P4C 24 - 25

Week beginning 9th June

First let me start by saying a huge thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome back.

It has been a busy week, especially with Sports Day on Monday. It was such a shame that we didn't get to finish but at least the rain stayed away for the majority of the time.

Our learning this week has included:

alliteration - What is it? Why is it used? We spent some time creating an advert for some food that used alliteration.
angles - We have been using the terms right angle, acute angle and obtuse angle.
religious stories - We have read and watched the stories of The Crying Camel and The Rich Man and the Needle and discussed what the lesson is in each story.
Battle of the Bands - We have begun our BotB activities by forming groups and creating our band names. Much more on this next week!

I'm really good at jumping so the sack race is my favourite - Alex

I was disappointed we didn't get to do all the races. I think I would win the running race -Brodie

I liked the hockey relay. Team work makes the dream work! - Luke

I liked the caterpillar races the best. We had to concentrate really hard and stay focussed. - Sophie

Week beginning 22nd April

With the Easter break behind them, P4C have been raring to go this week!

We started our new Sound topic by exploring how we hear sounds, listening to a variety of instruments and discussing how they make their sounds. In numeracy we started learning about fractions. We learned the terms 'numerator' and 'denominator' and compared fractions that have the same denominator. In maths we have been giving directions using phrases like, 'quarter turn', 'clockwise' and 'anticlockwise'. The highlight of the week has to be our rugby session with Graham on Thursday morning. We played lots of cooperative games, learned how to throw the ball to each other and had lots of fun!

"The ball is rough. It hurts my hands!" - Alba

"I go to rugby so it was extra practise for me" - Hobbes

"I liked trying to intercept the ball" -Euan

"I play football but rugby seems good fun too!" - Amber

Week beginning 31.3.25

Much excitement in Primary 4 this week when Fred and Ginger came to stay! Every year a pair of ducks nest in the square outside the P4 classrooms and we decided (well Mrs T did!) to give them names. We will keep you posted with the progress of their nest and chicks.

Other highlights from this week include:

reading the Diagon Alley chapter of Harry Potter
reading the descriptions of the shops in Diagon alley and working with a partner to create our own.
continuing to work on our Mary, Queen of Scots portraits with Mr Connell.
creating some spring themed art work.
Have a look at our pictures and let us know what you think on Google Classroom. We'd really like to hear your thoughts.

Week beginning 24th March

This week has seen P4C meet their writing target! Woohoo!

Other highlights include:

dividing with remainders
telling the time in 5 minute intervals
starting Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as our class novel
describing our family in French
continuing the RSHP programme and learning about privacy (see below notes from the RSHP website)

"Using the counters is easier than skip counting" - Anna

"I liked working with a partner to solve the problems" - Amber

" I like that I can use my times tables to help me" - Austin

"It's simple when you know how!" - Isla

From the website www.rshp.scot:

The children are working on the topic of privacy. We arel earning about confidence and to love our own bodies, how we look and what we do, and about privacy and what parts of our bodies are private. We will be using the NSPCC Let's Talk Pants material, you might have heard of it. The children will learn that:

P is for privates are private.

A is for always remember your body belongs to you

N is for no

T is for talk about secrets they upset you

S is for speak up, someone can help

Week beginning 17th March

It has been so lovely to see a bit of sunshine this week! The class have been very busy. Some highlights from the week include:

PE outside and working with a partner to create some balances
completing the amazing Nungate Bridge paintings we have been working on with Mr Connell, the art specialist
using our knowledge of dividing to help us find halves, thirds, fifths and tenths of numbers
writing some hilarious pieces based on these funny videos

https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-bridge.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfC_GuHiP68

solving the cipher used in the Babbington plot in the saga of Mary, Queen of Scots

Please ask us about our learning. We'd love to share it with you!

Below are just a few examples of the outstanding artwork produced in P4C.

by Leo Thorne

"I really like art with Mr Connell. I dodn't realise I was such a talented artist!"

by Luke Priestly

"I used shading to help my picture really come to life."

by Kayley Elliot

"The swan was really tricky! Nut I tried my best. I wanted it to be really special."

Week beginning 10th March

What a lovely start to spring! This week we were really lucky to have the chance to explore the new playground toys. These toys were purchased with money raised by the PTA. The children in P4C would like to say a huge THANK YOU! Here are some of the things Mrs Thomson heard while we were playing:

Luke "They are fun to play with"

Cora "It was fun because it gave us different and new things to do"

Anna "I loved it! I can't wait to play with them at lunch! I liked that there was so much variety"

Isla" These things are so exciting!"

Hobbes "I think it will help stop some of the fighting in the playground"

Amber "The toys will help keep us active"

Phoebe "I am going to have to practise my skipping!"

Jack "I am going to host mini races!"

Hamish "It will help people to share"

Austin "The toys will help make people's lunch times so much better!"

Euan "It helps me to make friends!"

We all have different favourites, and we are so excited for them to be out every lunchtime.

As part of our Mary, Queen of Scots topic, we have been discussing the murder of Mary's husband, Lord Darnley. We have examined the evidence and have a list of suspects. We then each chose someone we thought was guilty and held a debate. There were some very interesting, and heated, discussions!

MQOS Lord Danrley pupil Voice

Week beginning 3rd March

What a week! The highlight has to have been World Book Day on Thursday. We had so many children dressing up, sharing their favourite stories and some really exciting activities relating to our favourite books.

We used Adobe Express to create a WANTED poster for Mrs Thomson's favourite story villain, The Enormous Crocodile. We also used our AR books to complete a scavenger hunt for lots of text features such as alliteration and adjectives. Thank you to all the children for all their enthusiasm, excitement and hard work!

Week beginning 24th February

This week we have been focussing on athletics in PE. We have been learning the fundamental skills involved in all athletics activities. In our numeracy lessons we have been learning to divide using our multiplication and skip counting skills. Our writing lessons have been really fun because we have been using funny videos as our stimulus for writing. But the highlight of the week was winning the school Golden Boot trophy for 100% of the class having indoorm shoes. This is such an important thing for our school as it helps to keep it clean and tidy. Lots of happy faces in P4C this week!

Week beginning 17th February

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great February break and a very well-deserved rest. It is clear from this page just how hard you have been working.

This week has, as always, been very busy:

We have started out new Mary, Queen of Scots topic and the children's enthusiasm for it has been electric!
We have been had some very funny stimuli for our writing which has helped create some masterpieces.
In French we have been practising talking about our likes and dislikes using the phrases 'J'aime...', 'Je n'ime pas...', 'J'adore...' and 'Je deteste...' Have a wee look at our Google Classroom to see some videos!
In music we have been learning the ukelele with our specialist, Ms Askew.

Week beginning 3.2.25

For our topic this term we have been looking at Our Scotland. We have been researching some historically significant places in Haddington and comparing with Edinburgh. This week our writing focus has been on interesting places in Haddington, Edinburgh: St Mary's, Edinburgh Castle and the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby. Have a look at the small selection below of our fantastic work.

St Mary's Church

I liked writing about St Mary's because it is in the town I live in. - Freya R

St Mary's

I used my description bubble to help me describe the church - Innes

Edinburgh Castle

I really enjoyed researching facts about Edinburgh Castle and then writing about it. - Leo

Edinburgh Castle

I've never been to Edinburgh Castle! - Lewis

Greyfriar's Bobby

i really took my time with my drawing because I wanted it to look realistic. - Amber

Greyfriar's Bobby

I love learning about Greyfriar's Bobby. That s my brother's name - Phoebe

Greyfriar's Bobby

This wee dog reminds me of Henry. He was my wee dog who died last year. - Hobbes

We have also been learning about time in our maths lessons. We have been using calendars to organise and plan our time as well as learning to read quarter to and quarter past. We created some artwork related to seasons. Let us know what you think of this small handful of our work!

I really enjoyed mixing the colours - Lewis

The children have been working very hard to create amazing masterpieces - Mrs T

I like that you can see all 4 seasons in on painting - Ethan P

We discussed which months are in each season and what sort of weather we have - Mrs T

I added my spring blossom falling from the tree just like in real life - Euan

It was a very calming experience for everyone! - Mrs T

Week beginning 27th January

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Shared Learning afternoon on Wednesday. It was a great opportunity for the children to show off the amazing work they do every day in our class.

Phoebe - "I really like when people stopped to read our leaflets on the wall. It makes me feel really proud!"

Hobbes - "My dad came to see me. I showed him all my stuff. It made me really happy".

Ethan H - "My mum was working so she couldn't come. But that is okay because I know she is working really hard. I got to show other people my great work".

Week beginning 20th January

Some increbible learning in P4C this week. The main highlight was our lesson on time. We have been learning to measure time. On Thursday we all braved the cold out in the playground to measure how long it took us to complete a selection of tasks. First we made an estimate and then used a stopwatch to measure the length of time in seconds. Great fun all round!

"I loved playing with the stopwatch. I've never used on in school. I learned loads!" Hobbes

Week beginning 13th January

Another busy week in P4C!

We were invited to the East Lothian Play Association's Unboxed event in the Corn Exchange. We were shown how to use the tools and then had free reign to get creative!

We are driving to Portugal! - Leo

We are making the Nungate Bridge. It's harder than we thought! - Phoebe

We are making Santa's workshop and sleigh. I am Santa and Freya is the reindeer. I am a great wrapper! - Cora

I think my box man looks just like me! - Luke

This is always the tricky part for the grown ups but sometimes us kids need some freedom to be creative!

It was noisy, it was messy but it was so much fun and we had the chance to develop so many different skills!

We have also been working in new collaborative learning teams. Since our new topic is 'Our Scotland' and we are focussing on the local area we started off by learning about some significant places in our lovely town. This is a sample of our work.

Haddington House

Haddington Hosue is one of the oldest bulidings in the town. It was built in the 17th Centuary. - Alex

Lady Kitty's Doocot

It was built in 1771 to keep pigeons in! I used the block lettering that Mr Connal taught us in art. - Luke

Nungate Bridge

Brodie and I spent ages on the drawing. Mr Connal said he really liked it and he is an artist! - Innes

St Mary's Church

It took ages to build it. It was finished in 1452. It is one of the longest churches in Scotland. I think it's really pretty. - Sophie

Week beginnig 9th January

Happy New Year! We can't wait to see what adventures 2025 brings for P4C.

We have come back with a bang.

We started with writng our New Year's resolutions. The class had some wonderful ideas of things they would like to get better at in 2025.

Phoebe - "I have a huge book shelf of books that I haven't read. I am going to read them all!"

Innes - "I want to stop playing video games so I can get ready to do my homework."

Sophie - "I need to get my face out of a screen!"

In Primary 4 we learn how to join letters together. We start with a wee warm up for our wrists and fingers, practise the letters and joins on paper under the desks before writing in our handwriting jotters. This helps to strengthen all the muscles needed to write beautifully.

Cora - "It's harder than it looks writing on the floor!"

Lewis - It's really tricky!"

Ethan H - "I wish we could do all our writing like this."

Week beginning 16th December

What a fun filled, festive fortnight we have had!

We went to see the panto, A Christmas Carol, at the Corn Exchange. For some of us it was our first time EVER seeing a pantomime and we all had a great time joining in with the singing and dancing, booing and cheering. Thank you to our class helpers, Lewis' mum and Austin's dad, for coming along with us.

week beginning 16th December

Unfortunately Mrs Thomson forgot to take any photos of our Christmas craft fayre but there are a few of our creations. We enjoyed making them and writing instructions for them. We sold out of all our crafts so we think everyone liked them too!

wb 16.12.24 snowmen

Our Christmas party was so much fun. We danced The Dashing White Sergeant, The Virginia Reel and The Grand March; we played Musical Statues and Euan won (Mrs T was a bit mean and took some photos of us when we were frozen!); Pass the Parcel (Lucky's Dad's rules) was next and Leo was our lucky winner; class races and pass the ball! All so much fun! Lots of members of staff commented on the children's Christmas cheer and excellent behaviour. Outstanding :)

Week beginning 2.12.24

Christmas has arrived in 4C! We finished reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, made our Christmas craft for the school fayre and decorated the classroom.

Last Friday we were learning about St Andrew and why he celebrated in Scotland. Mrs Thomson set us a challenge to work together to create a boat for Regulus to sail in to the town now known as St Andrews. We were all given a piece of tin foil and were told we could use lolly sticks, tape, card and glue. The boat needed to be wind powered, contain a Scotland flag and carry a Lego figure (representing Regulus).

After lots of testing and trialling the boats all floated! It was amazing to see the different designs and how each group approached the challenge.

Week beginning 25th November

As part of our Adapting to the Cold topic the children have been working in cooperative learning groups to research an animal from the polar regions. Here are just a few examples.

Musk Ox

Anna, Flora, Alex and Hayden worked so well together as a group. They listened to each other, shared their ideas and compromised.

Narwhal

Amber, Austin, Innis and Ivy were tasked with researching the narwhal. Not only did they use the interent to find out lots of interesting facts, but they worked together to create this great poster to share what they had learned.

Arctic Fox

Sophie, Luke, Isla and Alba used their creativity skills to create a really eye catching poster to share what they had found out about the arctic fox.

Week beginning 18th November

In PE we have been focussing on skills to help us with net and wall games. We have been practising our underarm throws, racket skills and super fast feet!

"It is really tricky!" - Kayley

"I am better at this than I was last week." - Luke

"I slid on my bottom!" - Lewis

Week beginning 11th November

For Remembrance Day we were learning about the importance and symbolism of the poppy.

We looked at some art work by the artist Georgia O'Keefe and made these stunning piece of art using chalk.

We blended the colours to make them look realistic.

What do you think?

Week beginning 4th November

We have started Wellbeing Wednesday in P4C. Everyone takes a post it note with another class member's name. Each person write something that they like about their chosen person. It brought so many smiles to our faces!

Euan - "I liked seeing my person smile when he saw what I had written".

Hobbes - "It was like getting a birthday present. A lovely surprise".

"I like it when you help me. You are really kind, Phoebe!"

"Cora, I wish I was as good at football as you!"