing in tune.  Children then used glockenspiels and followed a simple piece of music.

For homework, everyone has been given home a sheet with 6 different Scottish poems. Children need to choose one to learn and I will be listening to them reciting their poem to the class on Thursday or Friday.  I am really looking forward to listening to them. It is always good fun!

Happy New Year! Welcome back to school.

Div ye ken ony Doric?

You might have been asked this question on Monday. This week we have started a mini topic on Scottish Language and Literature. The children have already learnt a wee bit of Doric and we will continue this next week too.

Here are some great examples of our work so far:

We had our Christmas Party today and the children had a great time. Here are some photos of the afternoon.

Have a very Merry Christmas and see you all in 2019!

WE ARE FINISHED!

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Today we started using iMovie to test out some ideas for our Lego movies. We took still images, added them to a new project in the iMovie app and carefully edited the images to test out some of the features.

This term as part of our Lego topic we are going to be learning about stop motion animation. Our aim is to eventually create our own Lego movies. Today the children have been coming up with ideas and working on storyboards to share with their peers.

I also had a special request from a group in problem solving today. They were very proud of their work and wanted me to take a picture for the blog!

Children have been completing a morning challenge when they come into school in the morning.  We have had a focus on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division this week.

In maths, groups have been working hard learning short multiplication sums, grid multiplication, chimney sums with carrying and using 100 squares to help complete sums to 100.

Our focus in Circle Time was being able to listen to each other. Children spoke to their friend about what they did in the holidays and then the friend shared with the class what they had been told.

Our new topic ‘Lego’ has gone down really well with the class.  Children had lots of fun using Lego to complete a variety of challenges –

* build a robot

* build a bridge

* build a skyscraper

* create your initial/name and age

* design and make a marble maze

Have a great weekend!

Today the pupils were working in groups on active problem solving games. They worked very well in their small groups and had lots of success!

It is Friday and the last day of Term 1,  here are some of our thoughts about Primary 4 so far …

I’ve learned about renewable and non-renewable energy by Charlotte M

I’ve enjoyed doing the Zentangle by Erin

I have loved doing the Active Learn games by Aaryn

I have been learning my times tables by Jaiden

I have enjoyed doing  the grid reference work by Harry

I have enjoyed doing the topic by Charlotte A

I am now confident to use the greater than and less than symbols by Camilla

I have enjoyed learning French with Mrs Shepherd by Brooke

I have really liked the assemblies by Jasmine

I have enjoyed learning the violin in P4 by Nesta

I have enjoyed the teacher reading the class novel by Zahra

I have been having fun in PE by Kian

I like playing football with my friends in p4 by Chetan

There has been lots of fantastic work going on for our topic ‘We Have the Power’.  Children were working with a partner to create an Eco Fact Poster highlighting an important issue to do with looking after our planet.

There was also a visitor in the class this week.  We were very lucky to have Alison Stuart, who works with Aberdeen Climate Action, come to speak to the children about Climate Change and the different things we can do to help.  She was really impressed with the children’s knowledge,input and the valuable suggestions that they came up with.

Well done to the boys and girls that received an Achievement Certificates today.  Keep up the good work!

Enjoy the holidays!

In maths this week we are finishing work on information handling.  The children are starting to set out their own graphs on squared paper. They have been learning how to use accurate scales, correctly label each axis and add titles to their graphs.

We are now starting to learn about the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects, nets of 3D objects and tiling patterns.

This week the pupils have been playing spelling games in class. They worked together to try and think of as many ai and ay words as they could.

We had to abandon our Daily Mile on Thursday as the rain came back on quite quickly! The children managed a few laps of the playground before coming back inside.

This week is Recycling Week, which links very nicely with our topic. Look out for a recycling maths activity coming home for homework – this can be done over whatever timescale you feel is best for your household.  (Thanks in advance.)

In class we have been looking at how different items are recycled. The children also took part in an estimation quiz in table teams. Some of the facts were truly incredible! Well done to the Green table for the best guesses overall!

Finally, thank you so much for the wonderful reading homework handed in this week. I have been really impressed by the standard and have shared some excellent examples with the class. I’m looking forward to seeing the next lot!