Today we said goodbye and thank you to Miss Aisha for all she has taught us over the last five weeks. We will miss having her in our class.

Today in our RME lesson we were learning about festivals in Islam. We learnt that enjoying food together is a big part of the celebration. We had the opportunity to sample some foods and Miss Aisha painted henna patterns on our hands. We also made lanterns which are thought to be a symbol of hope in Islam.

It was great to see so many people in pyjamas and own clothes today  to fundraise for Children in Need. We all enjoyed taking part in the activities in the hall and having the opportunity to buy items from the toy and book sale. Let’s hope we’ve helped to raise lots of money for a great cause

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This week in Maths the Squares have been learning to measure objects in cm and mm.  We also had some fun using measuring tapes to measure the length of different body parts. Next we moved on to measuring bigger objects recording our answers in m and cm. We have also been practising converting m to cm and cm to m. These are skills we can use in life with many jobs requiring us to measure.

In RME Miss Aisha has been teaching us about religious artefacts and their significance. At the start of the lesson some people were asked to share some of their own treasured belongings. Georgia brought in two of her cuddly toys. We tried to guess why they are so precious to Georgia.
Later in the lesson we were making prayer beads. We selected letters, colours and shapes which have some significance to us.

Evie chose colours to represent her three best friends.

Lewis B chose the letters M and D to represent his Mum and Dad.

Tyler used the letters of his dog’s name as his dog is very precious to him.

Isla chose to include a star to represent her grandad.

Others related their beads to our school values. Kyrin said his beads will remind him to be respectful.

This term we have been learning skills for Basketball. We have been focusing on dribbling, passing and shooting. We have enjoyed putting our skills into practice during some team games.  Everyone has worked hard and improved their skills. One of our favourite challenges is 21 where we split into two teams and take turns at shooting. The winning team is first to reach 21 points.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

This week we have been learning about the story of Guy Fawkes and the traditions of Bonfire Night.  We wrote letters in role as Lord Monteagle writing to King James I warning him of the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
In Assembly we were learning how to keep safe when celebrating Bonfire Night and how to look after our pets on this noisy evening.
Finally we created some Art inspired by fireworks. We drew  a skyline and cut it out and placed it against a dark background. Then we used chalks to give the effect of fireworks lighting up the sky.  Below is a few examples of our Art.

What a lovely afternoon we had today in the hall watching a performance of Snow White. We especially loved all the great music and the dance off between Mrs MacDonald and Mr Cummings. We even had a chance to practise our three times table during the show.

Here is what we thought of the performance :

Ava – I would give it double thumbs up!
Lewis B – I wish I had three thumbs so I could give it triple thumbs up.
Alfie – I would give it eleven out of ten.
Isla – I didn’t know the story of Snow White but I really enjoyed it.

We have been enjoying our Music lessons with Mrs Carey. It has been fun to revise some old favourite songs and to learn new songs and rhythms too. This term we have also been performing our rhythms on the glockenspiel.

Primary 5 loved visiting our buddies in Primary 1 last week. It was great to join them in their classroom and to share our Mr Men and Little Miss stories with them. We enjoyed helping Primary 1 create their own characters and were impressed by their great ideas. We hope to get together with P1 again soon.