P3/4 were lucky to have Mr Millard visit today. He is an ex rugby pro and has played all over the world with Glasgow Warriors and other countries. The class enjoyed taking part in some warm up games before playing a game of rugby. 
P3/4 Health Week Day 4
Day 4 was another fun packed day for P3/4 they enjoyed taking part in a circuits class and then the hexagal from Kilmarnock Football Club.
P3/4 Health Week- Day 3
P3/4 had another busy fun filled day with many learning new skills and trying out new activities for the first time.
This morning we started off with an energetic dance session which encouraged our creativity and inspired pupils to express themselves through dance.
Between break and lunch we had great fun developing our coordination and reactions skills needed for rounders with our Active Schools Coordinator Lynsey.
In the afternoon P3/4 tried some Golf with Miss Jaffrey and learned some skills for putting and chipping.
Miss Jaffrey was very impressed by the techniques and skills pupil’s had. We have a few golfers in the making.
P3/4 Health Week Day 2
Another very busy day for P3/4 celebrating health week.
Our activities today have included Rugby, Smoothie Making and Karate.
We have also been learning all about nutrition and health eating, the class loved taking part in the quiz.
P3/4 Health Week
Today P3/4 took part in various different activities focusing on developing our health and wellbeing in celebration of Health Week.
We started our day with massage followed by a Taekwondo session where pupils learned many skills including coordination, balance and quick reflexes.
In the afternoon we completed our daily mile outside and also practiced our races for sports day.
P3/4 VCOP hunt
Primary 3/4 have been learning all about verbs, adjectives, wow words, connectives, openers and punctuation. Today they used their reading books to complete a VCOP hunt.
P3/4 Coordinates
P3/4 worked in pairs to create a 10×10 grid and used this to plot classroom objects using a key to represent their coordinates.
P3/4 HWB- Begin Every Day With A Smile
P3/4 have been experiencing some new routines as part of our morning start to get ourselves ready to learn.
From the moment P3/4 walk into the class they are welcomed with mindfulness relaxing music and some individual selective mindfulness tasks they can complete.
As a class we are focused improving our mindset so that we are eager and ready to learn. Some activities that have helped us achieve this are doing construction team work tasks and doing whole class massage.
P3/4 Navigating Using a Compass
Today P3/4 applying their learned knowledge of compass directions and mapping skills to create a map of our classroom and then use a compass to help navigate around the room to create a set of instructions.
In teams pupils first draw a map of the classroom including important features like a compass, obstacles and enter/exit points. Pupils enjoyed personalizing their map and adding in their own detail.
The next step was for pupils to map out a route from a starting point to a finishing point in the class which pupils would then actively follow using a compass and write down a set of instructions along the way.
P3/4 Literal Questions
Today P3/4 were learning how to identify and understand the meaning of a literal question.
Pupils used their own reading books to find evidence in the text to directly answer a set of reading comprehension questions. It also tested their understanding of the key features of a reading such as:
- How to correctly use a contents page
- Purpose of the Index and Glossary
- Locating and identify the purpose of the blurb
As an early finisher pupils could reinforce their learner of their new spelling words using active literacy activities.
