P4A 2021/22

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:

Another busy week in primary 4A! This week I created a class Sway which will be shared by Mrs McGuigan. Within this Sway I provide details about staff members who will be working with the pupils in P4A, the current classroom organisation and some information regarding the curricular areas. I hope you find this helpful!

Woodland will start next week (Friday). Due to the nature of the Scottish weather please provide your child with appropriate clothing. This will help to ensure that they can fully participate in all of our activities.

Literacy and English

Ruairidh – We read chapters 1 and 2 of out class novel, George’s Marvellous Medicine. Then we answered questions about the chapters and made predictions on what might happen next. 

Zak – In our Writing lesson we all chose different picture prompts to help inspire us to create a plot.

Numeracy and Maths

Maria and Daniel – This week we all checked that we could successfully log onto the P4A Google Classroom and then we completed a Sumdog challenge in preparation for our homework next week.

Sarah – This week we also start learning and revising the two and three times tables.

Health and Wellbeing 

Steven – In P.E. with Mr McMillan we learned how to dribble with a basketball. Then we played different team games involving passing.

Chenul and Millie – This week we had our very first hockey lesson! First of all we learned how to correctly hold the hockey stick. Then we worked with out partners to develop our passing and dribbling skills.

STEM

Hadia – Mr Atkinson challenged us to create a slide for marbles to travel down. We accomplished this by using our teamwork skills, deciding which design would be the most appropriate and giving each other responsibilities.

IDL

Lauren – This week we discussed different topic ideas and decided to learn about the climate! Our first activity involved designing a front cover for our topic jotter. I drew an Earth and extreme weather conditions.

RME

Tia – During RME with Mr McMillan we learned about Christianity. We also were challenged to decide what events and celebrations were linked to different religions.

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 over the first two weeks of returning to school.

Mr Atkinson’s comment:

Hello! I have been so impressed with all the pupil’s hard work, eagerness and enthusiasm upon returning to school. It has been great getting to know each other and exploring our new classroom. Below is a summary of important information regarding our weekly timetable.

P.E.

Tuesday – Muga with Mr Atkinson.

Thursday – Gym Hall with Mr McMillan.

Woodland

On Friday we will explore the outdoor areas in the school grounds. It is recommended that pupils bring appropriate clothing as the Scottish weather can be unpredictable. I will tell the pupils if there are any changes to our Woodland day plans at the start of the week.

Below are some snapshots from our first two weeks as well as a comment explaining what we have been doing.

Literacy and English

Darcy – We have started to create a VCOP wall by writing down different words and sticking them onto the wall. In the future we will take these words off the wall to help us during our literacy lessons.

Isla – Before starting our class novel, George’s Marvellous Medicine, we discussed the features of a book. Then Mr Atkinson gave us sections of a blurb and we had to use them to create the front cover.

Numeracy and Maths

Tia – This week in Maths we have been revising subtraction, ordering numbers, addition and we also took part in maths challenges.

Freya – We wrote questions about ourselves and then wrote the number answer next to it. For example, how many pets do I own? Then we covered the answer with a coloured piece of paper with a calculation on it. Finally we challenged some of our friends to solve the questions.

Welcome Back Activities

Ruairidh – In class we used our knowledge of symmetry to create self-portraits. We cut the picture of ourselves in half and then glued one piece onto paper. Next we traced around the other half to create an outline of our body. Afterwards, we drew our hobbies and interests in our body to create a collage.

Millie – This week we created our Class Charter! First we discussed the different Rights and the UNCRC Articles and how they impact our lives. Then we decided our class rules and linked them to the Rights. Afterwards we voted on a design for the charter, we chose a mountain theme. The next day we drew climbers and glued photographs of our heads onto them!

Daniel – Each of us have created a time capsule! We measured ourselves with rulers and string and then put the string inside. We also put drawings of our hands inside and a letter to our future selves. Finally we stuck a picture of our first day in p4 on the front of the envelops.

Hadia – We all took part in a competition to design our table logos and names.

Health and Wellbeing 

Yousaf – Mr McMillan took us to the gym hall for P.E. this week. We were developing our ball skills through bouncing, passing, catching.

Steven – Mr Atkinson took us outside to the Muga and we played games with the parachute. 

Expressive Arts

Maira – This week we also had our very first music lesson! We practiced our singing and then we performed in groups. Afterwards, we all took part in a solo game whereby we had to guess who was signing.