Success...at last!!

Some members of class four have been trying for some time now to complete a globe of the world jigsaw puzzle.  It was very tricky as the pieces fit together in a sphere shape which kept falling to pieces!! But today....there was success!

National Book Week

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!

Runic writing

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.

Meausring in centimetres and metres

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.

Viking longhouses

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.

Swimming success

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!

Historic Scotland Ranger Visit

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. 

Sandra passed around some pieces which we had to look at then try to guess what they were used for! It was a lot harder than we thought it would be...but we did have some good guesses! 

We then drew pictures of the items and Sandra told us the stories behind each object.   Many of the items had been found in Orkney orginally so it was quite exciting.

We are allowed to keep the box of artefacts in class for a few weeks so we plan to make a Viking museum which other classes can come to visit.