This week in p4a we have been working on comparing and ordering numbers in maths as well as exploring the place value when we add or take away 10s and 100s. We also went outside to take part in a … Continue reading →

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Another busy week in p4a! This week we have been working hard on our procedural writing; using good time openers, imperative verbs and adverbs when giving clear instructions. In reading we have been exploring characterisation, as well as building on … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, For this week’s recap, we moved on from information report writing to creative short stories! Pictured below is a whole class plan we came up with together before writing our first short story in small groups. In Maths … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, This was an exciting week as we began another topic, Space! In Writing, the children researched Mars using both non-fiction books and iPads before writing an information report on Mars using the information they gathered themselves. In reading, … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, It was nice to see more of you this week for our final parents evening! This week in Primary 4a, we read more of our class novel, ‘The Hundred-Mile An-Hour Dog’, and began to identify themes in each … Continue reading →

Good afternoon everyone, This week was exciting because we started our class novel, The Hundred-Mile An-Hour Dog, for which each child also made their own bookmark! In Maths, we practised accurately weighing using scales and weights – pictured below. I … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, In line with our current topic – the World of Sports – the children wrote an information report on the Commonwealth Games and filled in a fact file of any country that has qualified for the World Cup … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, This week was a very short week but as usual, P4a still managed to do loads, including have Sports Day! In Spelling, we managed to recap on most of our strategies we have learned this year and practised … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, This week in P4a, we wrote an information report on Bottlenose Dolphins and converted millilitres and litres in Maths. In spelling, we focussed on the final phoneme family left to learn, “ow”, and the children performed excellently in … Continue reading →