Horrible Histories - Martin Brown visits

Primaries 4 - 7 were incredibly lucky today to have a visit from Martin Brown, the illustrator of the Horrible Histories books.  He spoke to us about the process he goes through to complete his drawings and also gave us some tips to use for our own drawing which were very helpful.  Martin was a really nice person and signed books for anyone who wanted him to, and he took the time to have a chat with us as he did this, even though he was late for his next visit!

If anyone has any tips or comments, please add them below!

Slideshow - Martin Brown

Scrap Pod opening

It was a very exciting day in school yesterday, when the Scrap Pod was officially opened.  It was lovely to have Mrs Holt back to cut the ribbon as we haven't seen her since she retired.  We then had a fantastic break time using all the new things from the Scrap Pod.  Please have a look at our photos by clicking on the link below.

 

 

Slideshow - Scrap Pod opening

 

If you have an exciting adventure or story from using the Scrap Pod please let us know by writing in the comments - you don't have to be from Primary 4 to do this, but please make sure to add your name and class to the comment!

 

Maths games

We have been learning our times tables in Primary 4 this term.  We were given a challenge to design our own game to help us learn our times tables.  It was fun but a little tricky!  When we had finished making our game we then all got to play each other's games.  We had to leave feedback about what we thought was good about the game and what could be done better next time - and we will make changes to our games and try playing them again.  We will let you know how they work once we have made our improvements!

Slideshow - Our Maths games

Measurement skills

As part of our learning in Maths we have been looking at measurement and the different ways we can do this.  We have looked at measuring weight, length and area so far.

 

 

These photos show us using balances to measure weight - we were trying to find objects in the classroom that were the same weight as the weights we had.  It was fun but quite tricky to find things that made the scales balance.

Maybe Primary 4 will add some comments to tell you a bit more about this!

First Assembly of Primary 4

We had our first Assembly two weeks ago (sorry for the delay in getting some pictures up!), where we were thinking about heroes and what it is that makes someone a hero.  When we think of heroes we often think of people having qualities such as being strong, brave, famous or rich - however this is not what we believe makes someone a hero (we also don't believe you need to wear your pants over your trousers!).

 

We think that EVERYONE can be a hero if they want to be.  We can all be heroes by doing small things for the people around us.  Here are some ideas for how we can all become heroes:

sharing with others
helping others
being kind
standing up for something we think is important
trying to make the world a better place

If you have any other ideas or suggestions, please send us a comment and we will share your ideas too.

 

 

Slideshow - Assembly