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Kandinsky

November 3, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 2 Comments

Today we were mixing colours with black and white to get different tones of colour.

“I enjoyed mixing colours today because it was fun.” – Eva D

“I had fun learning about a new artist called Kandinsky and his style of painting.” – Caleb

“I enjoyed Kandinsky’s circle art. He uses mixed colours and different shapes in his work.” – Briony

“It was great fun painting, my favourite part was mixing the colours.” – Aimee

“Kandinsky’s style of painting is really cool. It is called abstract. I enjoyed doing an abstract painting in class today.” – Kayleigh

Have a look at some of our finished work!

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3D Robots

October 28, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 3 Comments

Today we painted our robots and now they are really coming to life! All we have to do now is paint on their features and details.

“I liked painting our robot today because it started to look realistic.” – Caiden

“I had fun painting my robot – I loved it!” – Eva S

“I had fun painting my robot and working with my partner.” – Baighley

“I liked painting the robot because it was really fun and is starting to look realistic!” – Taylor

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Paper Mache Robots

October 26, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 1 Comment

Today we had great fun using paper mache to make our 3D robots strong and sturdy.

“I liked using paper mache for my robot because it was very messy!” – Innaya

“I loved doing the paper mache because it was fun and messy – afterwards my hands were very sticky!” – Kayleigh

“Today I enjoyed getting messy! The dried glue was peeling off my hands. I enjoyed making my robot stronger.” – Briony

“The paper mache was very fun. I liked sticking the paper on my robot.” – Alfie

Hopefully, tomorrow all the paper mache has dried. We will be painting on Wednesday as the Primary 5’s are out at swimming tomorrow and we don’t want them to miss out. Check our blog on Wednesday to see our robots coming to life!

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This week I enjoyed…

October 23, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 3 Comments

“building the 3D robots because it was fun.” – Baighley

“adding all the 3D shapes together to create my robot.” – Taylor

“mixing colours during art because we had fun mixing primary colours on a colour wheel.” – Eva D

“learning about growth mindsets because it was fun.” – Ryan

“mixing paint. I learned about a new artist and looked at some of his paintings.” – Nicole

“building the 3D robots because I recycled all of my unwanted junk!” – Kieran

Next week we are looking forward to using paper mache to make our 3D robots strong and sturdy. After that, we will paint the robots using special metallic paint – we can’t wait!

Look back next week to see our fabulous robots!

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Poetry

October 22, 2015 Mrs Murdoch Leave a comment

Today we have been learning how to write limerick poems. We wrote a poem about Rex, a dinosaur in our class. It is very silly and we had good fun thinking of rhymes.

We are now writing our own limericks about robots.

“I enjoyed thinking of rhymes and thinking of silly sentences!” – Darby

“I had fun writing a limerick poem and writing a poem about Rex.” -Aimee

“I had fun making silly sentences and making them rhyme.” – Ryan

“It was funny seeing Rex dressed with glasses and a mobile phone!” – Caleb

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Volcano Acrostic Poems

October 19, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 3 Comments

We used adjectives to write some acrostic poems about volcanoes. We had great fun thinking of different words to describe sights, sounds and feelings associated with volcanoes. Have a look at some of our poems below. We hope you enjoy reading them 😀

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Volcanoes Day 3

October 5, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 3 Comments

Explosive Volcanoes

Today we mixed vinegar, washing up liquid, water and red food colouring. We then added this to some bicarbonate of soda inside our volcanoes and there was a big eruption when all the chemicals mixed.

“The eruption was the best and coolest thing in the world!” – Iona

“I thought it was very cool!” – Kayleigh

“I mixed the bicarbonate of soda into the mix and it made the volcano overload with foam.” – Kieran

Have a look at our erupting volcano videos! 😀 (Videos will only play on a computer)

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2D Shape

October 1, 2015 Mrs Murdoch 4 Comments

2D Shape Robots

Today we had fun creating robots using 2D shapes. We experimented using different shapes for different body parts.

“I had fun making my robot. I used a square for the head and rectangles for the arms and legs.” – Eva S

“Today I made a robot. I used a circle for the head and a rectangle for the body.” – Kai

“I used a square for the head and a rectangle for the body. I used more rectangles for the arms and legs then gave my robots wheels for his feet.” – Xander

“We made robots today. I made a bunny robot. I used a rectangle for the body and a square for the head. I used rectangles for the feet, legs and arms.” – Nicole

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Primary 4 Awards Ceremony

June 23, 2015 Mrs Murdoch Leave a comment

Well done to everyone for receiving an award at our Primary 4 Assembly today! You have all worked so hard this year and we have enjoyed lots of fun and many achievements. Thank you all, for trying hard, behaving well and making Primary 4 a fantastic place to be! 😀

Remember to put your tie pins on to show off all our wonderful achievements!

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Sports Day

June 22, 2015 Mrs Murdoch Leave a comment

On Friday, we had a fantastic day taking part in lots of different activities. To begin with we started off at the Micro Fitness, where we got to try lots of new equipment like spin bikes, treadmills, cross trainers and rowing machines. It was great fun but hard work too!

After the Micro Fitness we went to the disco. The music was great and we had a fabulous time dancing with everyone!

Our next activity was the bouncy castle. We all had a fantastic time jumping about!

After break, we visited the potted sports area where we took part in football shootout, hockey dribble, basketball shootout and beanbag throw. We all tried really hard to earn some points for our house!

After the potted sports, we took part in some football training activities led by a coach from Colts F.C. We all enjoyed learning some new skills!

In the afternoon we took part in orienteering. We worked in a group to find clues and come up with a secret message. We all had great fun trying to find the clues and solve the code!

Finally, we took part in a scavenger hunt to find a variety of things in the Nature Garden. We enjoyed exploring outside and had fun trying to find a four leaf clover!!