We have been learning a science topic this term.

We have been learning about light and electricity.

Bodi’s Dad visited us and talked to us about the job of an Electrician. He explained to us how simple electrical circuits work.

We discovered that in order for a circuit to work it needs a power source, wire and light bulb, motor or buzzer.

We enjoyed making circuits.  Some of us included a switch in the circuit too.

We also learnt about the  Earth and how important the Earths rotation is in causing day, night, years, leap years and seasons.

We made models of the Earth and demonstrated in groups how this happens.

We have also been observing the patterns of the moon.

Later, we learnt about Sound.  We made Walkie Talkies to explore how vibrations cause sounds.

This term we have been reading novels in groups.

We read together regularly  to read and discuss the book.  Each time we had a different group leader who was responsible for keeping track of our reading.

We have been learning to write book reviews.  We reviewed the books after we read them.

We have been reading The Novel How to Train your Dragon.

This inspired us to create our own dragons.  In ICT we used a program to create our own personalised Dragons.  We made a trump card thinking about the Dragons skills and personalities.

In Writing, we learnt about similes and how these can help make our writing more interesting.   We wrote detailed character descriptions including similes.  Then we practised our typing skills to redraft our writing.

We worked together in pairs to create a Dragon Habitat using junk and modelling materials.

In ICT, we have been learning how to make animations using “Stop Motion”.  We had lots of fun making these and had to be patient.  Some of us had over 100 frames (photos) in our animations.

We loved getting ready for the Scalloway Fire Festival.    We made Shetland Dialect Poems using Nouns, verbs and adjectives based on the Fire Festival.

We drew Viking portraits and made shields using oil pastels.  We practised blending techniques.

We have had a busy term preparing for our Christmas Concert.

We have been working on developing our confidence,  performance and team work skills.

We brainstormed some ideas of things we could make and sell at the Christmas Concert.  We voted and Reindeer Dust got the most votes.

We used food colouring to dye the oats red and green.

As a class we wrote a rhyme to go on the labels.

Then we printed and cut the labels the right size.

We drew reindeers on every label.

We made 151 bags of Reindeer food and we sold out!

We made a profit of £132 to go towards our school funds.

As part of our Topic we learnt about what the Romans ate.

We made Roman bread and had a Roman feast.

The Romans ate while lying down!  We tried to see what it was like.  We were surprised to learn that they didn’t use cutlery or sit at a table like we do.

We made models using craft tubes.

Alice made a Quill our of a feather and brought it in for Show and Tell.

After learning about the Colosseum  Bodi, Max and Caleb made a model of it during  during our Soft Start.

We had a wonderful Activity day to celebrate all the hard work pupils have done in P4.

We started off with an Inflatable in the games halls while we listened to our favorite songs.

Then we went to the Scalloway Museum to visit, have a tour and learn about the Scalloway Castle.  We also learnt more about the Shetland Bus and Kaare Iverson.

Then we went to Fraser Park before returning to school.

Lachlan made a power point presentation about his Great Grandad, Kaare Iversen.

He showed us the book he wrote and lots of photos of his Grandad.

The class loved hearing about the amazing story of the Shetland Bus.

We have been learning about Measure this week in maths.

We have had experience of estimating, weighing and reading scales.