Class Newsletter Term 3 2016

This is the poem/song that we will be studying in P4L for the Literacy Showcase. We will first use it to translate into English, then to make it into a short story, and finally into a play to perform on the open afternoon. Like all good folk tales, it will give the class a chance to make their own stories. These will explain where in the local landscape this story took place and how it relates to other stories from Strathmore.

THE TWA CORBIES

As I was walkin’ all alane,

I heard twa corbies makin’ a mane,

The tane untae the t’ither say-o’

Where sall we gang and dine the day-o,

Where sall we gang and dine the day-o.

 

In ahint yon auld fail dyke.

I wot there lies a new slain knight,

And naebody kens that he lies there-o

But his hawk and hound and lady fair –o,

His hawk and hound and lady fair-o.

 

His hound is tae the huntin’ gane,

His hawk tae fetch the wild-fowl hame,

His lady’s taen anither mate-o,

Sae we may mak oor dinner sweet-o,

Sae we may mak oor dinner sweet-o.

 

Ye’ll sit on his white hause bane,

And I’ll pike oot his bonny blue een,

Wi’ ae lock o’ his gowden hair-o,

We’ll theek oor nest when it grows bare –o,

We’ll theek oor nest when it grows bare-o.

 

Mony an ane for him maks mane,

But nane sall ken where he is gane,

O’e his white banes when they are bare-o,

The wind sall blaw for ever mair –o,

The wind sall blaw for ever mair-o

Primary 5M have been planning and designing a room from The Borrowers by Mary Norton.

We are excited to launch our new blog.  This will be updated with things we are doing in class. Currently we have begun our new topics for the Literacy Showcase.