To celebrate National Book Week we each took in a copy of our favourite book. We then picked out a section of text in which we thought the author had written well. We looked for a piece of language which painted an image in our heads. Then we illustrated the language paying careful attention to detail. We all did a really good job!
Class four have spent this week learning about Viking runes. We found out where runes originated from and then we wrote our own names in runes.
Class four have been working on measuring in centimeters and metres. We took part in a measuring challenge where we had to find both feet and hand measurements then compare the two.
Class four looked at the differences and similarities between a Viking longhouse and a modern day house.
They then were set a task in groups where they had to make one longhouse and one modern day house to show the differences.
Two boys from class four took part in a swimming gala at the weekend. We are very proud of their achievments. Both boys won a silver and a gold medal. Well done boys!
On Monday class four had a very exciting afternoon. Sandra from Historic Scotland came to visit with a box full of Viking artefacts. We were very excited to find out about the different items Viking people used.
As part of our Viking topic we have been learning about the type of armour and weapons they used. We then set about researching designs for our own shields.
We have been busy using hamma beads to help us practice our spelling words today. It was trickier than we expected it to be!
Class four had great fun practicing their spelling words in a different way! We smoothed out shaving foam then printed letters on top to spell our spelling words for this week.
Class four had a visit from the School Nurses last week. We found out about head lice and hand washing. We talked about why both were important for our health.
