October has been a very busy month in Primary 4a!

We have had a fantastic time celebrating Halloween! We visited the forest in Outdoor Learning and created a word bank of adjectives to describe the trees. We then used this to help us write a spooky Halloween story called ‘The Woods’! Our challenge was to give Miss Macdonald nightmares and we definitely succeeded! We had so much fun having our Halloween Spooktacular day! We played games in the gym hall, made “Monster Mash” pumpkins and had a Halloween party! It was so much fun! We also enjoyed learning about Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and created some eye-catching sugar skull pictures! In French, we learned some Halloween vocabulary and had conversations about what we are afraid of.

In Maths, we have been learning our 6 and 7 times tables and are getting very confident with these. The Spheres have been learning about HTU and how to multiply tens and units. The Cuboids have been learning how to read and draw different types of charts and graphs, such as bar charts, pictograms and frequency tables. The Pyramids have been practising their times tables and have started learning to divide by two. We have also learned to find a fraction of a number!

During the month of October, we have been praying the Rosary. We have learned all about the Joyful Mysteries. We have also prayed to Mary and have talked about why she is so special.

We have started playing football in P.E. and are currently working on our passing skills. We have some talented footballers in our class who are looking forward to leading us in some drills! We have also been learning some Makaton and sign language, led by one of our pupils! We are currently practising how to sign the song ‘A Thousand Years.’

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