Assembly
Our assembly was about St Valentine. St Valentine was a Roman priest and doctor who married people in secret because the emperor did not allow soldiers to get married. We sang the songs ‘Love’ by Michael Ball and ‘I Want to Know What Love is’ by Foreigner.
Rhea liked our assembly because ‘it wasn’t just about St Valentine but also about love and it brought more people together.’
Lucy thought it was ‘really fun because we were dressed up and everyone watching was enjoying it too!’ And Kayden enjoyed ‘being in front of a big audience too!’
We also discussed the facts we learned about the heart and we told everyone about the heart symbol. Skye liked that there were facts, dancing and acting. She ‘loved being the heart’.
Lailah liked the fact that ‘everyone felt happy because it was heartwarming. She liked that ‘people’s faces lit up and they were laughing!’
STEM Day and Science
The whole school also took part in a STEM Day where the children participated in many exciting activities! We learned about our fingerprints, and we used ink and paper to print our finger prints and find out what type of finger print we have. Heidi particularly enjoyed this! Another activity we took part in was a detective hunt and we had to find numbers and symbols to make a word and the word was detective. Caleb says ‘we also built bridges with newspaper and that was fun!’
We made paper aeroplanes and we tested how far they travelled in the playground. Jacob Le V liked this because ‘I learnt something new’. We also did chromatography to see the different pigments of the colours. Kaiyah ‘really liked doing different things about STEM but my favourite was chromatoghraphy because I could see the different pigments hiding in black.’
Noah liked measuring noise because, ‘I liked the decibels going up when I shouted banana.’ And Ariana liked that ‘I came third place out of the whole class’ when measuring how much noise they could make! Oly also enjoyed ‘going to P6 to program the Microbits to play rock. paper, scissors.’
In Science we have continued our topic of forces. We used Newton Balances to measure force and then explored magnetism. We also investigated earthquakes as part of Topical Science.
Maths
We learned about algebra. Algebra is like missing number sums. The missing number is replaced by a letter and you have to work out the value of the missing number. Jacob B liked ‘doing algebra because I liked working out the missing numbers. It was fun.’ Bella liked Algebra too because ‘it’s fun to do and I like the greater than and less than symbols.’
We also have been learning to use the standard written method when adding and subtracting calculations.
Fractions is fun too says Jacob P, ‘I really like doing fractions. I like knowing that the bigger the denominator gets, the smaller the fraction.’ Noah thinks ‘equivalent fractions can be hard!’ Calum likes ‘changing the numerators and denominators to make different fractions.’
Literacy
In Literacy, we have been reading the Roman Chronicles. We learned the difference between fact and fiction and we were also learning about adjectives, subjects and verbs. We all enjoyed writing our own narratives too.
Peyton says’ ‘We’ve been writing loads of stories using different punctuation. We also use loads of adjectives!’
Lacey liked the Roll a Dice Story. ‘It was fun because I never have ideas for what to write my story about and this helped.’ Cooper said ‘this helped my writing get better too.’
Outdoor Learning
We went up to the Nature Reserve to learn how to use it more. Leigh from Eolas and Mrs Marnie came too. We made a fire and toasted marshmallows, we also had a lot of fun activities to do like a tightrope, tent, a list of things to find like bugs, make a journey stick etc. We all had a fantastic time!
Millie ‘liked seeing the squirrels jumping around in the trees.’ and Jorjia ‘liked looking at the insects’ and learning more about them.
Now we have started using our Nature area again we will use all these ideas and lots more.
Harrison says ‘We have been trying to spot all the different signs of spring. I spotted a nest in one of the trees.’
Date for your Diary- P4 Class Trip to New Lanark Monday 5th June
Gym Days
Swimming- Tuesday morning
Outdoor PE/Learning – Wednesday and Thursday afternoon
Please remember trainers and to wear clothing appropriate to go out in all weathers!
Please – no jewellery for Swimmimg/PE days including earrings, necklaces and rings.
A wee reminder
Some children do not have their cardigans/jumpers/shoes /jackets/ packed lunch boxes/ water bottles labelled. Please can you make sure you write your child’s name on their items then we can return them. Thank you.
