Today P3/4 visited the library and look what we found on the way! 
We were so excited to see our Chinese Dragon displayed at the Inspired Exhibition!
Stem Fortnight – Little Giants Show
“We learned about how bees live and survive.” – Mason
“We learned how honey bees collect nectar.” – Milosz
“Honey bees see differently from us, they see flowers in a blue colour.” – Alan
Bug Hunt
Today as part of STEM Fortnight we went exploring through the Privies looking for Mini Beasts. When got back to class we made some notes of the bugs we found and compared them to our friends. Take a look at what we found!
Symmetry Stations
This week in numeracy we have been learning about Symmetry.
We made Symmetrical patterns using Lego.
We looked online for images that showed symmetry in Nature.
Played games where we had to complete a symmetrical pattern.
Sorted images into Symmetric Shapes and Asymmetric Shapes.
World Book Day Snakes and Ladders!
“We were using our books to create a new version of snakes and ladders” Mia.
“We used the characters from the book to create our snakes and ladders” Louise.
World Book Day!
We have had a very busy World Book Day. This morning we went to see the library monitors who let us pick from a choice of 3 books and…. we get to keep them! After break, we joined up with Primary 2 and we got to listen to either Never Tickle a Tiger or The Dinosaur that Pooped the Princess. We then completed lots of fun tasks about these books. This afternoon, we visited Primary 7 and they read us The Hungry Caterpillar. We then worked together on a range of stations that they had created, such as colouring, a quiz and fruit tasting. We have had a wonderful day.
I liked guessing the fruit with P7. -Rachel
I thought the dinosaur story was so funny. -Arturo
I want to read my book.- Ula
Janis Mackay – Library Visit
On Wednesday the Primary 4s and 5s visited the Library to meet Scottish Author Janis Mackay. Janis spoke to us about using inspiration and imagination in our writing. She also told us about her award winning novels; Magnus Fin and The Accidental Time Traveller. After hearing about her stories we had the opportunity to begin our own novel!
Frozen North Story Map
Primary 3/4 have just finished their novel, Pugs of the Frozen North. We created a mind map of the key events of the story. Then we sequenced these events so that we could remember the order of the story.
Louise: “Using this list we made a map.”
Mia: “The map will help us remember what happened in the story even when we have not read the book in a few years.”
Milosz: “At the start of the lesson I didn’t know that making a map could be such fun!”
Alan: “I need to improve my handwriting.”
Dominik: “I can now explain to somebody else a summary of our story.”
Happy Pancake Day!
Today we celebrated Pancake Day. We watched a video all about how to make a pancake and we were able to list the ingredients. We worked together as a class to come up with the first two steps in the recipe and then finished the task independently. Just before home time, we joined together with Primary 2 and we even got to eat a pancake.
Rachel- This is yummy.
Chanel- I love jam.
Arturo- I’d love to flip a pancake.
Olivia- It’s like in Miss P’s song.
P3/4 – Judo 🇯🇵
Yesterday our class was very lucky to receive a visit from Pro Judo.
Jack taught us some Judo moves and even some Japanese words!
Mia: “It was fun but at little scary at times.”
Leon: “It was fun and funny because people got flung and I am going start Judo!”
Leon: “The Judo was very awesome and we learned about Japanese words!”
Steven: “I didn’t like it because I got flung on the ground but it didn’t hurt.”
Alexander: “When we were doing the Judo Jack showed me a move where he flipped me onto the mat. I would quite like to do it again. It was a bit frightening.”
Sara: “I liked it when he flipped me down because it was pretty funny.”
