This week was ‘Walk to School Week’. We have enjoyed walking to school with a different theme each day.

This week we had a special visit from Paralympic footballer Jonny Paterson. We took part in a sponsored fitness circuit which was followed by a motivational assembly and Q&A session.

Well done to Alfie who won a medal at a rugby tournament at the weekend and who is the only P4 pupil left in the chess championship, making it through to the final 4 pupils.

What an amazing achievement!

It has been another busy week in P4!

All pupils have been working hard to prepare and present their class talks this week and I loved hearing about your favourite books and films. You all did an amazing job and should be very proud of yourselves!

We went for a lovely walk to the river this week to take some nature photographs. It was a beautiful day for it!

Here are some of the fantastic photographs taken by our pupils.

We had our last Discovery Dens this week. We have enjoyed all of the different activities and learning some new skills.

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

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 11th May: Matthew, Cole, Harper and Shaun

Tuesday 12th May: Hunter, Tyler and Carson

Wednesday 13th May: Alfie, Harley and Lyle

Thursday 14th May: Demi, Madison and Logan

Friday 15th May: Poppy, Ellie and Nadia

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

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

It has been a lovely, sunny week in Primary 4!

We have been working on our spelling and learning to spell words correctly in literacy this week. In numeracy we have been learning to find time intervals and interpret simple timetables.

We have been using iPads to take photographs in art.

We went for a class walk to the park.

We also had Discovery Dens again this week and completed round 1 of the Chess Championship.

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

Enjoy the long weekend!

P4 Class Talk Homework Project

Title: My Favourite Film or Book

Pupils have been given a project to prepare and present a short 5 minute talk about their favourite film or book.  The presentation should be as detailed as possible and should include information about the genre, characters, setting and plot.  Pupils could also include their favourite parts and the reasons why they like them, or ways they think the author or director could have made them even better. Pupils could also use other ideas to enhance their talk e.g. PowerPoint (sent by e-mail or saved on a pen-drive), drawings, diagrams or items from home.

Pupils should practise their talk at home as often as possible and use a timer to help. They may want to use notes or prompt cards to help  stay on track.

All talks will be assessed using the school’s Talking & Listening criteria, which is also available on Glow.

Talks should be ready to be present the week beginning Monday 11^th May.

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

It has been a busy start to the first week of term 4!

We have started our new book study ‘The Hundred Mile An Hour Dog’ by Jeremy Strong.

In numeracy we have been learning to tell the time on digital clocks and calculating how many minutes to the next hour.

It’s that time of year again when we have been creating artwork for the Catrine Show. The theme this year is ‘Spring Garden’ and we have created tulip pictures using oil pastels and watercolour paint.

We have been learning how to use Google maps to complete an ‘Around the World Scavenger Hunt’ in Technology.

We went for a class walk to the river this week.

It’s hard to believe that today is the last day of term 3!

Primary 4 have been decorating eggs for our whole school Easter egg competition this week. The pupils came up with some great imaginative ideas when decorating their eggs.

Well done to Poppy who was the P4 winner for her super egg decorated as a lamb in a farm.

Have a great Easter holiday!

This week in Primary 4 we have been continuing to work on estimating and finding the area of shapes in numeracy.

In literacy we wrote a book review for our book study ‘The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster’.

We have been learning about Easter traditions in France and made our own French Easter cards.

We have been learning how to spot fake news in Social Subjects.

We have been building towers using different materials in Technology. Well done to Alfie and Cole who were the winners of the challenge, building the tallest tower at 91cm.

We went for a walk to the park.

We also had Discovery Dens again this week.

We have been investigating food labels in Health and Wellbeing and deciding if foods are healthy or unhealthy.

This week in P4 we have been continuing our work on measure in numeracy. We have been measuring and converting lengths and learning how to calculate the area of shapes.

We completed our book study ‘The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster’ and have been working on our handwriting in literacy.

We had lots of fun on the apparatus in the gym hall and went for a class walk to The Voes this week.

We tested the bridges we built in Technology last week and all of them were strong enough to hold a 1kg weight!

We have been working in groups to build 3D castle models in art. We plan to paint them next week.

Well done to Carson who represented the school at the Barony Burns Festival today and placed in the top 10. What a great achievement!

This week in Primary 4 we have been learning to measure in maths. We have  been estimating and measuring lengths to the nearest centimetre and converting between metres, centimetres and millimetres.

Harper and Harley have been working hard to learn times table facts and have now completed their times table passports. Well done!

We have been working so hard on writing targets in Literacy that we are ready to move onto a new target next week.

In French we have been learning about the festival Mardi Gras. We made our own Mardi Gras masks which look amazing!

We were given a Technology challenge this week to build a bridge using only lollipop sticks and glue. We worked well in our teams to plan and construct our bridges. Next week we will test the bridges to find out if they are strong enough to hold a 1kg weight.

We went for a class walk to the river.

Today we took part in a music workshop with Calum and Lucy from the Benedetti Foundation. We were composing and making our own song, playing body percussion, listening to live music and having lots of fun!