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5 Shetland Schools – The Art World @ Bonhoga

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Today, primaries 1 and 6 went to see the exhibition at Bonhoga.  They saw all the work that they had done with Mrs Hunter and Amy Gear in Art.  They also saw work done by children from other schools in Shetland.

We asked the primary 1 what their favourite things were.  They said “busy bogies”, “the firework”, “outside in the long grass among the sculptures” and “finding pencils upstairs”

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Primary 1 learn about halves and quarters

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We made and decorated paper cakes.

We each decided whether we were going to cut our cake into half or quarter.

We know that each half or quarter needs to be exactly the same size.

We folded the paper to find the middle.

When we cut 1 whole into half, we end up with 2 bits.

When we cut 1 whole into quarters, we end up with 4 bits.

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All kinds of bears in Primary 1

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This week in Primary 1, we are thinking about all kinds of bears.  We have lots of teddy bears in our toy shop, busy dressing bears in all sorts of clothes, making polar and teddy bears in craft activities, polar bears in our icy water and lots of other bear related activities.

On Tuesday, we were really lucky to have a visit from Wendy Inkster who makes Burra Bears.  She told us what she uses to make the bears, how she makes them and brought a lot of different Burra Bears to show us.

There was lots of discussion and questions and we loved Wendy’s visit to Primary 1.IMG_0362[1]

Tigers and peacocks

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this week, we made tiger masks and peacock mask. We coloured the masks in first and then we cut out the eyes. We celetaped a stick on to the chin.  Here are some facts about tigers and peacocks.

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1. Peacocks eat grain, insects, small reptiles, mammals, berries, figs, leaves, seed and flower parts.

2.In the Hindu relegion the peacocks tail symbolise the eyes of gods.

3. Peacocks can live up to 20 years.

4. Peacocks live in forests and rain forests.

5. The peacock is the national animal of India

facts about Bengal  Tigers

1. Bengal tigers live between 15 and 20 years.

2. The roar of the bengal tiger can be heard up to 2 miles.

3. The bengal tiger is the 2nd largest tiger.

4. Baby tigers are called Cubs.

5. The bengal tiger is the national animal of India.

By Sophie, Jack, Amelia and Lily

 

Primary Toy Sale

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Primary 1 held their toy sale today to raise money to help pay for their trip to Up Helly Aa next Tuesday.  We received donations of lovely toys, books and games and at 2.00pm there was a mad rush of buying and selling.  Nearly everything was sold.

Primary 1 helped count the money and we were delighted to discover that we had raised about £115!  This will help pay for the bus and possibly a snack for everybody.

Thank you to everyone who donated toys and to everyone who bought from the sale.

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