The children visited Caldervale recently. During the visit they worked in groups with children from other Primary Schools. Their task was to work together, in their groups, to design a carrier for an egg. Their design had to ensure that the egg  would be secure and safe. To test this the egg was dropped from a height of 1 metre. If successful the egg would remain intact and not smash. The designs were fantastic and MANY groups succeeded in the task. Well done to everyone.

The children worked extremely hard on their homework tasks. They made a model Winston Churchill and Anderson shelters from a variety of materials, and even baked cakes in the shape of a shelter. Many children baked using WW2 recipes. We were actually stuffed full on some days. The children also brought in some war memorabilia given to them by grandparents and friends of the family. I would like to thank all of the parents for encouraging the children and helping them with the tasks.

We are studying artist Georgia O’Keefe’s work in class. Georgia O’Keeffe was a 20th century American painter best known for her flower canvases and southwestern landscapes. She was born in 1887 and died in 1986. Some of Georgia’s popular works include Black Iris (1926) and Oriental Poppies (1928). Our study of World War 2 has provided us with the opportunity to draw and paint Poppies, the symbol of remembrance. We have visited the allotment to look at the poppies growing there. We have used pencil and shading to draw poppies and will soon be painting poppies using watercolours. When they are completed we will post some on our blog for you to see.

Here is your IDL homework grid. Please click on the table to see all of the choices and read the instructions carefully. There are 3 bands. You can choose one activity from any band. By the end of our topic you will have completed 3 activities, choosing one activity from each of the bands. House points will be awarded to all who complete the tasks.

Your first activity is due on Monday 5th October.

The second activity is due on Monday 19th October.

Your last activity is due on Monday 2nd November

Sharing planning sheet 7b

Please have a look at our Shared Planning this term. The children thought of activities they would like to do in relation to their World War 2 topic. They managed to think up activities for every area of the curriculum. As you can see there are lots of great ideas. We will try our hardest to cover as many as we possibly can in the time we have.

Welcome to Primary 7b. Our teacher this year is Miss Hendrie. We are looking forward to a very enjoyable and busy year ahead, our last at Chapelhall Primary School. We have a lot of activities and events planned in the months ahead and we will be sharing them with you on the Blog. We hope to read your comments. Thank you for visiting.

This year we were visited by the MAC Adventure Course. This was to help us raise money for the school funds. We had a great time.

Here are some photos of our time at Kilbowie Outdoor Centre in Oban. We all enjoyed ourselves tremendously as you can see.

Some of the children brought in some WW2 Memorabilia.

For our topic we made gas masks. We used card, cellophane, elastic and bubble wrap. Can you guess who this is?