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History of Hallowe’en

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On Wednesday we were learning what makes hallowe’en today.The celts started doing something called Samhain.  Their traditions were to have a big bonfire to ward of the evil spirits and welcomed the good spirits they used to do docking for apples just like today.

Hallowe’en is over 2000 years old.  In the U.K. the celts started it all in 600bc to 50 ad. In 43 ad the Romans invaded and two Roman festivals came to be celebrated at the same time as the celts. The first festival was called Feralia a day when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead.

We had to read a very long passage and highlight the important information.  We were only meant to highlight key words.  We then had to make a poster using the information.

LIT 2-15a

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Thinking Skills

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We were investigating a suspicious woman. We had to look at evidence that she dropped at the crime scene. The evidence was found by a landlord. The evidence found was lipstick, a teddy bear, a pen, foreign coins and sunglasses. We had to look at the evidence and decide what happened. We had to use thinking skills in order to complete the puzzle. Each group had different ideas of what happened.

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Crucial Crew

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The Primary 7s in the class were at Crucial Crew last week. There were lots of different workshops that we moved around – all about keeping safe. We learned about drug safety, keeping safe on a bike, safety on a farm, how to keep safe next to a railway track, water safety, what to do in case of a fire and others. It was a lot of fun – and we learned really important messages about how to keep ourselves safe.

You can find an ITV news report on the day here.