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 what we have been doing recently.
Mr Atkinson’s comment:
What an incredible two weeks we have had in P4A and a lot of proud teacher moments! I’m delighted to announce that all P4A pupils received their Wild Challenge Bronze award from the RSPB. They achieved this by exploring the outdoors and participating in a wide range of activities. Well done everyone! We have also started our final outdoors project which will involve creating a P4 planter area and growing different flowers and vegetables.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank parents and guardians for supporting the children with being able to fully immerse themselves in the outdoors. Many children have come with the appropriate clothing and have brought in different items to help with our tasks. Also thank you to the pupils who donated finished food packets, these will be used to create a class Eatwell plate.
The final East Renfrewshire Sumdog Maths contest has begun! This competition is on from the 13/05/22 – 19/05/22, can we improve on 2nd place which we placed in the last contest.
Literacy and English
Mason – This week in writing we wrote instructions for how to create a smoothie. First we looked at the different equipment and ingredients Mr Atkinson had brought in. Then we listed them in our jotters. Afterwards, we carefully watched Mr Atkinson as he added the items into the blender. We all used imperative verbs so that the instructions were clear and easy to follow! For challenge, some of us also recorded the quantity in measurements. We even got to taste some of the smoothie!
Zak and Lewis – The last question type we have learned about is deductive. To successfully answer these questions you must make conclusions based on the information given.
Numeracy and Maths
Yousaf – My group has been learning how to divide and mutply by 7 and 6.
Emily M – We have been applying our knowledge of timestable to help us solve 2-digit multiplication questions.
Harry – We are taking part in the East Renfrewshire Sumdog Maths contest!
Lewis – My group has been revising how to subtract and add 3-digit numbers involving exchanging and carrying. We have also been learning new mental maths strategies to help with these calculations.
Health and Wellbeing
Daniel – Over the last two weeks we have played hockey and football matches. Mr Atkinson has been encouraging us to use all of our skills that we have learned this year.
Hadia and Sarah Mi– In our friendship topic we investigated different qualities. We then put the statements into two categories, “good friend” and “not a good friend.” Afterwards we scored them in order of what would be the preferred characteristics of a good friend.
Sarah Mc – As part of our Healthy Eating topic, we created a large Eatwell plate using some packets and boxes of foods that our friends had brought in. We carefully took out time to organise them into the correct categories.
R.M.E
Charlie – Using a diagram, we labelled and described certain areas in a mosque.
Mason – We learned about different artefacts related to Islam such as the Quran.
French
Tia – With Mr McMillan we learned how to ask for the time and reply in French.
Outdoor Learning
Ruairidh – We planted beans into small pots which we will care for in class and track their growth progress.
Lauren – This week we moved and set up our planter. We then filled it with soil and compost. Afterwards, we separated it into sections so that we could plant different flower seeds and vegetables.
