What have we been doing for the last 2 days?

We were developing our skills in hurdling and high jump. Lots of children have been improving their athletic skills which is excellent.

We practised our Show songs and started to think about the actions.

As part of our Road Safety campaign, we are writing short playscripts in groups to present a road safety message. We tried out a read- through of the first scene.

Next week we will finish the playscripts and film each presentation.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!!

This morning we were practising our baseline joins. Following advice about the formation and size of our letters helps us to join correctly.

Did anyone watch the Eurovision Song Contest last Saturday? We used the context to learn the names of some countries- not all of them in Europe!

We then used our knowledge of numbers in French to give countries our points in a pretend competition.

In our groups we used mental maths strategies to find the overall winners from each group.

This afternoon, we started to think about our Road Safety playscripts. We learnt about the different features that we would have to include and set to work in our groups thinking about where Scene 1 would take place.

Today has flown by!  This morning we concentrated on cloze procedures and measuring area for our language and maths activities. In the afternoon we focused on our friendship project with a circle time and making friendship bracelets for another pupil.

On our Beat the Street walk today we were focusing on places to cross and signs which warn and instruct motorists. There is a pinch point crossing, local crossing with barriers, a bridge, a warning sign , a speed restriction sign and a keep left sign. Can you identify them all?

Have a good weekend and keep on the lookout for any real life road safety signs and crossings!!

These are some lunch items which we realised linked in with our French lesson which was about food! Here we have Petit Filous, a baguette and brioche. If you have any packaging from French foods please send them into school for our display.

We are going to be using our café to practise conversations involving food and drink.

This afternoon we were writing stories about road safety to link in with our whole school Road Safety Campaign. We listened and watched a story about Yasmin who couldn’t go on holiday because of her injuries.

The site is called Think! Education and there are other stories to watch which help to make children think about their safety on or near the roads.

I am looking forward to reading the stories, as everyone was determined to achieve at least one of their next steps for writing!

Another busy day in P4.  This morning we created mind maps to organise the characters, events and settings in our reading books. We were estimating and measuring length during maths with a variety of measuring equipment.  In the afternoon we started to practise our other school show song, had a look at the recent activity in the bee hive and even had time for circle time in the sun!

What have we been doing this week?

This morning we had a talk from the NSPCC. The message was that everyone has the right to speak up and stay safe. The children thought about people they could speak to at home and in school if they were worried about anything.

We have been revising our times tables. This is a fun activity to help us quickly identify the stations. We can’t wait to find out what the pictures are!

Well done! The first completed times table challenge for the Squares.

This afternoon, we went on a Beat the Street walk with Primary 2. We used all of our knowledge and understanding about crossing the road safely to enjoy a fun, safe walk.

Please remember to have your fobs or cards in school in case we go for another walk next week.

Enjoy the lovely weather over the weekend, but remember the sun safety rules and keep hydrated!

Another busy week in Primary 4!

We were treated to a great experience yesterday when Google Expeditions came to visit. We used the special sets and were able to see panoramic views of Earth’s Timeline which involved encounters with dinosaurs (and a lot of screaming)! We all loved the experience and it helped us to learn about the formation of Earth.

We had a brilliant discussion about Road Safety and today we have written acrostic poems to put across the messages that we think are important.

Have a safe May weekend and we will see you back again in school on Tuesday.

We are learning about measurement this term.  We knew that a metre is about one giant step so we used steps to estimate the length and width of the pitch.  We then measured accurately using metre sticks or trundle wheels.  The trundle wheels were definitely a better choice because it took ages using metre stick!

We have been busy this week:

Harry Potter measuring and warm up for P.E. Exploring fractions and finding equivalent fractions. French conversations to find out when our birthdays are.  Ask me about the photos.

Have a great weekend!