P4/3 came back last week in high spirits. It appears Santa was very good to them all. After wishing each other a Happy New Year they settled down to work really hard the rest of that week and this.

Their topic this term is THE ROMANS and they learned all about Romulus and Remus. They wrote the story of them in their writing jotters which was not easy because there are lots of versions of the story. Rory has excelled himself this week by working on problems all about money. The teacher thinks he will grow up to be an accountant. Poems to learn were given to the class in memory of Robert Burns. The children heard all about his early life and have completed a wee workbook on him. Next week they will add narratives to the workbook during handwriting lessons. The Pencils Maths Group learned all about Tens and Units and did very well for a first attempt. The teacher is dead chuffed with the P4 boys who have been learning to add and subtract Hundreds Tens and Units. They are on fire! The Rulers continue to learn their tables and everyone is trying to beat Ryan Mallin who is excellent at them! In Reading the whole class are learning to explain the resoning of punctuation in any piece of writing. The children completed their Babushka dolls and took them home. Parents seemed to like the dolls and Finlay’s wee sister thought it was a real one! Next week the children will make laurel wreaths in their Roman topic and research why they are doing so on the web during laptop time on Monday morning.