Hello families of P4A!

 

I hope that you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year!

 

This week P4A have started their year off strong by working super hard on all of their tasks. P4A have revisited their maths work that they worked on prior to the holidays and have shown that they are retaining lots of information throughout subjects such as maths,literacy and all areas of our curriculum.

 

P4A have begun studying Scotland in class. They are set to explore a variety of different topics all regarding our country such as, cities, landmarks, foods,traditions, famous scots and more!

 

P4A have been looking closely at the Loch Ness Monster. In our class there are many various opinions regarding this conspiracy and this has opened discussion among the pupils. At home, pupils have homework to complete based on the Loch Ness Monster. This can be found on Microsoft Teams (if anyone requires any assistance please let Miss Maxwell know).

 

P4A generated new goals and targets for the year, for both school and outside. Pupils have these stored safely in their folders to reflect on throughout the rest of the school year.

 

On Thursday pupils really enjoyed their time with Mr Pentland. They investigated the dangers of germs and created their own drama performances highlighting what they had learned throughout the lesson. They showed great imagination and creativity! Well done everyone!

 

Building Thinking Classrooms still remains a huge focus throughout our numeracy. Pupils created posters that are set to guide those unaware of the new initiative and help to understand what BTC is and what it looks like in the classroom. Pupils made fantastic posters showing all of the key points of what BTC entails and a step by step guide of how to introduce it into the classroom.

 

Pupils also have begun looking at Scots language in literacy. They have become familiar with some words and phrases and as we progress further with this pupils can include it in their writing.

 

Aadya: “I really enjoyed playing dodgeball in PE this week, especially when Miss Maxwell joined in”

Bodhini: “I loved the drama that we did with Mr Pentland about germs on Thursday”

Ethan: “ I enjoy the new game we have been playing before home time, it is called categories and it is so fun”

Riley: “I liked the maths questions that we did this week”

Rory: “I enjoyed making some nice art work for my family in my free time”

Chahiti: “ The building thinking classroom posters were super fun and I liked using my knowledge to create this”

 

Hot chocolate winner of the week is Jiade for working so hard! Well done, keep it up.