Do you have old baseball caps at home? We could convert these into cockerel or owl heads. For our 2 owls – white and brown would be ideal, but other colours are possible. For the cockerel – white or green or brown would be great.

The costumes are simple. We are mainly asking the children to provide a t-shirt and trousers and we supply the rest. We already have several fantastic sheep, donkey and mice masks.

It would be a great help to us if a group of parents could come in next week to make 2 camel masks  and a cow mask (Mrs. Ryalls will have made one of each for you to copy) and to cover the baseball caps as owl eyes and a cockerel head.

Does anyone have

a onesie that would look like a dog?

onesies for our 2 cows?

black leotards for our 2 cats or cat costumes from Halloween?

a white judo suit for our snowy owl?

a grey tracksuit for our donkey?

Most of the children have animal roles so we shall require quite a few black or brown t-shirts.

PLEASE NAME ANY CLOTHING SENT IN.

Thanks =)

Do you have old baseball caps at home? We could convert these into cockerel or owl heads. For our 2 owls – white and brown would be ideal, but other colours are possible. For the cockerel – white or green or brown would be great.

The costumes are simple. We are mainly asking the children to provide a t-shirt and trousers and we supply the rest. We already have several fantastic sheep, donkey and mice masks.

It would be a great help to us if a group of parents could come in next week to make 2 camel masks  and a cow mask (Mrs. Ryalls will have made one of each for you to copy) and to cover the baseball caps as owl eyes and a cockerel head.

Does anyone have

a onesie that would look like a dog?

onesies for our 2 cows?

black leotards for our 2 cats or cat costumes from Halloween?

a white judo suit for our snowy owl?

a grey tracksuit for our donkey?

Most of the children have animal roles so we shall require quite a few black or brown t-shirts.

PLEASE NAME ANY CLOTHING SENT IN.

contrast life of a noble man with life of a farmer

P4s needed this link for their research and note taking  in ICT today.

Can you answer any of these questions now?

What tools did Ancient Egyptian farmers use?

What does a shaduf do? Can you explain how it works?

What animals did Ancient Egyptians keep for food?

What foods did they grow?

Arrays are a great way of learning about multiplication. What do these arrays show? Which one has a good mistake to learn from?

Look for the rows and the columns.

What have you learned from making arrays?

We have also made up our own word problems using multiplication. Watch this space for those to be added.

In our P.L.A.Y we made Egyptian circlets. How do we know that ancient Egyptians wore circlets?

Good mistake; let’s learn from it – nearly all pupils had described the setting of their story with interesting adjectives but had forgotten to describe their characters. We proved this by asking a friend to draw our character but they couldn’t! We re-drafted part of our story and our friends were able to draw our characters from our character descriptions. Great!

P4 have had fun making 3D shapes using polydrons. Which 3D shapes have they made? Can they make the new shape they are learning about, called a hemisphere, using polydrons? Why?

Here are the songs for our nativity.  Try to spend some time each night learning them if you can.  Click on the green link below to access them in word or just have a look in this post.

 

primary-3-songs-for-born-in-a-barn

 

 

Song 1. SHH, DON’T WAKE THE BABY – (All)

Birds = Verse 1

I can waddle and quack, nibble and coo,

Flap my wings or tu-whit tu-whoo.

I can waddle and quack, You can too,

(Action)

Or cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

CHORUS:        There’s a baby in our stable now,

Shh, shh… don’t wake the baby.

 

Cows = Verse 2

I can swish my tail, chomp and chew,

Huff and puff and moo, moo, moo.

I can swish my tail, You can too,

(Action)

Or cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

CHORUS:

 

Cats – Verse 3

I can twitch my nose, purr and miaow,

Arch my back, I’ll show you how.

I can twitch my nose, You can too,

(Action)

Or cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

CHORUS:

 

Pigs – Verse 4

I can grunt and snort, snuffle and sniff ,

Wiggle my ears, just like this.

I can grunt and snort, you can too,

(Action)

Or cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

CHORUS:

 

Sheep – Verse 5

I can bleat and baa, shake my fleece,

Crunch and munch and stamp my feet.

I can bleat and baa, You can too,

(Action)

Or cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

CHORUS:

Song 2. IT’S A LONG WAY ON A DONKEY (All except small solo part)

 

 

CHORUS:        It’s a long way on a donkey,

It’s a long way to go,

It’s a long way on a donkey,

It’s a long and winding road.

 

Verse 1

I come from a town called Nazareth

In a place called Galilee.

I work for Joseph the carpenter

And his lovely wife, Mary.

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 2

One day Joseph said to me

“My wife will have God’s son,

Mary will have this special child,

The holy, chosen one”.

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 3

I carried the King to Bethlehem,

Jesus the chosen one.

I carried the King to Bethlehem,

Jesus Christ, God’s Son.

 

CHORUS:

Song 3. DON’T WORRY MARY (All angels)

 

Don’t worry Mary

You’re the special one,

Don’t worry Mary

You will have God’s son,

Don’t worry Mary

He will be a king,

Don’t worry Mary

Hear the angels sing.

 

Angels

CHORUS:        Mary, Mary,

We will look after you,

Mary, Mary,

God has chosen you.

 

Instrumental (Angels’ dance)

 

CHORUS:

 

Don’t worry Mary

You’re the special one,

Don’t worry Mary

You will have God’s son,

Don’t worry Mary

He will be a king,

Don’t worry Mary

Hear the angels sing.

 

CHORUS:

 

Song 4. NO ROOM, NO ROOM (P1 – Only)

Verse 1

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

There’s somebody at the door.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

No room for any more.

(Repeat)

 

CHORUS:        No room, no room,

We’re full up,

No room, no room,

Bad luck!

 

Verse 2

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

A traveller needs some sleep.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

No room here since last week!

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 3

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Mary needs some sleep.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

There’s a stable going cheap.

 

CHORUS:

Song 5. WAKE UP SHEPHERDS! (P2 Only)

 

CHORUS:        Wake up shepherds,

Jump to your feet,

Wake up shepherds,

Move to the beat,

Wake up shepherds,

Jump to your feet,

Wake up and shake up shepherds.

REPEAT CHORUS

Verse 1

Out in the fields the sky shone bright,

Glory to God, a heavenly sight.

Out in the fields the sky shone bright,

Glory to God,

It gave us quite a fright!

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 2

Pack up your bags and make your way,

You’ll fi nd the King asleep on the hay.

Pack up your bags and make your way

To the King of the world,

Born today!

 

CHORUS:

Song 6. WE ARE CAMELS (ALL)

 

Verse 1

We may have knobbly knees,

Nostrils that flare

And peculiar humps on our back.

We might snuffle and spit,

Gurgle and hiss,

When we feel that we’re under attack!

 

Verse 2

We may flutter our eyes,

Pretend that we’re wise

And flash you a wonderful smile.

We might nibble and chew

For a moment or two,

Or lie in the sand for a while.

 

CHORUS:        We are camels, 1-2-3,

We followed the star,

We are camels, 3-2-1,

When you’ve got camels,

Who needs a car?

Repeat verses 1 & 2

 

CHORUS:        We are camels, 1-2-3,

We followed the star,

We are camels, 3-2-1,

When you’ve got camels,

Who needs a car?

When you’ve got camels,

Who needs a car?

 

Song 7. A star, a stable and me – (P3)

 

Verse 1

He didn’t choose to use a princess

Or a knight in shining armour

He didn’t use a guard of honour

A banquet or a castle

 

CHORUS:        But he chose me….

                        A star, a stable and me

                        All we had to do was be available.

Yes he chose me….

                        A star, a stable and me

                        All we had to do was be available.

 

Verse 2

He didn’t choose to use a mansion

A stately home or palace.

He didn’t use a crown of splendour

Or royal robes of colour.

 

CHORUS:

 

 

So tonight,

Under the star in this stable with me

Jesus is born

Under the star in this stable with me

Jesus is born

Song 8. BORN IN A BARN (All)

 

CHORUS:        Born in a barn,

A Bethlehem barn,

A beautiful baby boy.

Born in a barn,

A Bethlehem barn,

A bundle of Christmas joy!

Verse 1

The cows started mooing,

The doves started cooing

When Jesus was born in our barn.

The sheep started bleating,

The pigs stopped eating

When Jesus was born in our barn!

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 2

The donkey was braying,

The hens were a-laying

When Jesus was born in our barn.

The owls were a-hootin’,

The cocks were doodle-a-doodlin’

When Jesus was born in our barn!

 

CHORUS:

 

Verse 3

The barn was a-singing,

The cowbells were ringing

When Jesus was born in our barn.

The world was awaking,

A new dawn was breaking

When Jesus was born in our barn!

 

CHORUS:

Holly is very proud of her wonderful art in hot and cold colours. What a detailed picture you have created.

Jay is proud of his real life Maths. He had to prepare a budget for our food making and present it to Mrs. Wilson. Great work Jay.

Joshua is proud of his cartouche. It is on the Great Work Wall downstairs. It says Joshua in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Ruaridh is proud of his printing of an Egyptian God. Can you see what happens to the design when you print it?

Lucien is proud of his Egyptian story. He redrafted it at home to make a good copy for the Great Work Wall. Well done Lucien.

Paddy is proud of his accurate and well set out maths – expanded method of multiplication.

Dawa is proud of her Scottish Shortbread recipe. What makes this a successful piece of recipe writing?

Joshua is proud of his well set out maths – expanded method of multiplication. Wow Joshua! Twice on the great work wall already!

Adam is very proud of his accurate work with Time. Well done Adam.