Learning Together
The National Parent Forum of Scotland are offering some supportive sessions for parents and carers, designed to help with numeracy and maths home learning.
The first live session on Friday 5th June covers Early Number Development.
Later sessions include Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Decimal Fractions & Percentages and Algebra.
Ready, Steady, Cook with P4
Primary 4 have had a busy term so far and have loved learning all about the journey of food through their Field to Fork IDL Context. The highlight of our IDL has to be our class visit from Jennifer from Scotch Kitchen. We were able to share our learning with Jennifer and also cook Moroccan Spiced Lamb with new and familiar ingredients. The food was delicious and some of us even had second and third helpings!
Primary 4 – Term 1 Learning Letter
Digital Learning Week 2019
Primary 4 paint Swazi Candles for Fairtrade Fortnight!
Primary 4 enjoyed learning about Bongi, a candle sculptor from Swaziland. He works for Swazi Candles, a company who make beautiful fair trade candles.
We decided to create our own interprtations of these lovely designs!
Burns Day 2019
A big thank you to all those who took part in our PSA fundraiser by wearing tartan or dressing down to celebrate Burns Day on 25th January. We raised a fantastic £130.12 for the school.
Breaking Gender Stereotypes in P3, 4 and 5!
As part of their IDL context, Extraordinary Humans, Primary 3, 4 and 5 have been learning about gender stereotypes. Over the last few weeks, we have visited by two people who have broken down these stereotypes and now have jobs and take part in hobbies that they love, regardless of their gender.
Miss Walkingshaw came to speak to us about her passion for playing football, and the journey that she has been on as a girl who wanted to play. Unfortunately, it wasn’t always easy for her to join a team, and people thought that she wouldn’t be a talented player because of her gender. Now, she has represented Scotland, has played for two very well known football teams and regularly appears on TV. What an extraordinary human!
We were also visited by George who came to tell us all about how he was inspired to become a nurse after being cared for by a male nurse when he became ill as a child. He explained that some of his family were against his choice of job in the beginning, and that they told him it was a ‘girl’s job.’ Despite being the only man during his training, and being the only male health visitor in West Lothian at the time, George didn’t let it put him off. Another extraordinary human!
Supporting our learning at home:
P3, 4 and 5 have all been set a homework to prepare and present information about an Extraordinary Human of their choice. This could be someone famous, or could be a friend of family member. The talks should last between 2-5 minutes and can be presented in a format of their choosing. It would be great if you could support your child with their research, and let them practice at home. All of the success criteria for the talks can be found here.
Primary 4 learn about gender stereotypes
Through our topic ‘Extraordinary Humans’, the boys and girls have been finding out about people who have overcame obstacles in their lives to become successful.
This week we learned about gender stereotypes and explored the different ways that people can face obstacles in their life simply because they are a boy or a girl. When people use gender stereotypes, they make assumptions about people because of their gender.
The boys and girls believe that a gender stereotype is not a good thing because it encourages us to believe that boys can do things that girls can’t and girls can do things that boys can’t. We decided to make posters to show the different things that boys and girls can do regardless of their gender stereotype.
We were also lucky enough to have a visit from a female footballer this week. Miss Walkingshaw talked about the obstacles she faced as a female footballer and how she overcame those obstacles by not giving up. She gave a positive message to the that children you shouldn’t let gender stereotypes stop you from being who you want to be! Check out our football squad!
Primary 4 go bananas!
As part of food technology, the boys and girls in Primary 4 have been developing their peeling, slicing and chopping skills using bananas, carrots and potatoes!
We looked at how to prepare food safely and hygienically as well as techniques for preparing food before it is used for a meal.
First, we had to wash our carrots and potatoes using a colander and running water:
The boys and girls learned how to use the ‘bridge’ technique to slice a banana in half:
They also used the ‘claw’ technique to slice and dice the bananas:
They had lots of fun using the peelers too to peel the carrots and potatoes:
Primary 4 love food technology!
