In maths, we have continued to learn about shape.  This week we were investigating pattern, properties of 3D shapes and symmetry.

In ICT, we have been learning about how to use the keyboard.  We were playing ‘Dance Mat Typing’ to practise.

“In writing, we were writing about how to stay safe in the sun.  We made posters and had to include a title, opening sentence, two reasons, pictures and a last sentence. ” by Logan R

In music we had great fun playing along with the Boomwhackers…

This week we have been learning all about shapes and on Thursday we were investigating lines of symmetry. We folded shapes to find the lines of symmetry…

We have also started learning about Persuasive Writing. This week we wrote our arguments for letting us go to the park. Have we managed to persuade you to take us?

We have also had great fun at PE learning how to use the gymnastic equipment safely…

Some of the children have been sharing news about their beanstalks growing following on from our Fairy Tales Topic last term.  If they would like to share photos of their plants and are happy for these to go on the Blog please email them to me at fiona.mccaig2@eastayrshire.org.uk

I can’t wait to see how they are getting on.

Thanks

Mrs McCaig

We had a very busy and fun last week of term in P3/4.  We continued with our time work in maths and with our spelling and grammar in literacy. We also rounded off our Fairytales topic with our final story of Cinderella. We did lots of fun activities including making an invite for a ball, building castles with Lego and creating our own Fairy God Mothers and thinking about the wishes we would ask them to grant.

We had an egg-cellent end to the week by decorating our eggs for the whole school competition. There were some amazing creations including a ninja turtle, a baby chick, Jesus and a puppy.

We were lucky enough to have both the P3 and P4 winners in our class – a huge well done to Miley and Oscar.

This week we have been learning to measure using rulers, tape measures and trundle wheels.  We enjoyed making cm cube towers and measuring snakes using tape measures and metre sticks…

This week we have also been reading ‘The Fish Who Could Wish’ book.  In this story, we learned that it is important to not wish to be like anyone else and love our the things that make us unique.

We had great fun in music playing the Boomwhackers…

We have also been learning new hockey skills in PE…

This week we enjoyed Goldilocks and The Three Bears.  Check out some of the learning in our class about the story.

In maths this week we have been looking at time and measure. For our measure lesson this week we measured how much our beanstalks had grown. We also made predictions about how much we think they will grow and what might help them grow better.

We have been looking at Easter this week with Miss Clark and we learned about how Jesus died because everyone was jealous of him. We also learned that he got buried in the tomb and then he magically disappeared. – ‘That is why we roll Easter eggs’ – Ivy

Primary 3/4 teamed up with P4/5 to complete our Roald Dahl scavenger hunt for World Book Day. We found this really tricky but had a ball. There was lots of other fun activities planned including a special visit from Mrs Schendel who read a lovely story to us in the afternoon.

Miss Caughie thought that we deserved a short brain break and we picked ‘The Floor is Lava’.

We did some super measuring and estimating this week using lots of different materials.

Our favourite job this week was planting our very own beanstalks, which ties in with our fairytale topic.

We are starting to round up our narrative writing and have started to plan for our assessment. We had so really good ideas and it is clear that we have been taking things on board.

“We learned lots of division this week and we were drawing circles on and dots to share them equally. We also looked at fact families.  ” – Logan

“Since we have been looking at castles, we recreated the Hogwarts castle as part of our art lesson this week.” – Callum

Primary 3/4 really look forward to our reading champions group on a Wednesday. It is clear we are able to use our knowledge of different comprehension strategies outwith the class.

It has been a super short and quick week for us…

We really enjoyed doing some valentines crafts.

All of us also worked really hard on division by grouping. Using the counters really helped us.

Miss Caughie was super impressed with our ideas this week as we are getting better at using what we have learned to improve our writing.