How time flies. P4-5 is nearly done and we will soon be looking forward to a well-earned summer break. But there’s much to do between now and then – so let’s have a look at what we’ve been up to and what we’ve still to do…
Numeracy
We’re still doing lots of fractions, decimals and percentages because it’s pretty tricky and there’s so much to cover. Most of the class are enjoying it which is useful given how much they’ll be doing in P5 and P6!
We’re also continuing the times tables sheets and we’re all keen to get as far as we can with them before the end of the year.
We’ve been doing money with Mrs White where we have to find out the amount in change from up to £20.
With Mrs Brock we’ve been doing coordinates and making cool pictures – making the robot was tricky but we got there.
Literacy
Writing
In writing we’ve been learning how to do explanations – some of us wrote about how to make a bear from Build-a-Bear.
We created emotion poetry based on how we feel, such as happiness, excited and nervous. Have a listen to a few of them:
We also had to pick out a name from a box and then write about that person which was nice.
Reading
We’ve now finished ‘The Queen’s Nose’. To be honest some of us weren’t sure about this one as we found it a bit old fashioned. We’ve now moved onto ‘The Hundred mile an Hour Dog’ which is fun and easy to get into.
Topic
Our last topic was Scotland. The places we’ve all been to and also the places we can visit in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Our new topic is the Tudors where we’re going to find out all about Mary Queen of Scots – and how she didn’t have the best of times – especially at the end :-(. We’re also going to learn all about King Henry VIII and the fact that he had 6 wives (lots of them didn’t survive!)
We also now know that our class trip will be to Kelvingrove museum to cover an endangered species workshop. This links in with the John Muir award which we’ve been working towards (see below) and this will also be the subject of our solo talks. Let’s hope for a sunny day!
PE
We started the term doing gymnastics where we got to use the wall bars, the mats and the vaulting horse. We nearly got to the stage where pupils were doing somersaults on the horse (but not quite). We also did a wall bar hanging competition. The top boy was Kayden C and the top girl was Alaina!
This term we are doing athletics which will involve, sprinting, fast bounce, javelin, long jump, shot putt and standing high jump. Hopefully this will inspire some future Olympians.
We’re also learning how to play golf and we made our own crazy golf course with jumps and ramps and barriers – watch out Xscape :-D.
Outdoor Learning
For outdoor learning we’ve been taking part in the John Muir Award where we explored, discovered and conserved our local area.
On the nature trail we went on a mini-beast hunt and saw lots of slugs, snails and other beasties. We learned that there used to be a big mansion on the main field but it got knocked down. However, there are still some signs that it was there like the fountain, the stairs and some pupils even found old things like door locks!
One week we went litter picking and managed to pick up about 10kg of litter (which is both a good and a bad thing).
We also spent time creating artwork and sculptures which was even made into a YouTube video: Click here for link.
Music
We used Incredibox (Click here to try it) to make lots of cool beats. Some of us even made lyrics to go with the beats (future Taylor Swifts!).
We also used the Chrome Music Lab (Click here to try it) which had lots of great ways to make tunes, record ourselves and be creative.
Art
We’re in the process of making some Tudor comics about the life of Mary Queen of Scots – once they’re done we’ll be putting them up on the wall.
We also got very creative making impressionist paintings based on the work of Monet which was lots of fun. Here’s Bella’s example:
