4th
Class have had a very busy start to the first term.
Maths
In
maths we have been learning all about place value, data, lines and angles and
addition and subtraction. We used geoboards and elastic bands to make the
angles that teacher called out. We also tried to design a house using oblique,
horizontal and parallel lines using only 12 lollipop sticks.
Cycle
Safety
4th
Class were also involved in an 8 week cycle safety programme. Graham and Ruth
from Cycle Right Training came every Wednesday and we learned how to cycle
properly. The first important thing that we learned was to carry out three
checks before we even got onto our bicycles - helmet check, clothes check, bike
check. Each week Ruth and Graham showed us how to use our bicycles correctly.
The yard became a roadway while we practiced our skills. By week 7 the
instructors felt that we were ready to cycle o the road! We left the school and
ventured down to the church and back. Ruth and Graham thought that Moynalty was
the busiest place that they had ever been!
National
Day of Fitness
Bryan
from Club Active came to school to put us through our paces in a fitness class!
It was tough going but we got through it. Later that day, we relaxed our bodies
and flexed our bodies in a yoga session with Ms Clarke. What a great way to exercise!
Student
Council Elections
At the
end of September things got political! A lot of the members of our class went
on the canvassing trail for the Student Council Elections! We had to write a
piece about ourselves and to try and persuade our friends to vote for us. We then
had to stand up and present our bio and then the vote took place. Congratulations
to Stephen and Aleisha who were the successful members of our class and we wish
them all the best for the year ahead.
Science
We completed
a science experiment on water and filtration. We had to fill plastic bottles
with soil and water. We had great fun working together to fill the bottles. We mixed
the soil and water together and they ended up looking like an unappealing drink!!
We predicted that the water was too muddy to clear and we could not believe how clear the water became over a few days.
PE.
This
term in PE we focused on the Games strand of the PE curriculum and James from
Moynalty GAA came to teach us ball handling and passing skills. We had a great
time and enjoyed playing the co-operative games and learning to work as a team.
Maths
Week
For maths
week, instead of written homework we brought home a maths game every day. We
also worked on our problem-solving skills and Ms Clarke presented us with a
problem to solve at the beginning of maths time. We had great fun and the
problems really got us to think and use our problem-solving techniques.
We
also had a maths trail around the yard. Ms Clarke presented us with a lot of
questions such as adding up all the years on the staff cars, multiplying the
amount of Green Flags by 3, multiplying the vowels in the school sign by 7,
finding angles, naming the shapes of the road signs and also working out the
perimeter of the basketball court.
Friendship
Week
For
Friendship Week we read the story ‘Have You Filled A Bucket Today?’. This story
explained how important it is to be a bucket filler rather than a bucket dipper.
We also had a circle time session and learned about a friendship web and how we
are all tangled up and that if someone drops the wool it breaks down the web.
Halloween Activities.
Before we knew it, it was Halloween midterm! For art we made symmetrical Halloween pictures. On the day of the holidays we had our annual dress up day. We had lots of scary creatures in our class and we even had a visit from Santa!
