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Welcome to Primary 4/5

Welcome to Primary 4/5 blog.

We have had a very busy first time with Miss Graham. In numeracy we have been working really hard to develop our mental agility skills. We have learnt a range of mental strategies, such as partitioning, counting on and back, doubles and near doubles, compensating and bridging through 10, to help with our addition and subtraction. We also focused on Place Value which gave us a better understanding of number and the value of digits. We discovered that some people found particular strategies easier than others to solve mental calculations. Using a range of games and activities to practice with our peers made our numeracy time fun.

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In our writing we focused on the genre of persuasion. Before we started, we looked at examples and identified the features they include. For example, paragraphs, appropriate title, flattering and worrying language. We wrote a few pieces of writing such as a Hotel Brochure, an advert for a house and even a letter to Mrs Gilbert, trying to persuade her to let us go on holiday during term time. Although our letters were very persuasive, it might take more than just a letter this time!! 🙂

Furthermore, in our spelling time we have been using active resources to help us learn our spelling patterns and words. We even use our k’nex to spell them out!!

 

 

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Our Context for Learning in term 1 was Travel and Transport. We had lots of fun learning all about how transport has changed throughout history, different types of transport and travel, inventors,  the forces of flight, internal combustion engine and even took part in team challenges to build models of both cars and boats. Skills such as being good listeners, sharing and being fair all helped us complete our tasks successfully.

 

 

 

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Throughout Term 1 Primary 4/5 also learnt about feelings and how different reactions can either be healthy or unhealthy. We discussed the times when we have felt these different feelings and shared how we  reacted. We’ve also been trying really hard to have a growth mind set. We learnt that our brain is a muscle and that when we try new and challenging things our brains grow and get stronger. Everyday we have been trying to face new challenges with a positive outlook and know that although we find it hard that we should just keep trying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P 4/5

Mighty Mountains

In term two Primary 4/5 are looking forward to learning all about Mighty Mountains. We are going to improve our mapping skills by using maps and atlases to find the highest mountains in the world.  We are going to invite a visitor into the school to learn all about the mountain rescue team and all the equipment they need to keep us safe. We are all keen to learn about the weather and climate on these high mountains and hope there will be some snow in Lossiemouth so we can do some snow experiments. Everyone in the class loves animals and we can’t wait to find out how animals adapt to the different conditions on these high mountains.