In the first few weeks of Primary 4 we have been working hard on our spelling rules. Trying different approaches to make spelling fun and engaging using sensory based activities and games.

We enjoyed exploring our new Google classroom.  It has fun games to help us learn and we can talk to each other and Miss Galloway. We can access our Google Classroom from any computer via Google Chrome and logging into Glow. As the year progresses there will be lots of new learning shared with a selection of  online resources and activities.

Our Digital Representative had her first meeting this week to discuss VR headsets and the use of technology in the school.

We had a chance to explore the VR headsets looking at different body parts in great detail.

We have been learning multiplication in lots of different ways. Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on the 8 and 4 multiplication and practising multiplying two digit numbers with carrying.

Kaboom is a fun game that helps us become quick with our multiplication facts.  We always check our answers with a calculator.

We hope you are enjoying the Blog.  There will be more to come next session as the Blog follows the class through their time at Cross Arthurlie.

In maths we have been working on direction and we have been using the new blue-bots. We have to use the i-pad to direct the blu-bot to where he is supposed to be! We had good fun!

We had a great day at Sports Day. We all tried really hard and earned points for our team. The sun was shining too which was great!

Primary 3/1 had a great afternoon at the carnival! Best way to start the holiday weekend!

In Science we have discovered what the differences are between a solid,liquid and a gas, and that is possible change the state of them   .  We wanted to experiment with this concept so we  decided to focus on dissolving and chose jelly as our solid.

We had 4 different experiments:

1. Hot water and a jelly cube

2. Cold water and a jelly cube

3. Hot water and a cut up jelly cube

4. Cold water and a cut up jelly cube

Can you guess which one dissolved the best?

We have been learning about farming and crops! We looked at wheat and the journey that it makes from the  crop to bread. We tried to make our own bread.

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We have developed the skills of spreading, grating, sprinkling and chopping. We made pizza and a fruit salad and really enjoyed eating it all

Our parents and careers visited us for our Open Afternoon. They helped us to make a Roman Shields using pasta and paint to create interesting patterns. They are now on display outside our classroom as they look so good!

We were one of only three classes who completed the Daily Mile every day for the the  ‘Run a  marathon’ competition.  We won an extra break which was great fun!!!!