This term has started off very busily!

We have been learning lots of new and exciting thing.

In Literacy we have been developing our reading skills by practicing our words and reading our Accelerated reading books. – Seth

During writing we have been writing explanations about the life of different animals. – Jaxson.

We have writing response texts to share our opinions on different paintings. – Will.

We have been reading a book called Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. It’s a mysterious book. -Joe.

In Maths we have been learning our Times Tables. We are getting better. – Orlaith.

We have been learning to add and subtract money so we know how to spend our money.- Jessica.

We have been getter better at chimney sums where we have to exchange. – Evan.

We have been learning to add 2 digit numbers in mental maths. – Noel.

We have been learning how to tessellate shapes and we have been making 3D shapes from nets. – Carron

 

We have been looking at Creativity in Skills Academy.

We having been using different skills to make puppets.- Keyann

We practised our mime skills out in the playground. – Ollie.

We used instruments to help retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. – Michael.

In Digital Technologies we have been working with new Micro:bits!

We have been learning how to use a Micro:bit properly.- Thomas

We learned how to create different pictures on the micro:bit. – Layla.

We were successful at making our Micro:bit make different sounds and pictres when we pressed buttons or shook it. – Prestyn.

We had to Code our Micro:bits on the computers. – Fin

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have been getting better at using Microsoft Teams.

When we need to complete surveys we find these on Microsoft Teams. – Abigail.

We are learning to use Teams to do our assignments on. -Mollie.

We have to look at Teams to find out what our homework is. – Eli.

 

We are having great fun this term!

 

 

 

 

 

2021.22 Duty of Candour Report

April.May 22 info Newsletter

P4 Newsletter – Term 4

This term for Skills Academy we are learning all about creativity.

The first week we went outside to work as the weather was so nice.

We learned all about how to be successful at miming and we learned how to mime different jobs.

We talked about different skills in drama and how it was important to use different facial expressions.  We also worked on moving in different ways.

I enjoyed miming with my partner in the circle. – Fin

I enjoyed miming different animal movements. – Ollie

I enjoyed it when people had to guess what I was doing. – Gordon

We went out into the playground to look for rectangular shapes. We had to measure the length and the width so we could calculate the area. We used meter sticks to do this and we worked in groups. We also used trundle wheels.

We were also given walkie talkies so we could go off and work in groups.

I learned how to measure an area successfully – Seth.

I learned how to use a trundle wheel – Poppy.

I worked well with my partners – Jayden.

 

Primary 4 took part in the naming the gritters competition.

We were very fortunate to have a few winning entries. As a class we decided on Frosty Mosty and Snow Angel. We then had an individual winner with his name Salter Smith.

We were then very excited to have a visit from Salter Smith, Snow Angel and Frosty Mosty !

 

Today P4 enjoyed taking part in a golf session with James and Ryan from The County Golf Club. We learned the names of the different areas on a golf course and we learned the names of the parts of a golf club.

We practised our putting skills and took part in a putting competition.

We are looking forward to learning more golf skills in the next 3 weeks.

We have been busy learning lots of new things in Primary 2 this term.

We have done lots of work in Literacy and are enjoying reading lots of new stories.

We like reading different books by ourselves and sharing stories with a partner.

We are getting better at our spelling and practise spelling our tricky words in lots of different ways.

We are also learning about new sounds and like to learn new words with these sounds in them.

We have been learning lots of new skills when we are reading and we like asking our friends questions about what we are reading. We are also learning to predict what we think will happen and summarise what has happened in the story.

This term we have been learning about the famous Scots poet, Robert Burns. We enjoyed drawing a silhouette portrait of Robert Burns and learned how to draw a tartan pattern.

We have also been learning about symmetry this term and drew pictures with a line of symmetry. We then went outside to look for symmetry all around us. We are also learning to find missing numbers up to 100.

 

We are learning about healthy foods and can sort different foods. We enjoyed going shopping to buy healthy foods!

In skills academy we have been learning all about design and creativity. We have made very special cushions where we had to draw the template and cut it out very carefully!

 

We had lots of fun making Valentines Cards to send to someone special!

Term 3 in Primary 4 has got off to a very busy start.

We have been working on developing our writing skills and focussed on writing instructions. One of the pieces of writing we completed was How To Take Care of a Penguin. We then added some art work to support our writing.

We have now moved on to persuasive writing and one of the pieces of writing involved us designing our own super gadget. We had to think about the different features of our gadget and then complete a piece of writing persuading people to buy our gadget. Our writing had to include facts and opinions.

In maths we are continuing to learn our times tables and the division facts of these tables. We are also working on time and area. We went outside to calculate the area of different objects we can find in nature.

This term we have been learning about Robert Burns. We have learnt about his life and some of the poems and songs he wrote. We wrote out part of My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose and then made a picture with red roses. We have looked at different Scots words and created a pop art picture with these. We also learnt how to draw and paint tartan patterns.

We also finished some work on looking at festivals from other world religions.

In P.E we have been working on our tennis skills and trying to improve our stamina when running the daily mile.

In Health and Wellbeing we have been looking at the positive qualities we all possess and shared the positive qualities which our classmates have.

We are very lucky this term that Feis Rois are coming into the school to teach us about Scottish music and we have been playing instruments and learning some Scots songs.

In Skills Academy we have been working on food and nutrition and have been thinking about how to create a healthy balance diet.

Tuesday 8th February was Internet Safety Day and we learnt about how to stay safe when using the internet. Our Digital Leaders, Will and Abigail talked to use about how we should behave when we are online.

It has been a really busy term so far and we’re only half way through!