On Thursday 9th March P3/4/5 all went on a trip to Stirling Castle! We had such a fanatic time and met lots of interesting people who worked in the castle.   We learnt lots about the home of Mary Queen … Continue reading →

This week, we were learning about different careers. We talked about what we wanted to be when we grow up and what skills we would need for our jobs. We put our skills to the test and completed a series … Continue reading →

This week we learnt about the suspicious events around Lord Darnley’s death, Mary Queen of Scots second husband. The murder has never been solved to this day. We held our very own trial for Mary and the Earl of Bothwell. … Continue reading →

Through our Rights Respecting, we have been learning about Article 8, our right to an identity. We discussed what makes up our identity and why our names are important. We loved created our own graffiti style names to display proudly … Continue reading →

We have been learning all about fair trade. We investigated where chocolate comes from, and how it is made. We could not believe how little some farmers get paid for growing cocoa beans. We enjoyed making some fair trade quizzes … Continue reading →

We have had lots of fun learning about silhouettes and even made our own castle inspired ones!  

We had lots of fun making castles out of cardboard! The Biggies helped us with using the tools to cut and bend the cardboard to make our amazing castles. We included different features of castles, like towers, a portcullises and … Continue reading →

Last week, we worked together to use key events from the life of Mary Queen of Scots to create a timeline. This proved to be a lot tricker than we thought. Additionally, we learnt what the term ‘chronological order’ means … Continue reading →

Attached is the homework table for February. Week 3 has 2 activities as that is our mid term break. Please complete these in your jotters and let me know if there are any problems. Homework Table February Links to Sumdog … Continue reading →

Last Friday was our 3rd outdoor learning day. As our topic this term is the life of Mary Queen of Scots, we had lots of fun royal themed activities. In the morning we had a trip to the woods and … Continue reading →