St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

I can’t quite believe we are now into our third term here in Primary 5! Time surely does fly by when you are learning and having lots of fun! During Term 2 our IDL theme was the Romans and we had lots of great learning experiences. There was so much to learn in this topic that we have actually carried it over to Term 3 for a short while. The children are knowledgeable on the Roman Empire, the Roman army, Boudicca and many other aspects of Roman life. They also created fantastic artwork as you can see in our pictures. We created authentic Roman shields in a similar style and design to that of the Romans and beautiful mosaics using a variety of gummed paper. We are also excited about our trip to Motherwell Heritage Centre in a few weeks where we will actually get to see some genuine Roman artefacts! Throughout Term 3 we are going to create our own class enterprise topic. The children will learn about the running of a business and will also be fully involved in the making of the products that we are going to sell within the school. We are going to Sky Studios in Livingstone in April to experience what it’s like to work in a television studio. We have opted to focus this learning around the theme ‘World of Money’ to link in perfectly with our Enterprise topic. We will be focusing on ‘instructions’ during our writing lessons and the children have already enjoyed making their own empire biscuit and then writing excellent instructions on exactly how to do it.