This week we have started to present our mini-lessons. “It was a bit difficult to set up but it was good once I got going” (LMcD).

Leon taught us about Edinburgh; the attractions and Mary King’s Close.  This is where people had the plague and they were blocked off and forgotten about.  It was built over and then found it 30 years ago.

Ailsa taught us about the accordion.  There are 4 main parts: the keyboard, the grill, the chords and the bellows. She then played some songs: You Cannae Shove your Granny Aff the Bus and Ruldoph the red-nosed reindeer.

Affan, Muhammad and Aaron taught us about Mr Beast, his restaurant and his most popular videos on You Tube. His real name is Jimmy Donaldson and he has made two campaigns called “Team Trees” and “Team Sea”.

Adam taught us about chocolate – what you need to make it and how it is made. to make chocolate, the beans are delivered to the factory, they are cleaned, heated, shells removed, roasted and then ground and mixed with other ingredients.

Jamie and Leo taught us about taekwondo.  They described the belts and grading  and demonstrated chunje they performed for their yellow belts. We learned how to punch (including the noise to make).

Julia and Eilidh taught us about origami. They talked about a man who made over 50,000 different origami and then they taught us how to make an origami swan and a heart.

Owen taught us about different types of music and different bands that he likes to listen to. His favourite band is Lovejoy who make indie/rock/pop music. He also included the Beatles, one of the most famous bands in the world who were popular in the 1960s, Queen and Oasis. All the bands apart from Lovejoy have split up.

Harry, Ben and Sabre taught us about animated films. They included Lilo and Stitch, Coraline, Spiderman: into the Spiderverse Minions, Dora and the Lost City of Gold.  They also told us about animated films that are coming soon.