Mrs Geary ( aka Robert’s mum) came in to visit us this morning. She told us all about Chinese New Year. It was amazing. She taught us how to write “Happy New Year” in Mandarin and we all got to try the chopsticks. They were great fun! ( we loved them so much that we are using them to pick up the water beads in the tuff tray)
Mrs Geary told us all about why there are animals for every year. We are mostly snakes and dragons in 1.4. Mrs Hamilton knew her entire family!
Mrs Geary has given us all red envelopes and chopsticks to take home. That was very kind of her. We have learned so much today. Thank you, Mrs Geary.
We have moved on from doing our balances and rolls. We were really good at them, so we have moved on to cartwheels. Some people are really good at them and are trying round offs ( in Primary 1!!) and some people are trying to lift their hips by bouncing across the bench and the mat. It is quite tricky, but we will keep trying.
We are constantly listening to the children and seeing how they learn best. If it means we have to change the room, then we do it. The children especially work well with imaginative play and construction. We used the water beads to learn about volume and we have learned about questionnaires and tally marks and we have been practising our number stories.
We have created a living room with a sofa and books to read and a cafe area – the play doh cakes are delicious!! 😁
The dinosaurs were trapped in ice castles and we had to think carefully about how to release them. We suggested that we could, hold it, blow on it, put it in warm water, put salt on it and move it around. The warm water worked best. We then poured on a little salt and too much salt. Too much salt makes the ice become colder.
We then discussed how we have used our science know.edge at home. Some children had salted their path. Some children had shuffled in the snow, creating energy and melting the snow.
We had a visit from the wonderful Angus Middleton. Angus is a world expert on Burns and there is nothing that he does not know. We prepared lots of questions for him and he was able to give us the answers. It was great to hear from someone who has such enthusiasm . Thank you, Angus!
We had a Burns House Challenge and the whole school practiced a song or a poem and then the children decided who was through to the final round. Sophie in 1.4 represented Maple for the Primary Ones and sang “Coulter’s Candy”. The judges from the World Burns Federation came along, so it was serious stuff. It was a double celebration for Sophie’s family as her brother also got through to the final for the Primary Fours. Well done!!
We are always busy learning in different ways in 1.4 and our class changes according to our needs. We love seeing what new things we have to learn within class. We often make special requests. 😃
We sat a lot today at our Whole School Assembly and our Burns Challenge, so we decided to get outside and get some fresh air. It was wonderful to see the sunshine.
Our Mystery Reader today was the wonderful PSA , Mrs McCann. She told us the story of “Jonathan The Porcupine” by Cathie Gebhart and Jonathan Antoine. It was about a very lonely porcupine who wanted lovely friends. Mrs McCann told us all about being good friends.
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