P4b had a very exciting start to careers week with a visit from Police Constable Taylor.  He told us a bit about his job, his uniform and some of the equipment he uses.  We got to try on some of his protective clothing and Mrs Stevenson got handcuffed for being bad!

Today was World Book Day so we have taken part in lots of reading inspired activities: we have had lots of time to read our own books in class, and have read some of our class novel all together. We have used our Information Handling skills to show which of our class novels have been the most popular so far. On the World Book Day website there are some book quizzes, so we had a go at both the KS1 and KS2 quizzes (they’re tricky!). Finally, we thought about what our favourite books are, what happens in them, why we enjoy them and who we would recommend them to and put this all on a poster to try and persuade people to read our favourite books!

Both p4 classes are looking at the properties of different materials this term and why and how we recycle some of these materials.  At the end of the block we are hoping to design and make some outfits and hold a fashion show.  In order to make these clothes we need some materials that we can recycle e.g. old boxes, foil, plastic bags, cardboard tubes etc.  Please sent things into school over the next few weeks so we can see what materials we have to work with. Thanks

A great team effort for our final week of cooking.  We have just had a lovely afternoon tea with a selection of sandwiches (beef, cheese and tomato, egg mayo), plain and fruit scones and iced cup cakes. Everyone worked really hard to get the food ready and then had a fantastic time eating it all! Well done everyone!

We have been very busy learning about food and farming and have had great fun cooking omelettes, soup, mince and tatties and pancakes.  Louise Forsyth has set us a challenge!

Can you cook a meal for the family that uses some of the skills you have learned in class?  You need to take photographs to show you preparing the meal.  The winners will receive one of these lovely aprons! Good luck!

Our apron winners in p4b were:
Drew, Daisy, PJ, Chloe, Kate, Ethan, Robyn, John and Eliana.  Well done to everyone who made a meal for their family and keep cooking!

P4 shared their Inventors homework at the end of block 2 – it was fantastic to see all the hard work that had gone on at home, and to see which tasks everyone had chosen. Everyone’s homework was incredible! Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Wallace were so impressed and proud of you all!

Below are some pictures of P4a’s amazing homework – I tried my best to take a photo of all of them and include them all, but think I may have missed some. So sorry if it’s your homework I have missed!

We currently have vacancies in P4, P5, P6 and P7 for tech-minded, energetic people who love all things digital!

Watch this short video to find out more!

Download the job description and application form to get started! You can also collect an application form from outside the turret.

Application Form               Job Description

Deadline for applications is Thursday 31 January.

Good Luck!

I liked making a telephone out of cups and string. Amalie

I liked making Dorothy’s ruby slippers glow. Robyn

It was amazing seeing the new born chick in the primary 7 class. Lochie

I liked watching the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy met the wizard in the Emerald city. Zack

I enjoyed making edible sparklers. Ailish

I liked it when we blew Dorothy’s house over the rainbow with the electric circuit. William

I have enjoyed making different electric circuits. John

I liked finding out about Alexander Graham Bell on the computers. Isaac

I liked painting the backgrounds for our castles. Elsie

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We are going to be learning about Inventors in block 2. Here are some of the things P4 know already about Inventors:

Inventors are people that spend weeks/months/years creating cool technologies for people that need them

Someone that invents things like computers

Invented by my mum

Make new/exciting things

Work in factories

God invented the world

Alexander Fleming invented penicillin

Inventor who made medicine for smallpox – Edward Jenner

Medicine was invented

Everything has been invented except for nature

Digestive biscuits made as people were choking on other biscuits

Xbox was invented by Microsoft and Ps4 by Sony

If we didn’t have inventors we wouldn’t have beds, shops, toilets, lights, heating, phones

Animals evolved so they invented new animals

Inventing has been around for 100s of years

Discovered is different from invented