Pupil blogs

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.

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

Thank you!

Pupil blog: Happy Easter!

Easter story blog by Violet and Robyn

we have been learning all about Holy Week and the Easter story. We all have been working with p5 to learn two lovely Easter songs – ‘Easter jubilation’ and ‘sun arise’. We hope you enjoy our singing!

We have also created a basket with lots of fluffy Easter chicks, as w know Easter is a time for new life. They are so fluffy! Check out all of our photos.

Here is our summary of the Easter story by Violet and Robyn:

A long long time ago Jesus rode into Jerusalem on his donkey, everyone was waving palm tree leaves. One of his disciples told the priests where Jesus was Judaism got money for telling them were Jesus was. Jesus sat down for a special meal and told them that someone had told the priests were he was. Jesus said that Peter would deny him before the cock crows three times. Jesus broke the bread shared the wine at the last supper he told them he had been betrayed Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. Judas showed the Roman soldiers where Jesus was and they arrested Jesus. Peter said he didn’t know Jesus. The cock crowed three times. A judge called Pontus Pilate set Barrabbas free from jail instead of Jesus. Jesus carried the cross to the hill. Jesus was crucified. Jesus died the temples curtain was torn in two. Jesus was put into a tomb sealed with a large stone. On the third day,the stone was rolled away. An angel told Mary Magdalene that Jesus had risen from the dead. Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and the discples before going to heaven .

The Easter story means new life!

Pupil Blogs: Knights and Castles

Knights and castles by Christie and Coral and Kyle Ca

We have been learning about knights and castles we all labeled a castle on a piece of paper to show how good we are at remembering all the parts.We also went outside to make up our own dances. We watched a video of children doing medieval dances and they were very good.We drawed jesters with our pencils on a piece of blank paper and we done a sentence. We have some awesome photos below!

Harris: In Lancaster Castle they still use a court room.

Eva: Castles have arrow slits.

Abigail: the Queen lives in Edinburgh Castle.

Adrianna: a castle is a tall building that Queens live in.

Rishi: soldiers walk on parapets to protroll the area.

Jenna: knights used to train when they were 7/8 years old.

Abby: knights did not have any iPads or phones.

Kyle co: the Moat around the castle was not clean.

Natalie:castles where build out of wood in the olden days.

Cole: people used to drink wine because the moats where very dirty Evan kids drank beer and wine.

Gregor: Nights and castles where based on medieval times.

Leena: the portcullis was at the front of the castle.

Tamara: knights did not write or read.

Kyle ca: when you walk into a castles.

Hannah Mac: Knights could not read or write.

Pupil Blog: Health and wellbeing – Respected

Health and wellbeing – Respected (food and culture) by Kyle Co and Natalie

We have been learning about respecting other people’s food. It means you should not make fun of other people’s food, don’t laugh at it – you could maybe taste it. We have been creating menus for different restaurants, and then making our menus into amazing Pic Collages using iPads.
We will post some photos soon.

There is a a good website here – Respect – which explains all about respect and how to show it, inspire it and how to go about it.

Aaraa, Harris & Robyn : it is really fun looking at all of other foods

Leena, Christie and Aaron: we really like learning about food and making a menu.

Coral, Violet, Gregor and Ryan:we have learned more about food.

Pupil Blog: Fitness!

New blog by Hannah M and Ashton

At P.E we are learning about fitness. First we play a game like tunnel tig and then we do a warm up. After that we start a course around the hall with lots of different stations. We have one minute and a half at each station and each pupil has their own fitness tracer when they record how much of each activity they have done.

Violet- I learned how to do a proper press up and fell much more confident in them.

Ryan – I found out that you need stamina for push-ups and sit-ups.

Coral- I have learned how to do lots of different things.

Niamh- Fitness is fun.

Rishi- I learned how to do a mountain climb.

Christie- I like the step ups.

Gregor- High intensity is tough but if you believe in yourself you can be able to do it.

Alfie – Me and Kyle had a good example of a press-up

Aaron- In P.E you need lots of stamina and strength.

Jenna- I learned how to mountain climb.

Lenna- I enjoy leaning mountain climb and it is a little bit tricky when you try it but when you practice more it gets easier.

Gregor – you have to eat your 5 a day to stay heathy.

Robyn-I like when we did the star jumps it was terrific.

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Pupil Blog: Knights and Castles (NEW topic)

Knights and castles by Aaron and Eva

We are starting a new topic in p4, it’s called knights and castles. Here is a video which tells you about how castles used to be built. Here is a site which shows you how to draw a quick castle. Below are some facts we know about castles, what we think about them or we would like to learn…

Aaron: Castles are very big.

Eva:nights guard the castle.

Jenna:Why are there castles?

Ashton:William Walace is a famous knight.

Gregor:there are lots of different castles.

Robyn:why do castles have lots of stairs?

Hannah: How many castles are there in Scotland?

Kyle co : we’re is the first castle built?

Morgan: Some castles are small.

Sarah: what the knights were called?

Kyle ca: what is the most famous Castle?

Abby: How many castles are in a the world?

Gregor: Castles are found all over the world

Violet: Why did they have to fight?

Rishi:how many castles are in the whole world?

Miss McNeill: I want to know what knights do in a castle.

Pupil Blog: Weather and Climate

Weather and climate blog by Gregor and Harris

We have been working on weather and climate in class. Weather is the condition of a particular place and time unlike climate is an average weather. They are different things. This is our class blog.

Ashton weather is minute by minute and climate is 30 years or more.

Gregor Weather and climate are different because weather is minute by minute changes and climate is over a long period of time.

Alfie:the climate changes 30 years or more.

Jenna:weather can change second to second climate stays for 30 years or more.

Calum H: Weather and climate is not the same.

Eva: some people live in the sea because their climate is tropical

Aaron:climate changes very rarely.

Rishi climate is an average weather.

Robyn-my favourite climate is Arid because it is warm and I like the warm cause it is fun to chill in the sun

Aaron my favourite climate is tropical because I to hot

Aaron my least favourite climate is arid is to hot

Kyle Co Arctic is my favourite because it is cold ❄️🗻

Niamh Arctic is my favourite because is very snowy 🗻❤️

Aaron : Weather is the condition of the outside air or atmosphere at a particular time and place

Ashton : The higher you go the colder it gets.

Jenna: when condensed is got to much it rains.

CalumH:Climate stays for a long period of time.

Kyle Ca: weather can change really fast

Hannah M: weather can change any time any place

Abby: this is a fact about climate … The weather of a particular area over a long period of time becomes the climate.

Hannah p climes Stayed for 30 years or more

This video explains the difference between weather and climate. We loved watching it in class!

Here is a video clip showing where different children live, in different climates around the world.