Happy Term 1. We have had such a busy week for the last week of term 1.

Shetland Youth Orchestra. This week we had a visit from the Shetland Youth Orchestra who treated us to different spooky tunes. The whole class really enjoyed some familiar music as well as the stories behind some of the new pieces we heard.

Famous Sportspeople Homework. The whole class had an opportunity to share their homework projects this week and I was so impressed with what everyone had done. It was lovely to see the learners full of confidence and able to share their research clearly with the class.

Salt Crystals. A couple of weeks ago we set up an experiment, when learning about separating materials, to grow salt crystals. The results have been really interesting and different results occurred depending on a range of factors, so it led to a lot of rich discussions around fair experiments.

Big Question. Our Big Question this week has been focusing on different religious festivals that take place at this time of year. We looked at harvest and why this is important for Christians. We also learned about Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and how this is celebrated within Judaism. We watched a couple of video of people explaining how they celebrated it and then discussed the similarities and differences between our own New Year celebrations. The class also got to taste some different foods that are eaten at a Rosh Hashanah celebration. Our ‘Big Question’ wall is now finished for the term too.

100 Club for writing. As the class achieved 100% in their writing once again, we celebrated with a hot chocolate. Well done P6/7!

A Whole New World. This week the task was to build a new habitat for an animal of their choice. The class all made some excellent new habitats and certainly had a lot of fun playing with the animal figures.

End of Term fun.  We’ve had a very busy but fun end of the week for the last few days of term 1.  We got to do some baking, making truffles with Carrie-Ann and pancakes with Mrs. A. We have also had ‘Big Play’ and a movie with popcorn to end the week.