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Road Safety Week

Chryston Primary took part in Road Safety Week 2015, 23-29th November; this is the UK’s flagship event to promote safer road use, supported by the Department for Transport. Road Safety Week 2015 is all about encouraging people to think about their car use and how they might ‘drive less, live more’. We worked hard on creating some fabulous and practical road safety posters with great and catchy slogans (photos below). We were all dressed brightly to be seen and we had great discussions on how we can all stay safe on the roads.

We had a whole school assembly, in which we all shared some great advice on how to stay safe on the roads, especially in winter. Hannah Mac, Sarah and Kyle Co also performed a short sketch at our assembly, and made their own wonderful lollipop pole! Well done 🙂

Here are some great Road Safety websites, with information and games:

www.livingstreets.org.uk
www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk
www.hedgehogs.gov.uk
www.streetwiseguys.co.uk
www.jrso.com

Maths New Topic: Time

Primary 4’s new topic in maths is time. We have been working really hard on understanding how to read a clock, and to know when it is o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to. We have been playing some great time games and we made little mini clocks which help us ‘see’ the time. We have also been ‘making’ the time using our bodies like clocks. Check out our fab photos below!

Time app for iPad: Telling the Time

There are some great time games on this site.

Science Centre Visit (Pupil Blogs)

Primary 4 were very lucky to go along to Glasgow Science Centre on a trip. We watched a live show on digestion in the human body which was amazing, and very active! We had a great time exploring the human body exhibits and trying out all the fun activities!
Here are some of our blogs about the day and our lovely photos:

When it was Thursday 19^th of November it was p4s school trip day my class went to the science Centre and it was super fun there and I loved my partner Hannah Malcolm! My whole class came. We had lunch there and played there and we went to the gift shop, I loved it there, I did not want to LEAVE THE SCIENCE CENTRE BECAUSE I LOVED IT THERE! I just wanted to stay there FOREVER! I saw, well I went inside a big cube thing and this woman there was telling us about the digesting system and some other facts. I LOVED THE SCIENCE CENTRE! – By Leena

I loved when we went to the show about the digestive system. I also liked when me and Aaraa where playing I spy on the way there on the bus. I also liked the hamster wheel I felt like I was running on the ceiling. I liked end part when we got to go to the gift shop. Thank you Miss McNeill for taking us to the Science Centre it was so fun – By Violet

I liked the part when we played in the rooms my favourite room was room 3.My favourite bit in room 3 was the race test. There was a hamster wheel to and it was really fun. Also at the gift shop I got a pencil and rubber for school. Me Abby and Jenna made our own music. When it was time for lunch me and my friends sat together. There was a machine that told you your feelings. I had a feeling about a rocket taking off in a sandy desert. My least feeling was a really hairy foot. Me and Abby were partners for the day and we had so much fun together in Mrs Gladstones group. My favourite bit of the day was when we went to the human body bit on the hamster wheel and spun round so fast – By Robyn

I liked the gift shop and the playrooms .Also the Live Show that was the best part. We went in groups I was in Aaraas Mums Group we had partners my partner was Paul There was a room with ipads to tell us facts.At the show we done a game called switch you had to

switch your hands fast – By Calum H

On Thursday we went to the Science Centre and it was really good and my favourite thing was the hamster wheel. I was not the best at it but I still liked it.It was really good and fun it was quite hard but it was funny watching people trying to do it.It was not a real hamster wheel but it was like one and you could run two different ways in it standing up and running in it or running like a hamster I ran like a hamster – By Coral

I really liked the Science Centre. My favourite part was the station were you there was IONS that you had to throw into a box. Then the lady put a lid on a box because alcohol had covered some of your brain. I also liked the show learning about your digestion. I liked the gift shop as well, I got a rubber, a gems box and a book mark. I was in Mrs McLoone’s group and my partner was Christie and we had a lot of fun – By Hannah Mac

I really liked the hamster wheel because it went really fast. I also liked the speed test because it was fun. We went to the gift shop I got a ball that is really bouncy and when you bounce it on the floor it lights up. I loved the science centre it was so fun with Miss McNeill – By Jenna

1.At the science center my favourite thing was the hamster wheel because it was so fun, even though Kyle Co my partner was faster than me and I was slow. But I still think it was still fun. 2.My second thing was the gift shop. I got a rubber ,shark teeth and cup that swirled write up the top. 3.Third was the BUS!!!!!!!! – By Sarah

My favorite was the hamster wheel I got dizzy when I came off the hamster wheel . I also really liked the gift shop it was full of amazing stuff . I also loved the science center theater I had lots of fun I loved all the stuff. The science center was brilliant place we done lots of things. I had a great time – by Natalie

Hopscotch Theatre Visit

On Friday Chryston Primary were lucky enough to have Hopscotch theatre come to the school and show us all Jack and the Beanstalk! We had so much fun and we loved the “Climbing up the Beanstalk” song. Here’s what we thought …

Today hopscotch came to the school to perform a pantomime we all enjoyed it. We thought it was funny because at bits they rhymed.It was sad when the GIANT had no friends and when Jack had to sell Cuddles.We are all lucky they came to perform to the school we enjoyed – Calum H

I liked when Jack was climbing the bean stack because it was very funny and I liked it all of it because it was so enthusiastic! – Eva

Today we saw the hopscotch theatre and it was a little bit good and funny! The whole of P4 liked it, it was good me, Leena and Tamara liked it the most! – Leena

Today hop scotch theatre came and it was really funny!.We sang a song we practised in the hall as a whole school.The setting was Jack and the beanstalk and the mums dress was really silly.We wish they will come back and do another silly and funny act.And they are the funniest group ever. We and the whole school loves your acts – Robyn

Today hopscotch theatre came in and it was really funny ! The mums outfit was funny ☺️and weird and her hair! We sang climbing up the beanstalk that we had practiced as a whole school ! We wish that they will come back and do a different story and act. The setting was Jack and the beanstalk , I loved it !!!! ❤️ If I was a judge I would give it a 10/10 ! – Abby

Today Hopscotch came to the school and it was really good.They done Jack and the bean stalk and it was really funny.It was a bit like the Original Jack and the bean stalk but they changed it about a bit.They still had the cow and the bean stalk and quite a lot of the things that they all ready had in the fairy tale. My favourite song was climbing up the bean stalk.My favourite bit was when he climbed up the bean stalk and he done it with a toy – Coral

REMINDER: P4 visit Glasgow Science Museum on Thursday

P4 are visiting Glasgow Science Centre on Thursday. Make sure children have returned forms and come with their lunch!

Children in Need

Chryston Primary took part in Children in Need on Friday the 13th. This year’s theme was ‘heroes’, so the children choose whether they would like to come into school on that day dressed as a hero of their choice, wearing the Pudsey ears or other Children in Need clothes/accessories OR coming in as children as heroes!

We had a great day and the school has raised over £215 so far! We took part in face painting, cake buying, ICT games, Pudsy competitions and loads more. You can learn more about where money raised from Children in Need goes here. Check out our great photos below 🙂

Cooperative Learning: The Human Body

Primary 4 have been very busy on our topic of the human body. We have explored the skeleton and bones, and we are now looking at the respiratory system; the lungs and heart. We worked in our cooperative learning groups to note take from a short film, combined our facts as a group and then choose the 4 best to make fact cards about the lungs. After this we sent two children from each group onto the next group and shared our facts in a circle. Some of our facts were:

Here we are working hard below in our groups, learning in a group environment.

P4 Homework (Week beginning 9/11 and 16/11)

Here is Primary 4’s homework sheet for the next two weeks.

Remember, homework should come in to be marked every Thursday, and should be signed in the jotter.

CLOCKS MARK INA TIME AS AN EXAMPLE Nov 9th hmk

New Topic: The Human Body

Primary 4 have started their new IDL topic, The Human Body. We have watched some great science videos and we have been learning about what supports the whole body, the skeletal system and the names of all the bones in the body. We worked in our coop groups to create some human skeleton, with the bones showing so we could see where they all were and what they looked at. We have included some of our great pictures below, it was a fun afternoon!

Here are some of our Fun Facts:

Did you know that you have 33 little bones in your spine? Did you know that when you are a young child you have around 300 hundred bones, but adults have 206 bones? Did you know the femur (leg) bone is the strongest bone in your body? Did you know a 1/5 of your body weight is the weight of your skeleton?

Sharing Our Learning: P4 Guest Blogs

Every so often P4 pupils will write their own blogs in pairs or trios, documenting what we have learned in the classroom this week. Here is some of our learning from week beginning the 19th of October:

“This week we have been learning about 3 digit numbers addition in maths, it is a little bit hard! We have a new phoneme ‘ee’ it is really fun. We have liked the water cycle so far.” (Jenna & Jaeden)

“This week we have been learning about the water cycle on the laptops and iPads, We have also been drawing some pictures about our October week. We did a water cycle quiz and our new phoneme is ‘ee’, here are some examples of other ways to spell it: ‘ie’, ‘e-e’ and ‘e’.” (Adrianna and Ashton)

“In ICT we have been learning about the water cycle, it never ends! In Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about how to be healthier.” (Paul and Christie)

“In P4 we have been given a new phoneme called “ee”. We have also been working hard in our reading groups. In maths we have been doing 3 digit addition chimney sums and we are all getting really good at them. In Big Maths Beat That we are doing well. Our topic is the water cycle and we have been making Keynotes on the iPads about it. In ICT we have been making Microsoft Word posters about the water cycle.” (Hannah Mac and Abigail)