Primary 4 have been given a Roman Homework task grid. We have to choose which tasks to do each week and bring them in. We have made shields, postcards, Roman games, researched famous Romans, made entries for a soldiers diary, wrote a food diary and investigated countries that the Romans invaded.
We enjoyed making the shield and writing the postcard the most.
DJ and Eddie
Primary 4 held the Christmas card recycling competition. Each class had to bring in as many cards as they could. We weighed them and these are the results.
In 3rd place was P2/1 with 15kg
In 2nd place was P4 with 16 and half kg
In 1st place was P5Mac with 24 and half kg
The total weight of all the cards collected was 95 and half kg.
By Amber
We had a fire in our school hall last Friday. Luckily, one of our super helpers called the fire brigade out quickly, even though it was the middle of the night. This stopped the fire spreading out of the hall.
The hall is a bit of a mess! There is black dirt from the smoke everywhere. The school still smells a bit too. We can’t do PE in the hall and we have to have dinners in the GP room.
Kirsten and Amy from P5 Mac visited Primary 2/1 to read their own Christmas stories to the class. The children listened well and enjoyed hearing about Pixie, Mixie, Dixie and Holly Baubles.
Primary 2/1 wrote their letters to Santa and posted them on Friday 16th to the North Pole!
For homework, Primary 4 designed and constructed an eco junk model kart for Mario Kart. Here are some examples:
Primary 4 created new characters for Mario kart. We then developed the basic description after studying how we could use a metaphor or simile to enhance our writing.
Primary 4 used mario kart to investigate time and averages. A group timed another group racing a 3 lap race and then calculated the average lap time. This did prove tricky for some, as we had to convert minutes and seconds to seconds first. We recorded the information, and it looked a bit like this:
Primary 4 have created our own Mario Kart racing tracks on A3 paper. We then added coordinates to these sheets and used them to develop our understanding of grid references. We also completed a brief outline description about our tracks.
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