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PRIMARY 1 LEARNING (B)LOG – WEEK 6

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This week in Primary 1 we have learned about teddy bears.  Paddington Bear came all the way from Peru to Shetland and is going to stay with each of us for 2 nights and hopefully have lots of fun adventures.

We wrote about our favourite toy and carefully chose the right coloured paint to paint a picture of the toy.

Mr Rose was in class on Tuesday and made wind powered toys with us.

We have been thinking about  numbers to 20 and also using a number line for addition.

We got our first blended phonic ‘sh’ and have been thinking about things that have that sound in it and also practising writing it.

We have had a number of visitors this week.  Sami who is a French teacher came in to see us on Monday, Mr Lei was in on Wednesday telling us all about the Chinese New Year and told us a story about the animals in the Chinese zodiac.  Then finally, on Wednesday we were really lucky to meet Mrs Simpson who was the first female Guizer Jarl in Shetland and came in to show us her suit and show us lots of photos from her Up Helly Aa.  We all really enjoyed meeting her.

 

WEEK 3 – PRIMARY 1 – LEARNING (B)LOG

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This week we have enjoyed writing using Viking Runes, playing in the galley boat, making clay Viking Longhouses, watching ‘Gudrun: The Viking Princess’ and drawing and painting Viking people.

 

We have been learning about length and measurement, practising all the phonics we have learned so far, making a toy with Mr Rose which required elastic energy and sharing storysacks with the secondary pupils.

Finally, today we held our toy sale in class.  We were really busy organising for the sale and helping set up the class with assistance from Primary 6.  The sale was a huge success and we raised £132.20.

NEW YEAR & NEW TERM FOR P1

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Happy New Year everybody!  We were all excited coming back to school and it was super to hear everybody’s Christmas news.

We learned a new sound – ‘x’ and played a game where we had to guess the animal x-ray.  We also learned about symmetry and created symmetrical pictures.

We started our mini topic of ‘Up Helly Aas in Shetland’ and have really enjoyed playing in our galley shed with wood, construction toys, books and looking at the jarl squad suits and accessories on display.

We had a super visit from Mr Rose who learned us about balance, stability and gravity.  We made tightrope walker toys which we loved trying to see if they could balance on lots of things in class.

Jarl Squad

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Today, the Walls Brownie jarl squad came in to visit us. They started by singing some songs. They did the cup song, where some people joined in by using their hands instead of cups. Then they went around and visited our classes. It was very nice to meet them. 🙂

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Storm and Ishbel 🙂

Primary 1 and 2 – Viking Topic

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As our Viking topic comes to an end here is a selection of photos to show what the Primary 1 and 2 class have been busy doing.  It includes our visit to Lerwick to see Up Helly Aa, helping to make our own Viking longship which Mrs Nicolson’s son built for us, visits from our very own Vikings and one called Thorfinn Sigurdsson, taking part in Aith Up Helly Aa with Primary 2/3 and making Viking longships and longhouses for our displays in class.

 

Making shields for the Norwick Up Helly Aa

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This year Primary 3 were asked to make the shields for Mr Spence’s Norwick Up Helly Aa galley. We had a great time creating our designs and then painting the shields. We even got a chance to use them today in our own school Up Helly Aa!

Primary 3 would like to say a big good luck to Mr Spence, and thank him for letting us play a part in his big day! 🙂

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P3 visit to Nesting UHA

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On Friday the 10th of February, Primary 3 visited Nesting Primary school to see their Up Helly Aa day.  We had the chance to listen to the Jarl Squad sing their songs, and even got to try on their shields and helmets! After that we got to go outside to see the galley. We were even allowed to go for a ride in it! After all that Primary 3 had a chance to play in the school grounds. We all had lots of fun and Primary 3 voted it a 10/10 visit!

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