Author: ealorna.howie@glow

This week we have had some of our parents in class to read us stories in preparation for World Book Day next week. Caleb’s dad read us The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate and Aidan’s dad read Dinosaurs Love Underpants!  We all sat beautifully while they read to us.

Today we learned about why we have Pancake Day , or Shrove Tuesday. We had great fun  tasting different tastes. First of all we had to learn how to quarter our pancakes, then we got to spread our pancakes with four different flavours  – sweet, sour, bitter and salt. None of us liked the bitter taste! Can you guess by our faces which tastes we are trying?  😂

On Monday we were being air detectives in Science. We had to time how long it took the particles from an air freshener to reach us! We learned that if we have a blocked nose it takes us longer to register the smell.
We then had to smell four different pots which were covered and had to try and guess what they were. It wasn’t that easy!

We had a great afternoon in the Assembly hall today. We were celebrating being Scottish! We wore a bit of tartan, sung some Scottish songs, danced and had some Irn Bru and shortbread. It was delicious! We learned how to do the Canadian Barn Dance and the Virginia Reel. When we got back to class Mrs Howie read us The Three Wee Pigs by the Scottish author, Matthew Fitt. It was funny!

We were learning about our lungs today and about the very important job they do in our bodies. Mrs Howie made a model lung and also used a balloon to show us how our lungs work, and how the mucus in our bodies protects them.
We made up a jigsaw of our lungs and labelled the main parts.

Harper and Sophia were very busy at dancing competitions over the weekend.  Well done to both girls as they collected trophies for their fabulous performances. Congratulations girls 🎉

Today we were learning about the importance of mucus in our bodies and how it protects us from pollution in the air. We made our own mucus and watched the reactions with different kinds of pollution.

We visited Springhill Care Home today and sung our Christmas carols for the residents. We had a lovely time and Evie managed some special cuddles with

her Great Gran                              .

We had great fun at the disco tonight.

Today we visited the residents in Springhill Care Home. We had good fun, we played with balloons and bubbles, as well as making playdoh fireworks and fireworks pictures.
Evie got to have special cuddles with her great gran too.
It was a lovely afternoon and the residents enjoyed our visit. We can’t wait to go again.