P4 enjoyed a fantastic science workshop with the guys from W5. The children really enjoyed seeing how things work and getting up to help out.
We wrapped up warm this afternoon to have 15 minutes fun in the snow. The sky was incredibly blue and the air was so, so fresh. We had great fun.
Today, James from the AMMA centre came to teach us how to add sound to Book Creator. We based our books on the Blitz. The children recorded their titles and poems with sound effects. They had great fun doing this and it was great for them to be able to add their own art and literacy work in a digital format.
We welcomed some well known book characters into our room today. See if you can guess who visited! Also, the children were very creative in their ‘decorate a spud’ and ‘decorate a toilet roll’ competition. The winner was Paulina, who made a fab Max, from the Hodgeheg.
This afternoon we went on a scavenger hunt based on using our 5 Senses, which is our new WAU topic. The children had lots of fun recording what they saw, heard, touched and smelled. Taste had to wait until we returned to the classroom for a drink of water and a jelly bean!
P4S travelled to Portadown Town Hall this morning to take part in the Choral Speaking class at the festival. They recited ‘Pirate Pete’ and ‘Daddy Fell into the Pond’. The children had worked really hard to learn these two poems and say them very expressively, so they were delighted to be awarded 3rd place. They each received a lovely bronze medal for their hard work.
Four brave and talented boys from P4 took part in Portadown Festival this morning. They recited a poem entitled “About Knees”. We were delighted to learn that Henley was awarded first place, JJ and Eli came third and Freddie was highly commended. Well done boys!!
Congratulations to our 4 talented and brave girls, Mila, Freya, Kourtney and Laura, who took part in the festival today, reciting their poem “Homework”. We were delighted to hear that they were placed third and highly commended. We are sooooo proud of them.
Today P4 travelled to Armagh Museum to finish off our World War 2 topic. Once again many of the children dressed as evacuees and the museum staff were most impressed with their costumes. First we studied some WW2 artifacts. I think our favourite was the gas alarm rattle. It was very noisy!! Then Sarah from the museum dressed George and Jacob up as ARP (air raid precaution) wardens. She also chose Lilly to pack her evacuee suitcase. Finally, we all made our own gas masks. The children really enjoyed their trip and it was a great finish to our topic.
Well done to Nikas who was our Healthy Kidz Star of the Week and to Jenson, who celebrated his birthday in style by winning the GTBG January raffle prize.
