On Friday we took part in our whole school celebration to celebrate Eid. It was so lovely to see the children in their traditional or party dress and we took part in lots of exciting activities across the day.

Some of us had a go at building a Mosque in our construction area. We previously discussed the different areas of a Mosque and the features of the building and  had some pictures in our construction area to give us ideas!

We also had a go at drawing round our own hands and decorating them with our own Mehndi. Some of us shared our designs at assembly.

Many of us then got the real thing on our hands and had to wait patiently for it to dry. We are sure you will agree that our hands looked beautiful as we left school!

Mrs Amin very kindly came into school today and made chocolate chip cookies with us. We had to look at our ingredient list, measure out the correct amount of each ingredient and use the whisk to mix it all together. The cookies were then taken to the ovens to be baked and brought home today to be enjoyed. Thank you Mrs Amin!

We ended our afternoon with some Bollywood dancing. Some of us were

At the beginning of this week some children in our class celebrated Eid with their families. In class, we watched  a video to learn how families prepare and celebrate Eid. The children then shared with the class what they did with their families and it was lovely to see the beautiful detail in the Mehndi on the girls’ hands.

We have also been learning about Easter in class. Mrs Dickie has taught us the Easter Story and we completed a sequencing activity to show our understanding of this. This helped us to understand why Christians celebrate Easter and we explored various ways in which Easter is celebrated.

We decorated our own Easter eggs in class and we’re very excited to bring the home.

As it is feeling well and truly like Spring, we decided to have a go at painting some Spring flowers. We had pictures of some Spring flowers to give us some ideas but the display below demonstrates how creative we can be in P1B!

We continued learning about different ways to display data. At the beginning of the week we completed a Carroll Diagram. We then explored various bar charts and interpreted the data on them. We had a go at completing our own bar charts too.

Wishing you all a lovely break and a very happy Easter!