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!

We have had a great time listening to each others endangered animal presentations! The boys and girls have learned lots and created great questions for each other.

We had a great day exploring the zoo.
Having learning about and holding different animals in the reptile house.
A picnic in the park, play park and a forest walk!

We have had a wonderful day at Caulderglen!