Good morning boys and girls and parents of P4!

Winter conditions are affecting many people today but for those of you who cannot make it to school here are some activities that you can complete to learn and have fun.

• Recently you learned about time. Using a timer set for 1 minute find out :
• A  how many star jumps you can do, B how many times you can write your name and C how many times you can write the alphabet.
• Make an acrostic poem using the letters from WINTER
• Practise the 3 digit subtraction you’ve been doing in class
• Read your book and draw a picture of what is happening in the plot this week, choose  an event that you think is interesting or exciting. ( keep to this week’s pages)
• After you’ve done two of the tasks above time yourself building a snow man.
• Draw a winter picture

I look forward to seeing your work when you bring it in tomorrow.

Mrs Garey

PE has changed to Tuesday and Thursday for P4 and should stay that way until Easter.

We’d like to welcome Callum to our class and we are sure that he’ll settle in well  in P4. We had fun doing a workout to raise money for Lepra to fight leprosy and to help others. Thank you for your kind donations.

P4 began learning more about Scotland and Australia

We learned about forest fires and the danger they are to the animals and people. We found out that the capital of Australia is Canberra and that most towns or cities are near the coast for water. The populations of the countries, Australia has around 24 million people and Scotland has around 5.3 million. We also learned about the size of both places.

Magic Maths

We learned how to subtract 3 digit numbers and are feeling much more confident in our strategy. We used our Growth Mind set to get better and better.

This week we’ve been busy learning about Chinese traditions for New Year.

We’ve learned about Chinese inventions like paper and about the Great Wall. We learned about the food Chinese people have at this time including how noodles represent everlasting happiness and spring rolls represent gold bars for good fortune. Shrimps represent a smile for happiness.

This year is the year of the rooster and we learned about an old Chinese folktale called The Rooster, the Dragon and the Centipede.

Famous Scots 

We learned about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and how he designed his own house and the famous art school in Glasgow. We like his bold, clean and minimalist style.

Our last Queen Mary was a prisoner for around 18 years before she was executed.

PE next week on Wednesday and Thursday.