Category Archives: Primary 4

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Commonwealth Golden Time

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Easter Carmuirs have been doing sports on a Friday for golden time. Each class gets to choose with activity they would like and at about 2.15pm we go to the teacher that offered to do that activity then the teacher takes us to the place the activity is being held. Some of the activities were rounders, athletics , gymnastics and Boxercise We were trying to base some of the sports on the Commonwealth Games. We were doing something called Bikeability. Bikeability is when a man comes in and teaches you how to ride your bike properly. We have been doing all of this for a couple of weeks because it is coming up to the Commonwealth.

By Emma C

P5/6

Active Learning, active schools, Citizenship, Events, FalkirksGoingForGlasgow, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5/6, Primary 6/7, Primary 7, Success, Wider Achievement

Easter Carmuirs is Going for Glasgow!

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Easter Carmuirs have been completing a whole school project on the Commonwealth Games from January this year. As part of our Golden Time programme, the pupils have had the opportunity to try over 13 different sports ranging from ten pin bowling to softball. These have been running on a 4 weekly rotation and have proved to be a popular choice for pupils of all ages.

In individual classes, pupils have been completing personal projects; Primary 6/7 chose either Trinidad and Tobago or the Bahamas and researched the geography and culture. Primary 5/6 researched a Commonwealth country of their choice and completed a project about the athletes coming to Glasgow this summer. Primary 4 created their own mascots for Glasgow 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Carmuirs have also developed a Global Citizenship link with a school in Trinidad and Tobago. Mayaro Government Primary is a large school of 493 students, with a former student, Cleopatra Borel-Brown, representing the island in the Shot Putt event. We are currently developing this link with the pupils exchanging emails and letters. We plan to complete a joint project on leather back turtles on the island, Operation Trinidad, in association with Gillian Simpson from Zoolab.

 

 

 

 

 

Our Commonwealth Sports Day was a huge success! We had a great turn out from parents and invited guests, including Provost Pat Reid, Mr Webster from Falkirk High School and Yvonne McBlain. All pupils were involved in the preparation for this event, creating flags and banners to lead their house onto the field. Everyone performed fantastically, and in the end, Antonine were announced as winners, their trophy was presented to them by Provost Reid.

We have had pupils competing in a variety of sport festivals and tournaments this year. They had a great time at the Netball, Rugby and Athletics Festivals, the P7s enjoyed their Commonwealth Games at Grangemouth Stadium and some P5 and P6 pupils took part in a Triathlon event at Grangemouth High School. These events have been a great opportunity for our pupils, who have all behaved well and have been a credit to Easter Carmuirs.

Our Going for Glasgow project has been a fantastic opportunity for us to learn about the history of the Games and the countries involved in the Commonwealth. We have had so many great opportunities to take part in new sports and activities, allowing us to discover what Falkirk has to offer! We can’t wait to continue these sports as we enter a new term in August!

health, ICT, Primary 4

Safer Internet Day

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Primary 4 pupils had a group discussion about their online responsibilities and rights. Then we compared our online rights and responsibilities to our class charter only to find out that they are very similar! Next Primary 4 pupils completed ‘ A safer internet day quiz’ for which they got all the questions right!  It’s safe to say that P4s are very knowledgeable about how to keep themselves safe when using the internet!

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Science Week in Primary 4

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In Primary 4 we made hovercraft out of an old CD, a sports cap and a balloon.  We tested them on different surfaces.  I tested mine on water and it floated for a bit, but when the air was out it sank.  It worked the best on the lino because it was smooth and not too rough. 

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We made balloon racers from balloons, straws, bottles and junk.  The balloon was going to power the cars.  We had a race with Primary 7, to see whose went the furthest.  Aidan won for P7 and me and Shannyn won for P4.  We worked hard on our racer and had fun racing them.

Abster

In Science we made Rocket Mice.  We got a piece of paper and cut it into a cone shape.  We got a bottle put the mouse on the bottle, hit our hands against the bottle and made the mouse fly.  We tested different types of bottle to see which made the mouse fly highest.  We found out that the big fizzy juice bottle was the best.  We then got to decorate our mice too.

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Moving Image, Primary 4

P4 visit Stirling University

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On Wednesday 14th March, Primary 4 (and a few stowaway P5s) went to Stirling University to give a lecture on Moving Image.  We talked to students about how we use animation in the classroom and why it is a good thing to do.

Before that, we had lunch at the MacRobert Centre and a tour of the different spaces they have there.  We all had a great time, although we were a bit nervous about speaking to a lot of students!

You can see some of our animations here.

Homework, Primary 4, Romans

Roman Homework

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Roman Homework

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