Fabulous Egyptian Art by P3/4.
Making Mummies
P3/4 are learning about Ancient Egypt. They have been fascinated by the process of mummification. First the brain is removed from the body through the nose, then lots of internal organs are removed and put into canopic jars. Finally the body is packed with salts and then wrapped in linen. Here we are mummifying an orange ….. the mummified oranges are being kept in Mr Gairn’s boiler house!
What are those dinosaurs doing…….?
Check out P1/2’s new blog…..Adventures with Dinosaurs to find out what these dinosaurs are up to! Follow the link from the Learning Blog.
P1/2 prepare to blast off
P1/2 have just finished building their Space Station and are looking forward to their trip into space. Â They have been been busy with their astronaut training – fitness and fine motor skills using different gloves, tweezers and litter pickers so that they can conduct space repairs in the Space Work Module (with tumble drier pipe and gloves!). Â The astronaut food is ready and we are just waiting for our spacesuits to arrive…….
Beach Clean
On Friday we all went down to the beach for a beach clean. Â The storms last week had uncovered lots of plastic bags down near the water line but within an hour the beach was looking good again.
Litter Police on the beat
The Litter Police have just got their new grabbers and gloves and are patrolling the grounds looking for litter. Ideally they should find none….so remember to use the bins properly!
Transient Art
At their Joint Sessions, the Pre-5 unit and P1/2 have been learning about the 3rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They enjoyed making fabulous pictures using their unusual art materials – straws, pompoms, beads, lolly sticks….but no glue! This means that the material is not wasted but reused each time. Children took pictures of their art instead.
Eco superheroes
The Pre-5 unit and P1/2 made their own Eco Superheroes that are going to save the world. They discovered that they can be eco-heroes too and decided what they could do to help the planet. Check out their ideas on the noticeboard….and add your own. Look out for the Green Eco Hero in nursery!
Looking at plastics for recycling
Have you ever noticed the little triangles on the bottom of plastics for recycling? The Pre-5 children and P1/2 have been investigating a recycling bag to see which numbers were in the greatest number. Here are their results.
Eco minutes 9.10.14
This was our first eco meeting with the new committee.
1. Welcome
2. We met everyone and found out about our roles.
3. Action Plan – We went over the action plan. For the next meeting we have to decide what we want to start with. We will start with 3 action points.
4. Green Flag – Our assessment is on 24.11.14. We will decide what we need to do at the next meeting.
5. Getting the whole school involved – we talked about ways to get everyone involved. New noticeboard. Eco-assembly. New eco-code in all classes.
6. Action to be taken
Eco-committee to decide action points.
Anwen to come up with fundraising ideas.
Mrs Harrison to arrange date of eco assembly.
Media group to make eco code posters.
Secretary to arrange photos of everyone for the wall.
7. Next meeting 23.10.14
