We all tucked into a very tasty Christmas lunch yesterday made by the wonderful Kingsland cooks. What a brilliant week we have had.

We used pastel chalks and practised our shading skills to create these realistic candy canes. They look great!

We have had a lovely time this week getting into the festive spirit. We loved our movie/party afternoon, the Christmas lunch, making Christmas crafts and the pantomime – oh yes we did!

2020 has been a year like no other. We have all had experiences that have challenged us but also had positive opportunities that would not have occurred otherwise. Think about these questions and reflect on the year of 2020.

1. What challenged you this year – be specific!

2. What positives came out of this year for you?

3. What did you learn from this year?

4. What is your hope for 2021?

Today we sat together in our class bubble and had our Christmas Dinner. We pulled crackers and enjoyed a delicious lunch. Mrs Wilson was helping the dinner ladies to serve the food from the kitchens and some of the teachers were serving us at our tables.

Primary 1 enjoyed walking around the school today looking at the wonderful Christmas Doors. We were very impressed with all the drawing and painting especially the gingerbread houses done by P3 and P7.

There has been lots of excitement in class since we found out we were taking on the Chocolate Data Challenge.

First we had to collect the data on how many varieties of chocolates there were in our tub and then show the results in a table.

Next we surveyed the class to find out which chocolate each person would choose as their favourite. This was not easy as we all had different brands!

We then made a comparison graph to display the data we had collected. We compared the amount of each type in our box with the ones that people liked best.

After that, we analysed our data to answer questions from Mrs Brown. We shared our findings with the class. We found that the chocolate which occurs most in the box is usually the heaviest and not the favourite. Lots of us had different favourites though so this could vary.

Our final task was probably the hardest!! We had to divide the chocolates equally between our group so we all went home with the same amount but had to decide on how we could each get the chocolates we preferred. It was not as simple as just dividing up the chocolates and we came up with lots of different ways to do this so it was fair and kind.  We definitely won’t be eating them all at once!

Today we enjoyed a very special Christmas lunch where we got to eat together in our class Bubble.

After lunch, Mrs L set us a Chocolate Data Challenge! Using tubs of Celebrations (and carefully sanitised hands!) we investigated whether the most popular types of chocolate were represented by the quantity of each type of chocolate in a  typical tub .  We also learned some new skills on our iPads for interpreting and displaying the data by creating tables, inputting data and creating charts and graphs.

We were very busy today making chocolate truffles.  Parents and carers please enjoy, these are delicious.

Then we made out Santa Boxes.  We had to measure, cut and fold accurately.

We also enjoyed our Christmas Lunch together.  Thank you Mrs Clyde and staff, it was scrumptious.

Primary 1 were very excited when Santa sent a special Christmas message via the smart board. He also sent  a fantastic big box of play dough with  shapes and cutters as well as a set of Gruffalo games.

Thank you Santa