Google Classroom Superstars!

What an interesting week we have had! Primary 4 have been busy getting to work on their Google Classroom assignments. We have been busy posting assignments, replying to comments, helping each other and also, posting some independent projects we have been working on at home. For example, making cupcakes, lava lamps and spaceships! Well done P4A!

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We have been carrying on our topic of the History of Newton Mearns by learning a little about how Scotland was affected by the Blitz during WW2. We found out that “Blitz” means lightning in German, which is how the Blitz got it’s name, due to the sudden nature of the attack. We learned about places near to Newton Mearns that were badly affected due to the many factories that were targeted during the bombings. We even learned about and built air raid shelters! Some people used lego, whilst others made some robust shelters out of chairs and cushions!

   

We continued our theme of World War 2 in Art, where we designed our own WW2 posters based on slogans from the war:

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In Science, we continued our knowledge of Sound and Vibrations by conducting experiments. We used a spoon, some string and a solid objects to see how different sounds can travel through solid objects. When we tapped the spoon off of a solid surface, we found that it made a “pinging” sound, which vibrated through the string and into ours ears. Some people even said it sounded like a musical note!

We also started reading our new class read aloud: “The Boy Who Grew Dragons” by Andy Shepherd. We have read two chapters so far and can’t wait to read more. We think the dragon is going to cause a lot of trouble!

As well as all of this hard work, our class has been taking time to spread some joy in our community by designing rainbows and putting them in our windows.

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Check back next week for more great work! Well done Primary 4!

P4’s Perfect Props in Preparation for Super Show

P4 are putting on a show on 31st March and 1st April about WW2.  It is called Treachery at Traitor’s Quay. It’s about children during World War 2 evacuating from Glasgow to Largs.  There is a German spy and everyone is trying to find out WHO IT IS!  We have been practising many songs and we hope you enjoy the show.

As we have a show coming up very soon, we have been doing some artwork to make props.  Some of us wrote and designed postcards and to make them look a bit old, we dipped teabags in water and dabbed it on to turn it a peachy/ brown colour.  Some of us also scrunched up the postcards to make it look creased and old.  We also made ‘tin’ hats for the air-raid wardens and we did this by using paper mache.  When the newspaper has dried, we will pop the balloons and paint our hats a browny/goldy colour.  After that, we will use string or ribbon for the strap.  Another group made gas mask boxes by folding 2 pieces of paper and making cuboids.  We will add a strap to them for the evacuees to carry.

An exciting visitor!

Today, we had a very exciting visitor! Holly came form the SSPCA (Scottish Societry for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). She taught us a lot about the animals that she helps, both pets and wild animals! We learned that one of the most common animals Holly sees is pigeons BUT she also helps a lot of seals. We were very surprised by that! We took part in a workshop to learn about how to understand animal emotions and behaviour. To do this, we got to do some coding! We were given an emotion (happy, sad, scared) and we had to code our cats to behave in that way. For example, if a cat is scared, it might move more slowly, so we coded our cats to move slowly and go in 180, 90 or 360 degree turns. When our cat was angry, we coded it to move very quickly and make fast turns! We had so much fun and learned a lot about how to care for animals along the way. Thanks Holly!

Sound Waves

In Science, we have been learning about sound. This week, we were learning what happens to a sound, the further away it gets. We measured distances up to 4 metres and then tried to communicate a message to our group. We discovered that the further away we were, it was difficult for our group to hear. So, we made a cup telephone to see if it would work. We took two cups and measured the string to 4 metres. Then we spoke the message into our cup. We were amazed to find that the sound travelled along the string as vibrations and it could be heard in the other cup! When we were talking, we felt the string and we could even feel it vibrating! Sound is carried by vibrations. Objects in our environment can absorb the sound which is why it is difficult to hear when the sound is further away. We love to do experiments!

In IDL, we have been learning about the History of Newton Mearns. We had great fun researching artefacts that we might have found in a home in Newton Mearns during the war. We were surprised to find out that some people used to use a chamber pot because they did not have a toilet in their house. We were also surprised that people had to heat their iron before using it because it wasn’t electric. The artefacts were very interesting, especially using a mangle to dry your clothes. We would all like to try that!

We had a great time celebrating World Book Day. We have been learning about non-fiction texts. We have also been reading our gripping class read-aloud, To the Lighthouse by Cristy Burne. We designed adverts for the book, with what we thought were the best parts! We then selected books on EPIC and read our preferred books with a reading partner. Happy World Book Day!

 

P4b Spring Poetry

Today in Literacy, we were writing poetry about Spring.  Some people included alliteration and adjectives to make the poem more interesting and descriptive.  P4b also focused on trying to make their poetry rhyme. Some rhyming structures are AABB, ABAB, ABBA or AAAA.  We also tried to include similes, onomatopoeia and thoughts and feelings.

9 beautiful rabbits eating orange carrots, Flying past were colourful parrots. 5 fluffy chicks playing in the grass, Someone picked them up and it was a little lass.

 

 

 

Hello from our busy learners!

Hello!

It has been a busy couple of weeks in Primary 4a! In writing, we have been building on our skills of writing a persuasive letter. This week, our persuasive letter focused on pigs! We were learning about therapy animals and came up with persuasive reasons that our school needs a therapy pig. Here are some of the reasons we came up with:

  • Therapy pigs are good for anxiety.
  • Working with therapy pigs can help to keep you relaxed.
  • Therapy pigs are easy to talk to and you can talk about learning.
  • Therapy pigs can help children to improve their learning.

We think that a therapy pig would be a great addition to our school day!

We have also been continuing with our research on the History of Newton Mearns. We have learned lots of interesting facts that we didn’t already know. For example, Newton Mearns used be a village and there were lots of small shops like grocers, butchers and bakers. A lot of people moved to Newton Mearns because of the dangers of World War Two. Other people moved to Newton Mearns many years ago, to build mansions with the money they made in the city. We also learned that Crookfur Primary was built in 1970 which makes this the 50th year!

Rectangles have been reviewing their knowledge of angles this week in Maths and have been searching for and labelling angles around the classroom. Angles are all around us! Circles have been learning to divide and multiply using 2 digit numbers. We have been solving secret equations around the room, using our UV pens! Triangles have been busy exploring the properties of 3D shapes. We have been looking for 3D shapes in our environment and building 3D shapes to learn more about their properties!

Thinking Day

In school on Friday, some children were wearing their Brownie, Cubs, Guides, Rainbows, Scouts or Beavers uniform to represent Thinking Day.  Some of the clubs are also raising money for charities and some of the charities include raising money for Australia or the Toilet Twinning charity, to help other people.

Fantastic Feelings of Awesome Art

This week in Art we used the feeling words that we wrote last time to draw pictures which would make us feel that feeling.  Some examples are:

  • Portraying feeling warm – picture of a cat infront of a fire.
  • Portraying happiness – picture of a garden with flowers and trees.
  • Portraying sadness – picture of someone getting bullied, picture of a person in the forest and there was a dead turtle and trees were cut down.
  • Portraying loneliness – picture of a person sitting on a bench by themselves whilst others were playing.
  • Portraying feeling relaxed – picture of a person walking in the park on a windy day.
  • Portraying feeling terrified – picture of a monster.
  • Portraying feeling curious – picture of the back of a person looking into the woods and there was a monster’s hand and puddle of blood.

We used bright colours for the pictures making us feel a positive feeling and darker colours and shades for the pictures making us feel a negative feeling.

Therapy Pigs for the Win Win!

This week we have been writing about Therapy Pigs.  We were taking notes about how Therapy Pigs calm people down and stop them from being nervous. They can support people with autism and anxiety by helping them get over their fears such as going outside, starting new clubs and flying.  Therapy Pigs can calm you down and distract you before a test and boost children’s confidence to make friends.  With all of our notes we wrote a persuasive letter to Mrs Shaw (Director of Education) to ask for a therapy pig in Crookfur Primary. Some of our reasons as to why Crookfur should have a therapy pig were;

  • There’s lots of space outside to keep the pigs
  • We have 2 sheds so have storage to keep their food and bedding
  • They can calm down teachers who are stressed
  • They would excite all the children
  • There’s lots of trees for shade
  • There is a very muddy woodland area for the pigs to roll around in
  • The Therapy Pigs can cheer people up in the playground

We really hope we can get a Therapy Pig! 🙂

P4’s Fantastic February

Hello!

It has been a busy month in Primary 4A, with lots of exciting learning. In PE, we have been becoming tennis superstars by learning the basics of ball skills. We have been playing partner games to learn ball control. Wimbledon, watch out!

In the topic of weather, we have been learning about how weather affects our every day lives. In groups, we made weather instruments. We made an anemometer, a wind vane, a thermometer and rain gauge. It was hard to make our instruments but we managed to build it using team work. We have also been learning about the weather in French. Aujourd’hui, il pleu et il ya du vent!

In writing, we have been learning to write a persuasive letter. We learned about the Australian wildfires and sent letters to tourists persuading them to go to other destinations like New Zealand. This has helped us in Reading, where we have been learning about non-fiction text features. We learned about different types of non-fiction texts and how we use them.

We have been doing LOTS of learning in Maths. The Rectangles have been learning about Chance and Uncertainty where they designed their own games. The Rectangles have also been reviewing addition and subtraction within 1000. In the Circles, we have been reviewing number by comparing and ordering numbers, using greater than, less than and equals to. The Triangles have been learning how to add and subtract using 10s and 100s and have done a great job of solving tricky word problems!

We also had an exciting visit from some engineers from Thales. They taught us about engineering. We got to code a robot with black lines on paper and using different colours to code how it moved. The robot followed the pattern and did moves like tornado and backwards. We also tried to make the tallest tower using marshmallows and spaghetti but it was hard because it kept falling!

Thanks for reading!

 

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