Primary 4a thoroughly enjoyed Global Play Day on Wednesday. They worked will with their peers to develop key skills whilst having fun playing games.
The class agreed that by taking part in games they were developing their team work skills, independence and sense of responsibility. Kian even suggested that it was the perfect chance to make new friends!
Primary 4a have been developing their estimation skills in Numeracy this week. They worked in groups to estimate the weight of different classroom objects. They confidently used the scales to weigh the items and recorded the weight using the correct vocabulary.
Primary 4a have been developing their maths skills in STEM this week. They have been discussing inheritance and comparing generations of families. They collected data on a fictional family and presented it neatly into a tally chart. They then used the data to create a bar chart and extended themselves even further by learning to create bar charts using excel! Well done P4a!
Here are some pictures of them collecting data for a survey of their own choice which they will use to create written and electronic bar charts independently.
James received a medal for swimming 100m. He brought it in to show the class and we were all very proud of his achievement! Well done James!
We have been learning a lot about ways to keep our bodies healthy. It’s really important to make sure we eat food that is good for us. Today we combined our ‘weighing’ skills from Numeracy, with our Healthy Food topic, and made some delicious soup. We had to weigh out each of the ingredients using scales, and then heat it up over the hob with some vegetable stock!
We talked about a healthy recipe, and then made it together as a class. It tasted delicious, we definitely would recommend you give it a go!
Primary 4b have been learning about directions and grids in Numeracy. We programmed the Beebots to follow directions around the mat, it was great fun! 
Cian’s team won Team of the Year in Irish Football! Well done Cian!
Primary 4c have been conducting lots of online research about our Local Areas. As a class, we decided to create informative books which tell others a little bit about the areas they come from. We split into groups, and each group was in charge of a different area!
We are creating books about:
First we have researched all of the information. Then we are laying it out clearly and creatively on all of the different pages of our books. We’ve had to practise our drawing skills, and sometimes double check the facts using a few different websites and sources. It’s definitely a challenge, but we’re learning a lot!
Stay tuned to see the finished results!
It has been a busy time in Primary 4b!
Primary 7 came and read some of Jesus’ miracles to us during Catholic Education Week.
Mr Harris came from St Ninian’s to teach us Scratch Coding. We have enjoyed programming our Cat and Pokemon and we are even creating our own games!
Mrs Neil came and introduced us to the Hour of Code website where we created a Dance Music Video! It was great fun and we are looking forward to using it again during Hour of Code Week.
We have been working with our writing partners to write disaster stories called The Nightmare Just Before Christmas, they’re coming along nicely!
When we were asked to create poems about Autumn but winter had almost arrived, we used the VR Headsets to go on an Autumn Walk and use our sense of sight. We then went outside to find inspiration for our other senses!
Primary 4a are enjoying taking part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge and have created a bar chart to keep a record of how many books they have read. They participated in Drop It and Read last week for Book Week. When they heard the whistle go off in class they stopped what they were doing and read their private reading books.
We are taking part in The Hour of Code and to launch this Mrs Neil introduced us to some very exciting coding websites. Primary 4a are extremely talented and writing their own games and activities using different coding software. Use the links on Glow to show off your coding skills at home too!
Chloe brought in her world record attempt for tap to show the class. A very well deserved certificate!
Primary 4 are developing their questioning skills this year. They worked in small groups to ask each other challenging questions. Each group read a story from First News and then asked their peers questions about the story using questioning fans.
