Category: Primary 4

We have had a ‘cool to be kind’ week in P4!

We started our week with a very energetic fitness circuit where we were working on developing our upper and lower body and core strength.

We then had a visit from a special visitor from the SSPCA called Loui. He shared some interesting stories and knowledge about wild animals and how to help them. We played games and answered quiz questions! Aleksander was the winner in our class. Some of us had the opportunity to act like various animals! Ryan B done a super impression of a pig oinking and rolling in the mud.

We have been learning about electricity and now know the main components of an electric circuit and can explain how it works. We are looking forward to building our own next week and experimenting with different materials.

As part of our ‘cool to be kind’ week. We made a friendship kite where we all had to write 3 nice things about a member of our class. It would appear that we are all kind and caring in P4.

In writing, we used our imaginations to write a story about a trip to space where we had to help an alien in need. Before we could write our own, we had to help Sid, Miss Diamond’s imaginary friend, ‘s who had made lot’s of mistakes in his story. We were very good at highlighting the problem words and missing punctuation. Mark’s alien had a bleeding knee, Haseeb’s alien was feeling sick Jay’s alien lost his family in meteor shower and he had to help him find them.

We had our achievements assembly where Ambra was selected to be our kindness queen as she is always very thoughtful and caring towards others. Jan passed his guitar exam and was presented with his certificate during the assembly.

We ended our week with a cosy pyjama day to support Children in Need. We enjoyed running the daily mile in our jammies to support the great cause. Ailie and Brooke took great pleasure in giving Miss Diamond crazy hair for the occasion!

We hope you have a great weekend, see you next week for the next weekly update!

Miss Diamond and P4 :)!

We have had a brilliant week in P4! We have continued with our subtracting with borrowing and introduced addition and subtraction word problems. Mrs Gardner was very good at presenting the problems. We have enjoyed using sumdog as part of our carousel and are all keen to play/ compete with one another.

We have introduced our new science topic this week which we shared our current knowledge about and planned what we would like to learn as a class. We have been learning about electricity and where it comes from and about mains and battery powered appliances.

In writing we wrote interesting acrostic poems about fireworks. We worked in groups to think of  similes, adjectives, onomatopoeia and alliteration and used these in our writing to make them super interesting. Shannon described the noises her fireworks were making as ‘sizzling, ka-boom and bang’. Batshewa described the colours as being ‘like a rainbow in the dark night sky’. We used oil pastels to create beautiful firework displays with reflections in the water.

We have enjoyed doing circuits in PE where we are continuously improving our fitness levels. We have had some very pink cheeks when we return to class! Clearly shows we have been working hard.

Have a great weekend!

We have had a VERY busy week in P4!

The highlight of our week was our Titanic showcase and banquet. We invited parents in and enjoyed sharing our learning with them! We were busy making all the foods for our banquet and all managed to gain knowledge and develop skills that will enable us to help make dinner at home!

In writing we made menus to advertise the selection of tasty foods available on our banquet!

We enjoyed learning our song and had great fun quizzing our parents!

We hope you have a nice weekend,

P4 and Miss Diamond

We have had a good first week back after our October break! The highlight for many was the Halloween Disco! Fun times had by all!

We have been learning about subtraction with borrowing this week! It was really hard to begin with but we have made great progress with this!

In writing, we have been writing about the ‘Titanic Disaster’. We had a huge focus on using VCOP to make our writing as interesting as possible!

We were learning all about the class system and different passengers on the Titanic as part of our topic. You will be blown away when you see our cabins we made during technology!

We will be continuing our STEM week into next week when we will be preparing for our Titanic Showcase. We will be preparing food for our Grand Banquet which we are very excited about already!

Have a nice weekend,

P4 and Miss Diamond.

Another busy week in P4 this week!

We had another brown envelope delivered and were set two tasks in our mission.  We had to research information about 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd class passengers to create a fact file and now have to build cabins to suit! We can’t wait to get started after the holiday!

We wrote diary entries this week in our writing lesson. We had to pretend we were a passenger boarding The Titanic for her maiden voyage. We learned about the key features of a diary entry and what should be included. Why not quiz us on it? We have also been learning about homophones. Ask us what a homophone is to see if we can remember.

We have been learning how to add 2 and 3 digit numbers with carrying in numeracy! This has proved to be very tricky! We must remember to think about place value when carrying.

We have enjoyed learning about the life of Pope Francis and the work that he does. Did you know he only has one functioning lung? Some of us decided we would like to record our learning in our class talking book.

Have a great holiday and stay safe :)!

We have had an amazing week learning about The Titanic. We have learned some fascinating facts and enjoyed using the internet to do some research about the passengers, dates and survivors. Our very own ‘Queen of the Ocean’ is now complete! What do you think?

We followed in the footsteps of Shoo Rayner and created Titanic sketches using pencil to sketch and shade.

In numeracy we have been learning about estimating and rounding. We know that estimating is when you make a sensible guess by rounding numbers to the nearest ten. 

In writing this week, we made annotated diagrams of The Titanic. We were able to label all the different parts of the ship including the Marconi room, engine and boiler room and The Grand Staircase. 

Thank you for reading our weekly update!

We hope you have a great weekend,

The Dream Team!

We have had a great week in Primary 4! We have been busy learning about the Titanic and fulfilling our mission. The Titanic is almost complete! We have been learning about the size and structure of the ship and had to use measure to design our very own display!

In writing, we made posters to advertise our ‘Queen of the Ocean’! Keep your eyes peeled for them when you next visit the school! We used rhetorical questions to capture our audience’s attention. I mean, would you like to go on the Titanic’s Maiden Voyage? Would you like a trip of a lifetime?

In maths, we have been learning how to add 10, 100 and 1000 onto whole numbers! After a little explanation, it was actually much easier than we thought! We enjoyed taking on the role of the teacher and quizzing Miss Diamond!

In Literacy we were punctuation detectives. We learned about the importance of punctuation and how it can change the meaning if it is put in the wrong place. We used magnifying glasses to search our reading books for different punctuation including exclamation marks, question marks, full stops and speech marks! Quiz us at home when we next do reading!

Have a great weekend, P4 and Miss Diamond