It was another exciting trip to the Forest today for Primary 4b. The children started with a relaxing Forest bath, during which they listened to the sounds of nature. After the bath the children reported that they felt:
FRM – happy, calm & relaxed
EA – ultra relaxed
RA – calm and I liked meditating
ML – sleepy
EH – enthusiastic
DB – calm
After the relaxing forest bath the children enjoyed a fun game and then made dens with their friends! Everyone could identify a good place to make their den and demonstrated excellent communicating skills.

This week in Primary 4b we have been looking at the life and work of Quentin Blake. Quentin Blake illustrated our current class book study ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.

We researched and found out interesting facts about Quentin Blake:

Quentin Blake’s first picture was published when he was sixteen – EH.

He wrote a book called ‘Patrick’ – PW.

He illustrated all of Roald Dahl’s books except one – OQ.

Quentin Blake was born on the 16th of December in London – DB.

He illustrated ‘Mr Stink’ by David Walliams – EH.

We then took an interactive tour of his studio and we were really surprised to see how messy it was!

Finally we took part in an Art lesson hosted by Quentin Blake himself. He taught us how to draw Willy Wonka.

We also discussed our thoughts and opinions on his work:

I like his work because I think the sketching is artistic – RA.

I like his work because I think he is talented – DB.

I do not like his work because I think it looks rushed – OQ.

I like his work because it looks funky and a bit different -EH.

We had another fun session at the Forest. Today we learned to tie a ‘cow hitch’ knot and had fun playing with our friends.

Today was our first Music session with Mrs Carey. We enjoyed revising concepts learned in Primary 3 and had fun singing and playing new rhythms.

This week in Primary 4b we have enjoyed learning across the curriculum.

On Monday, we took part in PE and worked on our fitness levels.

Erin – everyone was trying their best in PE.

Isla – We worked in groups at different stations.

Orla  – My favourite station was the sprinting station.

On Thursday we visited Forest School for the first time in Primary 4. At Forest School we got to play fun games and spend time exploring.

Sarah – I loved sitting in the hammock.

Rida – I liked making and going down the mud slide.

Orla – I liked playing on the big swing.

Erin – I liked when we made a mud swimming pool.

Max – I liked playing ‘beetle tig’.

Our book study is well and truly underway and this week we made fact files about the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl.

Emily – Roald Dahl was also a spy.

Milla – Roald Dahl fought in WW2.

Andrew – Roald Dahl created 250 new words, including snozzberry.

Rida – Roald Dahl wrote all his stories on yellow paper with a pencil.

 

Erin – I liked that our parents got to visit the class this week.

Orla – I liked doing Numeracy this week.

Isla – I liked creating a quiz in Numeracy.

Well done to our award winners this week: Emily, Sarah and Mary! Well done also to Isla who walked 10km on Sunday for charity.

Primary 4b enjoyed participating in Loose Part play. The children were working on talking and listening skills whilst thinking creatively and imaginatively and developing their problem solving ability.

The boys and girls have settled in well to their new class and have been enjoying opportunities to learn across the curriculum. Today they participated in both Daily Literacy and Numeracy stations, explored a new class novel and visited the Library, a busy day indeed!

Today we celebrated Article 31: The right to relax and play.

We relaxed with a face massage meditation.
We explored art galleries around the world from our classroom!

We used our creative skills to create a funny hot dog illustration!

We wrote about how we enjoy article 31 in school.

We had an extra playtime in the hall with lots of open ended play activities.

To kick off St Mark’s Rights Respecting Schools Week we celebrated our right to a name and nationality by reflecting on and reading aloud our acrostic poems of our name. Emily did a fantastic job of presenting the right of the day to the class as our RRS Class Rep.
 

The boys and girls have enjoyed creating dance sequences and presenting them to everyone in p3!