Here are our reflections on the week:

“I enjoyed doing handwriting when we were practising cursive” – Lara

“I liked doing maths when we were doing a table and graph on a laptop” – Alex

“I liked when we did the circuit training and we recorded how much we did in a minute and thirty seconds” – Alesha

“I enjoyed finishing off the Roman timeline” – Darryl

“I enjoyed learning how to put a graph or pie chart onto a laptop using Microsoft Excel” – Aiden

“I liked doing an imaginative story in our writing about creatures on a sinking boat” – Rachel

“I enjoyed when we were learning about numbers smaller than 1 (tenths) using a decimal point” – Emma

“I enjoyed doing writing an imaginative story on a laptop” – Jemma

“Everyday we have done number talks and I liked it” – Michael

“I enjoyed when we were finishing off our pictures for the Roman Calendar and finishing the Calendar” – Jaymee-Leigh

“We were learning about what makes a great role model” – Jay

“I like being back at school after being ill” – Daniel

“Yesterday we were doing freeze frames in health and well being” – Bethany

“I liked designing a wall display of what a great role model would do” – Jack

“I enjoyed doing the daily mile” – Ethan

On Monday, we welcomed Miss Gracie into our classroom who is going to be working alongside Miss Eunson for the next five weeks.

This week we have been working hard practising and preparing for our short roman play which we will be performing at our class assembly next week . We have been researching Roman clothing, making our own props, outfits and costumes. We hope to see you all there next week (Wednesday 7th of February at 2.15pm) so we can show off our knowledge of the Romans and our learning from our topic.

On Thursday we enjoyed our day with the whole school focusing on Health and Wellbeing and where our next steps are as a school. We talked about the SHANNARI wellbeing indicators and thought of examples of how we feel and stay Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible, Included and Safe at school.

Here are our reflections on our week:

I liked doing our assessed piece of writing where we got to write a story about a mysterious shadow” –Darryl

“I enjoyed getting to collect information in tables using tally marks in Maths” –Rachel

“I liked when we did mental maths in our jotters” –Daniel

“I enjoyed when we got to paint and design Roman roads” –Emma

“I liked doing number talks” –Jay

“I enjoyed being in the JRSO pupil voice group and when we got to measure how tall we were to measure how tall you need to be without a car seat” –Michael

“I enjoyed meeting Miss Gracie and welcoming her to our class” –Aiden

“I liked doing gymnastics with Mrs Howard” –Jack

“I liked practising for the Roman play using props” –Alex

“I liked designing and painting Roman shields” –Lara

“I liked having relax and read time in our classroom where we got to choose our own books” -Bethany

“I liked working as a whole school for health yesterday”- Ethan

“I liked getting to make a poster for the pupil council” – Jemma

“I liked answering questions in circle time with Miss Gracie” – Alesha

We have had a busy and exciting week this week and have all been working hard in primary four.

Some of our highlights this week were: on Tuesday we had visitors from the Royal Bank of Scotland to do money workshops which was great fun.  Then we had our joint school ceilidh on Wednesday night and also really enjoyed the glow disco organised by the Junior Road Safety officers today!

Here are some photographs from this week:

On Monday, in writing we learned about the features of Cinquain poems and wrote our own Cinquain poem about Burns Night. We then redrafted our poems and designed our own tartan for a background and these are going to be displayed in the school.

Today, we have been focusing on how we can improve our sentences in writing by using different types of connectives, including complex connectives. We  worked together with a partner to write examples of good sentences using connectives and have added these to our writing wall.

Here are our class reflections on the week:

“I liked working out how much change you should get back when you buy something in a shop in Maths” –Jay

“I enjoyed reading Superworm with Jemma and blurb” –Jaymee-Leigh

“I liked adding together hundred numbers” –Alesha

“I enjoyed when the Royal Bank of Scotland came in and we learned about money and wants and needs” –Daniel

“I enjoyed the glow disco” –Darryl

“I liked practising writing sentences in handwriting” –Jack

“I loved practising writing sentences using complex connectives” –Rachel

“At the Glow Disco I learned if you are in the dark you need to wear something bright and shiny” –Alex

“I enjoyed writing Cinquain poems about Robert Burns” –Michael

Here are our reflections on our week:

“I really enjoyed practising our songs and words for our Roman assembly” -Jemma

“I enjoyed playing the hit the button game to help us learn our times tables” -Rachel

“I enjoyed doing gymnastics with Mrs Howard” -Jay

“I liked doing the character cop activity in reading and adding four numbers together in number talks” -Alesha

“I liked learning the times table song to try and remember our times tables” -Jack

“I enjoyed writing where we got to do a poster on a Roman topic of our choice” -Darryl

“I enjoyed practising our song we are going to perform at the ceilidh with Mrs Ewing” -Carla

“I enjoyed researching what outfits the Romans wore in Roman times” -Daniel

“I liked practising the dances for the ceilidh” -Michael

“I liked drawing arrays for the 4 times table” -Jaymee-Leigh

“I enjoyed doing partitioning in maths” -Ethan

“I liked numeracy when we got to add hundred and thousand numbers together” -Emma

We have had a busy and exciting first week back after the Christmas holidays. We have begun our new class topic -The Romans – and are really enjoying this so far.

This term, primary four are going to have gym on Mondays and Tuesdays. Can you please make sure appropriate gym kits are brought in on these days.

Here are our reflections on our first week back after the Christmas break.

“I enjoyed getting to find out my part for our short roman play for our class assembly” -Carla

“I have enjoyed our new topic, the Romans and getting to find out what the Romans invented” -Jaymee-Leigh

“I learned about the story of Romulus and Remus and enjoyed getting to retell the story with my partner Ethan on a storyboard” -Alex

“I enjoyed learning my six and eleven times table” -Emma

“I liked learning the six times table and the ICT times table game where you got to hit the button for the right answer” -Daniel

“I loved getting to practise my number bonds to 10 on a ICT game” -Jemma

“I liked learning my four times table and trying to remember the facts” -Alesha

“I learned that a lot of the things the Romans invented are still used today like cranes, toliets, public baths and central heating” -Michael

“I enjoyed learning new songs for our Roman play” -Aiden

“I liked learning what countries the Roman empire invaded and when I got to be the teacher in a number bonds game” -Ethan

“I enjoyed writing this week where we got to write about what we did on Christmas day” -Bethany

“I enjoyed doing listening games with Miss Gilroy and learning that you can work out the six times table if you know the three times table and that you can double the answers” -Darryl

“I enjoyed creating a Roman invention poster” -Rachel

“I liked doing the speedy times table activity and learning how to subtract on number lines” -Jack

“I liked the capital letter and full stops game to help with writing” -Lara

“I liked learning Roman songs” -Jay

Its only 3 sleeps until Christmas day and all the boys and girls in Primary four are very excited! We have had a busy and exciting week leading up to the holidays with our Christmas service on Monday, P3 and P4 party on Tuesday and our Christmas Lunch on Wednesday.

Here are some photographs of us this week when Primary 3 joined us and we worked together to complete a technology challenge to design Santa a new sleigh. We worked hard to discuss the special features of the sleigh and drew and labelled our designs.

Here are our reflections on the week:

“I liked watching the film Elf after our lunch on Wednesday” -Jay

“I enjoyed getting to share our writing with Primary 2/1 and 3/2” -Jaymee-Leigh

“I liked when we did technology and got to design a Santa Sleigh” -Darryl

“I enjoyed the Christmas party with my class and primary 3” -Aiden

“I enjoyed getting to tidy up the mess our class elf Bernardo made on Thursday” -Emma

“I loved finishing off the Christmas jumper designs” -Lara

“I liked writing different ways to make numbers” -Jemma

“I have loved spending time with Bernardo” -Alesha

“I liked learning about our new topic, The Romans, that we will be doing after Christmas” -Ethan

“I liked when Bernardo our class elf left us all a chocolate lolly” -Jack

“I enjoyed winning the prize for the best Christmas jumper design” -Carla

“I liked guessing the time of the clock and trying to remember what time lunch time and break time were” -Alex

“I liked when Bernardo the elf put all the chairs upside down in our classroom” -Rachel

“I enjoyed answering different money questions in Maths” -Michael

“I liked finding fractions of money in Maths” -Daniel

“I liked Blurb’s big read with Mrs Campbell on Wednesday” -Bethany

Sadly today we had a note to say goodbye from our class elf on the shelf Bernardo. He left us a chocolate lolly each and we really hope he comes back next year.

Finally, Miss Eunson would like to wish all the boys and girls and their families a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year when it comes and all the best for 2018!

We have had a very exciting and busy week in Primary 4.

Here are some photographs of us on Tuesday evening before and during our Christmas show.  We would like to say a big well done to Primary 2/1 and 3/2 for their amazing performance of Light’s Camel Action It’s Strictly the Nativity!

On Thursday, we wrote letters to P2/1 and P3/2 about their nativity performance and we can’t wait to share them with them next week.

We have been working hard in Maths ordering different amounts of money, adding amounts together to calculate the total, converting between pence and pounds and also solving money word problems.

Here are some photographs of us in action..

Here are some of our reflections on the week:

“I liked the tig game in gym with Mrs Howard” -Jay

“I really enjoyed going to the pantomime on Wednesday, I thought it was funny” -Aiden

“I liked when the guy from the pantomime chose me in the audience” -Jack

“I liked doing the money bingo game and finding different ways to make  amounts of money” -Alesha

“I enjoyed being part of the Christmas show and singing ‘Yeah Tomorrow’s Christmas’ -Carla

“I enjoyed solving money word problems” -Emma

“I liked going to the pantomime and getting to high five the character Danny” -Jemma

“I enjoyed writing a letter to P2/1 and P3/2 about what we thought about their nativity performance” -Daniel

“I liked learning about baptism and what this is in RME” -Alex

“I liked the money game on the computer and adding six different amounts together” -Michael

“I enjoyed handwriting today and getting to peer assess each others work” -Lara

“I liked when our class elf destroyed the Lego and made a mess” -Bethany

“I liked designing my own Christmas jumper” -Ethan

“I liked going on the bus to the pantomime” -Darryl

Primary Four would like to firstly thank everyone for coming to our stall at the Christmas Fayre on Tuesday and buying our products which helped us to make a good profit.  We will now be able to decide what we would like to spend our money on to help our learning in our classroom.

We would also like to say a big thanks to the PTA for organising the Christmas Fayre and for our new games box which we have already used this week during indoor break.

Miss Eunson would also like to remind the children and parents that we will be outside for gym on Monday so please bring suitable gym outdoor gym kits and footwear.

Here are our reflections on the week:

“I enjoyed the Christmas Fayre when I was working on the stall helping Miss Eunson” -Carla

“I enjoyed doing the rehearsal for the Christmas show” -Michael

“I liked watching the dress rehearsal of the P1, 2 and 3 Nativity” -Daniel

“I enjoyed doing P.E with Mrs Howard on Monday” -Alesha

“I liked doing the Izak 9 challenge and trying to find the right order for the numbers” -Jay

“I liked practising handwriting and writing sentences” -Jack

“I loved getting to write a letter to Santa thanking him for our class Elf on the Shelf” -Jaymee-Leigh

“I liked learning about money and putting notes and coins in the right order” -Alex

“I liked making the wreaths for our Christmas Fayre” -Rachel

“I liked working on the stall and working out money and giving change” -Jemma

“I liked circle time when we got to talk about times we haven’t felt good about ourselves and who we can go to or how we can make ourselves feel better” -Darryl

“I liked writing a letter to Santa” -Bethany

“I enjoyed when our Elf on the Shelf took a selfie and set it as the background on our teachers laptop ” – Emma