This week in primary 2/3 we were joined by a special visitor. Mrs Akram came in to speak with us and P1/2 about her Muslim faith as part of our ‘Other world religions’ learning. We found out about the use of prayer mats, prayer beads and the special dress that men and woman wear during prayer time.

We were also lucky enough to have some special Henna designs drawn onto our hands. We learned that Henna is applied to the hands of Muslims during the special celebration of Eid which takes place twice a year.

With our Christmas Fayre fast approaching on Saturday we had to work hard to prepare our Reindeer hot chocolate cones. We were able to work excellently in our pairs to pour in scoops of the hot chocolate powder and then sprinkle on some tasty marshmallows.

Once the cones were created we added the finishing touches by sticking on two googly eyes, a red nose and some antler ears. We were delighted with the finished products and we hope people will enjoy them on Saturday.

This week was also Scottish book week and we have enjoyed reading the book ‘There’s nothing faster than a Cheetah’ by Tom Nicoll. There were lots of different animals trying their best to beat the Cheetah and we really enjoyed drawing our own funny mode of transport for our animal to try and win the race! We also welcomed our grown ups from home to come and enjoy a ‘stay and read’ session with us this week and it was great to have so many of you joining us to celebrate reading during Scottish book week.

 

Lastly, we finished off our week by donating all of the items we had collected to our local Foodbank. We were so excited to pack up all of the fantastic donations with P1/2 before we set off on our walk to meet Pastor Stuart at the Foodbank. Pastor Stuart was delighted with the amount of donations we were able to deliver and we are so happy that we could help others.