This week we have been learning and practicing our song for the Emotion Works showcase. We performed it in front of parents and we were very happy to perform. Emma, Louise and Iona showed our Emotions Works based on Monsters Inc to the parents in the small hall. We were delighted to have them show off all our hard work. Thank you girls.

In the past couple of days we have been focusing on money in maths. We were looking at selling items and calculated the change and profit. We will use these skills for our enterprise evening, which takes place on 8th of December.

We concluded our basketball lessons with the college kids. They were exciting to see and very helpful. Thanks to them for improving our basketball skills.

This week we started our assessment for Emotion Works by watching Monsters Inc and taking notes on the different emotions, behaviours and triggers of the characters. We found that when the characters got scared they often ran away and screamed. Also we also evaluated how they reacted in different situations.

We also looked at maps and directions in maths. We used left and right to help us find how to get to different places on a map. Then we made our instructions better by using first, second or third left/right. Eventually we used street names to make them even better. We worked in groups to plot a path from one place to another.

College students came for our P.E. lesson this week and we learnt basketball skills. They taught us the chest pass and the bounce pass. Also we had a mini game of basketball.

Dojo Winner this week – Lily
Star of the Week – James

This week for our topic we have looked at different styles of houses in the ares. Some houses don’t have stairs. We took a walk around the area and saw bungalows and attached houses. Some people have neighbours underneath them or above them.
We have continued our number talks looking at both adding and take away this week. We continue to use our friendly number strategies. We were lucky to have parents and grandparents in to visit us on our PATPAL morning. This was a chance for us (this kids) to teach adults how to add and subtract money.
Our emotion work cog this week looked at the triggers that start our emotions. We found out that for a few of us peas triggered the disgust emotion.
Please remember that parent’s evening is next week, on Wednesday and Thursday!

This week we did our first cog for emotion works. We focused on different emotion words. We made a very big list. Below are some pictures of our work on different emotions.

Hanna performed at the Usher Hall with her gymnastic club. They showcased Princess and the Frog and Madagascar. Well done Hanna!

Erin took part in an organised run on Dechmont Law on Sunday. She came 21st and got a medal!

Brooke and Zoe’s dancing group went to Blackburn Gala Day on Saturday. They took part in the parade showing off some of their moves and tricks.

Isabel was awarded a special Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration Brownie badge on Sunday for taking part in celebrations at Inveralmond High School.

Zoe was so pleased that we got our exciting letter saying that we are going to Stirling Castle this week. Everyone is looking forward to our trip on June 16^th.

We had Sophie from Le Francais en Ecosse coming in to work with us. We practised our colours and were able to say some of the phrases that we know. Josh enjoyed learning how to say boys and girls- un garçon and une fille.

Lewis really liked writing as if he was a woodland creature. He thought that it was good fun. Amy enjoyed going for our walk in the woods where we saw lots of different things. We are going to use what we saw to help us make a map of the area. That’s for next week!!

Here are some photos of P4 taking part in Sports for Champions with Liam Davie. We were all super excited and inspired. There’s someone with a growth mindset!

We had fun in our vertical learning groups learning about our different rights. Lewis liked making a badge for a club that anyone could come to. His group was finding out about joining different groups and what might stop you from doing that.

On Wednesday P4 went swimming at Bubbles. Alexander said that it was very fun. We are excited because letters have gone home about going to camp once we are in P5- some people can’t wait!!