Mr Sinclair

To celebrate Children in Need Day, many of us dressed in ‘what makes us smile’. @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

Congratulations to this P4S pupil placing 3rd in Beanie’s Got Talent!

He worked so hard and regularly attended practice sessions during his lunchtime. We are very proud!

While learning about our senses, we decided to put them to the test. The class went on a walk around the playground to record what we could see, hear, feel, smell and taste. We ended our walk with an eyes-closed hearing game!

At Beancross, we are taking part in UNICEF’s Outright Campaign. Here, we are learning about the concept of international aid. In groups, we received scenarios and made choices about which essential supplies we would send and why. @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

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With @mrsjack.bsky.social, P4S have started using Lego Spike. With iPads, pupils can access instructions to create a range of exciting builds.

… and presentations too!

We’ve been enjoying our study of the human body. Here, we are working on disease factfiles…

To wrap up our study of Sleeping Beauty, we took part in a consolidation exercise. We are now working on an explanation text about our senses.

Wishing all pupils and families of P4S a fun and relaxing October Holiday!

On our last day, we conducted a Term 1 review with station rotations.

1. What I learned.
2. What I wish I learned.
3. How I will improve.
4. My favourite moment this term.
5. What I did not enjoy.
6. What I am looking forward to next term.

Pupils’ thinking will support Term 2 planning.

Lately, in our ‘Human Body’ topic, we have been learning about the five senses.

In trios, we used iPads and teamwork to research and present factfiles on the different senses.

As part of our work on ‘Sleeping Beauty’, we paired up to act out different scenes from the story.

Here are pictures of some of the brave pairs that were keen to share their creations.

We were greatly entertained by the children who (quite literally) threw themselves into their roles!

As a school, we are adopting the ‘Zones of Regulation’ emotional framework. This uses four coloured zones to help identify our emotions.

In P4S, we considered ways we can get ourselves to the green zone. This led to a lively discussion about how we can personalise our self-regulation strategies.

We had a lot of fun, with a lot of trial and error!

Well done to each of our groups for working hard together to develop our knowledge of human breathing.

YouTube video by Science Lab ANU How to make a lung model

Here is the tutorial we’ve been following, from 4:05.

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As part of our ‘Human Body’ topic, we have been exploring how we breathe.

Here is an example of a model we have been working on to understand the function of our lungs and diaphragm.

We will soon share our finished models.

It was lovely to see so many come along to P4S for today’s ‘Meet the Teacher’. We enjoyed getting to show you a few of the ways we are learning to spell, and we hope to welcome you back soon!

@mrsinclair P4S enjoyed their shape hunt on Wednesday! We looked around the school grounds for quadrilaterals, took pictures and then used PicCollage to share our findings with the class.