Tuesday 30^th January 2024 was a special day at Sound Primary School as we were visited by both the Junior and Senior Jarl Squads of 2024.

The Junior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl Skeppare Nokkvesson (aka Oran McCulloch), were in fine voice during their time with us, supported by a group of young local musicians who did a brilliant job. ‘Yes Sir, I can Boogie’ was definitely a highlight! The clip below shows all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song.

The Senior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl King Harald Olafsson (aka Richard Moar) were also pretty spectacular both in sight and sound. A fantastic line up of local musicians provided the music for the Up Helly Aa song and also their squad song which made us all want to get up and dance! Here is a clip of all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song. The Jarl commented how loud and enthusiastic our singing was. High praise indeed from a ‘King’!

Please find the Curriculum Information for term 3 below. This shows you what your child will be learning in class this term.

Term 3 Curriculum Info P4

Please also find an optional family learning grid for the term. This has a variety of activities linked to our class topic, Castles.

P4 Family Learning Grid

Good Morning!

What a week! Here is another grid of activities you can do today if you wish.

Snow Day – Friday 19th January 2024

Have a good weekend when it comes P4!

Miss Simpson

Good morning P4,

Here is another grid of learning activities for you to complete at home.  I hope you are all keeping safe and cosy!

Snow Day – Thursday 18th January 2024

Have a lovely day,

Miss Simpson

Hello again!

Here is another learning grid of activities for you to complete if you are able to.

Snow Day – Wednesday 17th January 2024

Miss Simpson

Good Morning!

I hope you are all keeping warm and cosy.  Here is another learning grid with activities you can do today if you wish.

Snow Day – Tuesday 16th January 2024

Have a lovely day.

Miss Simpson

Good morning everyone!

Please find today’s home learning grid containing activities that you can complete if you are able to do so.

Snow Day – Monday 15th January 2024

Stay safe and have fun!

Miss Simpson

P4 were invited to perform at the Sound Senior Citizen Christmas party recently, and below, are a few clips of their performance. They all did so well and brought much cheer and happiness to everyone in the hall.

Little Donkey (part 2)

Calypso Carol

Silent Night

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

P4 have been really busy in Music this term. As well as preparing for and performing at local community events, the class have been learning some traditional folk songs.

Below is a clip of an African folk song called ‘Obwisana’ from the country of Ghana. It is traditionally sung by children in a circle, where they pass rocks in time with the pulse of the music. We adapted this by using drum sticks to keep the pulse and we also composed our own four beat patterns.

The children’s performance below takes the form of (A) the song, (B) stick pattern 1, (A) song, (C) stick pattern 2, (A) song, (D) own four beat repeated pattern, (A) song and the ‘coda’ which we have learned is an Italian term used to describe the ending in a musical piece.

We have been learning about gravity this term as part of our Forces and Energy topic. We have learned that gravity is a force that pulls objects towards the Earth. We demonstrated the force of gravity by designing parachutes. We had lots of fun exploring how air resistance can work against the force of gravity by testing out our parachutes outside.