{"id":95,"date":"2025-05-04T12:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/p42425\/?p=95"},"modified":"2025-05-04T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:49:49","slug":"p4-blog-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/p42425\/2025\/05\/04\/p4-blog-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"P4 Blog – May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

P4 Blog \u2013 May 2025<\/p>\n

Literacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Term 3 reading books, Cliffhanger and The Queen\u2019s Nose, have allowed us to practise our reading strategies. These included summarising, prior knowledge and connecting. We could all think of a time where we felt scared, anxious and uncertain \u2013 just like Tim did in the book.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to do tasks on Cliffhanger. We were doing predictions, answering questions and finding tricky words in the dictionary.\u201d \u2013 Harley<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used bullet points to make summary notes.\u201d \u2013 Leah<\/p>\n

\u201cA summary is when you shorten something that is long with the interesting and important points.\u201d \u2013 Ozy<\/p>\n

\u201cCliffhanger was epic!\u201d \u2013 Logan<\/p>\n

Although an IDL topic, we have had lots of opportunities to develop our writing skills when learning about Glasgow and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did persuasive writing about landmarks in Glasgow and Edinburgh and why you should go and visit them. Some examples of persuasive language are:
\n\u2022 Definitely
\n\u2022 Must
\n\u2022 I am convinced that
\n\u2022 You should
\n\u2022 There is no doubt that.\u201d – Morris<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also wrote newspaper reports on things that have happened in Glasgow and Edinburgh. There were all so funny when we read them out because we made the stories up.\u201d \u2013 Arwyn<\/p>\n

Some of our reports included aliens invading Edinburgh Castle, aliens singing with Justin Bieber at the Hydro, the Royal Family getting trapped in the Edinburgh Dungeons and a war between Edinburgh and Glasgow \u2013 they made extremely interesting reads!<\/p>\n

We also learned how to write sets of instructions. To help us visualise, we made jam sandwiches, planted tomato and sunflower seeds and used Google Earth to help write directions from Neilsland to somewhere local.<\/p>\n

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As we come to the end of Primary 4, our spelling words are continuing to become more challenging.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been getting quite tricky words like \u2018electrician\u2019 and \u2018competition\u2019. We have been practising them by doing speed writing, rainbow writing and chalk spelling.\u201d \u2013 Elliot<\/p>\n

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Maths<\/strong>
\nOur maths topics last term included fractions and percentages, measurement, equations and the four operations. We all know why we are learning each of these skills and how they can help us as we get older. We have also been developing our problem solving skills by applying our skills and strategies to different word problems.<\/p>\n

\u201c50% is the same as a half, 25% is the same as a quarter and 20% is the same as one fifth. If you\u2019re a builder you need to work out percentages of different materials.\u201d \u2013 Leo<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was going to buy a new cardigan and it had a 25% off sticker I would know how to find a quarter and tell me the new price. If you’re a carpet fitter you need to know how to measure out the carpets.\u201d Leah<\/p>\n

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With our student teacher, Miss Prentice, we learned all about data handling. She taught us that data is information that is collected to help us understand things. We created bar charts that showed our favourite sweets, types of pasta, colours and school subjects.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe did surveys to gather data. We put our information in bar charts, tally marks, Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams.\u201d \u2013 Daniel<\/p>\n

\u201cWe liked data handling because we got to go round the classes to do our surveys with the classes upstairs.\u201d \u2013 Elliot and Ibrahim<\/p>\n

\u201cA Venn diagram is two circles overlapping. One side might be \u2018green\u2019 and the other side might be \u2018vegetables\u2019. In the middle you would write in all your green vegetables because they come under both categories.\u201d \u2013 Leah<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also collected natural materials and sorted them into hula hoops outside.\u201d \u2013 Halle<\/p>\n

Now that we know how to gather and display data, we can apply our learning to any topic! In Term 4, Miss May is going to show us how to upload and display our data findings on an Excel spreadsheet.<\/p>\n

This term, with Mrs Brock, we will be learning about the area of 2D shapes to the nearest half square and exploring how different shapes can have the same area and creating our own shapes. We will be learning about Roman numerals and their impact on the world in the past and present. We are going to be learning about capacity too, and are looking forward to getting outside to use lots of water and measuring and estimating in millilitres and litres using lots of different containers.<\/span><\/p>\n

IDL<\/strong>
\nWe had lots of giggles as we learned new words and phrases used in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Here are some of our favourites:
\n\u2022 Raging \u2013 angry
\n\u2022 Bolt \u2013 go away
\n\u2022 Gallous \u2013 cocky
\n\u2022 I ken \u2013 I know
\n\u2022 Shan – shame<\/p>\n

\u201cWe searched up famous landmarks and people that are from Glasgow and Edinburgh. I figured out that Kenny Dalgleish is from Glasgow.\u201d \u2013 Leo<\/p>\n

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Health and Wellbeing<\/strong>
\nWith the nicer weather, we have been making full use of the MUGA and playground for our outdoor PE sessions. Hockey has been a firm favourite \u2013 we are all now experts at dribbling, push passing and working as a team. We know that the hand we write with should be relaxed at the top of the stick for control and our other hand firmly closer to the blade for more power.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI like hockey because Miss May taught us how to hold the hockey sticks and how to dribble properly.\u201d \u2013 Caled<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned to hold the hockey stick with two hands and point our thumbs down the way.\u201d \u2013 Lily<\/p>\n

\u201cWe liked it because you had to team up and work together. That\u2019s called good sportsmanship.\u201d \u2013 Harley and Elliot<\/p>\n

As well as outdoor team sports, our class has also been visiting the Hamilton Water Palace for our block of swimming lessons. We have been sorted into different groups and have been practising different kinds of strokes, dives and floating techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m having lots of fun at swimming. I really like swimming in the deep bit of the pool.\u201d \u2013 Hannah<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy being in the pool. I feel a bit worried sometimes but the instructors are there to help me. Free time at the end is my favourite part.\u201d \u2013 Logan<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the instructors because they\u2019re so nice. I like doing the mini swimming races with Lily.\u201d \u2013 Jessie<\/p>\n

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STEM<\/strong>
\nEvery Thursday, Mrs Brock teaches us science. We have been learning all about the different ways sounds are produced by vibrations and travel as sound waves.<\/p>\n

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We had fun doing lots of different experiments and activities to help us learn. We found out about how our ears work, we made and played our harmonica, which was very noisy!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got two lollipop sticks and put some paper inside. We put straws at the side to let air in and then tape it. When you blow it, it sounds like a drill.\u201d \u2013 Sophie<\/p>\n

We created a glass bottle xylophone which helped us understand how the speed of the vibrations in the filled bottles altered the sound when we played \u2018Twinkle Twinkle\u2019. We also tested the different sounds that different containers made when filled with water.<\/p>\n

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This term we will be learning all about energy sources and sustainability. We will be looking at the different sources of energy around us, learning why they are important to my everyday life and survival. We will be learning about non-renewable sources and their limited supply and how renewable energy sources can be replenished in a short period of time.<\/p>\n

Diversity<\/strong><\/p>\n

The whole class demonstrated excellent respect, compassion and curiosity when reading The Proudest Blue, which is all about a girl whose sister experiences her first day of wearing a hijab. We could all think of a time when we felt nervous about doing something new, being different from others and being proud of a family member.<\/p>\n

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Class Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of us are very excited to showcase our learning at our class assembly next week \u2013 our lab coats and science goggles are at the ready! We hope to see lots of our parents and carers there.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur class assembly is about all of our IDL topics that we\u2019ve done in Primary 4.\u201d \u2013 Shea<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking volcanoes will be amazing because when we mix everything together our volcano will look like it erupts.\u201d \u2013 Layla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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