For this Fit Thursday, we spent the whole day trying new sports. We tried football, boxing, gymnastics, table tennis and just dance! We loved having a day of physical activity and can’t wait to incorporate some of these games into our P.E. or playground time.

This week’s play in a pod was very different as we were joined by the Primary 1s and 2s. We loved having them along to join us! Miss Nimmo says that we were all very nurturing with the younger ones, and it was so good to see us all taking on a bit of responsibility for others. 

This week in P.E. we worked on our teamwork and communication skills through games of ambiguity! We have established rules, boundaries, and scoring systems so that our peers can take part. We furthered our learning back in the classroom, by talking about how P.E helps us to develop physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. 

This week in our Viking topic, we have been looking at the lives of Viking Children, and the similarities and differences between theirs and ours. We had two very special visitors, Erikson and Frejya! They gave us the opportunity to ask all the questions we have been pondering! Our Viking fact files are coming along nicely, and this week we will be starting on Chapter 3; Viking Homes. 

Play in a Pod time helps us to improve our creativity and imagination skills! This week, we made a viking Longship out of crates and a Viking home out of wooden pallets. Play in a Pod also allows us to work on our teamwork skills, and gives us a great opportunity to display our learning in a unique setting away form the classroom! 

After a very busy, challenging and successful morning in numeracy, Miss Nimmo told us that our brain’s needed a rest. We spent our literacy time enjoying our own reading. We got comfy and settled, and read our own choice of book! After reading for 30 minutes, we chatted to our neighbours, comparing what we were reading and making suggestions for future reads. We will be sure to make more time for reading for enjoyment in future! 

We were given a homework grid at the start of term, filled with lots of educational activities that relate to our class topics. Just look at Fabian’s wonderful Viking Longboat! This was made from materials that you have around the house; old cereal boxes, scrap paper and a straw. 

This week’s ICT time was spent working on our Viking Topic. Using our knowledge of the Vikings and what their lives were like; our knowledge of the layout of books; and our ICT skills, we were able to create a contents page, and chapter covers for our Viking Fact Files! “It’s great that even though we are learning the same stuff, all of our designs look so different!”, said Kieran. The finished fact files will be available for reading at the end of Term 1.