Category: Primary 4

“This week in P4 it has been a tasty week because we had pancake day yum yum!” – Jan

In maths we have been learning about division and measure. We had to divide ingredients to make pancakes using a recipe then we cooked the pancakes and they were delicious. We had lots of different toppings to choose from and even though it was Miss Diamond’s first attempt at making them, she was very good at it according to Mark.

We used netbooks, ipads, top trump cards and code breaker activities to help us develop our division skills.

We received an email from Skulky the Viking asking for our help. We had to highlight key information from word problems to work out a maths problem for him.

This week in topic, we have been learning all about the key features of a Viking Long house and have started making our very own long house models. We wrote an advert for a ‘Long House For Sale’ and had to include a description of the features, use positive language to persuade our reader and had to have a rhetorical question.

We participated in the school Ash Wednesday service and wrote Lenten promises to prepare us for the beginning of Lent.

We have been preparing for our class assembly which we performed today for the whole school and our parents. We put a lot of effort into this and enjoyed learning about lent in preparation.

Have a great weekend, Miss Diamond, Miss Crookston and P4!

This has been an amazing week for P4! We have had so much fun that it felt like a short week.

It kicked off with a Vicious Viking visit which we really enjoyed!! We learned so many new things and loved getting to see some of the weapons, jewellery and different animal skins.

We would like to share some of the interesting things we learned with you:

“The cheapest weapon was the club and it caused the most damage even when chainmail was involved!” – Adrin

“The Vikings washed their white clothes in ammonia (which is PEE) to keep them clean!” –  Hannah

“The sword was very rare because of how expensive they were.” – Haseeb

“It took 25,000 crushed sea snails to make enough purple dye to make a dress.” – Ailie

“The woman kept a knife in their pocket in case they were attacked at home.” – Evie

“Some of the jewellery had a cross on it but when you turned it upside down it looked like Thor’s hammer.” – Brooke

After our exciting visit we decided to use what we had learned to make our very own Viking weapons and jewellery. We wrote newspaper articles about our visit and hope to make the into a class newspaper!

In maths, we have been learning about division in the standard form. This proved to be very tricky in the beginning but we are more confident with it now! We have enjoyed using sumdog, board games and written tasks to help us learn.

In preparation for our sacraments, we were learning about different Saints including Saint Vincent De Paul, Saint Margaret and Saint Francis of Assisi.

We have been preparing for our class assembly which is next Friday morning and will be focussing on Lent.

Some of our classmates participated in World Thinking day and enjoyed wearing their Brownie uniforms to school.

Have a great weekend, Miss Diamond, Miss Crookston and P4!

 

 

We have had a short but busy week in P4 this week!

We have been celebrating Catholic Education Week and wrote a ‘Faith Community’ poem as a class. Some of us decided we would like to write our own and we have shared them on the School Twitter.

As part of our Viking topic, we have been learning about settlements, lifestyle and travel. We got to make our very own Viking and got to design our own shields.

One of the highlights of our week was participating in the Cluster Handball Festival. Everyone tried their very best and every team won a few games. The most important thing is that we all had lots of fun!

In writing this week, we were writing news reports all about our 40^th celebrations. We had to include title, pictures and quotes from members of our school community.

We have an exciting week ahead next week so stay tuned for our next blog post.