Category: Primary 4

What a fantastic week we had!

We started learning to write a persuasive text, we learnt to use exclamation mark appropriately and we wrote literal questions about a text.

For Numeracy, we began learning subtraction strategies focusing on inverse operations.  We also revised on fractions and percentages.

We thoroughly enjoyed FUTSAL on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Mrs Buntin taught us how to use and access Glow/ TEAMS.

We had a lot of fun writing spooky stories to day and of course we loved our Halloween Party.

 

This week we enjoyed  a variety of fun learning experiences.

For Literacy,  we practiced reading and writing our spelling words, we learnt how to use commas when writing a list and for reading, we used our clarifying strategies to define the word- Hibernation.

For Numeracy, we learnt to add 2 digit and 3 digit numbers with exchanging.  We also worked on our number facts during Number Talks.

For PE, we played Futsal and Tennis.

After having a well deserved rest we have returned to school this week raring to go!

Firstly, Mrs Dobbie and the rest of the staff at Deans would like to congratulate Brendan who won the sunflower competition back in September. Well done Brendan for growing such a super sunflower!!

This week we have been learning about the new reading skill of Summarising and we are looking forward to putting this into practise next week. This week we focused on using the skill of clarifying  to complete a Frayer Model to help us learn about the word and clarify the meaning of  Hibernation. Have a look at what we have been working on.

We were also lucky to have a session of Futsal this week. We practised our dribbling and defending skills through playing a game of ‘splat tig’.

We tried our hands at the skill of Zentangle. This means ‘calm doodling’ using a simple black and white repeated pattern. We used a pumpkin template to practise this technique.

We hope you have enjoyed reading about some of our learning this week.

This week we have been busy writing a Recount about our PE Lesson.  We practiced our clarifying skills and began our questioning task for reciprocal reading.

For Health and Well- being, we investigated what assumptions mean and the consequences it might have.  We practiced tap ups and serve skills in Tennis.

For IDL, we made Roman Bathhouses after we explored the ways in which they were used.  We created patterns to make mosaic art as well.

For Numeracy, we have been learning to find half and quarter of a number.  We also revised on our chimney sums.

Have a lovely October Break everyone!

This week in Primary 4/3 we have been working hard on finishing off our topic of gymnastics in gym. We have been working on linking a series of movements together, including a balance, a pose and a jump into a roll. We have thoroughly enjoyed this topic in gym and are looking forward to learning some basketball skills after the October Holidays.

 

We also had a very exciting and a little soggy session of Green Gym this week. Alice was our teacher and she was teaching us all about bees and biodiversity. We learned all about how pollen spreads and how we can help save the bees by planting more flowers.

In our Victorians topic this week we have been exploring different methods of creating texture within a piece of art. We used, smudging, crumpling, tearing and shading to create a picture of a chimney sweep.

We hope you enjoyed a little snapshot of our week. We are very much looking forward to a little break during  next week. Happy Holidays!

This week we consolidate on our mental addition strategies.  Ask me how to do compensation, partitioning and skip counting.  We have also been learning to use chimney sums as a written method of adding.

For Literacy, we worked on creating an effective orientation for our recount.  We revised on our punctuations using dictation.  For reading, we defined words that are unfamiliar.  We learnt to use clarifying skills to make meaning and expand our vocabulary.

In PE, we worked on our forehand and backhand skills using tennis rackets.

This week has been incredibly busy and jam packed with lots of interesting and challenging learning taking place in our classroom and beyond.

In maths, we have been focusing on identifying a fraction of a whole number. We have been using concrete materials to do this as well as using our knowledge of multiplication and division. It was tricky to get our heads around but once we practised everyday we are becoming more confident at applying these skills.

In numeracy, we are continuing to work on using place value to help us with addition calculations.

We are still working on the writing genre, Recount. This week we wrote a recount featuring our Best Birthday Ever! We are experts at this genre now and becoming very skilled at using the self assessment placemats to help us identify what went well and what we can do next time to improve. Here are some examples of our wonderful work.

We have been exploring the concept of perspective in Art and Design. Seeing Autumn has finally begun we decided to draw an Autumn Scene, including a pumpkin patch. We worked step by step to create an element of depth to our pictures. We are very proud of the final result.

We hope you enjoyed this little snapshot of our week.

 

I liked doing writing about Draco the Dragon.

I enjoyed learning about skip counting strategy to add onto 2 digit numbers. S

I enjoyed learning about fractions because I like to learn.  SC

I liked doing spelling because you can learn new words. DN

I liked learning  about the words Denominator and numerator because it was interesting. M

I liked to do the shields because its creative and inspiring. L