It has been another busy week in Primary 4 as we approach the end of term 3.

This week Miss Kerr and Miss Black were teaching us basketball skills in P.E.

We have been learning to find the area of shapes in maths and to use conjunctions to join sentences together in literacy.

We have been learning about the festival of Mardi Gras in French and made our own carnival masks.

We have been continuing to learn how to play rugby with Blair from Cumnock Rugby Club.

Today is Miss Black and Miss Kerr’s last day of their placement in our class. We would like to thank them for all their help and support over the last 8 weeks and wish them all the best for the future.

This week pupils have been given a ‘Triangle test’ task for numeracy homework. This task involves counting how many triangles you can see in the picture, you need to look very carefully!

Homework should be returned by Monday 31st March.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

There has been lots of great learning going on in Primary 4 this week.

On Monday afternoon we went for a walk to see our lovely Spring artwork in the window of the chemist. After that we went to play at the park.

In Science, we have been learning about different types of germs and the importance of washing our hands. We carried out an experiment to see how soap breaks down germs.

On Wednesday, Blair from Cumnock Rugby Club was teaching us some rugby skills . We were working collaboratively to practise our skills by playing a game of 5 Pass.

In maths we have been continuing to learn about measuring length. We took our learning outdoors this morning to measure objects in the playground.

We have been working hard to meet our writing targets in literacy and next week we are ready to move on to learning about conjunctions. In art, we made some spring chick paintings and presented our 3D castles to the rest of the class.

This week pupils have been given a ‘Planning a trip’ task for numeracy homework. This task involves planning a day trip with a budget of £100. Please see the task below.

Homework should be returned by Monday 24th March.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

It has been another busy week of learning in Primary 4!

Miss Kerr and Miss Black have been in our class for the whole week and have been helping us to learn about measure in maths. We have been learning to measure in centimetres and metres.

Well done to Maya who completed her times table passport in maths this week. Great work Maya!

We have been working hard on our spelling, reading and writing in literacy.

We went for a lovely walk to the river again this week to do some more exploring.

We have been practising our gymnastics skills in P.E.

We have been building bridging with lollipop sticks in technology.

This week pupils have been given a ‘TV time task’ for numeracy homework. This task involves writing a timetable of what you would watch if you could have the television to yourself for one whole day. Please see the task below.

Homework should be returned by Monday 17th March.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

It has been a busy week in P4 with Pancake Day and World Book Day taking place this week!

On Monday afternoon we went for a lovely walk around the village to look for signs of spring. We spotted some daffodils and have been learning how to draw them in art.

We also had Discovery Dens again on Wednesday afternoon, where we got to take part in lots of different activities. Mrs McKenna’s group were learning to draw some spring animals.

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday with lots of different activities in the class. We also got a lovely new book to take home.

Well done to Callum who completed his times table passport in maths this week. Great work Callum!

Congratulations to Adam, Rhys, Callum, Layla and Ayla who were awarded  a certification for taking part in the Active Schools Badminton Challenge last month.

It has been great to see the year timelines that you have been completing for maths homework. Remember that homework is due to be handed in on Monday.

We celebrated Pancake Day by making pancakes in class this morning. We had to use our maths skills first of all to measure out all of the ingredients. Mrs McKenna cooked the pancakes once the batter was ready and then we got to enjoy them with some strawberry jam.

They were delicious!

The focus for homework this term is numeracy.

Pupils will be given a different numeracy task to complete over the next 4 weeks. This week pupils have been given a months of the year task to complete for homework . The ‘In a year’ task involves drawing a year timeline and putting in important dates. Please see the task below.

Homework should be returned by Monday 10th March.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna