EWHCF Class of 2020

Happy 2017! It has been a long holiday and now we’re all glad to be back at school and ready to work!

This week we have been learning to compare and contrast in language. Comparing is looking for things that are the same (similarities) and contrasting is finding things that are not the same (differences).

Similarities and differences can be displayed in a Venn diagram. A Venn diagram has two circles which overlap. Each circle is labelled for the things you are comparing. Where they overlap you write things which are the same, and in the circle which is not overlapped you write the things which are different.

We were comparing and contrasting the Gruffalo book with the Gruffalo film. We read the story, then watched the film and took notes of similarities and differences. For example, all the main characters in the book were in the film, but at the start of the film there was a family of squirrels that were not in the book.

We really enjoyed this activity and have developed our comparing and contrasting skills, and learnt more about using Venn diagrams.

welcome to our last blog of 2016.

We have been working very hard since August and we have learned so much! Our favourite things so far are –

“Maths – 3d objects and symmetry were fun to learn about” (Alexander).

“French – I loved learning Christmas words and our High Five French activities!” (Ava)

“I enjoyed Science. I liked learning about electricity” (Riley).

“I enjoyed Art. I found it fun to draw places in Glasgow” (Holly)

“I enjoyed my spelling activities and sound games. I like my homework activities too” (Naomi)

“I enjoyed symmetry and our multiplication raps” (Lucas).

“I like Famous Scots and Scottish cities topic. It was interesting and we did lots of things on it – talks, writing, leaflets and art” (Emily).

We are looking forward to learning more next term.

Have a wonderful, happy and safe holiday when it arrives.

With love

Mrs McKim and P4b

This week we were learning to add shadow and light to a picture to make our pictures look 3D.

First, we read a picture book called Snowmen at Night. We looked at the illustrations from the book and saw how the illustrator had created a 3D effect. We could work out where the light source in each picture would be by looking at the snowmen’s shadows.

We created our snowman pictures using chalk pastels or oil pastels. We also added the moon to our picture to act as a light source. We had to check where the light would shine on the snowman and where the snowman’s shadow would be using a ruler. We added highlights using a yellow pastel and blending it into the white. We added shadows by blending in blue and black to create different tones. After we had made our snowmen look 3D, we added their personalities by drawing faces and clothes for them.

Here are some of our snowmen:

This week we have started to look at a French Advent calendar which tells us part of a Christmas story in French each day.

“It is fun because you have to pay attention and spot puffins in the story. We also had to look out for French words that we knew. Il neige means it is snowing.” – Marcel

“It was fun hearing a story in French because usually we hear stories in English.” – Beth

In Maths the cubes have learnt about Roman Numerals. We have learnt that different letters stand for different numbers and instead of using place value like we do, you have to do addition and subtraction to work out the number.

“I thought that it was interesting that a century is 100 years, and in Roman Numerals a C is 100” – Lucy

“I thought it was quite fun because we were given numbers then had to work out how to write them in Roman Numerals.” – Aila

In Science we played a game to learn about how to be safe around electricity. We had to choose a card and see if the scenario on it was dangerous or safe. If it was dangerous, you got an electric shock card. If you got five of these you were out!

“It was really fun, you didn’t know what you were going to get. It was quite tricky because there were lots of dangerous cards” – Iain

“I learned about not using appliances with frayed wires because they can be dangerous.” – Max

This week was Book Week Scotland and we have taken part in lots of exciting activities!

Here are some photos of what P4 have been doing to join in and celebrate with book week!

We dressed up as characters from our favourite books:

We shared our favourite books with each other and explained why we enjoyed them:

We took part in paired reading with Primary 1. We read a book out loud to a Primary 1 and then helped them carry out a task about the book. We really enjoyed this.

For our homework we were challenged to read in strange places or create potato characters. Here are some of the characters we created:

We created reading dares for ourselves!

book-dares

These are just some of the activities we took part in. We really enjoyed Book Week Scotland and look forward to continuing our reading journey with the First Minister’s Reading Challenge.

In Science we have been learning about electricity and creating circuits. We learnt the different symbols for components in a circuit so we could draw circuit diagrams, then spent the afternoon experimenting by creating different circuits using batteries, bulbs, a switch and wires.

“It was really fun when we were making the light bulb light up and even though it was quite hard we never gave up, and managed to get it right.” – Calum

“We are trying to make the bulb as bright as we can” – Ruairidh
“We were working out how to light up the bulb” – Marcel

“We tried to make the bulb shine as dull as we could by moving the wires into different places.” – Max M.
“We are trying to bulb the bright as we can – we had to use three batteries.” – Iain

“It was really fun watching the light bulb light up and if you had more light bulbs, they would just go darker and darker until it didn’t light at all.” – Jessica

“I think it was fun because we got to play around with the wires and see what would work and what wouldn’t.” – Harry
“We are mad scientists!” – Max F.

“It was fun but it was quite difficult because one of our batteries was the wrong way around.” – Tom
“It was really interesting seeing how if you had not as many bulbs, they were brighter.” – Emily B.

“It was quite interesting but it was quite difficult to work out where the wires would go but we managed it!” – Areeb

“It was actually really interesting because we learnt that putting more wires between the bulb and the battery didn’t make any difference.” – Olivia

“We were trying to light up one bulb as bright as we could and the other as dull as we could. We used one switch, three batteries & three bulbs.” – Saif
“I enjoyed trying out different circuits.” – Hassan

The Spheres have been learning to create tiling patterns using 2D shapes. The shapes had to fit together without overlapping or any gaps in between.

Primary 4 bloggers

We have some of Primary 4b typing our blog today!

I am Holly Ashley

I am Alex Fyfe

We would like to tell you about our learning this week.

Maths

In maths we have been playing new mental maths games. One of them is called dice roll. The teacher chooses a target number.  We work in our group and everyone has a turn of throwing the dice. We then add the numbers together to get an overall total. The group nearest to the number wins a point but you cannot go over the target number you are bust! It helps our addition skills.

Another game is loop cards. we are all given cards with a question and a number on it. We have to listen carefully to see if our number relates to the question asked. Then it is our trurn to read our card question. We have to know place value to play this game and it certainly tests our listening skills!!

P.E

In P.E we have been practisng our golf skills. We are using golf clubs and golf balls to hit specific targets.   There was 6 cones to hit and we had to try our best to hit them. The group that finshed first won the game.

We hope that you have enjoyed our blog.

We hope that you have a good weekend.

From Holly, Alex and P4b

In Maths the Spheres have been learning to carry out division in lots of different ways. We have been dividing by sharing equally, putting cubes into groups of the number we are dividing by, and have also used links between division and tables. We have been practising using cubes to help us with our jotter work and played games like “Find the mistake” where you have to write calculations for a partner to see if they can find the wrong answer.

“I have enjoyed learning about division because using the cubes and putting them into groups has helped me work out the answer.” – Iain

The Cubes have been learning about area. Area is the size of a surface. We have been investigating by covering areas with different objects like cubes, buttons and pebbles to compare the areas.

“I found it really fun because we got to cover the whole carpet with paper! It took 40 sheets.” – Lucy

The Cones have been learning addition and subtraction of three digit numbers including carrying. We have learnt lots of different strategies for carrying this out. We have practised on the whiteboard, using individual whiteboards and work in our jotters. We got to work out word problems and choose the strategy that we preferred.

“I think it is really fun because you get to work out lots of questions. I prefer to use vertical calculations to work out the answer as this is the easiest way for me to do it.” – Max F.

In Science we have started to learn about our new topic – Electricity! We learnt that some things use battery power, and others use mains power. Batteries are mostly used for smaller things and have less power.

“You have to be careful around electricity as it can hurt you.” – Marcel

“It was fun playing a game on the board where you had to sort what in a kitchen used batteries and what used mains.” – Beth

“I’m looking forward to experiments using batteries, wires and bulbs.” – Henry

Friday 4^th November 2016

P4b Blog

This week in class we have been be continuing to learn about Global Goals. This week we have been looking at Water Pollution. We have been investigating what causes water pollution and what it can do to our water. We know that it can be harmful to living things and we might not always be able to see pollution. We will be looking at all the different ways our water can be polluted and who in the world does not have access to clean water.

Remember Fireworks safety this weekend. Have fun!