Constellations

As part of our project before the holidays we were learning about constellations and what these were.  We worked in small groups to research constellations and we then made posters to show what we had learned.  Please take a look at the posters we made in the slideshow below.

 

 

Slideshow - Constellation posters

 

Primary 4 - if you have anything you would like to add please do so by  making a comment!

 

Circuits

 

As part our project this term we have been learning about electricity and where this comes from.  We have been investigating circuits and how to make these, using wires, batteries and some light bulbs.  We also figured out how to put a switch into the circuit, using a paperclip.

                              

 

           

 

Primary 4 - if you would like to let us know about anything you learned while doing this please leave a comment!

 

Sumdog

Hi!  This is a message for Primary 4 to let them know about a new webpage that has been set up for them to access.  It is called Sumdog and is a great way to practice your Maths skills!  The web address is:

 

http://www.sumdog.co.uk

 

Your user name, password and school code should be stuck in your homework diary.

 

Please don't forget about Studyladder and Skoolbo as they are great for helping with your learning too!

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!

 

Handwork

We are very lucky in St Andrews that we get the chance to learn to sew, knit and crochet.  Although this is tricky, it is something we all enjoy.  Here are some photos of us in action!

 

 

Slideshow - Handwork

 

We are only able to do handwork every week because of all the people who kindly come in from the community to do help us with this, so we would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who gives up their time to help us.  If you would like to help please feel free to join us on Thursday afternoons as we can never have too many helpers!

 

Christmas craft

These photos are being added on here a little late, but we have all these lovely pictures of us making Christmas crafts before the holidays, so it seems a shame not to share them!

 

 

Slideshow - Christmas crafts

Christmas lunch

The dinner ladies did a fantastic job of making Christmas lunch for us yesterday (Thursday).  We all had lots to eat and really enjoyed this - even though the fire alarm went off in the middle of it!

THANK YOU DINNER LADIES for making us such a wonderful lunch!

 

Slideshow - Christmas lunch

Christmas jumpers

 

 

Did you know today is Christmas Jumper Day!

 

Primary 5 arranged a competition to design our own Christmas jumpers and we also all paid 50p to wear our jumpers to school.  There was over £93 raised altogether - well done Primary 5 for organising this!

 

 

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

Fiddlers!

Douglas has been teaching a number of children in our class how to play the fiddle.  We were all very excited last week when we got a sneak preview of what they were going to play at the Christmas concert - but we weren't allowed to put it up here until after the show so we didn't spoil the surprise!

 

 

Unfortunately we can't add the second video to the blog page as it is too big, but you can see it by clicking on the link below:

 

 Hot Cross Buns video