{"id":7013,"date":"2020-09-25T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:11:31","slug":"primary-4-class-novel-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/2020\/09\/25\/primary-4-class-novel-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 4 Class Novel Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 4 have recently finished studying our class novel \u2018Horton Hears a Who\u2019.\u00a0 The pupils discussed the setting, the characters, and the message the novel was giving to its readers.\u00a0 They began to appreciate and understand that \u2018a person\u2019s a person, no matter how small.\u2019\u00a0 This was considered in relation to all of God&#8217;s living things.<\/p>\n<p>The pupils created their own pieces of writing, imagining what a visit to Who-Ville would be like, considering carefully how they would shrink small enough to visit and describing well what they saw and who they met on \u2018the tiny speck of dust.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The learning continued outside, through outdoor learning opportunities, where pupils searched to identify the smallest living thing they could find in and around the school grounds.\u00a0 They also created their own transient art pieces, using natural materials to make beautiful scenes from Who-Ville!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7014\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_143747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7015\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_143826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_143846.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7017\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_143910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7018\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_144137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7019\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_144154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7020\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_144249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7021\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200819_144418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7022\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200824_143615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7023\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200824_143932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200824_144103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7025\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/files\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200824_144148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 4 have recently finished studying our class novel \u2018Horton Hears a Who\u2019.\u00a0 The pupils discussed the setting, the characters, and the message the novel was giving to its readers.\u00a0 They began to appreciate and understand that \u2018a person\u2019s a person, no matter how small.\u2019\u00a0 This was considered in relation to all of God&#8217;s living &hellip; 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