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.
A New Term
We have started term 3 with a bang in Primary 4! We are raring to go and can’t wait to learn even more.
We have been learning about a famous Scot named John Logie Baird and we are amazed at how his invention of the television has changed the world we live in.
It came as a huge surprise to us that televisions used to look very different to the way they look now, and that they didn’t used to have colour or sound! Someone even asked Mrs Wightman how she coped when television was like this!!!!
We even watched a Charlie Chaplin film to see what Mrs Wightman was talking about. It was really funny and it really showed how there was no need for talking in films.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
We are officially half way through Primary 4 and what a great time we have had! I am so proud of how much you have all grown in confidence and the positive approach you all take to learning everyday. Well done P4! Next year will be sure to bring us even more successes!
Thank you all very much for my lovely Christmas gifts, I really appreciate it!
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas filled with joy and happiness. Have a fantastic time and I hope Santa is good to you all!
May all your dreams come true.
XXX
Outdoor Learning
Today we took part in some planting activities. We planted basil, sage, thyme, leeks, tomatoes, lemon and coriander and spinach. We had to use compost, seeds and planter trays of different sizes. We also had to water them. We will leave them in the outdoor classroom to grow over the holidays.
Individually we planted peas and broad beans. We will take these home to look after over the holidays, then bring them back to school after the holidays to see who has managed to take good care of theirs and grow the longest shoot.
P4, P4/5 & P5 Christmas Party
We all had a great time at our Christmas Party.
We danced, played games and had some yummy snacks!
