This week we started our football sessions which are being led by Kilmarnock Football coaches.  We had great fun learning how to control the ball and pass to our partners.

We have been continuing to learn about sentence structure using Colourful Semantics.  As part of Digital Learning Week, we used the laptops to type our sentences in Word.

This week we also wrote a persuasive piece of writing to convince me to let them sit next to their friend in the afternoon. We used the laptops to type our work. Their writing was fantastic and they included really good reasons so they enjoyed sitting with their friends after lunch.

We have been learning how to play the Glockenspiels along to the song Zootime

Just a little reminder that all talks should be ready to present next week (w/b 20th May). Some children have already shared the exciting places they have chosen to speak about. I can’t wait to hear them all next week. Please remember to practise as much as possible at home. Any PowerPoints or other information required can be emailed to me at fiona.mccaig2@eastayrshire.org.uk

Thanks

This week we started learning about grid references and coordinates. We had fun finding the ball in a football coordinate game and then found animals in the zoo.

We also had fun practising our typing skills on Dancemat Typing.

We continued learning about the rules of making a persuasive poster this week.  We decided to make a poster about keeping Catrine tidy.  We hope you like them…

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’.