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Primary 4, Whole School Events

P4/3 Visit to the Library

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Continuing our celebration of books and reading for enjoyment during this Book Week we went for a visit to West Calder Library. The rain did not put us off and we had a lovely walk into West Calder. Ann the librarian was very welcoming and delighted to see us. She read us a very funny David Walliams book about a little girl who brought her pet snake to school. We then played an alphabet game and we had a little biscuit. We then spent some time looking at the books and we all checked our books out using  the machine. Thank you so much to Ann for our lovely visit.

Primary 4, Whole School Events

P4/3 Gifting Party

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We got Book Week Scotland off to a fun start with our hosting party in P4/3. Some of our parents and carers joined us this afternoon to do some fun activities related to books. P3 were gifted a Read, Write, Count bag  and P4 were gifted a new book. We all enjoyed creating a book character from a potato. We were very creative in our use of the materials we had to make the characters. We made Where’s Wally, Mr Twit, the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, a minion, some aliens Harry Potter, Hermoine and lots of others. Thank you to all ours mums, dads and grandparents who came to help us. We especially loved the hot chocolate and biscuits.

Primary 4

Japanese Experiences in P4/3

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Today has been an immersive day in lots of things Japanese.
We enjoyed experiencing some Japanese anime when we watched My Neighbour Totoro. This is a very popular anime created by a Japanese film studio, Studio Gibli. We watched a little part at the beginning in Japanese and then we changed it to English.
We then looked at the Japanese alphabet and tried writing some sounds in Japanese and we practised writing the Japanese words for animals. We found lots of the symbols were complicated to write.
in the afternoon we had a taster session of some Japanese food and we tried to use chopsticks to eat it. We tried sushi and some mochi, the mochi was definitely more popular than the sushi.

Lill y- I didn’t like the sushi

Jenson – I didn’t like any of the food, the outside of the mochi was weird

Freya – I loved the sushi and the mochi

Macie – I loved the mochi, especially the ice-cream inside.

Siena – I thought they were both the best thing in the world

Jorja – It wasn’t good.

Abner – I liked everything, the ice-cream and the sushi

Grace – I loved it all especially the sushi with the soy sauce

Joseph – The mochi felt weird in my mouth, it has a funny texture

Jake – I liked everything except the soy sauce and the outside of the mochi

Lucy – I liked everything because the sushi was really nice, I liked the seaweed and the mochi was a different kind of ice-cream.

Philip – I liked the ice-cream but I didn’t like the sushi

Jude – I didn’t like the sushi, I didn’t like the taste of the seaweed but I liked the mochi

Amber – I didn’t like the sushi but I did like the mochi

Primary 4

P4/3 pray the Holy Rosary

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The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary due to the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7. Praying the Rosary helps us to reflect on the life of Jesus and His mother, Mary, by meditating on the Mysteries. We  learned about the four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous, which reflect the life of Jesus and Mary. 
We all had a set of Rosary beads today and we prayed a decade of the Rosary. We will do this regularly throughout the month.

 

Primary 4, Whole School Events

Fun in P4/3

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Each week we love our time outdoors with Miss Nelson. Last week we were out in the woods exploring and playing. We were given a task to create a home for an animal using any materials we could find lying around. We used acorns, sticks, leaves, stones, string, little pieces of bricks and rocks.

We have been learning to read and say numbers in French. We had fun playing snakes and ladders using a French dice.

Primary 4, Whole School Events

House corner in P4/3

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In our classroom we have a house corner which we are always changing. Last week we had a business meeting which Joseph chaired and Riley took the minutes.  During this meeting we all got to share our ideas for the house corner and what we would like to turn it into next. We thought about the time of year and lots of us had some very creative ideas. Afterwards we had a vote and it was decided to turn it into a haunted cinema.

We then worked in groups to create the haunted cinema. Some of us painted cardboard to be the outside spooky cinema building and some of us painted scary characters to decorate the inside. We discussed that we need tickets and money and a group of us made those. We made promotional posters which we will display to show which films are on in the cinema and we were very creative in making lots of snacks for the snack stall. We now have lots of popcorn, sweets, chocolate and drinks we can buy when we go to watch a film.

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P4/3 numeracy update

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we have  had a successful start to the new year in P4/3. We are  working hard and enjoying making new friends.
in maths we have completed our first topic of place value. We have been working with numbers in the hundreds, tens and ones columns and learning the difference between a digit and a number as well as greater than and less than.  We have used practical equipment to support our learning and we have enjoyed playing maths games with others in class.

Everyday we start our lesson with a problem solving task through our Building Thinking Classrooms approach. In this part of the lesson we work in random groups and at a vertical board. Through this task we are developing our collaboration skills and are learning to share our thoughts and ideas and to listen to others.

Primary 4, Whole School Events

P4 at the safari park

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P4 had a fantastic trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. We watched the sealion  show and learned all about their health and how we can help them by looking after the environment. We got to pet some goats and sheep and we loved how soft they were. We saw lions, an elephant, giraffes and camels. We had a great time playing at the large park and sliding down the bumpy chute. We had a brilliant day out.

Primary 4, Whole School Events

P4 health week day 2

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Today we learned about different medicines and how they can help us to feel better and keep us healthy. We also learned about medicine safety and the importance of reading labels and only taking medicines that are for us. We had a fantastic football session learning to dribble, pass and shoot. We loved the game of football hungry hippos! The school nurses talked about healthy eating and teeth hygiene.
Another fantastic day.