Month: January 2019

Today was the final round of ‘The Burns Challenge’.

Well done to Poplar who performed ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes’ in Scots.

The judges were very impressed with the talent in Mearns Primary and left us with a statement that we must not forget, ‘We are all winners in our own right, as long as we try our very best.’

On Tuesday we took part in a fun fitness circuit alongside athletes.

A special thanks to P1.1’s sports leader for helping with the event:

Thank you to all those who have handed in their sponsorship forms, we will still be collecting forms till Tuesday 29th January. The money raised will be used to buy new sports equipment for our school.

Our experience in Cridhe Thaighe, the heart of the home.

We were learning to cut whole fruits and vegetables into smaller equal parts.

First we made fruit smoothies 🍌🍓🥛

Ingredients: bananas, strawberries and milk

Method: 1. Peel and cut your banana into quarters.

2. Chop off the leaves and stem (calyx) and cut the strawberry into half.

3. Put your fruit into the blender and add milk.

4. Blend

5. Pour into cups and enjoy!

Next, we made pizzas 🍕

Ingredients: tortilla wraps, tomato purée, vegetables of your choice and cheese

Method: 1. Wash and chop your vegetables in halves, quarters or more depending on the size of your vegetables.

2. Place your tortilla wrap on a tray.

3. Spread a layer of tomato purée on your tortilla.

4. Place the vegetables on the pizza.

5. Top with cheese.

6. Place the pizza in the oven for 8-10 mins at 180 degrees.

7. Remove from the oven, slice the pizza into halves/quarters/more. Serve and enjoy!

‘I liked making the pizza.’ Anna

‘I liked chopping in quarters.’ Zac

‘I enjoyed eating the pizza with my family.’ Caleb

‘My favourite part was using a knife to chop the bananas.’ Param

We are learning to split whole objects into smaller parts.

We used play dough to make food. We had an array of pizzas, cakes, hotdogs, sandwiches and cut them into smaller equal parts. We were cutting the smaller parts into equal parts which meant we had to be precise that the parts were the same size.

We cut halves and quarters of shapes. We came up with a brilliant idea to fold the shape in half and quarter before cutting to ensure the parts were equal.

We made our own pizzas using paper plates and coloured paper. Then we cut our pizzas into halves and quarters.