Some of us had to on a hunt for right angles. We knew to look for the “L” shape, where to straight lines meet. There were lots around our room.
Right Angles
Royal Wedding Fun
The sun shone and Mrs Arbuckle had an excuse to wear a frock and a tiara. We couldn’t have had a better day for our Royal Wedding Party fun. We danced; we made flower bouquets and wrote our wedding invitations; we played party games and ate and drank. Thank you to all of our parents who dressed the children in their wedding clothes. ( Mrs Arbuckle hid the felt pens and glue to avoid any disasters. ! 😁👍)
The Lost Sheep
Adrienne came in to tell us another Bible story today. She told us that she had lost her car keys in the room and we had to search for them. She then told us another story about something else that was lost. It was the story of “The Lost Sheep”. We had actions to do when she told us the story. She then had a little “true or false” quiz at the end for us. We were good at it.
Playing in the sunshine
It doesn’t happen very often, but the sun shone and it was really warm. We had been practicing for our show with Primary 2 and 3 and had been sitting for a very long time. There was nothing else for it- we had to go out and run about in the sunshine on the adventure playground. It made us very thirsty, so we got a big drink from our water bottles when we went back indoors.
“We haven’t done any work today!”
When we review our day, Mrs Arbuckle is often told “we haven’t done any work today!” This makes her smile. Play makes us learn so much, but we don’t realise it’s work! Balancing nuts and bolts? That will be maths. Building a den? That will be STEM. Looking at our plants with magnifying glasses? That will be science. Touching the meteors and the moon rocks? That will be STEM. Reading stories? That will be literacy…… and so it goes….😁👍
Moon Rocks and Meteors
We were extremely fortunate to have genuine moon rocks from the actual moon in school today. What a thrill. They came all the way from NASA. We also had meteors that came from Mars. Our lovely P7 Lab Technicians came in to tell us all about them. They told us lots of information. We watched the moon landing too and discovered why the astronauts had to “bounce” around. They were also quite clumsy because of their big spacesuits.
Planting and Growing Seeds and Beans
We planted runner beans and sunflowers two weeks ago and now they have really started to grow. We have discovered that that not all seeds and beans grow as they might have not enough/too much water. Before the shoots grow up, the roots grow down to keep the plant stable. We will take them home soon as they are getting too big for class.
Jonah and the Whale
Adrienne visited us to tell us the story of “Jonah and the Whale”. It was quite scary in parts. At the beginning we had to look for Wally just like people had to search for Jonah. We did a quiz at the end. Thank you, Adrienne.
Busy As Ever
We learn something new every day in 1.3. The children often use their imaginations and do things that Mrs Arbuckle had never even thought about! Great learning!
Phonics and Spelling
Sometimes it’s good to take our learning outside. Today we went in to the playground to practise our phonics and spelling. We concentrated really hard and got lots of words written on the playground. We then washed our hands and dusted ourselves down.
