Category: Primary 4

Click here to download a copy of the P4 Termly Learning Overview – term 2

If your class is using Sum Dog (http://www.sumdog.com) then your teacher will give you your username and password. This will let you use Sum Dog in school. If you want to use Sum Dog out of school you will also need to use our school code. Our school code is:

pumpherston-and-uphall-station

If you highlight this code and then copy and paste onto the Sum Dog log in page then you will be able to get logged in at home.

Happy Learning!

Miss Anderson 🙂

We have a new fruit stall on the P4 decking. Josh thinks that it is nice that we have a fruit stall. Jack H likes the fact that everyone in the class has a job. Amber likes that the fruit is juicy. Lewis P likes the green grapes. The fruit stall is getting busier and busier! The bananas are 30p, as are the oranges and apples. The grapes are 45p.

In other news we have been learning about the Commonwealth games. There are 53 nations involved, 16 of these nations share the same Queen as us! The foxes made a booklet about the Commonwealth games. We also learned a little about the World Cup and made leaflets.

In Maths we learned how to use kitchen scales and how to weigh lots of different things. We weighed potatoes and items that we found in school.

On Monday we learned how to play rugby with jack the rugby coach. On Wednesday we had Sports Day. Our class medals were won by;

Gold – Kadan and Joshua
Ella, Hannah and Courtney

Silver – Louisa, Hannah and Ella
Lewis C, Callum, Jack R

Bronze – Kadan, Callum and Craig
Louisa, Donatella and Amber

Well done to everyone who took part – we all did a super job!

In writing this week we learned how to write a CV (or a curriculum Vitae). A CV is important when you are applying for a job because the employer has to see what kind of person you are.

It was also the Beach Disco this week – most of us rated it 10/10!

This week Primary 4 really enjoyed learning about life in Uganda at assembly from our special visitors, Mr and Mrs Comrie. We learnt that people in Uganda need mosquito needs to keep them safe from Malaria and we were surprised to hear that many of the things we take for granted here, like pencils, are difficult for schools over there to get.

In Maths this week we have been learning about fractions. We know that 1/2 is the same as 2/4 and we can use our division skills to help us find a 1/3 and 1/5 of a number.

We have also been learning about alliteration. We identified the use of alliteration in poems and then used this knowledge to write our own.  We will post some examples of our alliterative poems soon!

By Lewis C., Ella, Shannon, Kadan, Courtney and Katie

Primary 4 really enjoyed their trip to Morrisons as part of their food and climate topic.  We got to meet lots of the staff and learn about some of the journeys our foods make.

Amber: I learnt how foods like bread and meat are prepared.

Donatella: I learnt how to gut a fish.

Ella: I liked the bakery part because we were told about lots of different things like the ovens.

Shannon: I liked looking at the bread and how they made it.

Louisa: I liked it when they told us about how they get all of the flowers to the shop. There are 36 different types.

Craig: I liked it when the man told us how he makes the bread.

Primary 4 were also very proud of Lewis, who won the school’s Eco Talent Show with a song he had written all by himself. Well done!

Primary 4 attended a Seafood in Schools workshop, finding out about our Scottish fish and how they get to our plates. We also got to sample lots of different types of fish too!

Here are some of the things we had to say about our trip:

CJ: I liked trying the fish. Now I know I like it.

Angel: I learnt that there are 65 different types of fish in Scotland.

Samantha: I liked it when we saw the crab.

Ella: My favourite bit was making the smoked mackerel dip because it tastes AMAZING!

Donatella: I learnt that we have farms to grow mussels and oysters.

Hayden: I learnt that the boats that catch fish are called trawlers.

Sophie: I liked trying the fish and looking at the sea creatures.

More photos of the day to follow!