Primary 4

   

     Welcome to P4!

Our teacher is Mrs Millar and our classroom assistant is Miss Buttimer.

We are having lots of fun learning together. 

Good morning parents and pupils, we find ourselves in very unfamiliar circumstances today and it will take us all time to adjust. We are here to support you as best we can. We understand that everyone's circumstances and approaches are different. We will be making suggestions on a daily basis of what learning your child could do but please note these are only suggestions. We will encourage your child to share some of what they are doing so we can celebrate their efforts and be there to answer any questions they may have. We know that many parents will be working from home or have more than one child to support so we are attempting to make learning for older children as independent as possible. Most importantly, take care of yourselves and each other.’

 

The Cranmore Challenge!!

   

Friday 22 May

Hello P4! We have made it to Friday again and it has been a very busy week! You are a fantastic class and keep amazing me with your brilliant work, funny photos and recorded messages. Well done!!

I hope you all have a brilliant long weekend and stay safe at home! Remember that there is no school on Monday (Bank Holiday) and Tuesday (Staff Development Day), so I will see you back on See-saw on Wednesday!!  Here is the plan for today:

 

Literacy

Friday Spelling Test

• Red Group 12 words (3 frequency words and 9 'amp' and 'imp' words)
• Yellow group 15 words (6 frequency words and 9 'amp' and 'imp' words)
• Green group 20 words (15 frequency words and 5 'amp' and 'imp' words)

Please post the Friday spelling test (A) in the Literacy Assessment folder

 

Numeracy

• Mental Maths book Friday  - Please post the Friday mental maths (A) in the Numeracy Assessment folder
• Mathletics x 15 minutes

 

Class Novel Fantastic Mr Fox chapters 14 and 15 - activity has been posted in journal

 

Activity Time / Travel to Tokyo competition

 

 

Thursday 21 May

Good morning P4! I hope you are all well today! Thank you for all the lovely work and photos you sent yesterday. Remember to have a go at the quiz today. It runs until this afternoon. I am setting up Collaborate for tomorrow so if you would like to chat to your friends please let me know before the end of the school day. It has been lovely to see so many of you!

Here is the plan for today!

 

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - Learn spellings for your Friday test and ask someone to call out a sentence using some of your spellings. Practice the words in Thursday column.

Check that you have completed the spelling pages for list 24.

Poetry in journal

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Mental Maths Thursday activity

Mental Maths Book Thursday

Mathletics x15 minutes

Red group - Number and place value booklet pages 33 and 34

Yellow group - Addition and subtraction booklet pages 72 and 73

Green group - Number and place value booklet - pages 48 and 54

 

 

PE - Travel to Tokyo Competition

 

WAU /ICT

I will post some activities in the activities part of See-Saw

 

 

Wednesday 20 May

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - List 24   'amp' and 'imp' words    Group 3 and C words. Practice the words in Wednesday list

Spelling booklet page 24:5

Use a dictionary to find a definition for your spellings. Write these in your Literacy book

Red group: scamp, skimp, crimp and watch

Yellow group: watch, favourite, magic, scamp, crimp and clamp

Green group: mention, favourite, ordinary, strength, dangerous and medicine

Proof reading activity in journal

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Mental Maths Activity in Journal 

Mental Maths Books Wednesday

Mathletics x15 minutes

Shape Quiz in journal (A) Please post this in the Numeracy Assessment folder

 

PE 'Travel to Tokyo' activities

 

 

Tuesday 19 May

 

Well done for all the work you posted yesterday P4. I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow on Collaborate. Don't forget to let me know if you can join and who you would like to see!

Here is the plan for today.

 

Literacy

• Epic Reading 
• English in Practice next two days
• Spellings - List 23   'ist' and 'ust' words    Group 2 and B words. Practice the words in Tuesday list. Practice your spellings from Monday.
• Reading Comprehension - Castle Ward (A) Please complete this in your literacy book and post to Literacy assessment folder in journal.

 

Break

 

Numeracy

• Mental maths practice page
• Mental Maths Books Tuesday
• Mathletics x15 minutes
• Start learning the eight times tables if you haven't already. 
• Shape work will be posted in journal

 

'Travel to Tokyo' competition

 

ICT - Online Safety activity posted in journal

 

 

 

 

Monday 18 May

 

Good morning P4! How are you all? I hope you all had a lovely weekend. On Wednesday we will have another session on Collaborate, so let me know by this afternoon if you want to join on that.

 

We will continue to learn about castles this week and shape in Numeracy.

 

Literacy

• Epic Reading 
• English in Practice next two days
• Spellings - List 24   'amp' and 'imp' words    Group 1 and A words. Practice the words in Monday list
• Check that you have finished all the work from list 23.
• Use the spelling word sorting activity to practice your words and complete page 24:2

 

Break

 

Numeracy

• Mental maths activity in Journal for Monday
• Mental Maths Books Monday
• Shape work has been posted in journal

 

            'Travel to Tokyo' challenges

 

ICT/ World Around Us

Castles - read the information about Castlewellan Castle. Have you ever visited this forest park?

Use the writing frame to write lots of facts about the castle and forest.

 

 

 

Friday 15 May

Hello P4! We have made it to Friday again and it has been a very busy week! You are a fantastic class and keep amazing me with your brilliant work, funny photos and recorded messages. Well done!!

I hope you all have a brilliant weekend and stay safe at home! Here is the plan for today:

 

Literacy

Friday Spelling Test

• Red Group 12 words (3 frequency words and 9 'ist' and 'ust' words
• Yellow group 15 words (6 frequency words and 9 'ist' and 'ust' words
• Green group 20 words (15 frequency words and 5 'ist' and 'ust' words

 

Numeracy

• Mental Maths book Friday
• Mathletics x 15 minutes
• Fluent in five Week 6 Day 5

 

Class Novel Fantastic Mr Fox chapters 12 and 13 - activity has been posted in journal

 

Activity Time / Travel to Tokyo competition

 

 

Thursday 14 May

Good morning P4! I hope you are all well today! Thank you for all the lovely work and photos you sent yesterday. You have been very busy this week! Remember to have a go at the quiz today. It runs until this afternoon. I am setting up Collaborate for tomorrow so if you would like to chat to your friends please let me know before the end of the school day. It has been lovely to see so many of you!

Here is the plan for today!

 

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - Learn spellings for your Friday test and ask someone to call out a sentence using some of your spellings. Practice the words in Thursday column.

Check that you have completed the spelling pages for list 23.

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Fluent in Five Week 6 Day 4

Mental Maths Books Thursday and Friday

Mathletics x15 minutes

Bar graph / Carroll diagram work has been posted in journal.

 

PE - Music Video / Travel to Tokyo Competition

 

WAU

Carrickfergus Castle activity has been posted in journal.

 

 

Wednesday 13 May

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - List 23   'ist' and 'ust' words    Group 3 and C words. Practice the words in Wednesday list

Spelling booklet page 23:4

Use a dictionary to find a definition for your spellings. Write these in your Literacy book

Red group: rust, trust, gust and able

Yellow group: cinema, only, mist, gust, just and crust

Green group: probably, separate, hygiene, unhealthy, twist and crust

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Fluent in Five Week 6 Day 3 

Mental Maths Books Wednesday

Mathletics x15 minutes

 

Monday 11 May

 

Good morning P4! How are you all? I hope you all had a lovely long weekend. Don't forget to send some fun photos! On Wednesday we will have another session on Collaborate, so let me know by this afternoon if you want to join on that.

Mr O'Hare has organised some fun fitness challenges. The information has been posted in Journal.

 

We will continue to learn about castles this week and recording information on different diagrams in Numeracy.

 

Literacy

• Epic Reading 
• English in Practice next two days
• Spellings - List 23   'ist' and 'ust' words    Group 1 and A words. Practice the words in Monday list
• Check that you have finished all the work from list 22.
• Use the spelling word sorting activity to practice your words and complete page 23:2

 

Break

 

Numeracy

• Fluent in Five Week 6 Day 1 ( This is the last week of Fluent in Five)
• Mental Maths Books Monday
• The Venn Diagram activities have been posted for you in Journal

 

PE with Joe or 'Travel to Tokyo' challenges

 

ICT/ World Around Us

Castles - look at power point about a Medieval Banquet and design your own menu (in Journal)

 

 

Tuesday 12 May

 

Well done for all the work you posted yesterday P4. I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow on Collaborate. Don't forget to let me know if you can join and who you would like to see!

Here is the plan for today.

 

Literacy

• Epic Reading 
• English in Practice next two days
• Spellings - List 23   'ist' and 'ust' words    Group 2 and B words. Practice the words in Tuesday list. Practice your spellings from Monday.
• Today I would like you to read the job vacancies for a castle and decide which job you would like to apply for. Complete the job application in journal!

 

Break

 

Numeracy

• Fluent in Five Week 6 Day 2
• Mental Maths Books Tuesday
• Mathletics x15 minutes
• Start learning the seven times tables if you haven't already. 
• Carroll Diagram work will be posted in journal.

 

PE with Joe or outside if you can!

 

ICT 

• How do you feel today? Complete the daily reflection in journal.

 

Thursday 7 May

Good morning P4! I hope you are all well today! Thank you for all the lovely work and photos you sent yesterday. You have been very busy this week! Remember to have a go at the quiz today. It runs until this afternoon. Also if you have requested to see friends today, I will send you the link. Don't worry if you didn't let me know as we will do this again next week. Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday to mark VE Day. Victory in Europe Day marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War. I hope you all have a lovely and a very safe Bank Holiday Weekend.

Here is the plan for today!

 

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - As there is no school tomorrow please do a Thursday / Friday test!

• Red group 12 words ( 3 frequency words and 9 'ast' or 'est' words)

        Yellow group - 15 words (6 frequency words and 9 'ast' or 'est' words)

        Green group - 20 words (15 frequency words and 5 'ast' or 'est' words)

Check that you have completed the spelling pages for list 22.

If you have finished, complete the next comprehension activity in your Literacy booklet.

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Fluent in Five Week 5 Days 4 and 5

Mental Maths Books Thursday and Friday

Mathletics x15 minutes

 

PE with Joe or outside if you can!

 

WAU / ICT

Have a look in the activities part where I have posted some fun activities for this afternoon!

 

 

Wednesday 6 May

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - List 22   'ast' and 'est' words    Group 3 and C words. Practice the words in Wednesday list

Spelling booklet page 22:4

Use a dictionary to find a definition for your spellings. Write these in your Literacy book

Red group: swimming, pool and race

Yellow group: leisure, centre, huge, blast, mast and crest

Green group: calendar, quarter, pictogram, leisure, guest and mast

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Fluent in Five Week 5 Day 5 

Mental Maths Books Wednesday

Mathletics x15 minutes

Multiplication activities have been posted in journal

 

PE with Joe or outside if you can!

 

ICT

I have posted activities in journal about keeping safe online. 

 

 

 

Tuesday 5 May

 

Well done for all the work you posted yesterday P4. It was great to see lots of you on Collaborate. Don't forget to let me know if you can join on Thursday and who you would like to see!!! Let me know today!

 

Literacy

Epic Reading 

English in Practice next two days

Spellings - List 22   'ast' and 'est' words    Group 2 and B words. Practice the words in Tuesday list. Practice your spellings from Monday.

Use the scrabble or rainbow words activities to practice your words.

Today we are learning about Belfast Castle. Have any of you been there? There is some information on the castle and an activity in journal.

 

Break

 

Numeracy

Fluent in Five Week 5 Day 2

Mental Maths Books Tuesday

Mathletics x15 minutes

Start learning the six times tables if you haven't already. 

Multiplication problems will be posted in journal.

 

PE with Joe or outside if you can!

 

World Around Us / Art

Some of you are finishing off your castles. Then google Belfast Castle and find a nice photo to draw your own piece of art. Try to include as much detail as you can.

 

 

Monday 4 May

 

Good morning P4! How are you all? Thank you for all the amazing castles you made last week. If you are still working on yours don't worry, you can send me pictures this week when you're finished.

Parents some of you have said you are working through the booklets in the folder and that is great too. Let me know if you need help!

We will continue to learn about castles this week and multiplication / division problems.

 

Literacy

• Epic Reading 
• English in Practice next two days
• Spellings - List 22   'ast' and 'est' words    Group 1 and A words. Practice the words in Monday list
• Check that you have finished all the work from list 21
• Use the spelling activities in journal to practice your words and complete page 22:2

 

Break

 

Numeracy

• Fluent in Five Week 5 Day 1
• Mental Maths Books Monday
• Maths booklets: Red group x3 tables page and multiplication page 1
• Yellow group: Division by sharing or division facts
• Green group: 4x tables and multiplication problems

The activities have been posted for you in Journal to help

 

PE with Joe or outside if you can!

 

ICT/ World Around Us

• Castles - We are looking at some of the ways used to defend or attack a castle. I have posted a link for a short film and there is an activity in your castles booklet. What do you think was the best way to defend or attack a castle?

 

COLLABORATE ULTRA

• Today we are hoping to see each other and have a chat.
• There are two times and two different links for this. Click on the link and then join the meeting. It should be very easy!! Fingers crossed!! See you all later 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the things we have been doing during lockdown!!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Houses and Homes

As part of our topic on Houses and Homes, we went on a survey to look at the different houses along Finaghy Road North. We used tally marks to record our work and then discussed the information we gathered when we got back to school. Most of the houses on Finaghy Road North are semi-detached or terraced. We also can describe where we live using lots of new vocabulary.

 

 

 

Painting Self-Portraits

 

World around Us - Science

We are so pleased that Miss Gibson is teaching us Science in P4. She was our student teacher in P3 and it is great to have her teaching us again. We have been learning about insulation, electricity and making shadows. Take a look!

 

 

 

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