Handwriting

In p4 we are trying hard to improve our handwriting. We are all working on strengthening our joining skills. We do this in many different ways. Here are some pupils practising their joins in the sand tray.

P4 bumper crop!

P4 have dug up their crops this week. In P3 they planted tatties, onion and carrots with Mr MacLeod. He helped a few of the boys to dig them up and dish them out between everyone in the class. Everyone got about 5 or 6 tatties and an onion. Unfortunately the carrots didn't work out this year. We have also given a few vegetables to the school kitchen so they can make some soup for dinner next week. 

Welcome Back!

Hello to all P4 families.  It is great to be back at school.  I hope you have all had a wonderful summer full of exciting activities.

I would like to introduce Glen into Primary 4 this year.  He joins us from Edinburgh. P4 have already made him feel very welcome in our class.

Please pop back regularly for a look at what we have been up to in P4.  I aim to share photos, video clips and stories about our learning experiences.  

Class Assembly Reminder

Just a reminder that our Class Assembly is tomorrow afternoon at 2:45pm.  Come along and hear what we have learned about Skara Brae!  Phone the school office to book a seat or seats!

Sorting Sorting Sorting

This week we are continuing our learning about information and we are sorting items using different criteria.  Miss Shearer gave us different items which we had to sort into two groups.  If we were sorting by a colour, such as red, we had to sort the items into ‘red’ and ‘not red’.  We began by choosing easy criteria such as colour but then we looked in a bit more detail at the different items and the ways they could be sorted.  It was interesting and we showed a good understanding of sorting items.  It was also good fun! 

 

Tag Rugby

Today we had our first Tag Rugby session with Mark Sinclair.  It was great fun!  We headed up to the 3G pitch first thing this morning.  Thankfully it was nice and sunny although a little bit windy at times. 

We started off with some warm ups.  We had to run around and swap places in a circle.  Then we had to move like a t-rex, an emu and an ostrich!  It was funny!

Next we got to use rugby balls and learned how to score a ‘try’.  We had to place the ball on the ground carefully and then run.  If we dropped it on the ground then it didn’t count as a try and we wouldn’t have scored any points.

Finally, we used our skills to play Stadium Ball.  We had to try and get our opponents tag before they scored a try.  It was lots of fun too!  We are really looking forward to our next Tag Rugby Session!

Relaxing in the Library!

We have really enjoyed our Library sessions in Primary Two this year.  We have been working on thinking carefully about what books are suitable for us to read and we know that if 10 or more words are too tricky for us to read on the page then it’s not the right book for us.

We were very excited this week as the Library has just received some new books through the school book fair because parents and pupils bought so many books from the P7’s.  We enjoyed looking through them and deciding which one to take out.  We are also using our new library system to scan out books so the computer knows which books we have out to read! 

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the new books and the facilities in the school library!