Last week we were set a dramatic challenge! We were asked to script our own mini-plays based around an aspect of peer pressure and to demonstrate the negative effects/potential consequences of this. We worked extremely hard and all performed with confidence in front of the other members of the class. Some of us even made props! Here are a selection of photos from the afternoon.
We were very busy this afternoon, preparing for Christmas. We were practising songs, painting snowmen for one of the friezes to go in the hall, making Christmas cards and cutting out tiny, tiny snowflakes. It was a very productive afternoon. 🙂
We went to Motherwell Heritage Centre to learn more about our Romans topic. Our guide, Hugh taught us a lot about the Romans in Britain and the many things they introduced which are still in use today. We also learned about how they bathed, ate and lived. Did you know?….there are remains of Roman baths at Strathclyde Park and that Hadrians wall was built by the Romans!? In the afternoon
We investigated how to make coins shiny using things you would find around the house. We used brown sauce, vinegar, Cif, Coke and Flash. Which do you think worked best……? Here are some pictures of us cleaning them. Maybe we can transfer our cleaning skills to the house now!
This week we made bruschetta using tomatoes, basil, red onion, garlic, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and bread. We didn’t think we would like it but it was amazing! We wanted seconds. We can show you how to make this if you would like to try it.
Bonjourno! We are enjoyoying our topic of Italy and have been learning lots about some of their famous cities. One of the cities we have looked closely at is Venice as this is the setting for our current book, ‘The Theif Lord.’ We created tourist information leaflets on Venice so if you ever want to visit, just as us what you should do there! We also learned how to use
Today Gerry Durkin a story teller came into our class and told us lots of stories and sang us some songs and it was really fun and I felt really happy because I learned new songs and it was really fun to hear the stories.
Gerry Durkin is a storyteller and he came into our school and told us some stories and some songs. He told us about a princess and a frog it was really funny the frog turned into a mouse,a fish,a man,a price and then he turned back into a frog. He sang a song called the ghost of Dundee it was really cool how he did the actions and stayed the
Today we got a very specil visit from a specil man with a very specil guitar that he plays with his hands. Thats Lewis that came up with that rhyme! It was the best thing and it was amazing to hear lots of story’s that when you hear you love when the first word that the person make you fall in love with the story! By Charley His story’s were
Today Gerry come into our school to tell us stories that he created.They were funny and we were all laughing. We all enjoyed the stories and can’t wait until he comes back! When Gerry tells us a story he sometimes uses a guitar.
