Writing

After consolidating our learning about verbs we have been learning about adverbs.

Ranna – adverbs describe verbs

Euan – jumping (verb) quickly (adverb)

Alex – run (verb) slowly (adverb)

In our writing this week we have been focussing on using interesting adverbs to describe verbs. We have also been trying to start a sentence using an adverb.

Suvi – Quickly I ran away.

William – Slowly we started to take off.

Ranna – Silently I read my book.

Jason – Swiftly we ran across the road.

Maths

This week we have been learning about the decimal point and adding and subtracting money. As well as the written method we used coins to give change.

Megan – you have to remember to put in the decimal point

Lucas- you have to use the pound sign

Ranna – I think it’s easier to work out change using the coins

Expressive Arts

Over the next few weeks we will be taking a look at different artists

This week we were learning about the style of Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at some of his most famous paintings then had to recreate ‘Starry Night’ We discussed the picture before choosing the right colour of chalks we would need then we had to make sure we used the same flowing line style that Van Gogh used. Here are a couple of our pictures –

P.E.

This week in P.E. was fun as we have been learning about moving in flight using gymnastics moves. The ultimate goal was to be able to perform the move and land securely on two feet.

Alex – the ‘bravery test’ was part of the gymnastics and it was fun because we had to stand up and fall back onto a big squishy mat

Teighan- I liked it when we had to jump as far as we could and land securely then we had to place our bean bag down as a marker

Have a great weekend!

This week saw the arrival of Emerald, a visitor from Space. We thought about how we might have got here and where he might have come from.

Charlotte – He came from an emerald egg
Callum – He had a transforming spaceship which transformed into all our drawings which were all very different.
Rose – He came from Mars.
Louie – He came from Planet Zin.
Guy – He flew in a big flying saucer.
Maisey – He came from Planet Disco.
Nathan – He came from Planet Emerald.

We do not why he came but we are looking forward to finding out!

This week we started rehearsals for the School Talent Show. We are looking forward to choosing the P4B act next week.

We have also started learning about calendars and how long things can take. We know how to use a calendar to find a date and day and will be finishing off our time work learning how to work out the lengths of journeys and television times.

Table of the week – green with 410 points. Congratulations!

Writing

We wrote a recount of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots with Mrs Aitken this week. This time we worked without a writing planner which is tricky but we did very well! We had to write using time connectives to sequence the recount and make sure it was in chronological order.

Maths

We were learning to time an event using a stopwatch. It was good fun. We had to see what we could manage in 60 seconds. We had to estimate first then time the activity to see if our estimation was correct. Some of the activities were- hopping, writing our name, taking our jumper off and putting it back on, standing on one leg, try to build a tower of 30 cubes. We also did a fun activity to consolidate what we had learned about telling the time, we had to make the time on a paper clock and write the digital time then match it to times on the board.

Expressive Arts

We enjoyed making ‘autumn windows’ this week with Mrs Spence and Mrs Aitken. We folded our paper in half then cut a window in one half and painted an autumn picture on the other. When the paper was folded over it looked like a window. we really enjoyed this! Here is some of our work – oops we will load pictures another time as we are having difficulty uploading images..

Teamwork

We have been working hard to support each other in class. This week we did a really tricky activity to help us learn more about working together and supporting each other. We worked in pairs and had to use only one hand each to tie a shoelace, it was very good fun. Apologies again as we can’t upload pictures at this time.

Have a great October break everyone!

This week has been a busy and fun week. We’ve enjoyed the good weather and had a lot of out door playtimes which is great.

In language, we wrote coded letters from Mary, Queen of Scots, who was imprisoned, to her allies. First we looked at the code that Mary used when writing to her friends. Then we typed up a different code to write messages. We gave each other words and messages to decode using our new code. We discovered that you have to be really careful when using a code otherwise it doesn’t work!

In maths we are working on rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and also to the nearest 100.

We are also learning to match digital and analogue times. We are finding this a bit tricky and need more practice!

In french we learnt the months of the year and made wheels to show what happens in each month.

In science we started planning a game using our understanding of circuits. We are looking forward to making them next week!

In P.E. we have been learning hockey skills. We have been playing lots of small sided games learning about controlling the ball and working in a small space. We enjoy playing truck and trailer.

Ben is very proud that he has learnt to ride his bike without stabilisers.

Our table of the week is green

Pupil of the week is Charlotte for doing excellent roleplay in health and wellbeing.

Golden Steps – Step 3 Katie Armstrong

Article 28 – the right to an education

This week has been week of very varied weather and we’ve certainly been kept on our toes updating it on our french board!

Our thoughts on our learning this week –

Ben – I learnt how to read time on digital and analogue clocks.
Maisey – In music we learnt how to interact with different types of music.
Charlotte – I learnt how to feel the music when we were learning some songs.
Luke – I learnt about Darnley’s murder with 3 items beside him.
Hope – I learnt tricky words in spelling.
Emma – I learnt how to make a circuit.
Callum – I learnt how to join 2 circuits together.
Guy – I know how to make a circuit and I answered a question about making a circuit.
Jason – I have learnt to do tricky maths, especially doing my bronze tables test.
Nathan – I have learnt more about saying the days of the week in French.

We loved the song and you can too!

Jack – I learnt about the days of the week in French.
Camaron – I learnt about Mary Queen of Scots.
Isaac – I learnt how to nmake a circuit with 2 batteries.
Jacob – I learnt that if you put something non metal into a circuit, it doesn’t go on fire but the circuit didnt work either.
Lucy – I learnt tricky words in spelling.
Katie- I learnt that electricity can flow through metal.
Rose – I learnt to put 2 batteries into a circuit.
Hayley – I learnt how to make a circuit.
Louie – I learnt how to add a buzzer into a circuit.
Elliot – I know what happens if you connect a battery to a pen.
Aryan – I learnt how to add 2 batteries into a circuit.

In Science, we asked a lot of questions about circuits. We then tried to find out the answers.

We also enjoyed investigating electricity on this website.
http://www.hyperstaffs.info/science/work/child/circuits.swf

Pupil of the week – Hope for being helpful to her classmates and being a good friend.

Table to the week blue with 690 points!

Literacy

We have been learning how to write a newspaper article this week. We used a writing planner to take notes before transferring the notes into a full article. We had to make sure we had the correct layout and an appropriate headline. Some of us included quotes in our article and Miss Drummond was impressed with our ‘have a go approach’ with punctuation we weren’t sure of.

Mia– I enjoy writing and I like trying new kinds of writing and different punctuation

Euan – I enjoyed doing the newspaper article and I think I had a good headline – Murder Mystery

Maths

We have been learning about the 24 hour clock this week. It really is extremely tricky because there are 24 hours in a day but that’s actually day and night. A.m. is the part between midnight and midday and pm is between midday and midnight but pm gets 12 hours added on but you don’t say 13 o’clock you say thirteen hundred hours …easy ! There is so much to remember however we are getting there.

Connor – I really enjoyed learning about the 24 hour clock.

Jason – It was tricky at first but I kept trying and that’s our growth mindset

LATC

We have been discussing the death of Lord Darnley and who the possible suspects are, and if he was indeed murdered.

Suvi – I thought that Elizabeth killed Darnley because she wanted Mary to marry one of her friends

William – I think the Earl of Bothwell killed Darnley because he knew everyone hated Darnley and killing him could mean that everyone would want him to be king for killing him

Sophia – I think Mary killed Darnley because she said she was at a masked ball but no one would know if she was there or not or she might have sent someone else in her place . She wanted Darnley dead because he was horrible to her.

Have a great weekend!!!

We can’t believe how fast our days are flying in. One minute it’s big start and the next it’s home time, that’s how it feels anyway!

Literacy

This week we have been learning to write a letter. We pretended to be the young Mary Queen of Scots, who had been sent to live in France, writing a letter home to her mother. We used a writing planner to help structure our work. Here is an example of the opening paragraph of  one of our letters-

Maths

We have been continuing to practice our recall of the times tables and feel we are getting better. On Monday we were consolidating what we have learned about rounding numbers. We have also been learning how to tell the time in 5 minute increments.

Mia – I am finding it easier to tell the time

Connor – I am enjoying rounding numbers

Suvi – I feel more confident with telling time

Campbell – I am enjoying rounding number to 100

LATC

We have been learning about the time when Mary Queen of Scots was sent to France to live so that she would be safe from King Henry.

Jason – the four Marys’ went with her but got sent to live with nuns

Denholm – in France she liked horse riding and she learned to play the harp

Euan – she played with her cousin Elizabeth and the king’s son Francis

Amy – she learned to play the Lute

Music

We had a great time learning rhythms…

Have a great weekend!

This week has been a week of weather and has certainly helped us with our French! We’ve had rain, sunshine, warmth, clouds and wind!
This has been our first full week and we have started learning lots of new things.

In literacy we are learning about Mary Queen of Scots, who was born nearby at Linlithgow Palace. She was the third child of Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland.

In maths, we have been learning about place value and adding numbers. We have also been revising our knowledge of telling the time. We played time bingo using analogue times and clocks. We are all really good at using o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to and are moving onto using 5 minute intervals which will mean we are never late!
In Music with Mrs Drummond, we learnt about rhythm and beat. We had a lot of fun clapping and clicking.
Have a lovely weekend and we hope the weather is nice for the Kirkston Park festival.

Article 28 – The Right to an Education
Pupil of week – Maisey for contributing to class discussions.
Table of the week – Yellow

This week P4b really enjoyed meeting their new P5 teacher. They liked learning about the Olympics and spending time in their new P5 classroom. P4b also enjoyed creating rhyming poems about summer time, learning how to read and balance scales during practical maths and learning about the correct response in an emergency situation.