Fun in the snow ....

We were very excited last week because there was some snow!  We went out on Friday afternoon just before home time and had some time playing - it was just a shame it all disappeared over the weekend!

 

 

Slideshow - Fun in the snow

Christmas lunch

We had our Christmas lunch on Thursday last week, which was yummy!  There was turkey, roast tatties, vegetables, stuffing, jelly and lots more.  It is a shame that we have to wait another year for Christmas dinner again!

We must say a BIG thank you to the kitchen ladies for all their hard work - we really appreciated it.

Slideshow - Christmas lunch



Children in Need

Primary 3 did a fantastic job of organising lots of activities to raise money for Children in Need on Friday.  We had lots of fun and would like to thank Mrs Kirkness and Primary 3 for all their hard work.

 

Please click on the link below to take a look at some of the photos that were taken on Friday - St Andrews School raised £613.90 altogether which is just fantastic.

 

Slideshow - Children in Need

Handwork

We are very lucky in St Andrews School to have handwork every Thursday afternoon in Term 2 and 3.  We are all busy making mats or knitting in Primary 4 and really need to concentrate to do this well!

 

We are very lucky to have so many helpers who come in especially to help us with our handwork - thank you!

 

The pond

Do you remember being asked before the October break if you would like to come and help clean up the school grounds, and in particular to work on the pond area?  Well, this was a fantastic day and parents, children and staff came along to help with this. 

 

We went to see the work that had been done and think the pond area looks fantastic now.  We thought you may like to see some photos of the pond, which were taken just before the holidays.

 

 

 

We were looking for frogs but I'm not sure we saw any - although we did spot a few tadpoles!
 

Maths

We use lots of games and different activities to help us in our Maths, which makes the learning more fun and helps us understand better.  Last week we were learning about place value and how numbers can be written down in lots of different ways.

  

As well as helping our Maths skills, this helps us learn how to work with and help others around us.

 

It would be great if Primary 4 could add some more information about the different things we are learning in class during Maths lessons and the different activities we do to help us with this!

 

Rugby

We had our first rugby session last Wednesday, and another just today - it is lots of fun and although Ms Rendall does not agree, we never think it is cold when we are playing!

 

There are lots of skills we have to learn when playing tag rugby - for example passing and catching the ball, swerving, running, working as a team and lots more.
 

 

It is also very important that we listen to Bruce, or any of the other coaches, who give up their time to come and teach us how to play.

 

Please add any comments or more information about playing tag rugby if you would like to do so, especially Primary 4!

Visitors to Primary 4

We have had a number of special visitors to Class 4 this year already.  The first visitors we had were brought in my Niamh and they were Alvin, Jamie and Bobbie.  Everyone enjoyed having a hold of them, although we had to be very careful not to squeeze them!

 

We had another VERY special visitor to class - Lucy's little sister, Natalie!  Isn't she just beautiful?  Ms Rendall enjoyed a cuddle with Natalie!

 

Travis also brought his dog, Bob, to visit but unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of him.

 

Just last week Edith brought two visitors to the class - Squeako and Sammy.  They were very energetic and a little scared of all the noise and the big people around them!

 

 

Helping each other

In Primary 4 we think it is very important to help each other if we can, and we do this in lots of different ways.  One way we have been doing this is to work with a partner to complete a tricky reading comprehension activity and we have to work together to figure out the answers.  It can be tricky but when we work together it is much easier.