Scotland topic

On Friday 20th November the class visited Renfrew Library and we learned how a book was made, from the author writing the story, to getting it published and ready to be sold in the shops. The visit was a good opportunity for us to see how a library works and how we can join the library. At PE this term, we have been learning to do some Scottish dances and we are really enjoying ourselves. We also have Mr Armour coming to do gymnastics with us on Tuesday afternoon. We have been working on our Scotland topic and are learning about towns and cities, and rivers and mountains. We used the map at http://www.freeworldmaps.net/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/map.html

Scotland...... Homecoming

Our topic this term is about Scotland and we are going to learn lots of interesting things about our country, with a few surprises thrown in!


We are also planning to make items to sell at the Christmas Fayre.

Technology

Mrs Kelly set us a challenge to design and make a recycling bin using old boxes and a variety of materials. We are very enthusiastic about this activity and we hope to let you see the bins in due course.

We have also been learning about water in our science topic and we have done experiments to find out about substances that are soluble and insoluble in water.

Neighbourhood Topic

Primary 4 have come back after the October break to start another busy term. We are continuing to work hard at our maths and language and are making very good progress.

Last term during our Neighbourhood topic we had hoped to take a walk around Kirklandneuk to see the good things and to spot any vandalism. However because the weather was too wet we were unable to do this but we had lots of discussions about our neighbourhood.

September 2009

We have settled well into our new class. This is the first year that we are together in the one class and this is very exciting for us. We are very enthusiastic and hardworking in all our work and we are making lots of progress in reading, language and maths.

Our topic this term is about Our Neighbourhood and we are still hoping (weather permitting) that we can get out for a walk around the area. We have been focussing on how great it is to live in Kirklandneuk but unfortunately we also have to consider the vandalism that happens occasionally.


In science we are learning about water. We have been finding out about the water cycle and how we eventually get lovely clean water into our houses and school.

Our RME topic is about the Islamic religion and we are learning about a festival called Eid al Adha.

We are very lucky to have Gillian McAtee who comes in each Monday to do Music with us.

It has been a very busy term in Primary 4 and we are looking forward to our October break but we are also looking forward to the challenges in the new term.

Term 4

What a busy term we're having! We came back from our Easter break to be told that Primary 4 were to organise an enterprise event. We thought about it and decided that we would host a talent competition. We have all been watching the popular TV show 'Britain's Got Talent' so we named our show 'Kirky's Got Talent!'

We applied for posts within the departments that we wished to work - administration, art and design, marketing and finance. Once we were in post we all got to work straight away!


The marketing department did a great job of advertising our event and the finance department worked well to keep our costs down to maximise our profit. The art and design team made an excellent job of decorating the stage and the admin team made sure that all the letters went out on time to the relevant people.

Leading this industrious workforce were Emily and Adam. They made sure that everyone was on task and keeping to schedule.

We had a class vote to elect 2 people to be out presenters. Our elected hosts were Sorcha and James. They were fantastic hosts, keeping the crowd entertained and making sure the show ran smoothly.

Lastly, we couldn't have had a show without judges. We very lucky that Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell were available on Wednesday afternoon!



Everyone had a wonderful afternoon and the acts were brilliant. The judges had a very hard time deciding the winners! Darren and Declan (Rm 12) received a highly commended award for their singing and dancing, The Spinning Group (Rm 2) were awarded 3rd place for singing and dancing. Joint 2nd place went to the Low Riders (Rm 15) and The McFly's (Rm 8). Dancing their way into 1st place were Mix n Match from Rm 16! The trophies were presented by Emily and Adam.





We have also been working very hard preparing for our anti-bullying assembly. This will take place on Friday 5th June, we hope you'll be able to join us!
We are very excited about going on our class trip to the Hunterian Museum. This is sure to be a very interesting afternoon finding out about the Romans.
Soon our time in room 11 will be over and we will be moving into primary 5. We have all worked very hard this year and made many achievements along the way. Mrs Bryson has enjoyed getting to know us and watching us progress both academically and in our personal interests. We are looking forward to the next school session with excitement and enthusiasm!

Welcome to Rome!

What a busy term Primary 4 have had! We have been working hard to produce outstanding work for our Roman topic. As a class, we decided what we would like to find out about the Romans. Each group became class experts in areas such as gods and goddesses, Roman numerals, gladiators and chariots as well as Roman emperors and clothing and jewellry. The groups spent an afternoon researching their chosen speciality and were questioned by the rest of the class.

We began by learning about why the Romans came to Britian and what Scotland looked like at that time. We then found out about the Roman Army and their weapons and armour. As part of our art work we made two life size Roman soldiers - one to guard our classroom door and one to remain in our class.

During technology time Mrs Bryson set us a chariot challenge. We had to design and build a chariot in accordance with the success criteria. Some were more successful than others!





Our gods and goddesses experts told us all about their chosen area which we found very interesting! We each chose a god or goddess and made an acrostic poems and tracing.

We had lots of fun finding out about Roman numerals! We made tablets out of clay and inscribed our name and date of birth (in Roman numerals of course!) in it.



As well as all this art and technology work we produced many pieces of quality writing. We used our imagination to write letters home from Roman soldiers and became newspaper reporters covering the devastating eruption at Pompeii.

We were able to show all our hard work off to our friends and family at the open afternoon on Friday 27th March. Our visitors were very impressed with our classroom and all the work we have done. Mrs Bryson says that the quality of our work has been excellent this term and we need to keep this up! We should be very proud of ourselves!