On Monday we looked at the clan MacAndrew in the 1800. It was fun! We are in groups named after castles. e.g. Fyvie, Edinburgh, Ellon… . We also got to make up our own clan and tartan. On Thursday we were finding out about the Highland Clearances and started making “Black Houses”.
Bonfire Night, Maths, Night and Day, Road Safety and Reading!
We made wonderful firework posters for firework safety. We played a Gunpowder Plot game. We needed to guess which cellar Guy Fawkes was in by answering all of the questions. We wrote a fireworks senses poem.
In maths, P2 were doing even numbers and odd numbers. P3 have been multiplying numbers for our times tables.
We learned about where our country is on the globe. We were looking to see how it turns night into day. We are turning our pet shop into a museum and library.
We were outside in the playground. We drew a road with chalk and then we crossed it. Then we had 2 cars and we had to cross the road when the cars were on the road.
Some P3s and some P2s were making up questions for their reading groups.
Garioch league update
Thursday,the eighth of November,
the Garioch League season started.Ellon p6s
played their first mach against Pitmedden.
Ellon had a great spacing and excellent
interceptions.The final score was 13-1 to
Ellon!!!
Grounds development group
Today we have a visitor to our group called FayeMckay who is telling us about how we can attract wild life to the area of the playground which is going to be developed into a sustainable playground. She has brought in books and catalogues to show us what we might need.Jayde’s group were looking at an animal house book and a gardening book they were also designing what will go in the back wall and splitting up each class.Zac was looking at different types of herbs.Cole is designing a bird house.Rachel’s group were copying down flower bulb ideas.By Zoe mitchell and Hayley milne.
The health group
The health group have been making posters for fruity friday and finding out about more diffrent ways to make people eat fruit and have been making a sheet of how to make the school a helthier place. They have been making posters of bullying to stop people bulling. For fruity friday the class with the most fruit wins house points.
The Pupil Voice!☺
The pupil voice have been writing down thier names and ages to let the p1-7s know who they all are. they have discussing something that they will be doing this term.
confidence to cook news
this week the cofidence to cook group were making pizza with custom toppings like sweetcorn,pepprs,pepproni and cheese first the would make the dough thenhey wouldut the toppings on
E.C.O Group News!
The E.C.O Group have been doing posters of recycling, saying turn off the lights and reduce reuse and recycle. They are also going to be doing a litter rota, like saving litter and putting litter in the bin even if it has been on the ground, just puting all litter in the bin. they are going to go through an action plan and they also have a litter picker list for this term.
PUMPKIN PARTY
Pumpkin Party Fun!
At the Pumpkin Party there were three DJs called Jim, Steve and Luke. Some people dressed up as scary monsters like witches, pumpkins, devils, zombies and two people wore morphsuits! Who were they? There was a pumpkin contest with all the best pumpkins ideas anyone could come up with! The P1 to 3 winner was Scarlett. The P4 to 5 winner was Jennifer and the P6 to 7 winner was Jade. Everyone had a really good time and the music was blaring loudly. Gangman Style was on, Sorry for Party Rocking, Party Rock Anthem, YMCA and lots more groovy tunes. The DJs were dancing with us and putting on songs that we requested. The night was awesome and everyone who was there had a GREAT TIME!!!!
By Oscar, Jay & Lucy
Fireworks and spooky story writing
We did a firework problem solving activity. We counted rockets with 3 or 4 stars and we had to make numbers 10, 15, 25, 60 and 70 by using cubes to count them. It was quite hard for some of us! We watched and read a story for firework safety on the smartboard. We found out about the firework code. We read out all of the code and we learned about how to stay well back from fireworks. We found out that when you are finished with your sparklers you need to put them in a bucket with cold water. We learned not to do dangerous things with fireworks.
We read a story about a Hallowe’en party and had to finish it off. We had to put in capital letters and full stops and we had to make sure we put in some connectives. We had to use spooky wow words!
BAKING BUDDIES – Halloween Inspired Treats
With Halloween approaching the Baking Buddies of Room 14 have been making some halloween inspired treats.
The first treat was Orange shortbread. This recipe came from the set of cards brought in by one of the buddies recently. The children had great fun rubbing in the flour and got very messy hands. They added grated orange which made the mixture smell delicious. Cutters shaped as a witch, pumpkin, bat and ghost were then used to cut out the shapes in the dough. Once the shortbread cooled the children were able to decorate them.
Ghost cakes were our next Halloween treat. The buddies used a simple cupcake recipe of 50g self raising flour, 50g butter, 50g sugar and 1 egg. They puts of energy into whisking the egg and creaming the sugar and butter together to make a light mixture. Once the cupcakes had baked in the oven and cooled the children used icing sugar and raisins to make some BOO-tiful ghostly cakes!
The last treat was a simple traditional chocolate covered apple snack. The children washed their fruit first and added a lollipop stick. They used the microwave to melt the chocolate checking on it regularly to see how the chocolate had changed as it melted and ensure it did not burn. They dipped the apples into the chocolate and then added some orange sprinkles for decoration.
P4/5 Term Talking
Can you believe it, the end of term 1. already! We have found out a lot about Living Things. We had a class trip to Satrosphere and Cruickshank Botanic Gardens. At Satrosphere we got to hold bugs which was fantastic. In the gardens we all had a challenge to complete which was also lots of fun.
Research in P3
We researched a breed of dog at home. We found out facts about our dog and made a poster to share with the class. We took turns to present our findings to the class. We peer assessed each others talks. We were looking for good eye contact with the audience, a clear voice and interesting facts.
Mrs Paterson P5
On our trip to Satrosphere/ Cruickshank Botanic Gardens – We had a Bug Show and Tell, we handled – stick insects and giant African Land Snails, we stroked Train Millipede and saw Death Head Cockroaches and enjoyed ‘Science on the Spot’. Bed of Nails – Greg (the Explainer) lay on a bed of nails, Orla stood on top of him. At the Gardens we were shown round by Mark Paterson (Curator) We had a plant treasure hunt and collected -soil, leaves, bark and flowers, a bouquet for the Queen.
Our Experiment – finding the effects of fertiliser on radish seeds we were surprised to find that the water only grew best. We planted 25 seeds – watered only 24, fertiliser 21 – week 2 – 19, week 3 -23 with strong fertiliser 9. Our Geranium has proved that plants CAN move because now all its leaves are facing the sun. We are looking forward to the holidays!!!!!
Tuesday Baking Buddies – What’s been cooking in room 14 during Term 1?
WEEK 6 – CHUNKY CHEESE LOAF
Our recipe for Chunky Cheese Loaf allowed the children to grate cheese, chop apples into tiny bits and whisk eggs. The children enjoyed beating the eggs as fast as they could! George was kind enough to bring in some recipe cards so the group could have a look. They looked through the cards and some recipe books to select favourites to try during our baking sessions in the future. Thanks George!
WEEK 5 – FRUIT JUMBLE
Fruit Jumble is delicious with custard.
This is a simple tasty recipe that is great for a pudding after tea called Fruit Jumble. The recipe is similar to a bread and butter pudding so the children were spreading as well as mixing, cutting and measuring. We had spare bread left over so prepared and set the table and made some toast for snack – yummy! The children then used fruits left over to do some fruit printing. We will display some of these pictures on the wall and use the others as placemat backgrounds.
WEEK 4 – CARROT & COURGETTE MUFFINS
There was plenty opportunity to use the graters this week. The children made savoury muffins using carrots and courgettes. We talked about dry bowls and wet bowls during cooking and mixed the two together before putting the mixture into muffin cakes. The muffins were not to everyones taste as they were not very sweet but the children enjoyed making them.
This week we made a shopping list and walked across to the Meiklemill shops to buy our ingredients for next week’s recipe. It was pouring with rain so we were drenched on the way back!
WEEK 3 – PICNIC GOODIES
Baking was linked to the onging class work on the Light House Keepers Lunch. We read the story about the Lighthouse Keepers picnic and the children made their own picnic We made lighthouse stawberry mallows, starfish sandwiches and Mr Grinley cat biscuits. It was a sunny day so we took a picnic rug down to Gordon Park to eat our goodies there.
WEEK 2 – BUTTER BEAN SOUP
We made an oven cooked Butter Bean Soup. The children learned how to top and tail spring onions and cut the celery into small pieces. The soup included garlic and chilli so perfect for a cold day. It tasted delicious served with some crusty bread.
WEEK 1 – FRUITY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
We began our session by reading the Hungry Caterpillar. The children then enjoyed creating their own fruit caterpillars. There was a selection of fruits to choose from including pears, strawberries, blueberries, grapes and apples. The caterpillar was then covered with a honey glaze – delicious!
This term our baking group have been busy working together in small groups to make a variety of delicious simple recipes. The recipes selected have allowed the children to develop their cutting, chopping and grating skills. At the beginning of the session we focused on the importance of kitchen hygiene and in particular hand washing. Before each baking session the children sing our hand washing song to ensure they have given their hands a thorough clean.
