We visited the church in Giffnock because we have been learning all about Advent in RME.
Jake, the minister, showed us round the church. We were told a lot facts about the and then we had a quiz and played games in two different groups.
it was really good fun!
We are learning all about Fairtrade with P6a. Yesterday we walked to Morrisons to find Fairtrade products. Then we compared them with non Fairtrade products to find the difference in price. It was quite hard to do because there were not many Fairtrade products in Morrisons!
We found out that some Fairtrade products were more expensive than those that were not Fairtrade. Even although they are more expensive we know they are worth buying because they give farmers a fair amount of money for their work and they stop children working on farms or plantations.
Under Article 24 of The UNCRC we have the right to a clean and safe environment. The Rights Respecting Group set us a challenge to give the MUGA a bit of a tidy!
We collected fallen Autumn leaves and litter that had blown into the games area.
It was an exhausting but worthwhile job. We are going to get a reward for all our efforts too! More to follow…
Today we visited the library to investigate old maps and pictures of Giffnock from the past.
It was really interesting to see how land was used back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Giffnock was a thriving farming and agricultural town with a sandstone quarry; producing sandstone for around the world.
We particularly enjoyed looking at old-fashioned handwriting on the old census’ and pictures on the iPads.
Captured this week on our ‘Signs of Autumn’ hunt!
After our walk we were inspired to paint silhouetted trees with an Autumn sunset background.
To develop our knowledge further on local produce and sustainability – Mrs Andrews organised a trip for us to Waitrose in the Newton Mearns. We were all so excited to go onto the bus and couldn’t wait to get there!
First we went to the fresh produce aisle and tasted kiwi berries which were very sour! Only some of us liked them but we all had a go.
We looked at the ‘traffic light’ system as a way of checking the nutritional value of the foods we eat. The Butternut Squash Curry had all green!
Thank you Wendy at Waitrose – we had such a fun time learning new things!
