In Primary 4 this week we have been learning ..

About rugby in PE we were playing touch rugby and we learned that we had be quick thinking about where to pass the ball you can only pass backwards and not forwards.

In Kodesh we made challah with Mrs Rosenberg and Mrs Bodenheim. We had to split the dough into 4 then make them into a sausage shapes and then weave them together and then made them into a circle shape then they were baked in the dinner hall. We ate it when we got home and it was yummy!

In social studies we started our Rainforest topic we learned where all the rainforests are located and they are all near equator. The biggest rainforest is the Amazon.

We continued with our class charter and finished our display. We have all pledged what we will do to make sure that everyone in the class will have their rights. We are all excited to show our parents this at the curriculum afternoon.

 This week was maths week and we worked with Primary 5 to do measuring in the playground. We measured the length and breadth of the playground and various different pieces of equipment. We then recorded our findings and compared our answers we noted that some were very different and others were similar – we learned that we should look carefully and double check our measurements.

We all agreed on a class reward system where we can earn dojo tokens and spend them on things in the class. We have all worked really hard to earn dojos and are well on our way to saving up enough tokens to spend them on what we want.

 In literacy we have been continuing our study of Matilda. This week we were focussing on comprehension and finding information we worked as a group to read together and then find the best answer.

In Primary 4 this week…

We have continued studying Matilda and we were focussed on a comprehension task and how to find information in a text. We found this a little tricky and had to go over how to find information in the text and how to write the best answer.

In maths we have been working on our Problem Solving skills by completing our number countdown challenge. Some of us managed to get the target others have been getting closer. We are continuing to improve our mathematical skills.

We were also completing some on our own reading and comprehension tasks to see how well we could interpret the texts on our own.

With Miss Nisbet we wrote a limerick (a funny poem) about Matilda.

We had our first music lesson with Mrs Duggie. We were learning about how to show so, la and mi with our hands and where to place the notes on the stave.

In Primary 4 this week we have been learning about

In language we have been learning about characterisation and the five points of it appearance, speech, manner, interactions and actions. To learn about characterisation we studied Matilda, Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey from Matilda and looked at the ways they were described and portrayed and we also used these to give our personal opinions on the characters.

We also had our meet the teacher this week and were excited by the amount of parents that came to visit our class. During the meet the teacher we got to complete some fun activities on Matilda and we all enjoyed making up new ways to get back at Mr and Mrs Wormwood, we also loved making up a new character for the book and writing a poem or song.

We have been continuing our work on SHANARRI and we can all now state what each letter stands for and state a way that these indicators are achieved in school.

We have been enjoying countdown challenges from Mrs Grubb in Maths and Language where we are getting to practise our arithmetic and spelling in a fun way.

In Ivrit we have been learning the Hebrew words for all of our family members. Mr Guetta has started teaching us a song to help us remember.

In Kodesh we have been learning about the 4 festivals that we will be celebrating. Rosh Hashanah, Succot, Yom Kippur and Simchat Torah.

In PE we were working on different types of movement for fitness with Miss Nisbet.