Hello from Primary 4 and Miss Paterson.

In literacy this term we have enjoyed learning our comprehension strategies. We have been reading ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of The Dark’ and we are so sad that we have just finished it -it was a great book! We have also enjoyed writing narrative stories. One of our favourites was Fractured Fairy-tales, where we had to write a traditional fairy-tale story – from the villain’s perspective.

In Maths, we have been learning about Place Value and Rounding. We have loved the challenges these topics have brought.

We have been learning lots about Natural Disasters this term. We have loved using Drama in this topic to recreate scenes and to report Disasters. We also created fantastic leaflets on how to stay safe during an Earthquake and we cannot wait to learn about Volcanoes.

In Health, we have been learning about Growth Mindset. We have looked at how the brain is a muscle and that we have to use it for it to grow. We loved our STEM project for Growth Mindset. This involved exploring the topic of Rapunzel. We discussed how the Prince had a growth mindset and Rapunzel had a fixed mindset and also how the story would have been very different if the Prince didn’t think of other solutions. After this, we had to work together in groups to come up with our own way to get Rapunzel out of the tower. It was great fun!

Keep looking on twitter for updates of our learning,

P4 and Miss Paterson.