{"id":8404,"date":"2024-01-29T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2024-03-05T08:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:38:24","slug":"last-weeks-biggies-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/01\/29\/last-weeks-biggies-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Last week&#8217;s Biggies Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well last week went a bit too quickly for me to post this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Famous Buildings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have started another <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/projects\/makerspace\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7835\">Makerspace<\/a> project. The class are going to make models of famous buildings. After some research, organising groups and working out sizes and designs we started on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first stage mostly involved cutting big sheets of cardboard to the correct size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"8406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/01\/29\/last-weeks-biggies-highlights\/building\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" 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=\"building\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Montage of 4 photos of children cutting large pieces of cardboard.\" class=\"wp-image-8406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150237\/building.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Junior Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon Julie from Active Schools NL came in to train the Biggies to be Junior Leaders. This is training to help the children organise and lead games for the younger pupils. They need to think about safety and fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" data-attachment-id=\"8410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/01\/29\/last-weeks-biggies-highlights\/jr2-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1240,932\" 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=\"jr2-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-1024x770.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"Montage of 4 picture of pupils in Gym\" class=\"wp-image-8410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1-1200x902.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25150937\/jr2-1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were delighted to get a great report form Julie, the class are well on their way to be Junior Leaders and give the wee ones some fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mair Scunners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2022\/01\/27\/some-scunners\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6281\">few years ago<\/a> the biggies invented some Scottish horror characters, or scunners. We had another go this year, drawing the characters and giving them a backstory in Scots. Have a read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_8414\"  _slug=\"8414\" data-title=\"scunners-2023\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_8414 = {\"webgl\":\"true\",\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"pageMode\":\"1\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/nl\\\/public\\\/bantonbiggies\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/30445\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/29172747\\\/Scunners.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scots Afternoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as working on Scots during language last week we had a &#8216;Scots celebration  &amp; fun&#8217; afternoon on Friday, this included, pinning the tail on the haggis, irn brew floats, throwing the wellie and 2 amazing pipers. Hopefully we wil post more on this later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" data-attachment-id=\"8424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/01\/29\/last-weeks-biggies-highlights\/2pipers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1240,642\" 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=\"2pipers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-300x155.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-1024x530.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"Montage of 2 pupils playing the bagpipes\" class=\"wp-image-8424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers-1200x621.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/30084402\/2pipers.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well last week went a bit too quickly for me to post this. Famous Buildings We have started another Makerspace project. The class are going to make models of famous buildings. After some research, organising groups and working out sizes and designs we started on Tuesday. The first stage mostly involved cutting big sheets of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/01\/29\/last-weeks-biggies-highlights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Last week&#8217;s Biggies Highlights&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36730,"featured_media":8405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530833],"tags":[531064,531022,531046,530767],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","tag-famous-buildings-2024","tag-junior-leaders","tag-makerspace","tag-scots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/01\/25143637\/biggies-hilite.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404","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\/36730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8425,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions\/8425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}