{"id":3956,"date":"2020-09-04T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:09:10","slug":"highlights-this-week-pretty-decent-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/04\/highlights-this-week-pretty-decent-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights This week: pretty decent kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Circle Time<\/h3>\n<p>We started working on our discussions skills last Friday around the Firepit and have continued this week. Talking about feelings and well being and our lockdown experiences. We have been working on making Talking Sticks, which are looking good. We hope to have some photos on the blog as soon as we have finished.<\/p>\n<p>When talking about class rules, and why we don&#8217;t make a big thing of them, I asked the children why. Ben gave the answer,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>because we are pretty decent kids<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today we thought about the qualities of Pretty Decent Kids. We used Keynote to illustrate these words.<\/p>\n<h3>Swingpark Sign Design<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/08\/26\/play-park-design-a-sign-competition\/img_9891-heic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/08\/26115858\/IMG_9891.HEIC_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9891.HEIC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/08\/26115858\/IMG_9891.HEIC_.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/08\/26115858\/IMG_9891.HEIC_.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3877\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/08\/26115858\/IMG_9891.HEIC_.jpg\" alt=\"Swingpark Sign Design\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We heard that Jonah won the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/08\/26\/play-park-design-a-sign-competition\/\">Play Park Design a Sign Competition<\/a> and on Thursday the primary sevens (plus Grace) went down to the park to meet The Provost, and other North Lanarkshire dignitaries along with representatives from the Banton Park Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/2020\/09\/04\/grand-banton-park-opening\/\">You can read more on the Banton School site.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Blended Bird Art<\/h3>\n<p>We have been working on using our coloured pencils to create gradients and blends of colour. We look at examples of pictures by <a href=\"https:\/\/richardspare.art\/collections\/animals-birds\">Richard Spare<\/a> who works in dry point and water colours. We took some of the ideas and made our pictures using coloured pencils and charcoal. Here are a random selection you can see them all on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/projects\/art-gallery\/\">Art Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing grid\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115831\/F9BFE9B7-7295-40C5-96B0-D3E445EFDF3D.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-3\/f9bfe9b7-7295-40c5-96b0-d3e445efdf3d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115831\/F9BFE9B7-7295-40C5-96B0-D3E445EFDF3D.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,913\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F9BFE9B7-7295-40C5-96B0-D3E445EFDF3D\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115831\/F9BFE9B7-7295-40C5-96B0-D3E445EFDF3D.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115831\/F9BFE9B7-7295-40C5-96B0-D3E445EFDF3D.jpeg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-3\/\">Bird art<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;User deactivated<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-by-grace\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"85\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04121131\/436D5C95-C3AC-4C99-96E6-04FB4B874F86.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3950\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-by-grace\/436d5c95-c3ac-4c99-96e6-04fb4b874f86\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04121131\/436D5C95-C3AC-4C99-96E6-04FB4B874F86.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"688,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad (7th generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599219599&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"436D5C95-C3AC-4C99-96E6-04FB4B874F86\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04121131\/436D5C95-C3AC-4C99-96E6-04FB4B874F86.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04121131\/436D5C95-C3AC-4C99-96E6-04FB4B874F86.jpeg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/bird-art-by-grace\/\">Bird art by Grace<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Grace<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/the-great-tit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115606\/0F89B075-D517-4E05-BF39-165545C15985.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3909\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/the-great-tit\/0f89b075-d517-4e05-bf39-165545c15985\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115606\/0F89B075-D517-4E05-BF39-165545C15985.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1204,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0F89B075-D517-4E05-BF39-165545C15985\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115606\/0F89B075-D517-4E05-BF39-165545C15985.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04115606\/0F89B075-D517-4E05-BF39-165545C15985.jpeg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/the-great-tit\/\">The great tit<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Caelan<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Alligator, Alligator<\/h3>\n<p>Last week we read <a href=\"https:\/\/childrens.poetryarchive.org\/poem\/alligator-pie\/\">ALLIGATOR PIE<\/a> by Dennis Lee. The then wrote and illustrated our own versions for the p1-3 to listen to and read. We made a video for them to watch:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3903-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" poster=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04130220\/Alligator-Alligator.png.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04130046\/Alligator-Alligator-hb.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04130046\/Alligator-Alligator-hb.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04130046\/Alligator-Alligator-hb.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circle Time We started working on our discussions skills last Friday around the Firepit and have continued this week. Talking about feelings and well being and our lockdown experiences. We have been working on making Talking Sticks, which are looking good. We hope to have some photos on the blog as soon as we have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/portfolio\/the-great-tit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The great tit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2020\/09\/04150814\/pdk.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3956"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions\/3970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}