Author: Ms Durano

Primary 3/4

Dear All

This week in literacy we did a book review. The p3’s met an author and illustrator.

In numeracy we did money and what we had to do was give money and change.

In health and wellbeing we did walk a mile. We went to NYCOS and music. In NYCOS we did beats and rhythm. In music we made a Viking song.

In learning across the curriculum we finished our Viking boats and did more of How to train a Dragon.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Typed by Charley Eilidh Sarah and Sofia

It has been such an inspiring week for P4 children as they got to hear ” Tom, the Piper” play some traditional Scottish music.  His visit in the P3/4 and P4 classroom  paved the way to question and answer opportunities.   What a great way for children to practice  their question making skills.

Our Viking focus is starting to become quite exciting.  Children were able to produce imaginative writing pieces of work. Revision on VCOP strategies took place during this task.

Reading and Art-The P4s  harnessed their comprehension skills during their longboat making activity (they had to follow written instructions).  This also gave children a chance to practice their teamwork skills.

In Numeracy, we continued learning to calculate sums using mental subtraction method.  The children used the numberline to help them get their answers.   Revision work on symmetry was also done this week.  The children created their own tartan pattern.   They also had to apply their skills in estimation and measurement by using rulers to create the shape of a kilt.

For Music (NYCOS) the children explored the rhythm- how to make and follow it.

 

This week’s blog is written by some of the P4 children.

Literacy

OL- We have been learning about homophone mix ups. Like,  there/ their  and are/ our.

LL- We have been learning to write in full sentences.  (This  meant that children have also been revising on turning questions into  statements).

ICT

JC- We were looking for information about the “Flower of Scotland”song.

The children did some digging around for the history behind the song.

IDL-

FM- We have been learning about where the Vikings lived.

SD- We danced to Scottish folk song.  We sung and we wrote a review of the song “Ally, Bally Bee”

Numeracy

MS- We’ve been learning to read and use grids.

E0- We’ve been learning to find things by using or finding the coordinates

 

Health and Well- being

JP- We did fixed mindset and growth mindset.

EM- I learnt that I should “Never say I can’t.  Say, I can’t do it yet!!-

 

 

 

 

We have had an exciting week as we had the ‘ Travelling by Tuba’ musical duo.  They conducted  an interactive musical performance with the children on Wednesday.  Then, NYCOS came on Thursday afternoon to give  us some music lessons.

For Literacy, we have been learning to use commas, exclamation and question marks.   We have also been changing questions into statements.

For Numeracy, we have been learning to subtract 2 digits from 2 digit numbers.  We learnt how to check our subtraction answers through addition.  We played games and did a lot of individual work.  We revisited our number bonds as well as place value.

For Health and Well- being, our focus this term is- seeking support if/ when bullied.  We spoke about who our friends are at school and how individual gain support from others.

IDL this term is concentrated on Scottish music.  We have been listening to the ‘Flower of Scotland’  song and what it meant.   We have also started our research on Vikings as this also another exciting focus this term.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The P4s have worked extra hard this week as they have been given the responsibility of collecting, sorting and delivering christmas cards to all the classess in Springfield Primary.   On Thursday, Miss Durano and some P4 children had their christmas dinner together in the lunch hall.  It was quite a novelty!

Here is a list of lessons the P4s have explored this week:

• Literacy-  Revision lesson on plural forms of a word.  Children were able to indentify when to add -s or -es to change from singular to plural form.  The children also engaged in imaginative writing wherein they have to write a diary (Christmas themed).  The children also played a game of story- telling where they worked as a team to create their own storyline.  For spelling, the children learnt to spell words with the sound pattern -ou.
• Numeracy- Mental Math focused on adding doubles and and near doubles.  The children learnt to add 2 digit with 2 digit numbers with bridging.  Towards the end of the week, the P4s moved on to adding 2 digit numbers with 3 digit numbers( with and without bridging).  This lesson also reiterated the children’s understanding of place value as they had to add numbers which belong in the same place value.
• Health and Wel-being focus was on kindness.  “How would you fell if…” was the question the P4s had to reflect upon.  Children also spoke about what are the ways they can deal with bullying and unkind acts.

 

Thank you to all the parents who managed to join us on the Family Learning Showcase. It was a pleasure to see all of you!

Many thanks,

Miss DUrano

 

 

In preparation for the christmas fayre, the P4 class further explored addition and subtraction using money.  The children also learnt about distribution of workload while making their christmas craft.  They were split  into five groups and all had designated jobs to do.  Some worked on  advertising (posters), a few were in charge of pricing.  The rest of the pupils were involved in the creation and quality control of the products.

For numeracy, the children were learning about 4 digit place value.  They used concrete materials to understand the concept even more.

For Literacy, the P4s focused on learning to spell words with ‘ou’ sounds.  They aslo revisited how to change a question into a sentence.

For Comprehension,   they had to look for context clues.

For Grammar, the focus was on writing words in plural form.

Lastly, for Health and Well- being, the focus was on appropriate response to different types of  emotions.

 

“I am very proud of the P4s for all their hard work .  The reindeers were tricky to make but they  were determined to push thtough the challenge.” – Miss Durano

  Thank you to all who participated in the christmas fayre!

On  Friday, E stayed silent for half the day to support the children in need cause.  Well done E!  We are all very proud of you!

This week, we were learning about adverbs, inverse operation as division strategy and we worked in groups to create posters representing the role of a bystander in bullying.

We used our netbook time to create and use specific  features of Microsoft word.  We learned to change font style, font size, save a document etc..

 

The bake sale was a success on Friday.  Thank you to all the parents who contributed cakes and other baked products. Your support is much appreciated.

  

Primary 4 children have been exploring different types of 2D shapes.  Not only did they learn unfamiliar ones, they also got creative in representing them using natural materials.  We spoke about individual shape properties and compared them with each other.

The children were also measuring and estimating the size of each sides of a particular shape.  They used the rulers to support them in finding their accurate measurements.

The rugby session on Thursday was a success.  The children really enjoyed learning to pass the ball to the side. They were also thrilled when they had to snatch rugby tags from each other.  The walk was long but the children soldiered on.

Spelling:  The children were leaning  to spell words with ‘wa’  for ‘wo’ sounds.

Literacy (writing): They wrote about their Halloween experience.  They learnt about paragraph writing, margins and indentation.

For PE , the children practiced skills such as power skipping and heel flicks.  For Music, the children made musical spells.