Primary 4a enjoyed learning about fractions and finding part of a set. We used a range of concrete materials to help us. We can use a bar model to help us find a fraction of an amount.

We have been enjoying our new topic of Money in Maths. We have been learning how to record amounts using a decimal point and pound sign and have been adding amounts of coins and notes.

We played Battleships to develop our confidence with grid references. Some of us got quite competitive!

We were very creative when making our bird feeders!

We explored the story of the Centurion’s Servant and acted it out. We focused on expression using the exact words of the Bible.

We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon in the library on Friday and having time to read with our peers.

On Friday, we learned about how electricity flows and created electrical circuits. We know that a circuit is like a path and if the path is broken then electricity can’t flow.  We used a battery as our power supply and experimented with creating circuits for a motor, light and a buzzer.

We took part in the RSPB Birdwatch this afternoon. We built shelters and collected information on the different types birds we could spot in the sky. We then compared this with data from last year, which links perfectly to our maths topic of data handling!

We loved our Kahoot Quiz this afternoon which tested our knowledge on languages spoken around the world. We even discovered interesting information about different countries teachers in St. Mark’s have worked in and worked out tricky translations!

Using our knowledge of the Roman army, we designed and built catapults. We had to make sure that the pompom could be launched further than a metre and many of us were successful!