Category: Primary 4

By Leah and Jennifer on behalf of P4B

Maths

This week in maths we have been learning to divide by three and multiply by three. We made a map of our own and learned directions of east, west, north and south.

Literacy

We learned how to speak clearly, listen well and to make presentations.

Learning across the curriculum

We finished the BFG play!

This was Jennifer’s last day as she has moved house. Good luck in your new school Jennifer!

Have a lovely holiday everyone!

This week more giants arrived in class and today a HUGE one appeared at our door- we think they are friendly but you never know!

This week we spent time in class preparing talks about all our learning this term. Everyone took part and they were amazing (even if we do say so ourselves). We then shared these with P4b (but we still think ours were the best!)

In maths we created treasure maps using a compass and directions. We wrote clues for people to follow and then peer assessed by solving these.

We have also been playing Powerlines in maths, it involves us using our number bond knowledge to solve problems. They can be quite tricky, however we worked as a class and have reached challenge 2, level 3.

After the October break Mrs Newton is going to introduce us to Number Detective- we are all very intriqued by what this could be.

We are looking forward to our holidays, and coming back to school on Tuesday 25th October.

What will we learn next???

P4a

In Primary 4B we have been learning about growth mindset. We have been challenging ourselves not to give up when we find things difficult and to ask for help.

In numeracy we have been learning the 3 and 4 times tables. We have been learning how to measure in centimetres. In Big Maths we have been challenging ourselves to beat our scores. We have been learning about maps and using a compass and we made maps of our local area. We learned how to do surveys and made a survey of Springfield’s favourite weather. We displayed the information on bar graphs.

In literacy we have been learning how to open a story, create settings and use punctuation. We have learned how to use paragraphs, use speech marks and question marks. We have used the BFG as a stimulus and have been writing stories and reading a play based on the BFG.

In French we have been learning to count to 30. We learned to say the days, months, colours and the French alphabet. We can now say French foods and we practised with fun activities with P4A including shopping and money. We also made French postcards.

In learning across the curriculum we have been learning about the BFG and Roahl Dahl stories. We have also been learning about the animals, landmarks and food in Australia and compared the weather to Scotland. We have been learning characterisation, acting and presentation skills through drama and art. In music we have been learning to play the Ukelele.

In health and wellbeing we have been learning to be good friends. We have been walking a mile most days. In PE we have been learning movement skills through gymnastics, football, basketball and we have played games to learn to work well together as a team. We have also been learning how to meditate so we are healthy body and mind!

This week in P4a we have been learning how to create bar graphs from the data we collected last week, all about our favourite weather. The graphs are now on display in our classroom. We also answered questions  about the information we collected.

We looked at compass points and worked out which direction north is in our classroom (it is towards the windows!) We used an atlas to find different places in the world using the index page, coordinates and grid references. We played games using North, South, East and West but in French (please ask us what these words are).

In French we learned about colours and then used this knowledge to play corners games during PE. We also had to move in a variety of ways, using different parts of our bodies- the best one was when we all had to be French Beans 🙂

In Big Writing we wrote our imaginative stories using our planning from last week. Then we peer and self assessed these using two stars and a wish.

Finally, giants have started to appear in our classroom- not sure how that has happened as we are supposed to be a giant free zone! If you happen to work out how they are getting in please let us know.

See you all at parents night next week- assuming the giants don’t eat us all first.

P4a and Mrs Newton