We worked cooperatively to read and sort instructions to make a Model of a Roman Catapult.  Then we made it using lollypop sticks, elastic bands and lots of patience.  It was very fiddly.

We had fun testing them.  Some of us discovered we had to make little changes to make the bowl spring more so the “boulder” went further.

We have been learning the history of Roman Numerals and what each numeral represents.

We did some problem solving activities to practise using Roman Numerals.

We have been learning about the Romans.

We made models of Roman Sandals.  We researched, designed, made and evaluated our models.

We had to work well as a team and listen to each others ideas.  We also had to problem solve if something didn’t work.

We have been revising 2D and 3D shapes.  We also learnt about Quadrilaterals and the properties of these shapes.

We made models using little 3D shapes.  We had to describe the model using the correct shape names.

We made Angle Eaters to help us find right angles around the school.  We discovered right angles are in lots of shapes and objects especially squares and rectangles.

We have also been developing our mental math strategies for addition and subtraction sums.

We have been playing dice games to help build our fluency for quick recall.

Primary  3 and 4 Activity Day in Sunny Aith.

P4-7 Sports Day

Volume and Capacity:  Making potions

Generation Science visit for P4 and P5.

Jamie and Teegan from “Generation Science” visited us to teach us about Electricity.

It was lots of fun and learnt lots about Electricity.

We got to be scientists.  We had to test magnets and copper wires to see how much electricity we could make.  We measured it using an Ammeter.

Then we charged up the Hexbugs using the best combination of magnets and copper wires.  Then we raced the Hexbugs.

We have been learning some Survival Skills.

Kate visited our school and taught us how to start a fire safely in a survival situation.  We used flint and steel which isn’t hot but it creates sparks.  We each had a go at lighting a cotton wool ball.

Then we had to safely put the fire out in a bowl of water.

We learnt that whenever you want to light a fire you should ALWAYS have something to put it out with like water or a fire blanket.

We also learnt how to make a Den in less than 5 minutes!

We used climbing rope and tarpaulin.  It was tricky tying knots but we enjoyed the challenge.

OVERVIEW for term 4