The next stop on our Edinburgh trip was Mary King’s Close! We learned more facts about Mary King’s Close and got to see what it was like to live underground in Edinburgh…it was very dark and smelly!
‘It was very scary!’ – XanderÂ
‘It wasn’t as creepy as I thought it would be!’ – Jade
‘I don’t think it was scary, it was really fun!’ Liam
We are very excited about our school trip to Edinburgh tomorrow! In the morning we are looking forward to visiting Greyfriars Bobby and in the afternoon we will be going on a spooky tour of Mary King’s Close! We learned lots about these places during our Edinburgh topic and now we cannot wait to visit them in real life!
The forecast is looking good for tomorrow and the sun is expected to be shining so please put on some sun cream before you come to school.
Please remember to bring a packed lunch in a disposable bag so it can be thrown away when you are finished.
Hopefully, there will be an opportunity to visit the gift shop at Mary King’s Close so if you wish to buy something please bring some money – no more than £5.
You can come to school dressed down for the trip. We will be doing a lot of walking so please come wearing some comfortable footwear.
Finally, we are hoping to return to school at 3pm, traffic allowing! However, if we expect to be late we will contact the school as soon as we can and parents will receive a text message with an approximate return time.
Today we were invited to Abronhill Library to find out about the 2015 Record Breakers Reading Challenge! The theme of the day was Record Breakers and we heard three stories narrated by Fergus and Ron of Mac-A-Story.
The first story was about Finn McCool who was a Knight in golden armour and needed helpers to assist him on his adventure to defeat the giant and reclaim stolen goods. In total he had seven helpers. Jody was the light fingered thief who helped to capture the goods and Dominic was the best archer in the land who shot the giant to defeat him!
The next story was about Atlantis who was a Princess who the fastest runner in the land. Nobody was able to defeat her.
The final story was about Thor, the God of Thunder who was the strongest person in the world. Christian was very lucky to be chosen as Thor and did a great job acting out each part of the story!
We are very excited to be taking part in the Record Breakers Challenge – if we want to take part we have to complete the registration card and return it to school tomorrow. The challenge is to read six books during the summer holidays.
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‘I enjoyed hearing the stories and I would like to break some records!’ – Mariana
‘There were thousands of books in the library and the show was very funny!’ – Joshua
‘The show was really fun. I also got to see some friends from another school.’ – Beth
‘I enjoyed taking part in the songs and dances, they were fun!’ – Holly
‘I really hope we can beat the Record Breaker Challenge!’ – Megan C
‘I am looking forward to doing the challenge – I hope we break the record.’ – Megan R
‘It was hilarious and I had a brilliant time! I hope we break the record in the challenge, I’m very excited!’ – Jack Sm
Today we have been practising some mental maths games to prepare for our Division Challenge with Primary 4b! Both classes are great at Division so the competition should be very close! We cannot wait for it! 😀
‘B for best and A for awesome – both classes will be super!’ – Emma
‘I really like learning division by playing Sum Sense!’ – Mariana
‘Good Luck to both classes – I’m excited about playing Division Divers.’ – Niamh
‘I really enjoyed playing Division Divers because I am really fast!” – Logan
‘I really enjoyed the class games Division Divers and Sum Sense. It is helping me to learn how to divide.’ – Declyn
‘The games make learning division a lot easier and they are really fun!’ – Megan C
This week Primary 4 won Prize 3 of the ME Time Awards, which was ‘Special Lunches’. Each day we got to go into the lunch hall a bit earlier than all other classes so we could get first choice for our lunch. We also had beautifully decorated tables with special stars and table mats, it was great!
‘I liked it because it was a little quieter when we got in the hall first.’ – Christian
‘I loved getting in earlier than all the other classes!’ – Megan C
‘It was excellent because we didn’t have to wait for our dinners!’ – Robbie
On Friday we visited the Nature Garden to find the age of some trees. We found out that to find the age of a tree that has been chopped down, you can count the annual rings. If the tree hasn’t been cut down, you measure the circumference of the tree in centimetres then divide it by 2.5. You divide by 2.5 as this is the average size, in centimetres, of a tree’s annual ring.
Try finding the age of some trees next time you are at the park!
Our new Maths topic this week is Division. We have been learning different methods of division. One method is ‘Sharing’ and another method is ‘Grouping’. We also found out that division is the inverse of multiplication so if we know our times tables we should find division a piece of cake!
Today we got the opportunity to group and share with some midget gems! It was really good fun and we enjoyed eating all the midget gems at the end!
‘Dividing with midget gems was magic!’ – Beth
‘Dividing with midget gems was awesome, we got to do some things we’ve never done before.’ – Liam
‘Today we were dividing with midget gems, they were very yummy!’ – Logan
This week, Flat Emily has had lots of fun with us exploring different places around our local area. She has joined in with some of our after school clubs and activities – have a look at our pictures!
Primary Four enjoyed a fun filled visit to the Lidl Health Bus. On the bus we learned how to make delicious smoothies using different fruits and had great fun making them!
 In the hall we took part in team races collecting different fruits and placing them in baskets. We also learned about our heart rate and monitored our heart rates during the activity. It was hard work but we all had great fun!
 At the end of the visit we got our very own smoothie cups and a recipe book so we could make our own delicious smoothies at home.
