This week Primary Four were able to take advantage of the (brief) appearance of the sun to take their learning outside. We were learning to use our notes to create poetry while describing the features of our landscape.
We used four of our senses to consider the trees in our school playground. We listened to the trees in the wind, we saw moss grow on the side of the trees and new buds growing, we smelt the leaves, and we touched the bark. We took notes to describe how we experienced the trees through each of these senses.
Last week some of our Primary Four class celebrated the gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We were excited to receive the Sacrament during this ‘Centenary of Catholic Education’ year. Father Neil McGarrity of St Thomas the Apostle, in Riddrie, and our own Father Joe celebrated the service, calmed our nerves and offered us absolution from our sins. We were grateful to Father Neil for taking the time away from his own parish and, as ever, were grateful for all the instruction Father Joe had provided to guide us through this important Sacrament. We were blessed to receive the support of our families along with the prayers of our classmates and teachers. We are now looking forward to preparing for the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
In primary 3 we have been reading the ‘Hodgeheg’ for our novel study. We have been creating freeze frames to summarise the main point in the story.
‘Each week we have really been enjoying reading and summarising the chapters.’ Niall
‘We read a chapter every week and use different reciprocal reading strategies. My favourite strategy is predicting what is going to happen next. Ava R’
In Science we have been learning about the structure and function of a skeleton. As part of our learning we decided to create an advert to promote living a healthy lifestyle. We were able to build on our team working and drama skills.
‘The function of the skeleton is to support your body and protect your organs’ Ava G
”When you are an adult you have 206 bones’ Noah
‘As you grow some of your bones join together’ Emma
‘Having a healthy lifestyle is good. You should have a balanced diet, drink water, exercise and meditate’ Niall
