Ready for another year in Cross Arthurlie.
Class planters
Following on from our previous post about germination, we decided to take our class planters outdoors to plant them in a bigger space with more fresh air, water and sunlight. We used compost, watering cans, trowels, forks, and more. We worked in small groups to complete different tasks such as pulling out weeds, preparing the soil, planting the biodegradable pots and watering the plants. We look forward to seeing our plants blossom! 🪴💐☀️
Open afternoon
Thank you to all of our families and friends who came to visit our classroom on open afternoon last week. We loved having you and being able to show you around our classroom to look at all the hard work we have been doing. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and thank you for helping us complete our jubilee themed art work too! ☺️
Jubilee Menus
We have been learning about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This year, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. We researched the different events that were going to take place around the country to celebrate. We decided to help plan the menu for the Queen’s Platinum Party, which was held in Buckingham Palace. We used the Sainsbury’s website to choose starters, mains and desserts to serve at the party. Next we used a calculator to calculate the cost of each course. Have a look at our delicious jubilee menus below. 👑🍽
Animation
In ICT we were keen to learn about animation. Animation is when drawings and objects look like they are moving. We used a website called Sketch to practise animating our own characters. First we drew a picture of our character and coloured it in. Next we took a picture of our drawing and uploaded it to the website. We followed the steps on the website to make sure our character drawing met the requirements for the animation to work. We loved playing around on the website using the animation tool to bring our characters to life!
Germination
Our science topic this term is germination. Just like humans, plants need certain things to grow and survive. We have been learning about plant growth and survival, parts of a plant, methods of seed dispersal and how plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. We decided to plant and grow our own plants. We used soil, seeds, biodegradable pots and water and have enjoyed watching their growth and progress in class. Keep an eye on our blog for an updated photo of our class planters. 💐🍃🪴
Solo talks
This month we have been busy preparing for our class solo talks. We discussed oral presentation features including a loud and clear voice, eye contact, a clear introduction and relevant information. We also discussed the features of a good audience including good listening skills and being able to ask questions.
Some solo talk topics covered pets and animals, favourite footballers/teams, special family members, countries, history and more.
All the solo talks were well presented using flash cards, posters, Google slides, photographs and pictures and were enjoyed by all.
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Red Nose Day 🔴
On Friday the 18th of March our school celebrated Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day is a day that celebrates comedy and people doing something silly in order to raise funds for the charity Comic Relief.
We took part in a red nose and spoon race organised by the house captains and a Red Nose Day quiz on Google Meet.
In the afternoon we had a class talent show. Some of the talents included showcasing artwork, dancing, singing, highland dancing, playing instruments, telling jokes, cheerleading, making animal sounds and geography skills. All of the acts/talents were fantastic! It was really tough to choose a winner.
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Our class trip to Vikingar
On Friday we visited Vikingar in Largs. This was the perfect end to our Viking topic as it summed up everything we have been learning in class this term.
The bus journey was long but we were all very excited!
When we arrived we went to a theatre room where some of us got to dress up as upper, lower and working class vikings. Next we watched a movie about the Battle of Largs.
After this we were given a tour of a viking long house. It was cool to see one of these in real life after learning so much about them through photos on the internet and in books. We got to try on Viking armour and battle wear, pretend to cook a Viking meal and sleep on Viking beds. Unfortunately these were not very comfortable! Next we were taken to Valhalla, the home of the Viking gods, and here we met Odin, the chief god!
Since it was such a lovely day we decided to have lunch outdoors and played games on the grass. We ended our day with a walk along the promenade on Largs Beach. The sun was shining and it felt amazing! We had a fantastic day.
Check out some really cool photos from our trip below🗡☀️🛡
Gymnastics
We have finished our block of gymnastics lessons in PE. We loved using the frame for the first time along with all of the other equipment to develop our gymnastics skills such as balancing, rolling and jumping. We feel much more confident now than we did at the start💪🏼🤸♀️
