Monthly Archives: January 2011

Linlithgow Palace

Posted on January 24, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d enjoyed using oil pastels and water colours to produce beautiful pictures of Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.

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Maths Targets

Posted on January 20, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d have been considering where their understanding lies in maths. We used dart-boards to illustrate this!

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Accelerated Reader

Posted on January 19, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

To follow your child’s progress in reading please look at the ‘Home Connect’ link (found under the big t-shirt in the Literacy link). Please continue to encourage your child to read at home independently / to be read to / … Continue reading →

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Scottish Assembly

Posted on January 19, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d love their songs for the Scottish assembly! They will be on Edubuzz singing along!

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Spelling

Posted on January 19, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d’s weekly spelling words

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Mary Queen of Scots Homework

Posted on January 17, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

Mary Queen of Scots homework: Task 1 due: 21.01.11 Task 2 due: 28.01.11 Task 3 due: 04.02.11 Task 4 due: 11.02.11 Learning a Language: Create a page for a class French phrase book- 10 words in English and French. The … Continue reading →

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Table of the Week

Posted on January 17, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4 are awarded table point for fantastic behaviour and good tidying skills. On a Friday the winning table receives the golden star trophy! The winning tables will be listed below… 21.01.11: yellow table

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Mary Queen of Scots

Posted on January 17, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d’s new topic is the life of Mary Queen of Scots. They have already found out about her mother and father, as well as her birth in 1542. 8th Dec 1542 Mary Queen of Scots is born. 14th Dec 1542 … Continue reading →

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Letters from Kashap and Umang

Posted on January 17, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

P4d had loads of questions regarding India so they wrote to Kashap and Umang- two men from India. Today they received their replies!

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Poetry

Posted on January 12, 2011 by jenna mcbirnie

For the next 4 weeks P4d will be studying poetry. Today we found out about Haiku poems and we composed our own too! “Haiku” is a form of poetry that originated in Japan and they consist of 3 lines.  The … Continue reading →

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