It has been a fun filled week of Christmas activities in Primary 4!

On Monday afternoon we went for a class walk to The Square to see the ECC and P6/7 pupils carol singing.

We went to the park to play afterwards.

We all got our glad rags on for our Christmas party with P3 and P5 on Tuesday afternoon. We had great fun dancing and playing party games.

Yesterday the whole school went on a trip to The Galleon in Kilmarnock to see the panto ‘Sleeping Beauty’. It was a lovely morning and a great end of term treat!

See you all in 2026!

Last week we finished reading our whole class book study ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl. We plan to watch the movie in class tomorrow to compare it to the book. The movie has a PG rating. If you do not wish for your child to watch the movie, please contact the school.

This week in P4 we have been learning to divide whole numbers by 10 and 100. We finished reading our class book study ‘The Twits’ and plan to watch the movie next week. We created ‘Melted Snowman’ pictures in art and then wrote about our snowmen in literacy. In French we have been learning about how they celebrate Christmas in France.

In Science we carried out an investigation to find out which materials are soluble and insoluble.

Well done to Lyle and Logan who managed to complete their times table passports in numeracy this week.

We went for a class walk to The Voes to feed the ducks.

We enjoyed a lovely Christmas lunch on Wednesday afternoon.

Next week we will be having a fun filled week of Christmas activities. Only 5 more school days to go!

It’s the beginning of December so this week we started to get into the Christmas spirit. We put up our class tree and decorated the classroom for Christmas!

We have been learning to multiply whole numbers by 10 and 100 in numeracy. In literacy we have been continuing to work on using interesting vocabulary in our writing.

We started social dancing and played some Christmas games in P.E.

We have been learning to say and understand the meaning of French Christmas words.

We had the school Christmas Fayre on Thursday night. Thank you to everyone that purchased crafts from our stall.

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

Here’s a round up of this week in Primary 4.

The pupils voted to go for a walk to the monument this week.

We had a great morning visiting the Primary 7 ‘Revive and Thrive’ toy sale on Wednesday. We bought lots of lovely toys, games and books.

We had Discovery Den activities again this week and got to take part in lots of different activities including clay modelling, pancake making, mindfulness, fruit tasting, sports/games, music, STEM and quilling.

In literacy we have been learning to use interesting vocabulary in our writing. In numeracy we have been working on the links between times tables and tiling 2D shapes. We have also been finishing our crafts for the Christmas Fayre and finding out about St Andrew’s Day which is on Sunday.

It has been a very busy week in Primary 4!

A huge well done to our pupils for the hard work and effort they put into their class talks this week. You all did an amazing job and should be very proud of yourselves!

It was lovely to see so many families join us for our literacy open morning on Thursday. We enjoyed sharing our learning with you all.

We went for a lovely walk to the river this week. We found lots of interesting rocks and even saw a couple of herons.

We have been working hard in writing and numeracy and are ready to move on to new learning targets next week. In French we have been learning numbers to 100.

We have also been creating crafts to sell at the Christmas Fayre.

This week is Book Week Scotland, which is an annual celebration of books and reading.  We have been talking about our favourite books and authors in class. For homework this week pupils have been given a ‘My Favourite Story Book Review’ task to complete (see below).

Homework should be completed and returned by Monday 24th November.

This week in P4 we have been learning to subtract 3 digit numbers with exchanging and to tile 2D shapes in numeracy. In literacy we have been continuing to work on using conjunctions to link sentences. We have been learning about the different properties of materials in Science and have started to make crafts to sell at the Christmas Fayre.

We went for a class walk to The Voes to feed the ducks this week. It was lovely as the sun was shining!

We finished the week with a dress down day for Children in Need.

Just a reminder that P4 will be presenting their Class Talk to the rest of the class next week. Please see previous blog posts for all the details.

Below are the details of when your child will present their talk.  Remember they may bring in any props (photographs, items from home etc) on their specific day.  I am really looking forward to hearing them all!

Monday 17th November: Ellie, Shaun, Madison and Carson

Tuesday 18th November: Matthew, Harper, Alfie and Hunter

Wednesday 19th November: Poppy, Demi and Cole

Thursday 20th November: Nadia, Harry and Harley

Friday 21st November: Lyle, Logan and Tyler

If you have any questions, please email me at laura.mckenna@eastayrshire.org.uk

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

This week is Scottish Careers Week and in class we will be discussing different jobs and career choices.

Pupils have been given a homework task this week to write about their dream job. They must think about the qualities and skills they have that would make them suitable to do this job.

Homework should be completed and returned by Monday 17th November.

Pupils still have another week to work on their class talks (see previous post for details) and further details will be posted on which day pupils will be presenting their talk at the end of this week.

It has been a busy week of learning in Primary 4 this week!

We had our first Discovery Den activities this week and got to take part in lots of different activities including clay modelling, pancake making, mindfulness, fruit tasting, sports/games, music, STEM and quilling.

We have been learning about Remembrance Day and created our own oil pastel poppy pictures.

We have been learning to exchange when subtracting in numeracy and have been learning to peer assess each other’s writing in literacy. In RME we have been learning about the story of Rama and Sita.

Lyle was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket today and chose Hunter to sit with him at the Ruby Reward table. Well done Lyle!