This Anti-Bullying Week (11th-15th November) the theme is ‘Change Starts With Us All’. Each of us has the power to create small change.
During Health and Wellbeing time P4 have been exploring issues related to bullying. We are aware that there are different types of bullying and there are ways in which we can make things better. We should never be a bystander. It is best to share concerns and seek help.
We were given a scenario and we worked in small groups to create a roleplay to show the problem and then show how we could sort it.
We explored themes of physical bullying, cyber bullying, emotional bullying, racial and verbal bullying.
We have been waiting patiently this week to discover the results of our apple mummification experiment.
We sliced an apple into 4 equal pieces and covered one in vinegar, one in Bicarbonate of Soda and one in salt, we also left one slice with nothing on it. Then we discussed which substance would best mummify the apple. There were lots of great ideas and reasons.
Here are our results…
Here are some pictures of us working on our report and examining the apple slices.
We now think we would be able to mummify an ancient Egyptian!!
All P4 pupils have been working on poppy artwork using a variety of art materials.
We looked at the American artist Georgia O’Keefe, who specialised in close ups of flowers and pastelled, painted or collaged our own poppies in her style.
Here are some of our designs, we hope you enjoy looking at them…
We also had some very creative Lego engineers who created some Lego poppies.
Jack and Jaxon
Layla
If you are in our school please look out for our Poppy display.
* Copy words 2 more times using LSCWC
* Write 3 sentences using at least 3 of your spelling words. Try to write detailed sentences with varied vocabulary (mix of adjectives, verbs etc)
* Active spelling activities – spotty spelling (in honour of Children In Need) and 1 activity of your choice.
*Spotty spelling – write out your words using different colour spots (think of Pudsey’s headband!),
* Bug Club books will be updated. Try to read at least 1 book per week. Test yourself by answering the various
questions related to your book. We want to be comprehension superstars!! Similar styles of questions are used in
class.
Learners were exploring the Ancient Egyptian hierarchy and ‘social triangle’.
Pupils learned about some of the jobs such as viziers, craftsmen and scribes and how they were sorted based their importance.
At the end of our lesson pupils were asked whether they agreed with the social pyramid and were told to change the order if they wished. The children gave fabulous responses to explain their new order and made it clear that the slaves and farmers did not deserve to be so low in the order. Many pupils were vocal about how the pharaohs and viziers were too mean and made bad decisions.
P4W enjoyed using their knowledge and understanding of rounding numbers in a variety of games and challenges. One of the games tested our knowledge of doubles and near doubles.
We worked in groups or pairs and we had lots of fun!
* Copy words 2 more times using LSCWC
* Write 3 sentences using at least 3 of your spelling words.
* Active spelling activities – ‘Alphabetical Order’ and ‘Backwards Words’
* Alphabetical Order – write your words using the first or second letter in alphabetical order.
* Backwards Words – write each word backwards eg. flute = etulf
* Bug Club books will be updated. Try to read at least 1 book per week. Test yourself by answering the various
questions related to your book. We want to be comprehension superstars!! Similar styles of questions are used in
class.
P4 have been exploring 3D shapes (in real life and their properties) and number sense (1/10 more and less) this week. We have completed lots of activities and had enthusiastic discussions about our learning.
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