Mrs Convery

Class Blog: Health Week

Primary 4 have been having loads of fun on Health Week. Every day we have walked, jogged or ran a Daily Mile together. We have designed a healthy snack which we are making on Friday, and we can’t wait. We have also been watching JumpStart Jonny videos everyday, and thinking and talking about ways we can be more active!

Sports Day was so much fun! There was three different types of race, flat out running, bean bag balance and hurdles. This was all on the High Schools pitches and it was very exciting. We all worked so hard! On Friday we all made a healthy snack after having a class competition to design it. We created Fruit N’ Veg kebabs, yum yum! We ♥ Health Week!

Check out our health week photos below 🙂

Class Blog: NLC Primary Games Day!

Primary 4 were lucky enough to take part in NLC Primary Games 2016. It was brilliant fun. We got to try football, rugby, athletics, fitness, dance, basketball, netball, dodgeball, tennis, badminton and handball. It was super! Have a look at our great photos below!

I had a brilliant time with primary 4, everyone worked so hard and behaved so well, I was so proud! Miss McNeill

The primary games were so fun! hope we can go again!Gregor

I had a excellent time at the primary games and I really enjoyed trying new sports I haven’t done before! Hannah MacInnes

I enjoyed the primary games it was fun i loved it. Natalie

I enjoyed it because we did athletics and i love athletics. Eva

It was fun at the primary games because we got to do some sports and i enjoyed doing all of the sports and taking part in them and I got to run some races with my friends and i came second i love sports. Robyn.

I loved taking part in the primary games it was so much fun and also i took part in dodge ball. Morgan

It was so fun taking part I enjoyed doing every thing. Calum H

Pupil blog: our week of learning!

Our week of learning by Ryan and Aaraa

On Monday we were writing instructions on how to make dandelion art and we went to the pitches at C.H.S on Tuesday we went to see P1/2 chicks they were so cute and fluffy like socks and we were with Mrs Bockas so we did the daily mile,it’s so much fun😀😀 We were all exhausted after the mile. 😨😰 On Thursday: we went to P2 to see the caterpillars they were so small and some of them had started to make a chrysalis on Friday. We were off school!

Pupil blog: Perfect Plants!

P4 Plants Blog by Exclamations Marks group (Gregor, Hannah M, Hannah Mac, Adrianna and Rishi)

On our new plants topic we have been learning about the parts of a flower or plant these are some of the parts. The first part is the roots the roots absorb water and nutrients from the ground. There is also the stem water up inside it. The flower attracts bees with its colour and scent. The flower also has different parts.

We have also dissected a tulip. We had a labelled sheet that we stuck the part of the tulip down that it said. Some of these pars are petals, ovule, stigma, anther and many more . We had lots of fun chopping parts out of the tulip. We learned about pollination and fertilisation.

This is how it works, for pollination the bee digs down in the flower for nectar and gets pollen all over it and when it goes to the next plant the pollen falls of. Fertilisation is when the pollen blows back out of the flower and makes new plants grow. That is how fertilisation and pollination work.

We have been very busy growing our petunias and tomato plants. Some people have been growing theirs behind the stage and others have been growing theirs in the maths cupboard, while others are growing them in the classroom. Lots of people have decided to grow theirs with no light and so far they are a bit floppy but they are ok. If you want to have a look we will put pictures on the blog and if you are in another class you can come and have a look.

We also made some dandelion flower paintings. First we made the green stem and the little leaves using a paint brush. Then we made a black circle on top of the stem and left it to dry. When it was dry we got some white paint and dipped our fingers in it and put our finger tips on the paper around the black circle to make the seeds. Some of us made some of the seeds float in the paper around the dandelion. It was so fun making our arty pictures!

Have a look at our lovely pictures below!

New topic – Plants!

P4 have started a brand new topic, all about plants! We have planted our own seeds which we are growing in different conditions to see how this effects growth. Some are in the classroom, some are kept behind our stage and one is inside our maths cupboard!

We have also been on a plant hunt, and learned about the different parts of plants and why they are important.
We will keep you updated on our new topic, and our baby seeds! Here are some photos of us planting our plants in our Co-op Learning Groups. We planted cherry tomato and Petunia seeds.

Pupil Blog: Scottish Elections 2016

P4’s Scottish Election by Hannah Mac and Niamh

We have been learning about the Scottish election and we even did our own vote. Everyone got a chance to do their own vote and we counted them after. We made our own voting station and all enjoyed going up to vote. We learned lots about voting and had fun learning about it here are some things we learned:

CalumS: I learned that voting isn’t just about making us independent.

Morgan: I learned about some of the First Ministers.

Adrianna: we learned how to vote.

Niamh: I learned how to vote.

Hannah Mac: I learned about what voting is and how you do it.

Natalie: I learned about elections.

Eva: I learned that Women didn’t get to vote in the olden days.

CalumH: I learned that Children can’t vote.

Violet: I learned that the ballot box is where you post your votes.

Paul: You can vote when you are 16 over.

Ryan: It was fun learning about Scottish Elections and how to vote.

Kyle Ca: We done our own mini elections.

Gregor: An election happens every 4 years.

P4 Homework (Week beginning 9/5 and 16/5)

Please find P4’s homework for the next two weeks. Homework must be signed in Homework Jotters by an adult.

May 9th homk

MAC Adventure Course!

Chryston Primary got the chance to play and explore the MAC adventure course today, it was amazing! Even Miss McNeill took part on the course. We loved it! It was a big challenge climbing over the 5 foot wall!

Pupil Blog: Knights & Castles Workshop!

School knights and castles workshop by Robyn and Natalie

P4 were lucky enough to be visited by North Lanarkshires knights and castles workshop. We got to dress up to be a Lord,a lady,a king,a knight and loads of other people back in that time. After that we got to see a stone castle and a wood castle model. We saw a jester jug and the lady that came in said that we could try pouring water into a cup but it had holes in it so when we tried to pour it it made loads of spillages. There was little toys that we got to play with there was a flute a drum,a ball and two cups. We didn’t know what the cups where for so we just played our own game with them.on the last station we got to look at pictures of castles. After that we we got to wear helmets and after that we got to lift heavy chain mail it was so heavy that we had to lift it in a group of four. After that we got to hold a real sword and a real axe but you may think that the axe cuts down trees but it is actually meant for chopping people’s heads off and we also got to hold a giant dagger it was really scary and we also got to hold a shield. When we held the weapons we were very carful.when she was leaving we gave a massive thank you and we helped take the stuff back to the office. Thank you for reading p4 blog.

Pupil Blog: Our School Trip!

P4s school trip by Abby and Hannah P

We went to Huntington tower and Elcho castle on our school trip. The first castle we got to pretend that we were all servants in the castle! We also had to remember a tricky song that we kept adding to. It was great getting a job to play, and we got to sit around the great hall table. We also got to see the Lords privy which was a toilet, but the lord had secret meetings there so no one could hear him! Privy means private!We all enjoyed it. We all had partners and Miss McNeills’ mum came with us. We had to go up stairs that went round and round. It was a bit scary going down the big round stairs on the last floor, we went up to the roof were they would look for enemies. It was so much fun. We all loved going on top of the castle it was so high. We all loved the view. Please look at our great photos!

Morgan: It was so much fun looking round the castles.

Violet: I liked going up to the top of the castle and looking at the view.

Gregor: the long bus trip was well worth it.

Hannah M: I liked going round the castle with my partner

Calum H: I liked going inside the castle with my partner.

Tamara: I liked going into the castle because I liked seeing what was in the castle.

Eva: I liked when the girl said there is two bats now living in Huntington Tower

Abby: I loved everything!!!! 🙂

Hannah Potter: I loved it 🙂

Jenna: I loved going on top of the castle!!!!

Robyn: I enjoyed it!!!!

Miss McNeill: I had a lovely time with my super class. They were so well behaved and polite, it was a pleasure taking P4 on this trip. J