Primary 4 are thoroughly enjoying opportunities to build towers, bridges, structures etc using Kapla wooden blocks (as seen in the V&A Museum Dundee).

Some of our pupils challenged each other to build tall towers and some even managed to build towers taller than themselves.

P4 have thoroughly enjoyed working with a partner in a range of VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectices, Openers and Punctuation) tasks.

Vocabulary task cards require pupils to think of who or what might respond in the following way – bellowed, shrieked, cackled, whispered, thundered etc.  Pupils work with a partner to construct sentences and write these on a whiteboard.  They then choose one sentence to read out to their classmates with the corresponding expression and intonation.

Connective and Punctuation task cards require pupils to choose the appropriate word to connect 2 sentences or the correct punctuation mark to complete a sentence, statement or question.

Opener task cards require pupils to construct a sentence using various openers, i.e. Sulking he…, Marching away she…, As the door to the castle opened… One pupil in the pairing reads out the sentence whilst the other acts the sentence out.

Primary 4 thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Active Kids in Stanley, Perthshire last week.

Pupils enjoyed a wide range of activities including go karts, trampolines, zip wire, jelly belly, mini golf, sack slides, fortress, climbing frames, swings, football targets, mini golf and looking at the different animals.

We recently took the opportunity to take some lovely class photographs whilst we were along in the assembly hall.

Mrs Robertson’s Dad has recently visited Lourdes where he bought St Ninian’s P4 pupils a bottle of holy water as a gift in preparation for making the sacrament of their first holy communion.

I would like to wish P4 pupils and their families a wonderful summer holiday!

Boys and girls, I have been very impressed with your effort and achievement this year.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to continue teaching you in p5 on Wednesdays when your class teacher Mr White is on his university recall day.

Happy Summer and I look forward to seeing every one of you refreshed, bright-eyed and  bushy-tailed in August!

Love Mrs Robertson Xxx

Primary 4 are nearing the end of their Barnardos sessions in the final term of primary 4.

Last week, pupils acted out their frieze frames demonstrating oppression and liberation.  Pupils watching had to identify the oppressors and the liberators within the frieze frame and explain their thoughts.

Primary 4 enjoyed a range of range of sporting activities during last week’s Fit Thursday.

Pupils took part in dance, football, tennis, scooters, hockey sessions in the morning.  In the afternoon our Active Schools coordinator Joanne led a fitness session for p4 pupils in the dining hall and spoke to the class about the roles and responsibilities that come with her job.

Congratulations to Holly who recently received her Bronze award at gymnastics.

Holly brought her certificate and bronze badge into class for Show and Tell.  Her classmates listened respectfully and attentively and asked questions at the end.

Well done Holly! We wish you every success with your gymnastics in the future.

Primary 4 pupils thoroughly enjoyed careers week last week.

They listened attentively and respectfully to talks presented by people in a wide range of jobs, including an MSP, a tennis coach, a plumber, football coaches, an educational psychologist, speech and language therapists, a beauty therapist, a florist, a hairdresser, Hilton Doubletree staff, a personal trainer, a gymnast, a detective constable, a firefighter, a nurse, a health visitor, a physiotherapist and a dog and pet cared.

Primary 4 pupils asked questions to find out more information and to develop their understanding of a range of professions.