As part of our Scotland topic this term all classes are learning a Scots poem. Paper copies of the poems have been given to all pupils to learn at home and are also shown below.

The Primary 4 poem is Soaks by Douglas Bell and was chosen by the pupils.

SOACKS
by Douglas Bell

Plain soacks, fancy soacks,
Multi-coloured weans’ soacks.
Guid soacks, din soacks,
Fit for the bin soacks.

Haill soacks, torn soacks,
Cannae fin its neebor soacks.
Mither’s soacks, faither’s soacks,
Sisters’ and brithers’ soacks.

Nike soacks, umbro soacks,
Caket wi muck soacks.
Soapy soacks, dreepin soacks,
Wavin fae the line soacks.

Holey soacks, schuil soacks,
Rollin doon ma leg soacks.
Spottit soacks, strippit soacks,
Kept aside ma drawers soacks.

Pupils should learn their poem and be ready to present it to the class by next Friday 24th January. Pupils will be chosen to perform their poem in front of judges and the winners from each stage will then perform at our Scots Verse Celebration on Wednesday 29th January.

Happy New Year from Primary 4!

We have had a great first week back at school!

We have started our new book study ‘The Last Wolf’ by Michael Morpurgo and have chosen the Scots poem we would like to learn this term. We have picked the poem ‘Soacks’ by Douglas Bell which will be given out for homework on Monday.

In maths we have been learning to multiply 2, 3 and even 4 digit numbers by a single digit.

We have also been talking about the new year – we have been discussing and writing about our resolutions, goals and things we are looking forward to.

It has been a cold and frosty start to the term. We managed to go for a class walk to the river on Wednesday afternoon and had lots of fun throwing stones into the water and the ice that had formed at the edge. The patterns in the ice were amazing!

Ava was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket today and chose Miley to sit with her at the Ruby Reward table. Well done Ava!