This week, we began our new context for learning:

We enjoyed learning about how plants grow through a process called photosynthesis – Sophie, Lucy M and Liam.

We also learned about the different parts of a plant and what each part does- Baillie.

In maths:

We enjoyed doing our times table challenge – Finn and Millie.

I liked learning about grid references and how to describe the location of objects- Emma

In writing:

We enjoyed making a poster to advertise in the school. We were trying to persuade people to bring in donations for the food bank- Keira, Daniel, Robbie, Ava and Freya.

In P.E.:

We have been working as a team in outdoor P.E.- James

We have been learning about balance and object control in Indoor P.E.- Arran, Aidan and Kelsey.

In Art:

We have been using a special art technique this week. We used wax crayons and black paint to cover our paper. Then we used the end of a paint brush to create an Autumn design- Eva, Rachael,Demi, Isla, Karys and Grace.

In circle time:

I liked talking about different relationships and deciding what a good relationship was and a bad relationship was- Olivia.

In French:

We learned numbers 13-31 and played bingo- Lucy R and Breanna.

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We have managed to be busy in our short week in P4b!

I enjoyed P.E this week- Kai

We enjoyed our number work and practising our times tables – Aidan, Eva, Finn, Freya, Olivia, Emma, Baillie, Grace and Breanna.

We enjoyed learning how to divide- Keira, Lucy, Kelsey, Rachael, Ava, Lucy M and Millie.

We are beginning our new context for learning- Harvest- next week. To finish off our learning about the weather we had a technology challenge! We  designed a waterproof shelter for Incey Wincey spider! We worked in pairs to decide what material and shape we would use for the shelter. We then evaluated our models at the end by thinking about what we might do differently another time.

We loved the challenge- Isla and Karys.

I enjoyed working with my partner for the challenge- Sophie.

Here are our models!

Article 13: We have the right to share what we think with others.

P4b have enjoyed learning more about the weather this week:

Throughout the week, we have been collecting and recording information about what weather we can see and hear. We have been using a rain gauge, thermometer and anemometer to record rain fall, temperature and wind speed. We have also been discussing how the weather  can change throughout the day and how this affects us.

We liked learning about how a rain gauge works and enjoyed putting our class one outside to collect rain- Keira, Sophie, Freya, Breanna and Kelsey.

We loved art this week- we were learning to shade and sketch on drawings of still life weather objects- Lucy R, Rachael, Aidan, Robbie, Eva, and Karys.

In our maths groups we have been learning different skills:

We were learning the 5 times table-Finn.

We were dividing by 10- Lucy M, Ava, Emma, and Demi.

We have also been researching internet safety on the netbooks. We were learning what SAFE thinking means and made posters to tell others how to be safe.

Special person- Isla Bee

We have the right to access information- Article 17

We have had a great week in P4b!

Arran, Rachael, Emma, Lucy M and Olivia have enjoyed learning more through our weather project. We were learning the skill of ‘taking a pencil for a walk’ to produce weather inspired art.

Ava has enjoyed maths this week and is getting better at dividing by 2.

Grace, Demi, Isla and Freya enjoyed choosing a book to read during ERIC (everyone reading in class) this week.

We have been learning French days of the week. Millie and Lucy R enjoyed matching English days of the week with French days of the week and completing a French word search.

We have also been using the netbooks this week to improve our technology and mathematical skills. We were learning to give and take directions and learning the points of a compass.

In music we created a whole class weather story with various instruments and it actually sounded like weather! We enjoyed continuing to work on team working skills in outdoor P.E.

Special person this week: Kelsey Salmond

Pupil of the week: Grace Maybury

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What a great week we have had back at school!

We have enjoyed creating our class charter and art this week! Freya, Karys, Lucy M, Keira, Aidan and Isla.

We liked maths this week. We practised our times tables and learned how to work out the area of shapes. Olivia, Lucy and Eva.

We enjoyed playing with friends during Golden time! Breanna and Robbie.

We have really liked making new friends in P4b! Emma, Finn, Sophie, Baillie, Kai and Liam.

We enjoyed writing about our summer holidays this week. James, Demi and Grace.

We hope you enjoy our pictures!

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Jack, Murray, Paige, Emma and Mark: We enjoyed outdoor P.E this week- we practised our basketball, football, and throwing skills at 3 different stations in teams.

Lauryn, Harry, Stacey, Fiona, Gary, Aidan, Katie, Luca, Jordan, Tobin and Archie: We loved learning about line graphs in maths this week! We plotted the average annual temperatures in Edinburgh and in Egypt and compared them. We noticed that Egypt is a lot hotter than Edinburgh!

Robyn, Michelle and Skye: We found maths quite challenging this week!

Jamie: I learned about half and quarter fractions this week.

Casey: I liked going to the netball after school club this week.

Gabriel, Lewis and Cameron: We enjoyed learning about Egypt. We learned about Islam and how to say some words in Arabic.

Steven: I found spelling difficult this week.

We also learned a bit about India this week and loved doing some Bollywood dancing with P4g.

Article 13: the right to finding and sharing information with others.

We have had a busy week of learning in P4m….

In maths we’ve enjoyed learning how to collect information and display it using frequency tables and bar graphs. We are loving our new topic- Around the World in 80 days. We have spent the week in the city where Phileas Fogg began his Journey- London- learning all about important landmarks and how to make our way around London Underground using a map! We have also enjoyed writing imaginative stories about a Night at the London History Museum. Our performance for Celebrating success is coming along nicely- we hope to see you there to share our success together! We are excited about our swimming trip next Wednesday after the break.

Enjoy the long weekend 🙂

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