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!

P4 Class Talk Homework Project

Title: Where I live

Pupils have been given a project to prepare and give a short talk about where they live. Some ideas they could include in their talk are: where they live, what kind of house or flat they live in, who they live with, what they like about where they live and what they would like to improve about their local area.

Pupils can decide how they would like to present their talk i.e. poster, PowerPoint presentation, photographs, bringing in items from home etc.

Children should practise their talk at home in order to be able to talk fluently to the class, they might want to use notes on paper to help them remember their talk.

Talks should be ready to be heard for Monday 17^th November. Further details will be posted on the class blog as to which day pupils will be presenting their talk.

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

I look forward to hearing your talks.

Mrs McKenna

Primary 4 had lots of fun celebrating Halloween today.

We joined up with Primary 3 for a Halloween party this afternoon. We dressed up, danced and played some party games. It was great fun!

Primary 4 have had a great first week of term and have been working so hard!

In numeracy we have been learning to add 3 digit numbers with carrying. We have also been learning to identify the faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes. We have started to learn about conjunctions in literacy and have been using conjunctions to link sentences in our writing. We have also been learning about the Hindu festival Diwali and creating some lovely Autumn artwork.

It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of term 1 already!

This week we went for a lovely class walk to the monument, looking for signs of Autumn on the way. We spotted mushrooms, acorns and lots of different coloured leaves.

We have been learning to carry when adding in numeracy this week. We have been working so hard on using punctuation in our writing that we are ready to move on to a new learning target after the holidays. We have also been learning about the different states of water in Science.

We ended the week with a ‘free choice’ afternoon as a treat for working so hard this term.

Have a great October holiday!