We had a brilliant day to Celebrate Rabbie Burns.

We created Robert Burns art to show off to the grandparents.

In our class we enjoyed some Scottish dancing. We learned The Dashing White Sergeant.

Miss McCabe also let us try some haggis and shortbread. We had lots of fun and it was yummy.

Primary 2 have been working very hard. Take a look at some of the things we have been learning.

Penguin art and writing

We are very proud of our new wall display. We watched a video about Monty the Penguin and had to write what happened using sentence openers. We created our penguin pictures in art.

“We painted the background” – Amber

“We used chalk pastels, we smudged it” – Jessica

Symmetry activities

We have learned what a line of symmetry is and have been able to complete shapes to make them symmetrical. We can also use a mirror to check if a shape is symmetrical or asymmetrical.

We enjoy learning in lots of ways using playdo and iPads.

“We were trying to make symmetrical by doing a line of symmetry” – Logan

“We learned about making it the same” – Stephen

“We use a mirror to check if it is symmetrical” – Eilidh

Wonderful Writing

We have been working hard on writing in sentences. We are using openers to begin our sentences and make our writing more interesting.

We wear our special assessment glasses to look for the ‘stars’ in our writing. This week we were peer assessing.

“We wore the glasses to see if we had any sentence openers and to find it with a marker” – sophie

“We were writing about what happened from the beginning and the end.” – Paige

 

We have been learning all about Robert Burns. Here are some facts we remembered.

“He had 12 children” – Mia

“His dad died” – Amber

“He was born on the 25^th of January” – Paige

“He wrote poems like my love is like a red, red rose” – Sam

“He died at an early age” – Sophie

“He had a brother”- Eilidh

“At a Burns supper they sing a song like Auld Lang Syne” – Jessica

“People eat haggis at a Burns supper” – Freya

“They drink whiskey” – Kayden

We worked with a partner to create these information posters about Robert Burns.

We also created amazing art work!

We looked at tartan and some of us researched our family tartan. We used different sized paint brushes to created our own tartan.

We also drew line drawings of Robert Burns.

“Our drawings were very realistic” – Scott

Take a look at our blog next week to see the rest of our finished artwork. We will also be showing you our Scottish dancing!