Welcome to the P4A class blog! We cannot wait to share all of our learning with you and hopefully this will give you an insight into our week.
Mr Atkinson’s comment:
I am delighted to announce that we came 2nd in the East Renfrewshire Sumdog competition! The class worked incredibly hard to achieve this position and should be very proud of what they accomplished. A massive thank you to all the parents and guardians for allowing the pupils additional screen time and encouraging them throughout this week, it was very much appreciated! Pupils will be issued with a certificate recognising their efforts!
The pupils also enjoyed the opportunity to take part in Beat the Street on a wonderful sunny day!
Please remember that our Woodland session is on Friday and pupils should bring appropriate clothing.
Literacy and English
Millie – We are continuing with our imaginative writing and this time we based our stories on a picture of a aeroplane. We were challenged to include similes and “ly” openers!
Chenul – During the writing planning stage we drew three pictures; one from the beginning, middle and end.
Numeracy and Maths
Daniel – My group has starting learning about compasses and directions. One of the lessons involved creating and designing our own compasses which we used outside.
Lauren – My group has been continuing to learn their multiplication tables. This week we have been using different materials to help with multiplying by 4. We use cubes because it makes it easier for us to sperate them into groups of four and visualise the calculation.
Harry – My group has been learning the features of bar graphs and how the data and information can be used to answer questions.
Freya – Some of us have been revising how to find a fraction of a number and linking this with division. We have also been creating fractions such as halves, thirds and quarters by shading in parts of a circle.
Science
Tia – This week was science week and we watched a video about how vets check the health of cows. We then discussed how we can check our own health by counting breathing rate, tracking our pulse and by skin pinching.
Health and Wellbeing
Emma – We have been continuing to track and record our progress in our athletic stations. We have already begun to see improvements in our fitness!
Outdoor Learning
Charlie – On Friday we surveyed the school grounds to help us plan where we could build our P4 garden.
Lauren – Mr Atkinson taught us how to draw diagrams from a bird’s-eye view perspective. First we drew what our bedrooms would look like from this view and then we coloured and created a key for it. We are going to use these skills to draw what our P4 garden might look like from a bird’s-eye view.
