P4a have been busy with lots of fun and exciting Christmas activities. We really enjoyed watching the P1 Nativity dress rehearsal – we thought they were fabulous! We are nearly finished making our Christmas cards which feature a symmetrical Christmas tree. This was the second time we did this activity – some of us found it tricky before – so we did it again to help grow our brains and learn from our mistakes! Thank you to the PSA for treating us to the cinema trip to see Moana – we thought it was great, amazing and exciting – we give it 5 stars! We have been learning more about Christmas in France and some French Christmas words. We have made French Christmas cards too.

In RME, we have enjoyed making video dramas of parts of the Christian Christmas story. These were in the form of news reports. We did such a good job that one will be shown in the school Christmas Service. We have also been thinking about Christmas traditions and customs and identifying which are religious and which are non-religious. We have also been learning about Christmas songs and films and the values that they show. We created surveys to find out everyone’s favourite Christmas song and film – Jingle Bells was our top song and Elf was our top film.

In Language, we have finished transforming our Ziggy road safety stories into books and we look forward to sharing these with our P1 friends in the new year. We have read some more of The BFG and completed character descriptions and comparisons of Sophie and the BFG for our I-JournAL folders.

In Maths, we are getting more confident with identifying and naming 2D and 3D shapes. We have created a shape table with objects we have brought in from home. We have also been practising subtraction strategies and sharing how we solve problems.

Well done to those who received Achievement Certificates – Ross, Josh, Aiden and Kyle.  It has been a great term  in P4a! We hope you have a lovely holiday and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!