We finished our wonderful fabric designs this week in Ercall class. First, we removed the glue from our fabric by washing it. Then, we recorded, in our sketchbooks, ideas for products our fabric could be used for. These included soft furnishings like cushions or curtains, fashion products like clothes or handbags or a piece of art.

In art, we created batik fabric and  large-scale repeated patterns of our tiles. We put glue around our patterns and then painted these, using colours to fit the rainforest theme. We are so pleased with how our patterns came out!

In Ercall class, we have been leaning how to use publishing. We will thought about how to make careful choices regarding font size, colour, and type in an invitation. We explored how to add images, text boxes and shapes and understand that once content has been added, it can be rearranged on the page.

I was wonderful to see the children all dress for pyjamarama day today. Thank you for your support and to the parents who came and joined us to read this morning.

Year 4 girls have enjoyed starting football sessions this week, they focused on dribbling skills and developing their passing. They are looking forward to their session next week. Well done Year 4 girls!

This week, we have been planning, writing and editing our hot writes in English. We have invented our example dilemma story, to included aspects of our topic learning (rainforests) and our guided reading book (journey to the river sea). I have been so impressed with the children’s efforts and their handwriting.

This week, as part of our learning about Judaism, we learnt about bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah’s. The children discussed the differences and were able to compare this to other religious celebrations.

In Maths, we have been working with hundredths. This included placing hundredths on a place value chart. We enjoyed using equipment to support us with this and showed great understanding of hundredths. Well done Ercall.

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In Ercall class we have been exploring, evaluating, designing and making buzz the wire games. We applied our knowledge of circuits in Science, to make a working buzz the wire game. We tested out our products, which was great fun!

In Ercall class, we have been working hard to add to complete our laps for to add to our progress chart in class. We are enjoying taking part, working towards a goal while keeping active.

This week we had a STEM ambassador come into class to speak to us about Electricity. This was a wonderful start to our science topic. The children asked fantastic questions about Electricity and how this links to their everyday lives. We are excited to continue this learning in our Science lessons.

In Ercall class we enjoyed using the LBQ tablets in our Maths lesson this week. This generated lots of wonderful discussion about our unit on perimeter. Well done Ercall class on your wonderful problem solving.

This years theme for safer internet day was ‘inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. We discussed issues around being online and ways in which we can help and make a difference in the online world. The children had some brilliant ideas about how they could have an impact!

In Ercall, we have planned an investigation to find out which drink will have the most impact on our teeth. We put eggs in a range of drinks and will observe and record the impact of this over time. We made sure we set up a fair test, by adding the same amount of liquid and using the same sized eggs and cups. We are looking forward to seeing if our predictions are correct!

This week in art, we created shade and tint. First, we used the primary colours, red, blue and yellow, then we added either black or white to gradually make the colour darker or lighter. We found that this also created some secondary colours.

Our unit in PSHE is keeping safe, this week we have been focusing on keeping safe online. As a class, we discuss the importance of age limits on games and what this meant. We looked at different games and sorted them into the correct ages- there were some great discussions!

This week, Ercall class enjoyed dodge ball with the sports coaches. We looked at throwing and catching as well as working as a team.

This week we continued our dance sessions. The children were tasked to create a sequence of movements to fit the mission impossible theme tune. They made super spies and created a variety of movements, involving different speeds and levels. Brilliant work Ercall Class!

This week have have been focusing on our 3,6,7 and 9 times tables. We used multi link to help us make arrays to find the answers to some of our times tables. Well done Ercall for your use of equipment to support you learning.

This week Ercall have demonstrated excellent knowledge and understanding in Geography. We research the physical features of Scotland and each group became an expert in a physical feature, before presenting this to the class. Well done Ercall Class!