Shrove Tuesday

Today we learned about Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day. It is the last day before Lent begins. This is the Christian period leading up to Easter, when people often give up something.

We took part in a quiz to test how well we remembered how other countries around the world celebrate Pancake day and some of the traditions they follow.

In numeracy we worked in groups to solve a ‘Pancake Pincher Mystery.’ We had to solve the clues to figure out who took a bite from each pancake during Peter’s party at the Pancake Pantry. We then solved pancake menu challenges and coloured in pancakes according to the fraction.

Our favourite part was when we got to eat pancakes! Most of us chose chocolate spread as our topping and enjoyed eating the pancakes whilst working through our pancake maths challenges. We wish we could have pancakes during every maths lesson!🥞

The vikings

We are thoroughly enjoying our Vikings topic this term. To begin with we didn’t have much previous knowledge about the vikings but over the course of the last few weeks we have enjoyed learning lots of interesting information.

For those of you who don’t know, the Vikings were people who lived in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages. They originally settled in the Scandinavian lands that are today the countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Vikings were also known as the Norsemen. Norsemen means ‘people from the North’ They were great travellers and sailed to other parts of Europe, where they traded, raided, and often settled.

The Vikings made longships for exploration and raiding. Longships were long, narrow boats designed for speed. We followed step by step instructions on how to draw longships. We used pastels and pens to colour the ship , sea and sky.

We worked together to create a huge Viking longship for our class display and love how this turned out! 🛶🛡⚔️

Electrical Circuits

We have been learning to combine components to make an electrical circuit. We learned what symbols represent each component in a circuit and used these to draw a circuit for a torch. After learning how to draw a circuit, we practised making one. We used wires, batteries, bulbs, buzzers, motors and switches. We enjoyed working in groups to combine our circuits and make even bigger ones. It is important to remember that if there is a break in the circuit, it will not carry the electricity through. 🔋⚡️💡🔌

Inserting shapes

In ICT we have been learning to use different tools on Microsoft Word. Last week we learned how to use the shape tool to insert shapes and change their size, colour and position. We used this tool to create pictures of Viking homes and longships as this is our topic this term. More to follow on our Vikings topic!

Dangers of Electricity

Our science topic this term is Electricity. Today we discussed the dangers of using electricity and ways in which we can stay safe when using it at home or at school. We designed posters to be displayed in the school infants corridor as we felt that the younger pupils in the school might not be as aware of the dangers as we are. ⚡️💡

2022 Goals

When we returned to school in January we spoke about the New Year and our goals and targets for the year. We learned about New Years resolutions and set our own resolutions for the year. We discussed things we would like to do more of and things we would like to do less of and created a display to show this.
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Burns Day

On Tuesday we celebrated Burns Day. Five years after Robert Burns died, a group of his friends got together to remember him and his poetry. The tradition became established and now, every year on his birthday, 25th January, Scots all round the world celebrate Burns Night with a Burns Supper.

We had a Burns themed afternoon in class where we took part in all things Robert Burns.
Activity 1: We read the story of Robert Burns and his life. Our task was to sequence the story by cutting out each sentence and putting it in the correct order.
Activity 2: We followed step by step instructions to draw a portrait of Robert Burns.
Activity 3: We used the chrome books to research a typical Burns supper menu and created our own.
Activity 4: We translated Scots words to English.
We listened to Auld Lang Syne and practised some Scottish country dancing. 👯‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧆🍽🎶

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