We are having a busy time in P4S.
Our topic is “the Unsinkable Ship” and we have been developing our skills in reading, writing. talking, listening social studies, science and art through our topic.

I really enjoy the Titanic topic because I learned that it was the fastest boat to travel to New York but sadly it sank before it got there. There were over 2435 people on board the Titianic. JWF
I am really enjoying the topic because it is very interesting and I have learned a lot about it already. CS
I found out that the Titanic was 882 feet long. AH
I like doing art because we were making line drawings of the inside of the Titanic. EW
I like art and I liked drawing the whole ship. KP
I want to find out more about the funnels. JWF
I want to learn more about the different rooms in the Titanic. NY

We are enjoying different PE activities outside.
I like dancing because it is good exercise. KP
I enjoy benchball because it is a sport so we work in teams to try and win. AC

We have had a busy second term at school. Here are some of the learning that has taken place:

We have been learning carrying to add and subtract in numeracy. It took a wee while to learn but I got there.  TM
We have been learning about persuasive writing. We wrote a poster to persuade people to buy bird cake. JR
We designed posters. TE
The posters were to persuade people to donate clothes, money, toys and food to charity. AW
We wrote letters to Tom Fletcher. EW
We wanted to tell Tom Fletcher that we are fans of his books. NY
We have been reading the Christmasaurus and it’s funny. AA
We learnt that Jewish people light a candle each night for eight nights to celebrate Hanukkah. RB
We learnt that there is a celebration for when a new year starts and when the new year starts the date goes back to January 1st. JL

We hope all our friends and families have a safe and merry Christmas and a happy New Year

This term we have been learning lots of new things!
We have been learning about festivals. I liked the Rangoli patterns we learnt about when we studies Diwali because they were so colourful. HM
I learnt how to create my own Rangoli pattern using chalk. HG
We learnt about the Hindu story of Rama and Sita. HG
We made our own puppet shows to retell the story. RB
I learnt about Thanksgiving. It was celebrated on Thursday 26th November. We found that some of the customs were the same as Christmas and some were different. EW
We have learnt to count in French and talk about ourselves. We can say what our names and favourite colours are. JWF
We are learning how to speak Mandarin. We have learnt the words for some colours. ML
We have learnt to improve our throwing and catching in PE. OC
In footgolf we were learning to control the ball. AH

We are looking forward to a few things before the end of this term.
We are excited to watch the P1 Nativity online. EW
I am looking forward to seeing my brother performing as a townsperson. OC
I am looking forward to watching my sister as a king. AA
We are making birdcake for our Enterprise and I am very excited to see what it looks like! JL
I am looking forward to having our Christmas party in our classroom. AW