Monthly Archives: January 2016
Movie Afternoon
As Class of the Week for the second time, we were able to have a Movie Afternoon in class with some treats. After a vote we chose to watch Disney’s Descendants and we shared popcorn, Maoam and sweets we brought from home.
We were glued to the screen and some even enjoyed cuddling into pillows and teddies we brought from home.
Here’s to our next treat when we win again 🙂
Division
To help us understand division strategies a bit better we used sweets and used the Sharing and Grouping strategies.
Darcie – We learned how to group and share
Mia – We were able to share equally between our group
Holli – We helped each other when sharing and grouping the sweets
Naima – We learned how to divide by using sweets instead of numbers
Rachel – My group did lots of sums together
Kitted Out for Outdoor Learning
Check out how fabulous we look in our new jackets and wellies. These have been kindly donated by NLC and we are very grateful as they will help to keep us clean(ish) when we are learning in the outdoor environment.
Happy Burns Night!
Scottish Food Tasting
On Monday we will be tasting Scottish Foods as it is Burns’ Night. We will be tasting Tablet, Shortbread, Haggis, Vegetarian Haggis, Potato Scones, Oatcakes and Diet Irn Bru.
Children are only expected to taste these, and if you would rather they didn’t please let me know.
Class Of The Week
Woo hoo!! We have been crowned Class of the Week for the second time.
We are so proud that our continuous best effort is paying off.
We will organise our movie afternoon next week.
Term 3 Homework
Term 3 Homework begins today with a new timetable at the front of the Homework Jotter. Remember to follow this timetable and complete tasks with a new date and title every day.
Spelling Homework should be handed in on Thursdays.
Thank you!
Outdoor Learning
Today Brian told us about seed potatoes. He had some to show us and they looked like ordinary potatoes. He told us that if we left the potatoes on newspaper for about one month the “eyes” would start to grow roots and then we could sow them in soil to grow potatoes. From one potato planted, we should get 10 potatoes to grow. This process is called “chitting” and each of us had the chance to take part.
After one month we will sow the potatoes in the planters in our outdoor area. We had to weed these to get them ready. Brian told us that weeds are “plants in the wrong place”. He showed us the difference between fibrous weeds and tap weeds. When we sow the potatoes it willl take about twelve weeks for them to grow and then we can pick them and make baked potatoes, mashed potatoes and chips. Brian even suggested using the herbs we planted before Christmas to create a herb butter to put on our potatoes for extra taste. We can’t wait!!
Plants
Most of us remembered to bring out pea and broad bean plants back to school after taking very good care of them over the holidays. We are all impressed as to how much some of them have grown. We can’t wait to see how they will grow now we have them back at school.
