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March/April

Health and Well Being.

As part of our Topic we were learning about how to keep ourselves clean.

One of the things we can do is brush our teeth independently.  We demonstrated how to brush our teeth properly.  Then we wrote instructions about how to do it.

 

Fun 31

We had Fun 31 with our House Teams.  Team Oxna were in the games hall and Lexi and Markus led some games for us.  It was great fun!

Scotland Topic 

We have been learning about the Loch Ness Monster.

We made clay models of what we think the Loch Ness Monster looks like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working with Primary 2

We shared facts with Primary 2 about Snow Leopards because they have been learning about cold places.

We adopted a snow leopard because they are an endangered animal.   We also  learnt facts about them so we were happy to help Primary 2 with their topic.  It was lots of fun pairing up.  We had a few younger siblings and it was nice to spend time in each others classrooms.

Poppy and Bjorn researching facts
Demi and Trixie worked together
Ian-Henry and Connor researching interesting facts
Lily and Jack worked together
Olivia and Poppy M
Gabriel and Magnus making writing their facts
Lily and Jack’s finished work
Ruby, Alice and Imogen with their finished work
Bjorn and Poppy
Hanna and Havanna
Sadie and Connor
Poppy and Olivia

February in P4

We’ve had another busy month in P4.

We enjoyed having a Second year student who was called Miss Leslie.

Jack and Hanna practising their spelling words by playing tic tac toe with chalk pens.
We love using chalk pens to help with our learning.

Miss Leslie planned really fun handwriting lessons.  We loved practising our letter  formations in different ways.

This group completed mazes. They had to use straight lines to reach the end.
This group loved the messy shaving foam to practise the correct formation.
Goldilocks writing: Too light, Too dark and Just right. It is important to hold your pencil correctly to get the right pressure. If you press too hard you will get a sore hand. If its too light it is hard to see.

We had a Maths relay to practise adding up different totals in Money.

In teams we had to race to choose a coloured cone.  Each cone had a value and we had to add up our totals.  It was good to have team mates to help each other and explain how to find the answer.

 

We have been learning about light and sound.

We made Globes using balloons, paper mache and long sticks. We added on the continents and used them to explain the earths rotation around the sun.   We’ve been learning about day/night, seasons, the earths tilt, leap years and why the sky is blue!

Kevin and Aidan using a torch (sun) to explain what happens.
Poppy M and Imogen shared their explanation with the class.
Aodee and Magnus worked together to explain what happens.

Fire Festival 2024

We’ve had a great first week getting ready for the Scalloway Fire Festival.

We loved meeting the Jarl squad and trying on their sheilds , axes and helmets.

Teejay
Aodee
Imogen
Poppy M
Poppy R
Imogen
Lily-Louise
Ruby
Larkin
Hanna

We’ve also been practising our Shetland Dialect.  We wrote Poems about the Fire festival.  We had to use nouns, verbs and adjectives in dialect.  Here is some of our work.  The rest are on display in the corridor.

 

Then we made Viking pictures using oil pastels.

 

P4 Enterprise

Primary 4 have been busy making important decisions as part of our Enterprise topic.

They had to decide what to make first and then make something that other people would want to buy.

They worked hard on these and we had to do some compromises and negotiations along the way.

Today they got to see their finished product.  They were all very excited and it was great to see the end result.

Hanna with the front cover she designed.

Volcanoes

We have been finishing off our Roman Topic and learning about the Pompeii Disaster that happened in 79 AD.

We made replica models of Mount Vesuvius and had fun watching them erupt using bicarbonate of Soda and Vinegar.  We added some other ingredients to make it look like lava.

Term 1 in P4

We’ve had a busy term settling into Primary 4.  We learnt lots of new routines and done lots of hard work in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Well Being.

We have chosen some photos to share…

Lilly, Hanna and Jack made a huge tower using magnetic blocks. They measured it and it was 1.6m tall.

Our Roman topic is well underway and pupils have enjoyed challenges where they have had to work together using everyone’s skills to design and construct models. 

Jack made a shield and axe during choosing time. We think he looks great dressed in a Roman tunic.
Well Done Kevin and Aidan who made the sturdiest Roman chariot model.
Challenge to design and construct a Roman Chariot model with moving wheels.

We’ve been learning about the Roman Army and how the Empire expanded.   We learnt some of their tactics when they went into battle.

We made Roman Catapults and tested them using cotton wool balls.  We had to make changes to our models if the cotton wool didn’t move far.

We have been learning about Roman daily life and what they looked like and wore.  We were shocked to learn that they cleaned their clothes in Urine!

We made our own versions of Roman Sandals.  They had  to be worn by our Roman lady (Zoe) and not fall apart.

Our Roman lady Zoe. Wearing a skirt and Togo.