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P4/5 Social Studies: A Victorian school day

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Our day was very different today as we transformed our classroom into a Victorian school room. We took on Victorian roles as pupils and teacher to re-enact a typical  Victorian day.

9.15 Line up: Boys and Girls lines- single file

9.20 Inspection: uniform and hands

9.25 Drill: marching

9.30 Victorian Proverbs: Practice makes perfect

9.40 Handwriting: cursive script

9.55 Arithmetic : chanting times tables, addition and subtraction

10.15 Singing: My Bonnie lies over the ocean

10.25 Study of an object: A clothes peg

10.35 Break

10.55 Playground games: hop skotch, marbles, skipping, hoops

11. 45 Posture and Alignment

12 Copy writing of proverbs: Waste not, want not

12.15 Create peg dolls

P4/5 Dumfries House

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Today we had a great visit to Dumfries House organised by RHET. We learnt about pigs, bees and honey, keeping livestock safe, countryside and dogs, yarn and felt making, Highland meat, rapeseed oil, being an auctioneer and dairy farming. We also saw and met pigs, cows, lambs, calves, geese, chickens, horses and chicks. A great fun packed learning experience.
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P4/5 My World of Work

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Mr Welsh came in to talk to the class about dairy farming and the different roles involved in running a dairy farm. The class looked at examples of  feed the cows are given at different stages and all the parts that go into making it. We learnt about the machinery used and what life was like in a typical day of a dairy farmer. We also had the opportunity to discuss and compare the role of farming in the USA. Everyone had lots of interesting questions to ask to learn more about dairy farming. Many thanks to Mr Welsh for a great, interesting and enjoyable learning experience.