Burns Night research

On Monday we researched what happens at a traditional Burn Night and made notes under headings. We then used the information to design a leaflet to adverse a Burn Night event.

 

20th Century timeline

In Term 3 we will be time travelling to the 20th century to learn about Aberdeen’s history. On Wednesday, the children were given eight events which took place in the 20th century and they had to try and put in the order of when they happened. There was lots of interesting discussion about this.

 

 

Spelling

On Thursday we rotated around four different stations for spelling.  Children played on Spelling City, played hangman, dictionary race and wrote rainbow words.

 

Tartan making

This week we learned about tartan and its importance to Scotland. We had a look at what families have their own tartan and when we would wear tartan. We then made our own tartan by weaving different colours through black card.

Food tasting

We had the opportunity to taste vegetarian haggis and mashed potato. Some children really liked it, but others weren’t too keen. Some words to describe the food was “spicy”, “smooth” and “unusual”.

 

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely holiday.

This week we have been learning about Scotland.

 

Doric

This week we learned some words in Doric. We learned some common phrases and body parts. We then designed a creature and labeled its body using Doric words.

 

Steven Brown Art

We looked at artwork by Steven Brown and then designed our own ‘McCoo’ inspired by Steven Brown.

 

Baking Shortbread

The class discussed different Scottish food such as haggis, tablet and porridge. We then had the chance to bake some shortbread as this is a Scottish food. All children had lots of fun!