This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year.

We found out that Chinese people decorate their homes with paper laterns so we decided to make some too.

We also got to taste some fortune cookies and find out our fortunes!

I learned that each year is named after an animal.  I was born in the year of the dog – Hannah Welsh

Chinese people use brooms to sweep the bad luck from their homes before the new year – Tegan Cooper

Knives are not allowed to be used on the day of the celebration because it is bad luck – Ellie Ness

Children get money and sweet in red envelopes because red is a lucky colour – Mariana Ali

I thought the fortune cookie tasted very nice – Jody McKay

I liked making the lanterns because I learned how to write Happy New Year in Chinese – Emma Rankine

My fortune was ‘You will find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow’  I hope this comes true! – Declan Bass

Primary Five have been investigating items that float and sink.

We found that a paperclip when placed in water will sink but something as a big as a boat can float.  We decided to investigate why this happens.

We took a ball of plastisine and placed it on the water and found that it sank.

Next we took the plasticine and rolled it flat.  When we placed it on the water we were surprised to see it float.

I learned about things that float and was surprised by some of the things that sank – Sarah McHugh

I enjoyed finding out what floated and what didn’t – Hannah Welsh

I really enjoyed doing the experiments and I was surprised by some of the answers – Beth Stirling

It was fun making the boats and seeing of they floated on the water – Liam Hartley

Primary Five have been learning the poem ‘The Ballad of Janitor McKay’ by Margaret Green. 

We tried very hard to learn the words and action.  We also worked hard on our pronunciation.  We were delighted to be a runner up.

I really enjoyed learning this poem because it was very funny. – Hannah Welsh

I thought the poem was really long and I thought  I would never be able to remember it all but I did! – Jade Herson

The rhyming of the poem made it really easy to remember – Ellie Ness

It was a real challenge to learn it all of by heart – Kyran Lester

I was disappointed  that we didn’t win but I was thrilled to be a runner up – Jody McKay

We hope you enjoy hearing our poem.

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