Well, what a busy time we have had recently in primary 4!

We have worked so hard on preparing for our First Holy Communion and we enjoyed our very special celebration. Many thanks to everyone for their support and prayers.

Recently, we had fun taking part in our Eco/Fairtrade week. We started the week by doing some planting with Davie from Dobbies. Later, we went on a nature walk along Adders Gill. We enjoyed learning more about our local area and watching the sand martins feed next to the Clyde. Some of us felt that the ‘hike’ back to school wasn’t as much fun, though it certainly was good exercise!

We listened to our eco and fairtrade members presenting powerpoints on raising awareness of Fairtrade products and the problems of littering. Then, we did some litter picking and gardening at the front of the school and in the quadrangle. We think we have made it look much nicer but there’s still work to be done to keep it looking nice. We had a great day at Ravenscraig where we took part in judo, dance, badminton and athletics and later in the week we had fun during an orienteering lesson.

We really enjoyed seeing the beautiful birds of prey and some of us had the chance to hold and interact with the birds. We got to see the three baby barn owls too which looked nothing like Apollo, the adult barn owl!

We loved the Fairtrade tuck shop and the fruit tasting session. We did some fun and interesting tasks in class such as designing a Fairtrade product and making an anti-dog fouling poster for a Dogs Trust competition.

All in all we had a busy, fun filled week. Now we are looking forward to continuing our topic on ‘Natural Disasters’. For this we have been finding out about all sorts of disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and extreme weather. Everyone is really enthusiastic about learning new things about the topic and we are producing some really interesting pieces of work. Mrs McLauchlan is already very impressed with the things that we know!