We were inspired by all the statues we saw on our walk to create some sculptures to remember the Famous Scots we have been learning about this term.

In small groups, we used junk, mod roc and paint to create our very own sculptures.  We were so pleased with them that on Wednesday 30th March we displayed them in our very own Art Gallery and invited the whole school to come and see them.

Everyone was so impressed!

We all had a eggcellent time decorating our eggs for the competition! Everyone did really well and there were lots of fab ideas.

But there could only be one winner…

 Evelina with her winning Minnie Mouse design.

On Wednesday 16th March we went on a trail to look at ways that Famous People are remembered in the City Centre.  We found statues of Prince Albert, William Wallace, Robert Burns, King Edward VII, Robert the Bruce, Charles Gordon and the War Memorial.

In the afternoon we worked in groups to make posters about what we had seen and learned.

This term the children have had lots of fun playing tuned percussion instruments and the recorder!

It was the first time that some of the children had done this and they surprised themselves at how well they did!

Mrs Clark set us a design challenge to make a boat to carry at least a penny out of 4 plastic cups, a piece of bubble wrap and 12 straws.

We worked in pairs and small groups and had great fun making them.

When we tested them they all successfully floated and carried at least a penny.  Well Done boys and girls!

Here are the winning designs that managed to carry 199 pennies before they sank!

On Friday we had great fun exploring different media when practising our handwriting skills.  We tried writing with wet chalk on black paper, on ‘gel bags’ with cotton buds, on magnetic boards and with different colours of paint.

This term we have been learning about Famous Scottish Inventors.

We have investigated John Logie Baird and the television as well as Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone.

Last week we really enjoyed making string cup telephones and exploring how they worked.

To begin with we couldn’t get them to work!  Then we discovered that the string needed to be tight!!

There was no stopping us once we got the idea – we joined lots of the string and cups together and made a phone where eight of us could listen to one person talking!

On Monday 25th January we had our very own Burns Supper.

We had great fun dancing the Military Two Step and The Dashing White Sergeant.  The children have been practising very hard and they did really well!

Rory and Abi did a great job at reciting Wee Jackie Peerie and The Wis an Auld Wiffee.

Shanice helped to carry in the haggis when it was piped in.

We all tried the haggis, neeps and tatties and most of us liked it.

A big big thumbs up from Mateusz and Kacper.  An empty plate from Sandi!

We rounded off the afternoon with Auld Lang Sine.

We have been learning lots about Robert Burns.  We found out about why he is so famous and enjoyed listening to some of his most famous poems like My love is like a red, red rose, To a mouse and Tam O’Shanter.

We wrote our own versions of Tam O’Shanter and shared them with Primary 1 purple.

In Art we explored different printing techniques to create our own tartans.

To make our own tartan Tam O’Shanter bonnets we printed with paint and the edge of a piece of card and then drew self portraits so that we could ‘wear’ them.

We also did some block printing with polystyrene tiles and ink.  We drew our line pattern on to the tile, covered it in ink using rollers and printed on to our paper.  We really enjoyed this and they look great! What do you think?

We are rounding off our Scottish celebrations on Monday 25th January when we will join together with Primary 2 to have our very own Burns Supper.  We are going to ‘pipe in the haggis’, have a taste of vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties, recite some Scottish poems, sing Scottish songs and dance the Military 2 step and the Dashing White Sergeant.  Photos to follow.

We have enjoyed learning all about how Hindu families prepare and celebrate for their festival of light – Diwali. 

An important part of their celebration is decorating their houses with diva lamps and lighting them.  This reminds them of the story of Ram and Sita where Ram and Sita followed the rows of lights to find their way home after defeating and escaping from an evil king.

We took part in Let’s Move and acted out sweeping and polishing the house, opening windows to welcome in the Gods, going to buy sweets from the market to give to family and friends for presents as well as setting out and lighting the diva lamps.

We enjoyed making and decorating our very own clay diva lamps.  Here are some photos to show you what we did.