Month: November 2018

This week we learnt a bit about palm oil and the impact it can have on the environment and the habitats of many animals.

First we watched Rang-Tan, a poem about the affect palm oil production has on orangutans. You can watch the clip here:

https://youtu.be/TQQXstNh45g

We learnt more about palm oil and why it is used by watching a clip by Greenpeace. We were shocked to see how many products palm oil is in- especially Nutella!

We then worked together to read through arguments on both sides of the debate and sort them into arguments for and against palm oil use. We discussed our own opinions on the debate and considered how we could support our points of view.

We then used our persuasive writing skills to create leaflets about the debate. We worked really hard on these and produced some brilliant work. Have a look at just a few examples:

 

This week we did some work for anti-bullying week.

We talked about how people are just like icebergs! Like icebergs, there are only some things about us you can see on the surface, but there are lots of things going on underneath. You might not be able to see these things and you might not know about all of them but it’s important to remember they are there.

We drew our own icebergs, and thought about the things on the surface and the things underneath. We realised that there is lots we have in common, but we are all unique and should be kind and respectful to one another.

We joined the #chooserespect anti-bullying campaign run by respectme.org.uk and pledged to choose respect.

We talked about what to do if we or someone we know could be being bullied. We decided the best things to do were to tell a trusted adult and to be kind to the person who is being bullied.

Then we came up with our own anti-bullying slogans. These included “bullies ain’t big” (one of our Rookie Rockstars songs), “boo to bullies”, “no bullying”, “stand up to bullies” and “no to bullies”. We made anti-bullying wristbands including our slogans.

During outdoor classroom day, P4M and P4B worked together in small groups to create a piece of art. Each group was given a card with a photograph of either an animal or bird from around the Ochils and River Forth. We then had to use natural resources to create our own pictures of the wildlife.

In our groups we explored the playground, and found natural resources including leaves, sticks, flowers and berries to create our wildlife pictures. It was tricky to find all of the right colours to match to the photographs.

Then we worked together to decide the best way of creating our pictures. We placed the leaves on the paper and tried to decide how we should use them.

When we were happy with them we glued them on and used pens to add detail. Here are some of the finished pictures, don’t they look brilliant?

This week we’ve been really busy with Rookie Rockstars and getting ready for Halloween. It’s amazing we’ve managed to fit anything else in at all!

As part of PE, we’ve been learning about gymnastics. This week we worked in pairs to come up with a gymnastics routine. Our routines have six moves and had to include at least one roll, one jump and one balance. Next week we’ll be perfecting our routines and trying to remember the moves.

Here are some photos at us hard at work deciding  which skills to show off and planning our routines.

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