Eglinton Arms Visit- Developing the Young Workforce

 

We looked at all the departments –  the reception, kitchen, bar, restaurant, bedrooms and wedding room.

Callen – I liked the honeymoon suite

William – I liked the shields in the wedding room

Leo – I liked the secret passage

Melody – It’s hard running a hotel and I saw the cleaners

Rory – Everything was interesting especially the reception

Isla McI – I liked where they kept the horses in the olden days

 

Megan – I liked the bar because I’ve never been in a bar before

Rainy Day

I can create and present work using the visual elements of line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture.
EXA 1-03a

LI: To create pictures using line.

We explored different patterns using a variety of lines.

After we learned how to use different lines to create patterns we made rainy day pictures. We hope you like the patterns we made.

 

Silly Billy

As I listen or watch, I can identify and discuss the purpose, key words and main ideas of the text, and use this information for a specific purpose. LIT 1-04a

To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can identify and consider the purpose I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them. HWB 1-01a

I know that we all experience a variety of thoughts and emotions that affect how we feel and behave and I am learning ways of managing them. HWB 1-02a 

I understand that there are people I can talk to and that there are a number of ways in which I can gain access to practical and emotional support to help me and others in a range of circumstances.  HWB 1-03a 

We read the book Silly Billy about a boy who worried about everything. His grandma told Billy about making a worry doll. He could then tell the worry doll all of his worries.

We explored some of the things we worry about and we all made worry dolls that we could tell our worries to. We also discussed who else we could tell our worries to and in class we made sure we all knew how to use our worry box. Let’s hope we don’t have any more worries.

The Festival of Sukkot and Harvest

I am developing an awareness of the ways in which followers of  world religions celebrate different times of year and can relate these to my own life and community. RME 1-06b

We have been learning about the Christian festival of Harvest and also the Jewish festival of Sukkot. We made our own Sukkahs.

Jewish people like to thank God for looking after them.

Sukkot is celebrated in the Autumn, it is similar to the Christian festival of Harvest.

It is a time to remember the time the Jewish people spent in the wilderness, being lead by Moses, when they escaped from Egypt.

To remember and celebrate Sukkot, Jews build a sukkah.

A sukkah is a special hut with a wooden frame. The roof is made from branches and leaves because the stars can still be seen through them.

It is nicely decorated with candles and fruit. People like to hang fruits from the roof and hang pictures and decorations on the walls.

During the Sukkot celebrations Jews like to spend as much time as they can in their sukkah. They will eat, sing, tell stories and even sleep in their Sukkah.