P 5/4 Visited Pets at Home this morning.
We have been learning about how to look after pets in class and we decided as a class that we would like to get a Pet Fish for the class.
During our visit to Pets at Home in Livingston today, a lovely man called Liam spoke to us about lots of different pets. We were allowed to pet some animals, such as a rabbit and guinea pig. Liam brought out a snake, frog and lizard for us also to have a look at. We fed all of the fish in the tanks and then we were lucky enough to be able to pick out our very own tank and fish for the class. This afternoon we have set up our tank, which we have to leave for 3 days, so that it will be ready for the fish to live in. Miss Hanlon will go back to the store to collect our fish for the tank.
We have all had a lovely day and we cannot thank Liam and Pets at Home enough for all of their help today.
Miss Hanlon and P 5/4.

Hello,
I hope you have all been out enjoying the snow at some point.

Just to let you know I have uploaded more activities onto Education City that you can try. There are a few activities I have included that you could challenge yourself with. These are in the homework section under three separate sections – Practice, Money and Time. The time section includes both times tables as well as being able to look at hours in a day. We will be moving onto learning about Time and Money in class over the next few weeks, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for you all to get some practice in of what you already know. The Practice section includes lots of activities to help you practice some of the things we have already been learning in class.

I know we have also sadly missed out in our Assembly today, however, I am sure we can reschedule this for another day. In the meant time, can you please keep practicing the song.

Fairtrade Song

We have neighbours who are hungry
far away, far away.
All of us can help them
earn a better living
Buy Fair Trade. Buy today.

Low paid farmers grow bananas
far away, far away.
Fair trade pays them better
helps them have clean water.
Buy Fair Trade. Buy today.

Skilful women, weaving, sewing
far away, far away
need to sell their baskets
woolly hats and bracelets.
Buy Fair trade. Buy today.

Hope you are all keeping yourselves safe and warm as well.

Miss Hanlon – who is currently snowed into her house.

Good Morning P 5/4.
As discussed in class, here are the snow day activities that you can choose from.

P4 Winter weather day learning.

Photographs to show what you have been up to are very welcome 🙂

I will be checking to make sure that everyone has seen this post, if you have seen this post, can you please comment below with the word ‘snowman’. There will be special gems and stickers to those of you who do this when we return to school. 🙂

Enjoy ourselves and keep safe and warm.
Miss Hanlon and Mrs. Stewart.

We have been very busy over the last few weeks in P 5/4.
We have been practicing Fractions and Word Problems, discussing our school values and rehearsing for our Fairtrade Assembly, which is this Friday.

I hope you all have a lovely week.

Miss Hanlon and Mrs. Stewart.

We have been very busy in P 5.4 over the last few weeks. Here are some of the things that we have been up to both in and out of the classroom.

I was very proud of all the children during our recent Assembly.

The children enjoyed being outside in the snow trying to build the biggest snow man, they realised that if they worked together in groups, they then could build bigger snowmen together. They then had to judge which snowman was the biggest by estimating which snowman was the biggest, without the use of a Metre stick.

We have been using lots of our new numeracy resources, during our numeracy lessons and consolidating what we have already learned.

We managed to solve Mrs. Bruce’s treasure hunt and solved the mystery word and won our class some treasure.

As well, as learning lots, we have have been researching information for our Burns topic and practicing lots for our Burns show, which is this Thursday night. (8th of February 2018, 6-7.30 pm)

I hope you all have had a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you all back in the morning.
Miss Hanlon.

Below are the words to the poem we have been learning altogether in class. Please rehearse these.

To a Mouse.

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi’ bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,
Wi’ murd’ring pattle!

To A Mouse

I’m truly sorry man’s dominion,
Has broken nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An’ fellow-mortal!

I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
‘S a sma’ request;
I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,
An’ never miss’t!

Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!
It’s silly wa’s the win’s are strewin!
An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,
O’ foggage green!
An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin,
Baith snell an’ keen!

Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste,
An’ weary winter comin fast,
An’ cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell-
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro’ thy cell.

That wee bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble,
Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!
Now thou’s turn’d out, for a’ thy trouble,
But house or hald,
To thole the winter’s sleety dribble,
An’ cranreuch cauld!

But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men
Gang aft agley,
An’lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!

Still thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e’e.
On prospects drear!
An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
I guess an’ fear!

Many thanks.
Miss Hanlon, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Glancy and Mrs. Craig.

Below are the lyrics that the children of P 4 and P 5 have been practicing for, for their show. Please can you encourage your child to practice these at home.

My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose

O my Love is like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June:
O my Luve is like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Love!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
Tho’ ’twere ten thousand mile!

Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And there’s a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
Chorus

Many Thanks.

Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Glancy, Miss Hanlon & Mrs. Stewart.

The children shall be practicing this song during collaboration next week. Please can you encourage your child to practice this at home.

The Eco Song

(To the tune of Wonderwall by Oasis)

Today is going to be the day that we are gonna switch off the lights

By now you should have somehow put the rubbish in the bin

I don’t believe in anybody who isn’t an eco pal, an eco pal

Back beat, the word is on the street that the eco gang is back

Our aim is to clean up the school and switch off all the lights

I don’t believe in anybody who isn’t an eco pal, an eco pal

And all the work we have to do is tricky

Watching lights and cleaning up aint pretty

There are many things we need to earn our eco flag

And we’re gonna try

Cause maybe, Murrayfield is gonna go crazy

Cause we’re a team, help the eco gang!

Miss Hanlon

Welcome back, I hope you all have had a lovely break.

Just a little reminder of some of our upcoming dates:

-Tomorrow the children can come to the school dressed in their pyjamas.

-Friday the 26th of January is our Assembly.

-Thursday the 8th of February from 6 pm until 7.30 pm will be our Burns Show.

I just want to let parents also know that there will be no reading books being sent home over the next few weeks, but I may send home some additional reading as homework to do based on our current topic, which is Burns. This week I have asked the children to concentrate on practicing their words for the show and for their assembly.

Below are the words for some of the songs which the children have been learning so far in class. Please can you encourage your child to practice these words.

Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon
How ye can bloom so fresh and fair
How can ye chant ye little birds
And I sae weary fu’ o’ care

Ye’ll break my heart ye warbling birds
That wantons thro’ the flowering thorn
Ye mind me o’ departed joys
Departed never to return

Oft hae I rov’d by bonnie Doon
To see the rose and woodbine twine
And ilka bird sang o’ its love
And fondly sae did I o’ mine

Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose
Fu’ sweet upon its thorny tree
But my false lover stole my rose
But ah! She left the thorn wi’ me

As always, if you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to come and speak to me 🙂

Many Thanks.

Miss Hanlon.

P5/4 have been very busy making some crafts this afternoon.

P5/4, Miss Hanlon and Mrs. Stewart would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

We look forward to welcoming you all back in 2018!

Miss Hanlon.