{"id":16201,"date":"2020-08-21T19:12:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalbeattieprimaryschoolblog\/?page_id=16201"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:24:16","slug":"p4-class-page-miss-scott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dalbeattieprimaryschoolblog\/class-pages\/previous-years-class-pages\/p4-class-page-miss-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\/24 P4 Class Page Miss Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Miss Scott\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 gw20scottshannon@ea.dumgal.sch.uk<\/p>\n

PE Days-<\/strong> Tuesday and Friday<\/p>\n

LEGO Coding<\/h1>\n

Great morning with our super P4\/5 leaders showing us how to use the iPads to program our LEGO creations to move and make sounds.<\/p>\n

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Rally Cars<\/h1>\n

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Trim Trail Fun<\/h1>\n

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Queen of the South Coaching<\/h1>\n

Due to the success of Finlay in the Queen of the South design a football shirt competition, we were lucky to have two training sessions with trainers from the club.
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Houses Sports Day<\/h1>\n

This year, P4 and P5 competed in a benchball tournament. Well done to our winners this year- dalmun! \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\n

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Health and Wellbeing<\/h1>\n

As part of our health topic on \u2018healthy bodies\u2019, we investigated different food labels and decided which items would be healthier choices.<\/p>\n

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The Digestive System<\/h1>\n

Today we carried out an experiment to demonstrate how the digestive system works. We needed some strong stomachs for this task!! \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n

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Picasso Inspired Portraits<\/h1>\n

We have been looking at cubism and the influence of Picasso, then created our own funky self-portraits.<\/p>\n

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RME- Vesak<\/h1>\n

We have been exploring the religion Buddhism this term, and rounded it off nicely by looking into their celebration\u2018Vesak\u2019. We made some lovely lanterns to symbolise the lanterns Buddhists would set off during the celebrations.<\/p>\n

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Visitor<\/h1>\n

Today we had Angela from Child Smile in to talk to us about all things teeth! Lots of useful tips for our pupils to keep their teeth healthy \ud83e\uddb7<\/p>\n

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Fun31!<\/h1>\n

Here are some of the things we have been up to for Fun31 this term:<\/p>\n

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Roman Baths<\/h2>\n

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World Book Day<\/h2>\n

What a cosy day we had in Primary 4, celebrating books and reading. We created our own front cover and blurb for our stories this morning. This afternoon we joined P4\/5 for a very active scavenger hunt which was rounded off with some chilled out reading time.<\/p>\n

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F\u00e8is Rois<\/h2>\n
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We welcomed Mairi and Gregor from F\u00e8is Rois into our classroom with open arms today. We will be working with them for the next 12 weeks and we are already so excited for what they have planned next week! \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n

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Fun31 – Loom Bands and Friendship Bracelets<\/h2>\n

This afternoon was definitely a test on our patience and resilience. Some very determined young people in our class, and some wonderfully polite and helpful ones too!<\/p>\n

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Health and Wellbeing – Kindness<\/h2>\n

For Safer Internet Day, we linked internet safety to our health topic kindness. We explored the impact of negative words online and found instead gave everyone in the class a compliment. Lots of smiles leaving the classroom today \u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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We really enjoyed exploring kindness, and using kind words using an apple today. Have a chat with your child to see what we found out.<\/p>\n

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The Romans<\/h2>\n

We looked at the Roman army and what a Roman solider had to wear. Check out our fantastic drawings of Roman soldiers \ud83d\udde1\ufe0f \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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We are very excited about our topic this term! We have started by using our map skills to find out which countries were part of the Roman Empire. \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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PE<\/h2>\n

This term we are currently developing our balance, control and strength skills with gymnastics.<\/p>\n

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Last day of term \ud83c\udf84<\/h2>\n

We enjoyed watching The Grinch as a treat this afternoon. Well done to everyone for all working so hard this term! Wishing all our friends and family a very merry Christmas. See you in the new year! \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n

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Christmas Card Competition<\/h2>\n

This week we all designed and made Christmas cards, staff at lunch had a really tricky decision ahead of them with such amazing designs! Well done to our winner Holly! \ud83c\udf1f \ud83c\udf84<\/p>\n

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Electricity Topic \ud83d\udca1<\/h2>\n

Pupils have been tasked with designing and creating a Christmas ornament that includes a light that is powered by an electrical circuit. These designs and creations are fantastic. See our journey:<\/p>\n

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Christmas Jumper Day<\/h2>\n

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Christmas Party \ud83e\udd73 \ud83c\udf84<\/h2>\n

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Whole Class Award<\/h2>\n

I am so impressed with the enthusiasm and confidence during our French lessons this term. Every pupil in the class is giving it a go and challenging themselves- they deserved this recognition \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n

(Of course a silly photo was essential!)<\/p>\n

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Times Tables \u2716\ufe0f<\/h2>\n

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Electricity<\/h2>\n

Our topic this term has been electrifyingly exciting!! Our mini scientists conducted some fantastic investigations to work out different ways to create a circuit to power a light bulb and buzzer \ud83d\udca1<\/p>\n

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Music<\/h2>\n

Primary 4 are full of rhythm this term and are LOVING our music sessions. Our skills are all being built around the song Three Little Birds – Bob Marley, ending out Wednesdays on a happy note. Check out our first attempt on the xylophones<\/p>\n

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Fun31!<\/span><\/p>\n

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RME<\/h2>\n

We have been learning about Diwali and how people that follow Hinduism celebrate the festival of lights. We really enjoyed designing our rangoli patterns \u00a0with metallic pens (thanks again Mrs Murray) and sequins!<\/p>\n

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PE<\/h2>\n

This term in PE we are developing our ball skills through the sport benchball. These past few weeks we have been developing and perfecting our chest pass and bounce pass.<\/p>\n

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French – 11.10.23<\/h2>\n

We have been revising the colours in French. Today we had stations to practise our reading and recognising words in French.<\/p>\n

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Maths Week Scotland<\/h2>\n

Today we solved the \u2018Petrifying Place Value\u2019 mystery to celebration this years Maths Week Scotland theme Maths in Motion.<\/p>\n

The pupils worked so well together and I suspect we have some future detectives in the class \ud83d\udd75\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f \ud83d\udd75\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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Spelling<\/h2>\n

We like to be creative with how we practise our spelling words in Primary 4!<\/p>\n

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PE<\/h2>\n

This term, Primary 4 are completing a block of skipping developing a range of skills including coordination, timing and rhythm. The pupils have been great at working together and supporting each other.<\/p>\n

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The Daily Write<\/h2>\n

Your child has possible mentioned the daily write. In class we are focusing on developing or use of a range of punctuation in our writing. We do short snippets of writing Monday-Wednesday to reinforce this learning. Here is one example of a practical lesson we had on using direct speech. The pupils loved being allowed to write on the tables!<\/p>\n

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Topic- Dumfries and Galloway<\/h2>\n

Our new topic ‘Dumfries and Galloway’ is well underway. The pupils have looked at where Scotland is in the world and used maps to find a range of Scottish cities, as well as locating where D&G is on the map.<\/p>\n

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Maths<\/h2>\n

The class thoroughly enjoyed using cheerios and spaghetti to create numbers using their place value knowledge.<\/p>\n

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Class Charter<\/h2>\n

At the start of the new term, Primary 4 created their class charter. We looked at the UNCRC Rights of the Child and discussed which ones we thought were most important within the classroom. We chose Article 12, 13, 19, 28, 31 + 42. The pupils then came up with a list of different ways in which we can ensure everyone in the class has these rights met.<\/p>\n

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