Welcome back readers!

This week, we have been learning about persuasive writing, which started off with a debate about whether junk food should be made illegal.

We learned the acronym R.O.E.

R = rhetorical questions

0 = opinions

E = emotive language

In pairs we read an advert and we highlighted elements of R.O.E. to see if it was persuading us.

Next, in groups we had our own statements to stick on large pieces of paper. We had to come up with ideas to support these statements using R.O.E.

Such as…

1. Schools should have 1 week off a month instead of longer holidays.
2. School books should be replaced with tablets.
3. Children should be paid to do chores.
4. Break time should be doubled in time.
5. Children should be able to vote as soon as they reach high school.

“I enjoyed coming up fun ideas to support my statement.” Ryan

“I agreed with my statement about break time being longer.” Olivia W

“I liked trying to persuade the class that junk food should be illegal!” Harry

Bye for now!

Hello readers and welcome back to our super blog, the 1st of the Summer term!

Before Easter you’ll remember, we were rehearsing our Spring Show. Have a look at some lovely pictures of it below! You’ll see us also selling daffodils for Marie Curie and serving snacks to our families. We hope you were proud of our performance, as we worked really hard on it.

“My parents really enjoyed the song, Here Comes the Sun!” Ruaridh

“I loved acting in the show and it made me feel special!” Jura

“My grandad really liked getting a daffodil handed to him!” Maryam

Our highlight this week, was learning more about symmetry and creating our own symmetry outside, using natural objects from the woodland. Have a look at our creations below 🙂

“I created symmetrical trees with my partner.” Olivia W

” I made symmetry with a circle and a square using twigs, flowers and rocks!” Harry

“Mine was a butterfly and I really enjoyed gathering the materials for it!” Hugo

Catch up in our next blog and enjoy the lovely weather!

Hello again readers, another busy week in P4a!

Read on to find out about our highlights.

This week in maths, we have been learning about different types symmetry and symmetry in the real world. We watched a video with people making symmetrical patterns outside. We also looked at pictures of the Giant’s Causeway, which has naturally occurring hexagonal pillars made of basalt!

We have also been doing lots of Spring Show prep such as decorating our daffodil pots for charity! We used paint pens for these and think they look great!

“I enjoyed decorating my plant pot!” Elay

“I loved decorating my plant, even though the pen exploded a bit!” Ruaridh

Remember readers, our Spring Showcase is Wednesday next week, so see you there! 🙂

Donations will be made to the Marie Curie charity!

Hello again reader, we have been busy this week!

Read on to find out more 🙂

We have been working hard on poetry and are looking forward to sharing some of it at our Spring Showcase. For one of these lessons we learned about haikus! A haiku is a Japanese poem which has a specific structure, often describing nature.

“We had to write only 3 lines. The first with 5 syllables, the 2nd with 7 and the last one with 5 syllables again.” Ryan

“I loved writing the haikus and completed 5 today!” Isla

“Today Ryan and I spoke to the whole school at assembly and taught everyone about an Iranian celebration, called Nowruz. This is Iranian New Year. I felt a bit nervous but also excited!” Elay

Also this week, we have been practising our showcase and it’s going really well. We can’t wait to see you at it soon!

Welcome back readers!

Recently, we have been learning about Marie Curie, the famous scientist from Poland. She discovered 2 elements called radium and polonium that changed the world! This is even more amazing because when she was alive, women were not allowed to go to university!

We made notes about Maire Curie and used these to design posters. We will share more about her, during our Spring Show. Stay tuned for details and check out some lovely photos below! 🙂

“I loved learning about Marie Curie and am SO excited for our Spring Show!” Isla

“Marie Curie was very fun to learn about!” James

Hi readers,

Recently we have been learning how to write instructions and have been making some tasty recipes. We made empire biscuits for our Scotland topic because the shortbread and the jam are Scottish.

We also went to the hall and made vegetarian haggis pastry parcels, with Slyvia our head cook! We got to shape the pastry ourselves and decide how much haggis to put inside.

The haggis was for our Burns Supper, which we had later in the day. First we decorated the hall, then we had our food, some people recited poetry, we sang 3 craws and then went into the hall for a ceilidh! We learned the Canadian Barn and had lots of fun!

Check out some pictures below! 🙂

“I enjoyed my empire biscuit. I think it had the right amount of jam it it!” Hugo

“I showed the class some Highland dancing, it was the first step of the Sword dance!” Jura

“I loved doing the ceilidh dancing!” Jovie

Our highlight of the week was reading and writing poetry in the style of Robert Burns. We learned about ode poems, these describe something you love such as…”Oh chocolate!” They were invented by the ancient Greeks and Robert Burns wrote them too!

“My ode poem was all about shortbread because I love it so much!” Elay

“Mine was about books because I love to read!” Jovie

Have a look at our work below 🙂

Happy New Year everybody! Welcome back to our first blog of 2026!

We have started a new topic in P4a, read on to find out more!

We will focus on exploring the question – What influences the food we eat in Scotland?

Today we started off by learning mini things about Robert Burns, Scottish food and celebrations. For example, shortbread is  a Scottish product (it’s also tasty!)

We learned a little about Robert Burns and then used iPads to research information about him, this was fun! Robert Burns wrote lots of poems and he was from Scotland. We are looking forward to making our own Scottish recipes and having our very own Burn’s Supper!

“I found this really fun and found out lots of facts about Robert Burns!” Elay

“It was fun to work with my partner Christopher, we were an excellent team!” Ruaridh

“Did you know that Robert Burn’s favourite food was haggis, neeps and tatties with some whiskey!” Isla

Stay tuned for more updates!

This week we’ve been very busy creating Christmas products and selling them to make money! Before this, we learned what ‘Enterprise’ is, we got into groups and made business names, logos and slogans. For example,

Look-Look Special

Team Tinsel – It’s Tinsel Time!

MAEJT – MAEJT is maejtical!

Christmas Spirit – Crafts so good, Santa would be jealous!

Team Christmas – Click & Collect Christmas!

We had a £50 budget to start with and we bought items from Mrs Hobson’s ‘shop, made products such as cards and decorations and sold them to Mr Chrystal and Mrs Orr. We had to persuade them that our products were worth the money!

“My team won as we made the biggest profit!” Jovie

“I loved getting to make all the crafts and getting to sell them, as I have a creative side!” Isla

“I think it was hard creating products but we managed to do it!” Maryam

This week in Maths, we learned all about the calendar and also about Advent in RME. These  link because it is coming up to Christmas and we have lots  of Advent Calendars in our homes. We were also learning about what other countries and cultures do to celebrate Advent.

In Mexico they have a 9 day festival called Las Pasadas, which is when they reenact the nativity and also hit pinatas , children share the treats and sing songs. In Denmark, on 1st December they light a special candle to countdown to Christmas.

Today in Maths, we had  stations . We played an ipad game, made a poster about the months of the year and we also added important dates to a December calendar to help us learn how to use a calendar.

“I liked the IPad station, it was fun!” Elay

“I loved the calendar sheet and I liked the questions.” Ryan