This week we presented our solo talks based on natural disasters that we researched at home as part of our talk homework. Everyone will be sharing their talks with the class over the next couple of weeks. Some pupils even brought in props such as cooled molten rock. So far we have heard about:

• Japan’s Mt. Fuji – active volcano
• Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Andrew
• Hurricane Sandy
• Mount Saint Helens – active stratovolcano

On Thursday we visited the Baptist Church with P6A. It was fantastic! Look at the photos below to see some of the highlights. Thank you to all the parent/adult helpers and to the congregation for hosting us.

We started our Social/Scottish dancing this week. Mr Atkinson and Miss Estlick demonstrated to us how to do the Gay Gordons and the Military Two-Step. Initially the sequences were tricky to learn but by the end of the lesson we were all able to confidently to dance to the music with no pauses.

On Friday we started learning about our new science topic, Life Cycles. First we learnt what the terms; consumer, top consumer, predator, prey, producer, primary consumer and secondary consumer. To help us we watched clips from the Lion King (Circle of Life song) and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (there is always a bigger fish scene). Afterwards we had to create our own food chains and label them.

Mr Atkinson’s Comment

Well done to everyone for their participation in Social/Scottish Dancing, we will continue with dancing until the Christmas break. Thank you again to all the parent/adult helpers and the congregation at the Baptist Church for hosting us – everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Remember to have your solo talks ready to be delivered over the course of the next two weeks so that we can reflect and assess them before the holidays.