Primary 4b 23/24

Thank you to Rida who carefully prepared a presentation about Ramadan to share with the class. We all thoroughly enjoyed listening to you and learning about your Faith.

Primary 4b had a busy start to British Science Week. The focus of Science week this year is Time.

We began the day with a live lesson from Glasgow Science Centre which recapped the importance of looking after our environment, specifically the impact of plastic pollution on the seas. After break we took part in a BBC Live Lesson which taught us about the life cycle of different insects, we had to work against the clock to solve the riddles. After lunch we were visited by Dr Anwar who spoke to us about her job as a phlebotomist. Dr Anwar highlighted how important time is in her job.

This week we are also taking part in the ‘Big Plastic Count’ by counting how much plastic we use in our homes.

Today Primary 4b investigated and discussed the importance of numbers in the world and explored the number system (Roman Numerals) that were used by Romans to record numbers. They were able to identify that Roman Numerals are still used today on clock faces, books and sun dials! Everyone enjoyed working at active stations, cracking codes using the numerals and designing posters.

Primary 4b had a fantastic time celebrating ‘World Book Day’. We started off by listening to two very interesting stories about Scottish mythical creatures. We used these stories as inspiration to create our own fantasy creatures and then began to create a comic strip detailing an adventure our creatures had. We then went outside for a book scavenger hunt and finished the day off by having a book chat with the children in Primary 5b.

Also a big well done to Erin who created a fantastic book recommendation box for our school Library!

Today Primary 4b started a new French topic – animals. The children enjoyed learning the names of different animals in French and used this knowledge to create a  game where you have to match a picture of an animal to its name written in French.  I can’t wait to play it!

Today Primary 4b started to create presentations on the impact of plastic pollution. These presentations will be shared with the wider school community to highlight the devastating impact of plastic pollution on our planet. A very big well done to Emily, Erin and Rida who have spent the past week creating presentations at home! A fantastic effort girls.

This afternoon the children in Primary 4b were tasked with researching an aspect of Roman life such as houses, technology and family life. Each group created presentations which were then shared with the class.

Today Primary 4b were learning about the importance of forgiveness. The children worked in pairs to locate, and then read, a story from the Bible about a man called Zacchaeus. In the story, the children learned that Zacchaeus had sinned by stealing money from the people in his town. Jesus forgave Zacchaeus and he became a better person. The children enjoyed acting out this story in their groups and had a very interesting discussion about how it feels to be forgiven.

Today Primary 4b completed their writing about the impact of plastic pollution.

Primary 4b had a very productive morning using their knowledge about plastic pollution to create a plan for the expositions they will be writing tomorrow. Excellent work, everybody 🙂