13/06/2018

Today we had our sponsored walk up to Skeldon Estate.  The Head Gardener, Attilla, gave us a very interesting tour around the estate gardens.  We were lucky with the weather as rain threatened all afternoon.

 

12/06/2018

Primary 4 having being painting stones to take on their sponsored walk to Skeldon Estate tomorrow.   This is part of a project called Secret Stones which can be found on the internet.

08/06/2018

With the World Cup starting very soon, we were challenged to design a new football strip for a country that is competing.  However, this had to be done in the style of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.  Can you guess which countries these strips are for from the colours that have been used?

07/06/2018

During our writing this week we became experts and wrote diagrams and instructions for something each pupil was knowledable on.  The range of topics was really diverse, planting seeds to baking cakes, assembling bikes to fixing punctures and even how to fly a plane!

29/05/2018

As part of our Health and Wellbeing Day we looked at our families, which also linked to RRS articles 5, 10 and 18 and the International Day of the Family.  We drew family trees and pictures of our families.

15/05/2018

P4 were making extraordinary models of newspaper launch towers.  We designed them on paper first and later in the week we wrote instructions for them.

11/05/2018

P4 have been learning about the French artist George Seurat who was famous for creating pictures using pointillism.  They found out information about him using the internet which they then transferred to a fact file about the artist.  Finally they got to create a picture of their choice using pointillism…which look amazing up on the wall 🙂

11/05/2018

For HWB in primary 4 we have been looking at baby photographs that were brought in and looking for similarities.   We also looked at what children were able to do at different ages.

10/05/2018

Primary 4 have been doing a series of lessons on space technology.  Today this involved creating and writing about cardboard spacecraft.   This proved to be more difficult than expected, however there were some very innovative designs.

02/05/2018

Today was Health Theme Day throughout the School.  This class started off with a check in and then a serene musical visit to the seaside to create a seaside music scape.  After interval we looked at the Eatwell plate and the importance of a balanced diet.  The results were great and made us think about a healthy choice for lunch.

In the afternoon we looked at paintings by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo who recreated subjects using food as the basis.

We drew pictures then painted people in a similar style.

 

These look wonderful, well done!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

28/04/2018

We made really good use of the orchard this morning.   The flowers look magnificent with spring flowers and blossom abound.  Great sketches were made of the flowers.

What a beautiful place to sit and draw!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

26/04/2018

During their writing Primary 4 having been using highlighters to make sure features of their writing was present.  This was checked by a class member with them.  In this case the yellow highlighter was used for capital letters and punctuation.

24/04/2018

Primary 4 have been making sound pictures using instruments to help visualise a scene.    This week it was sports day.

I bet that was noisy!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

20/04/2018

Primary 4 worked really hard this afternoon to create a piece of art work focusing on colour and pattern.  They are looking amazing, with some to be finished off next week 😁

These are very colourful!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

12/03/2018

Primary 4 have been learning to play hockey.   In this lesson they were learning to control the ball through the cones.

 

23/02/2018

Primary 4 have made amazing Titanic models.  Through making the models they had to research the Titanic at home.  The pupils enjoyed working with their families to make these awesome, fantastic, incredible, marvellous and spectacular models.  Here are a few examples being held by their creators.

 

Your models are marvellous, P4.  Congratulations.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

20/02/2018

Primary 4 have been using their knowledge of tessellation to create these mosaic patterns.  They have certainly made the corridor brighter.

09/01/2018

Primary 4 have voted today on the topic for this term and they chose to study the story of the Titanic.

We hope the topic is a success.

Mr Andrew Carruthers has now started as our full time, permanent teacher in P4.  We welcome him to Dalrymple and look forward to working with him.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

25/10/2017

Primary 4 have been working with Tinkercad.   This is a 3D modelling programme and at first can seem really confusing.  However Primary 4 have been masters at this, designing 3D drawings that you can enter into.

 

27/09/2017

In PE we have been learning the skills required for netball.   Good progress so far!

Mrs A will be pleased!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

We have started practising for the Harvest performance at the Church.  Our performance is called “The Greedy Farmer”.  Practising the lines at home will definitely help.

22/09/2017

Primary 4 have been introduced to multiplication this week.  They are working with the two times table to begin with.  Practice makes perfect, especially with tables.  Here is a link to useful games to play:  https://www.timestables.co.uk/2-times-table.html

21/09/2017

Today Primary 4 were thinking about a Harvest Feast and using describing words to make it sound totally delicious.

We chose flowers from the gardens and, after looking at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, we painted the flowers, thinking specifically about shape and colour.  In the afternoon we created digital images of the paintings.

That looks fab, Lauren!  Good observational skills.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

19/09/2017

We have been thinking of Harvest and Autumn today as P4 are performing at the Harvest Service at the Church.  We have chosen the following names for our groups:

“The Bright Sunflowers”

“The Cool Conkers”

“The Golden Corn”

“The Crunchy Carrots”

We also picked some apples to sell and we managed to raise £8, wow!

They are delicious, aren’t they?  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

We will continue to sell apples, raising money for school funds, for the next few weeks, please bring pennies and bags. 🙂

14/09/2017

The class were delighted to have so many parents in this afternoon as it gave a chance to show off their learning.

13/09/2017

Primary 4 were recreating wild flower pictures using petals from wild flowers in the school gardens.  Ordinarily we wouldn’t pick flowers, however they are coming to an end and it seems a shame not to make use of them.  We just managed to dodge the heavy rain.

(No pictures as the camera was not charged.)

12/09/2017

Sadly Miss Kingaby has left us for pastures new.  The class will certainly miss her and wish her all the best in her new position.

24/08/2017

We have made our own Class Charter. First we looked at the UNCRC and we then decided on 3 articles to base our charter on.

This looks great, P4!  All you have to do it stick to it!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

Here are our new Rights Respecting Schools Steering Group members, elected by our class, Murron and Jorja.

We elected MacKenzie and Sophie to be our Eco Committee members.

23/08/2017

*UPDATE * Our P.E. timetable has changed and our P.E. days are now Tuesday and Thursday, starting next week.

17/08/2017

Our P.E days this year will be Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks to those who brought their P.E kit in today!