I enjoyed making the Charles Rennie Mackintosh tiles because I liked drawing the roses and the squares.

Our Competition Poem this year is:

Address to the Toothache by Rabbie Burns

My curse upon your venom’d stang, That shoots my tortur’d gums alang, An’ thro’ my lug  gies mony a twang, Wi’ gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang, Like racking engines!  When fevers burn, or agues freezes, Rheumatics gnaw, or colics squeezes, Our neibor’s sympathy can ease us, Wi’ pitying moan; But thee – thou hell o’ a’ diseases – Aye mocks our groan.  A down my beard the slavers trickle I throw the wee stools o’er the mickle, While round the fire the giglets keckle, To see me loup, While, raving mad, I wish a heckle Were in their doup!

In a’ the numerous human dools, Ill hairsts, daft bargains, cutty stools, Or worthy frien’s rak’d i’ the mools, – Sad sight to see! The tricks o’ knaves, or fash o’fools, Thou bear’st the gree!  Where’er that place be priests ca’ hell, Where a’ the tones o’ misery yell, An’ ranked plagues their numbers tell, In dreadfu’ raw, Thou, Toothache, surely bear’st the bell, Amang them a’!  O thou grim, mischief-making chiel, That gars the notes o’ discord squeel, Till daft mankind aft dance a reel In gore, a shoe-thick, Gie a’ the faes o’ Scotland’s weal A townmond’s toothache!

Some children have chosen to learn

Scots Wha Hae

BY ROBERT BURNS

Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,

Scots, wham Bruce has aften led;

Welcome to your gory bed,

Or to victory!

Now’s the day, and now’s the hour;

See the front o’ battle lour;

See approach proud Edward’s power—

Chains and slavery!

Wha will be a traitor knave?

Wha can fill a coward’s grave!

Wha sae base as be a slave?

Let him turn and flee!

Wha for Scotland’s king and law

Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,

Freeman stand, or freeman fa’,

Let him follow me!

By oppression’s woes and pains!

By your sons in servile chains!

We will drain our dearest veins,

But they shall be free!

Lay the proud usurpers low!

Tyrants fall in every foe!

Liberty’s in every blow!—

Let us do or die!

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 6B had a great afternoon creating these brilliant clay thistles.  We used different techniques and are looking forward to painting them next week.  Thank you Sheena for coming into class today.

Today we started a block of work on Multiplication.  Mrs Little wanted to check how many of our times tables facts we remembered so we all attempted to fill in a blank multiplication square as quickly and ACCURATELY as we could.  Our aim is to improve our accuracy and beat our time by the end of the block.

If you would like to practise this at home you could try this site:

Mathsbot Multiplication Grid

Instructions for use: Leave Left Column and Top Column set as #.  Change Operation to Left x Top. Click on Start Drill.  It will generate a random multiplication grid which you can then print out at home.

Today we drew roses and squares onto a ceramic tile using permanent pens and Sharpies. We were inspired by the work  of Scottish Artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

We are all thrilled with our awesome art.

That’s fantastic. Enjoy visiting the wonderful buildings.

We have been studying Charles Rennie Mackintosh high backed chair designs. You can still sit on his chairs in the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. We learned about perspective when we made our chairs look 3D.

I love the drawings that Jacob is bringing home. I remember studying CRM at school and loved learning about him. Excited to take him to some amazing buildings in Glasgow too!

The annual poetry recital competition will be taking place in a few weeks. Homework for the first 2 weeks is to learn your chosen poem.

Address tae a Haggis by Robert Burns

Willie Wastle by Robert Burns

You should be ready to recite your poem to the class on Monday 20th of January.