The class were now ready to start the next step in creating their novels. The class followed a series of instructions to fold a piece of A3 paper in a way that replicates a book.
Once the books were made, the design process could begin. The front cover, blurb and illustrations were created using inspiration from their stories. Once the illustrations and borders had been completed the final draft of their short stories were written into their novels.
P6.21 enjoyed reading the Ice Monster by David Walliams. The novel developed characters and setting using a variety of descriptive language and techniques.
The class created interactive book reviews to share their thoughts on the novel.
As part of their Mearns Masters pathway P6.21 created a campaign that focused on reducing textile and plastic waste used to create Halloween costumes.
P6 decided to design and make their own Halloween costumes from clothing, fabric and items they already had at home.
The class enjoyed being able to showcase their creations with the school and loved wearing their own creations!
“Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day. On two days of action each year, teachers take children outdoors to play and learn.”
We are so fortunate here in Mearns that part of our school improvement plan is encouraging teachers to take children out EVERY day!
We started off today producing a magnificent whole class symmetrical creation! Isn’t it amazing? Such attention to detail. Everyone really enjoyed taking part in producing it.
We continued using our time outdoors by selecting and observing our chosen leaves before taking time to record our observations using our fabulous hi tech clip boards 😊 We then took part in some activities to test our recording skills and learned a lot discussing with each other what we had done well and what we could work on.
What an interesting afternoon we had checking out our pressed flowers on a light box. We talked lots about what had happened to the flowers as they were pressed over the last two weeks and had great conversations about the petals and leaves becoming more translucent and fascinating to look at too.
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