This morning we had an Eater Egg Competition. We had to bring in hardboiled eggs and we were given 45 minutes to decorate them. Mrs Scott judged them while we had our final RME lesson from Mrs Macdonald. Kate L, Iona and Lauren were the winners! They will get a lovely Easter prize tomorrow.
This afternoon we had our Easter service in the CCC with Rev. Donald and Rev. Slack. We sang some really jazzy Easter songs!
Happy Easter everyone from P4 & Mrs M-H
Kathryn, Jamie and Charlotte from our class represented Lochardil in the P4/5 cross-country team at the McRobert Cup Cross-Country Championships. The boys team ran well and the girls’ team won GOLD and were presented with individual gold medals and the Team 4/5 trophy! The girls were exhausted and emotional after their success! It was quite hard because ‘ we were running into the wind and it was bitterly cold weather.’
We are very proud of all the pupils who participated and represented Lochardil.
P4 went outside in the cold this morning to crack a code and read a message on flags. We went into pairs and had to know our 8 times table facts which we have been learning this week. On our sheets we had
Mollie & Abby work it out! Robbie, Katie, Andrew S & Adnane
numbers and they matched up with sums on flags which also had letters attached to them. By working out the tricky sums like 8 x 8 x 2 and 8 x 9 – 12 we were able to figure out which letter went where on our secret message. Andrew S and Katie were the winners and they were awarded 5 housepoints each! Robbie and Adnane came second and were awarded 4 housepoints. We had great fun – but it was very cold and we were quite glad to warm up back in the classroom!
EDEN COURT YOUNG VOICES
My name is Claire Campbell, I’m a local musician, music teacher, song writer and performer, I teach piano and violin privately as well as being a Youth Music Initiative tutor, I am also involved with Music Plus as a mentor. I write and record my own songs. I was recently approached by Eden Court to help run their Young Voices workshop – please see attached poster for timings.
The classes will be accessible, fun and friendly with repertoire ranging from the Beatles and ABBA to current pop hits, the singers will be encouraged to choose their own songs which I will arrange for the group, there will be vocal techniques and songwriting included in the weekly class. All melodies and lyrics will be learned by ear, there will be no auditions for the group and no previous experience necessary – all welcome! As well as focusing on vocal techniques and singing the class aims to build confidence, improve memory and build social skills and networks, this class will suit aspiring and established singers as well as young people who are looking to be part of something new and fun. The class is open to anyone age 9 – 17 years old and will run on a Monday after school starting after the Easter break.
On Red Nose Day we had to hunt for dinasaurs Miss Melville hid in the playground, draw a dinasaur for a competition and wear red to school. We were encouraged to donate money to Comic Relief. In class we told jokes and voted for the best joke of the day. We had a draw for 1st place! Here they are:
What did the traffic lights say to the car?
Don’t look now, I’m changing! Eilidh’s joke
What did one curtain say to the other?
Pull yourself together! Kate C’s joke
On Thursday, 14th March 4 judges came to Room 8 to judge our castles! We were all very excited and some of us were nervous. However, each castle group presented their castles and explained how they made them and how they overcame any problems in the build.
Mrs Fraser, Mr Graham, Mr Grant and Mrs Neil were the important judges we had to impress! They said they thought we had all done a super job and they enjoyed their visit to our classroom. They decided to award 2nd place to the Rock group who made the partly ruined castle. 1st prize was awarded to the Sparkly Castle by the Sparkle group! Congratulations to Abby, Iona, Kathryn & Mollie!
Thank you very much to the 4 judges for their time and positive comments about our castles.
Primary 4 pupils
An exciting opportunity for P4 – P7 pupils to take part in a Duathlon (run – cycle – run) in Glenurquhart has arisen. If you’re interested, download the information below. The event is on Sunday 24th March 2013. 
P4 made Mother’s Day cards by quilling paper and card to make a bunch of flowers on the front of the cards. They also decorated cardboard boxes with tissue paper to make beautiful gift boxes for their mums.
Happy Mother’s Day to all mums!
The P4/5 Football Team participated in a primary tournament at Charleston and came third. They were awarded medals and the P4 boys in our class proudly posed with the medals for our blog!
Well done, boys!
We came to school in our pyjamas on World Book Day and took in our favourite bedtime stories to share with each other. Each group selected a best book which was presented to the class. We swopped books to see what books other pupils enjoy reading at home. Mrs M-H wants to borrow a few of them to take home and read!
All pupils in P4 wrote a character description for the P6/7s to judge. Eilidh was the proud winner in P4 with her description of ‘Laura’ and she was delighted to win a £5 token to spend at the book fair. Well done Eilidh!
