January 25, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Homework 28.1.19

Homework this week is :

Maths- Education city assigned.

Spelling- Use SACAWAC. Select 3 words and write a WOW sentence for each.

LI: -ke.

bake cake

cake choke

flake coke

lake joke

make some

rake duke

stake

bike

pike

spike

trike

bloke

Whole school Health and Well being task:

Any issues please contact the class teachers.

January 21, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Science Scn 1-06a

Primary 4b have been learning about the position of the earth, sun and moon. The have been learning about rotation and why we have day and night.

Today they took their learning outdoors, created human sundials and recorded the position of the sun at various points of the day. They used this information and related it to the compass directions so that they could identify the direction that the sun appeared to travel. Ask them to explain their findings to you!

One problem that the children identified was the lack of bright sunlight, as this made the shadows difficult to see. They have asked to repeat the experiment on a sunny summer day to make shadows easier to see. We will therefor repeat this task in the Summer term!

Mrs Nelson.

January 19, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Homework W/C 21.1.19

Spelling LI: ending ck

Block clock rock sock shock smock duck

Luck stuck tuck truck

Children should write each word using SACAWAC (Say and cover and write and check). They should chose any 3 words and write these in a sentence. Each sentence should contain an adjective.

Maths: Pyramids: Hit the Button 2,3 & 5 times tables.

Cones & Cyliders: Hit the Button 3,4, 6 & 7 times tables.

Hit the button can be found via curricular links or a GOOGLE search.

A new First Ministers reading challenge has also been issued as a whole school homework task.

Read a book in three interesting or strange places. For example on a hill, in a café, on a bus or train or at the park! Use your imagination!

Go to your local library and ask your librarian to help you find a book. Write a review of the book and give it a star rating out of five. Would you recommend it to others?

Read aloud to a family member or friend, trying out as many different voices as you can! If you prefer, someone else in your audience can share the reading with you.

Pick one of your favourite characters from your favourite book. Imagine, what would their house be like? Draw some pictures of their house.

Act out a scene from your favourite book. You can do this with friends or family. Be ready to perform in front of the class!

Write or draw a picture for an alternative ending to a book of your choice. What could have happened instead? Could the ending have been happier, could it have ended with a cliff-hanger, or could everything have ended more neatly?

Read the first page of five different books and choose the one you best like. Discuss what you think the book is going to be about and why you chose it.

Design a new front cover for a book you have read. Remember to include the author and illustrator on it! Bring it into school to share with your class.

As always, anyone experiencing any issues, please contact Mrs Nelson or Mrs Robertson.

January 11, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Homework W/c 14th January 2019

Primary 4b Homework w/c 14^th January 2019

Due date: Friday 18^th January 2019

Spelling: LI: ck

Children should write each word once using look, cover, say, write and check.

They can choose any 3 words and use these to create a sentence. They should remember to use the correct punctuation and try make these interesting sentences using adjectives.

Back crack lack rack stack track flick kick lick pick sick tick trick

Maths homework has been assigned on Education city.

Well done to all those who completed this last week. There are still a small number of children who did not log into Education city. Anyone having ICT or accessibility issues, please speak to Mrs Nelson or Mrs Robertson.

Thank you.

January 11, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Coffee and chat

Come along to the Primary 4’s coffee and chat to hear a bit more about their Sacramental preparation for their Reconciliation and First Communion.

January 4, 2019
by Mrs Nelson
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Week 1 7th Jan 2019

Welcome back!

I hope everyone is rested after the Christmas break.

We have an exciting term to look forward to. Swimming letters have been issued and should be returned ASAP if you have not already done so. In addition to swimming, children will receive weekly PE on a Monday and should keep their PE kit in school as per last term.

In Science this term we are going to be exploring aspects of Space and continuing with living things, building upon last terms knowledge, with weather permitting we will should be able to plant some crops in the school garden which we can harvest and cook. This will help the children to relate to where their food comes from and we will be looking at sustainability and the impact of locally sourced produce on the environment.

In addition to utilising the garden, the children will gain more outdoor learning experiences across a variety of curricular areas. Please ensure that your child comes appropriately dressed for the weather to support us in these lessons.

Our topic this term will be Egypt and The Ancient Egyptians. This weeks whole school homework relates to these topics. There is a copy of this at the bottom of this post if your child has misplaced their paper copy.

Homework this term will be in a mixture of formats with whole school activities continuing, some jotter work and the use of Education city.

Education city homework is a fun way for children to practice skills and the program allows us to monitor progress, track errors and assign specific targets to specific individuals. It highlights errors and areas that individuals find challenging which allows us to plan and teach in a responsive manner. The activities assigned can be completed on a laptop, chromebook, tablet or phone or any device that has internet access.

Each child has their own login details. In P4b we have made this the childrens glow login to help them remember it easily along with a password. Anyone having issues with login or please contact the class teachers for support.

This week P4b have been assigned a spelling task (normal written spelling will resume next week) and 4 maths tasks focusing on multiplication and division of the 3 &4 times tables.

Pupils Leading Learning planning sheet homework P4b Wc 7th Jan 2019

Thank you.

Mrs Nelson.