So, can I please have a Playstation 5 for Christmas?!? We will wear you down using any means possible.
Ok, back to the matter at hand, busy as ever at school this month, even more so than usual it seems. We’ve had quite a few ‘celebrations’ that have taken us away from the norm which is always good. A big effort was made with Halloween by all (apart from Burnsy of course, the Ebenezer Scrooge of Halloween they call him – apathy apparently something to do with a Sumo suit and being teased…..). The party in the afternoon was fun, thanks to the PSA for sending in some goodies, always appreciated. We’ve also had Scottish Book Week where we read for over 40 minutes in class – a treat for all concerned. Just nice to do from time to time as school can be manically busy. World Children’s Day has also been (wearing blue day) and for this we really knuckled down and spent a lot of time, in school and at home, on Climate Change. Such an important matter of course and we were all very proud of our finished pieces of work (attached). As part of this Day we also made our own Rights tree with Miss Nugent – sometimes don’t realise how lucky we are.
We’ve had quite an R.E. focused month too, starting off with All Saints and All Souls. We prepared our own class Remembrance Booklet and are especially praying for them during the whole month of November. To commemorate November we also designed our own crosses ‘housed’ within a keyhole – the idea being that ‘the cross is the key to heaven’. Some of them have been used for the R.E. wall in the middle bit of the school. Then it was Interfaith Week and we learned, quite often from our own classmates, more about Islam and Hinduism. Currently we’re in the middle of Catholic Education Week / Fortnight and we’ve been investigating a multitude of saints which ties in nicely with selecting our Confirmation saint which needs to be done now.
Usual humdrum stuff going on of course too, not much to write home about, but highlights include Dunkirk newspaper reports, 2D and 3D shape during Maths (now going onto Algebra), Bikeability on the road of course, getting outdoors still, etc. etc.
Oh and a piece of good news as well with Mr Burns telling us that Gabriel is going to be a big brother come April. Two children under two! What an eejit, but can only be a good thing for us surely. I mean some might say that he’s taken his eye off the ball somewhat with just one on the go, but can you imagine him with two! That last term is going to be a breeze for us. Happy Days!
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