This week in Primary 4 we have started learning about the Four Contexts for Learning in the Curriculum for Excellence. These are; Curriculum Area & Subjects, Interdisciplinary Learning, Ethos and Life of the school and Opportunities for Personal achievement. From now on, our weekly blog posts will relate to these four contexts.

Curriculum Area & Subjects

In Literacy, we have been focussing on persuasive writing. We made posters to persuade people not to drop litter around the community.

This week in art we drew poppies with Miss Adam for Remembrance day.

In Science we have been learning about the human body and have done investigations with sweeties and marshmallows.

Interdisciplinary Learning

We had to use our reading skills to help us read and make maps for our topic this week.

We also had to use our drawing skills to help us learn when we were making maps.

Ethos and Life of the school

This week the value we worked on was ‘Responsible’. We have been responsible when we played safely on the trim trail in the playground. We are responsible when we help younger pupils around the school and set good examples for them. We are responsible when using different equipment in the PE hall. We can also be responsible in our community by travelling safely.

Opportunities for Personal achievement

Well done to McKenzii for receiving a Head Teacher’s Award for super effort in writing.

Well done to some of our pupils who have achieved new sporting skills this week.

Lots of pupils have shown respect and good behaviour, moving their names up our behaviour chart, well done!

We hope you have a brilliant weekend!

Primary 4, Miss Calder & Miss Hoey

Jack and Esme are our new JRSOs at Murrayfield PS. This morning they attended the training for new JRSOs  at Southdale Primary. At the training they were given lots of ideas for highlighting road safety issues in school. If you have any road safety concerns contact our JRSOs via the school email.

What have we been learning?

We were working out sizes in problem solving – Jay

We were sorting out living and non living things in Science – Jakub

We were learning Proper Nouns : – Ollie

A Proper Noun could be a place – Ollie , Or a persons name – Jakub,

or months of the year and days of the week – Jakub

A Proper Noun needs a capital letter – Calvin

We were writing stories about the Haunted House – Brydin

Our Word Boost  book was Beaten by a Balloon – Ollie

We were learning 2D and 3D shapes – Laiba

We were counting money using 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p – Alivia

We were playing line tag and learning how to play Dodgeball – Lewis

We were also playing time bomb n PE – Lewis

We had a great Halloween Party last night and enjoyed doing fun Halloween activities on Halloween

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND

What have we been learning ?

We have been learning how to solve problems – Jay

We were designing a number 8 – Brydin

We were learning numbers up to 100 – Lily Moore

We were making Picasso witches – Lucy

We were testing materials in Science – Ollie

We were writing about our October holidays – Emily

We drew a picture of what we would do if we could fly – Lily Mc

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND – WRAP UP WARM !!!!

What have we been learning this week?

We have been reading Sam’s Bag – Kian

We have been reading Elvis – Noah

We have been reading The Wotsit – Jakub

Our book is Horrid Henry and the football fiend – Lily Mc

We made fake snow with Mrs McGlynn – Lily

In Science we tested how strong materials were – Lily Mc

We have been learning music with Mrs Stewart – Lily

We drew pictures whilst listening to music – Sophie

We were writing about our worries – Kaylin

Head Teachers Awards this week

Lily McDonald

Lily Moore

Lucy King

Kevin Reid

Noah Malcolm

Ollie Richardson …all for great addition.

Adam Racek got Head Teachers for beautiful handwriting.

Kian won a new book Gordon’s Great Escape at today’s Assembly

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PRIMARY 3

This week’s Biscuit and Blether is based on Home Learning throughout Primary 4. Some of the P4 pupils will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate some of the fun activities the can be completed at home to support all of our learning in school. We are all excited to share some of our learning with parents/guardians that join us!

What have we been learning this week?

We were learning time with Mrs Stewart – o’clock and half past – Noah

We were writing about “My Favourite Journey” – Noah

We were learning numbers to 100 – Kian

We were making sensible sentences – Lily Mc

We did Problem Solving – Laiba

On Thursday we made clocks – Lucy

We had a French Cafe with Primary 5 – Kevin

We were learning our spelling words – Sophie

We were making slime in Science – Sophie

We were learning a French song – I can sing a rainbow – Brydin

We sang our song in Assembly. The whole school sang a song in a different language – Lucy

We played Monkey Football on Monday – Ollie

We played Dodgeball – Jakub

We were making a tree with a sunset sky in art – Emily

We were reading Monkeys Magic Pipe – Lucy

We were reading Horrid Henry – Kevin

We were reading Tag – Noah

We were Pam and the Cat – Kian

We were reading Is it Sam? – Cody

We were reading Village in the Snow – Alivia

We were listening to Six Dinner Sid – our wordboost book – Ollie

THIS WEEKS HEAD TEACHERS AWARDS GO TO

BROOKE – for time

KEVIN – for writing

As you can see we have been very busy!!