Class of 2024b

Hello again!

It has been a very fast month…We have had so much fun being back we can’t believe it’s nearly June!

Literacy

We have been continuing our learning from last month with Paragraphs and Verbs. We have also looked at subordinate and main clauses within sentences as part of our Grammar work. We continue to revise our spelling rules using lots of different strategies we have learned in P4! We enjoy presenting our work and sharing what we have learned with each other. In Writing, we have written a super chronological report and continued with our imaginative creative stories, ensuring to keep the structure: introduction, build up, peak and conclusion. We have been using our super Thinking Reader workbooks with our class novel. This has been a great way of consolidating our knowledge of reading roles!

Maths

In maths, we have been learning about Multiples, Factors and Primes, Data Handling and Number Sequences. We continue to work hard using a range of mental maths strategies and practising our multiplication tables often! We have recently enjoyed taking part in a Snakes and Ladders Problem Solving challenge – it was great fun and super team work! As part of our Data Handling topic, we took a survey of the trees in the playground and recorded the information in a tally chart which we then converted to colourful bar charts! We also used metre sticks to measure the height of the trees (see images above). We continue to work hard as we near the end of Primary 4 in Maths and Numeracy.

RERC

We continue to prepare for our First Communion and have enjoyed designing and decorating beautiful art-work for our special day. We have been practising our Mass Responses to ensure we are fully prepared. We enjoy taking part in daily prayers and praying the rosary during this month. We continue to try our best to follow Jesus and share God’s word with others.

We really enjoyed Sport’s Day and can’t wait for it again next year! It was super fun to take part – we felt so proud of ourselves. We have been using our Rights Respecting Schools Passport as part of our Learning for Sustainability topic this term and through this, have been learning about important world issues. We understand that as Global Citizens, we have a responsibility to look after our planet and also have an important role in contributing to wider world problems. We can all make a positive difference!
We continue to reflect on our learning and our overall journey in P4, and look forward to evaluating our goals and next steps for Primary 5 and beyond 😊

Hello again! It’s been truly delightful being back in the classroom with everyone 🙂

The pupils of P4B are so happy to see each other again and have been working super hard since returning before the Easter Holidays. I hope you enjoy reading about our learning in different curricular areas!

Maths

We have been learning about 3D Shapes and their properties, Symmetry and Angles, Number Patterns/Relationships and Data Handling. We have been continuing to practise our mental maths strategies too, such as partitioning numbers and identifying near doubles during number talks.

Literacy

We have been learning about the use of Paragraphs as well as Verbs in past and present tense. In addition to this, we have been continuing to investigate new spelling rules each week. We have been learning about Persuasive writing, and created an excellent letter focused on the recent Colin the Caterpillar debate!! #freecuthbert

We continue to present our work often to the class and enjoy doing so! Recently P4B worked together to create excellent presentations about Earth Day and thoroughly enjoyed sharing and presenting their work to the class. We have started reading an exciting novel from The Spiderwick Chronicles series – ‘The Seeing Stone’ – and we are intrigued to find out more about the characters!

RERC

We look forward to reciting the Rosary during the month of May and we are thoroughly enjoying the preparations for our First Holy Communions, following our Reconciliation. This is such an exciting time for P4 and we can’t wait! We recently wrote a beautiful prayer to thank those around us who are helping us to prepare during this special time. We will also be learning about the festival of Eid.

We have been talking about our Rights as our topic this term is Rights Respecting School. We continue to talk about our Rights often as well as our role as Global Citizens. In HWB, we have been learning about how we change as we get older as well as harmful substances which harm our bodies such as tobacco.

We look forward to what the rest of this term has in store for us…. we will keep you posted on Twitter 🙂

This month the children have been continuing their Outdoor Learning lessons in the forest and classroom. We collected lots of special ingredients during our forest walk to create a wicked witch’s Halloween potion!

We have been practising our skills in coding and using ICT too. We created super PowerPoints about our Australia topic. In P.E, we have taken part in French Cricket and been learning how to effectively dribble the ball in Hockey. Together we have talked about the importance of healthy eating and how a healthy diet contributes to our mental well being too! We identified and sorted different food groups. In drama, P4B have been working in groups and developing performance skills through participating in lots of different roles. Last week, we performed a spooky freeze frame haunted house drama!

We have been learning how to solve simple algebraic equations and expressions, how to partition numbers and we are confident using greater than, less than and equals too! It’s super that we are feeling confident in using our mathematical language and continue to work on developing our problem solving skills and applying new mental strategies. We look forward to the month of November and can’t wait to continue our hard work!

Welcome to our blog! I hope you enjoy reading all about our learning during the first months back at school.

August

The children learned about the new school routines and classroom expectations. While school life is certainly different, the pupils have quickly settled into their new Primary 4 class. Primary 4B created and continue to follow our class charter to ensure we maintain a positive learning environment. We talked about our goals and targets for the new session. We started our Outdoor Learning, in the Upper Forest area on the lovely school grounds at St. Cadoc’s. We have participated in a variety of activities during our Outdoor Learning time, such as Numeracy lessons where we put on our detective hats and measured the circumference of various trees in order to discover which tree in St. Cadoc’s wood was the oldest! Following this, we went on an enjoyable sound walk, noticing specific sounds in nature which led to fantastic pieces of creative writing! We are thoroughly enjoying this new environment for our learning and will continue to take part in different activities and lessons within all areas of the curriculum… our next adventure will include collecting outdoor objects such as leaves, sticks, etc, to create Autumn themed art work. We have been learning different strategies to solve problems and continue to practise mental strategies, carrying and exchange as well as revising our times tables.

September

As we enter into the Autumn months, the days will begin to grow colder. This, however, will not deter P4B from participating in a range of exciting activities during our Outdoor Learning time – however, we may need to ensure we are wrapped up! Our new Outdoor Classroom has provided us with another valuable area for our learning. As part of our learning about the Jewish New Year, we planned and performed a drama role-play using various props and resources. (See the photos!)

We have been working through the Liturgical Calendar as well as the This Our Faith Planners. For the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the 8th September, we created lovely Miraculous Mary Medals. We wished the Primary 5 pupils a very happy Holy Communion and look forward to when we begin our Sacramental Preparations.

Our class topic is Australia and we have been learning about different aspects of the country, such as, traditions, animals, famous landmarks as well as food – we wrote a recipe for ‘Fairy Bread’ and then created it ourselves! We have been working very hard since the beginning of the term and have remembered to maintain a ‘Growth Mindset’. We understand that making mistakes is part of learning and we should always try our very best to give it a go! We have been using our new Jigsaw resource in Health & Well-being, which covers a wide range of important areas and have been taking part in a daily Mindfulness practice. We are very lucky as our music teacher has been able to connect with us via live video to continue to deliver excellent music lessons, which the children are thoroughly enjoying. We are very excited for MATHS week to begin and are eager to take part in the SumDog tasks and challenges, as well as enjoying an array of engaging numeracy lessons during class time.

We look forward to what October will bring and hope you do too! 🙂

Primary 3b have had a fantastic STEM Week. We have carried out different experiments. We have made marshmallow and stick igloos to show our understanding of different structures. We particulary loved the Dancing Raisins experiment. It was very exciting to watch chemical reactions. Today, we even made slime using glue, baking soda and shaving foam! As our Science topic is Forces, we each had a little playdough and we had to demonstrate ways to pull, push and twist it while following the directions on the powerpoint. As an added extra, we used our playdough to relax us during our mindfulness session.

We have also been really excited because we have a brand new interactive board in our classroom. Mrs Bovaird loves it! It’s so big and the sound and pictures are fabulous. We can’t wait to play even more interactive games and activities on it.

Tomorrow, we are going to have a visitor who is going to tell us all about air traffic control. It sounds like a really exciting job. We are also going to make small celtic roundhouses and daggers with celtic patterns. We can’t wait to show you them on the day we finish for our Easter holidays.

WOW! FANTASTIC PROJECTS PRIMARY 3B! We’ve nearly run out of space in the classroom! We have fantastic powerpoints, posters and very creative models. We are very excited about showing our class and answering questions about why we chose different aspects of Celtic life. If you haven’t returned your project, please remember to bring them in on Monday. We will be listening to a few projects everyday. At the end of this term, our parents can come in and find out all about the Celts.

Have a lovely weekend

Primary 3b have continued to learn more about the Celts. We have enjoyed learning about jewellery and art. In art, we have designed and coloured vases using crayons. Next week, we will paint over them. Remember to bring in the Celtic projects on Friday.

Next week, try and remember to bring in your own book as we will be reading everyday for 20 minutes.

We have been learning to use different strategies to solve problems. Also, we continued to practise carrying and exchange.

Primary 3b have been really busy learning all about Celtic roundhouses.  For our project, we can choose an aspect of Celtic life and present this to our class. Some of us would like to make a powerpoint, a model or even a poster. If you can think of another idea, that would be wonderful. GOOD LUCK!

We have learned all about Chinese New year and in the next few weeks we are going to retell the story in our own words. This week, we wrote a poem about Scotland. We included lots of detail which would encourage visitors to Scotland.

Keep practising multiplication tables which helps with division calculations.

Have a lovely weekend!