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Food Miles

We have been busy looking at the food packaging from our fruit tasting afternoon.  It was amazing to see where our fruit has travelled from to get to our classroom!  Most of the fruit came from Africa, South America and Spain.  As a class, we plotted these fruits on a large map and had fun looking at an atlas to see if we could find these countries for ourselves.  Some pupils couldn’t believe how tiny Shetland was in comparison to other places around the world!

We discussed how important it was to try and buy local produce as much as we can, but of course this is not always possible when buying pineapples or bananas!

 

 

Data Handling

Following on from our fruit tasting afternoon, we gathered together all the results and worked with a partner to create a bar chart on the laptops.  Then we worked together as a class to make a giant bar chart for our classroom wall.  I wonder which fruit was the most popular?

 

Food, Glorious Food!

As part of our topic, we have been tasting lots of different types of fruit.  We recorded whether or not we liked each one.  It was great to hear some pupils saying that the fruit they had previously disliked were now quite tasty!

Just goes to show how important it is to keep trying!

 

Merry Christmas!

We’ve made it to the last day of term and what a busy term it’s been!  Over the last few weeks, the class have been making lovely cards, decorations and calendars to take home and have been listening to The First Christmas Story so that they know why we celebrate Christmas.  They worked so hard on their part in the Christmas production – we have some very keen singers!!  Well done to all of P1/2!  All that is left to say is that Mrs Henderson and I wish you all a very merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from P1/2 (Ruben missing from photo)

 

Christmas Party!

P1/2 and P2/3 enjoyed their Christmas Party this afternoon. We played games, danced and ate lots of yummy food! Everyone was very excited and a great afternoon was had by all.

Advent

Our Santa beard is filling up!  It must be getting closer to Christmas! Georgia stuck on her circle this morning on the 15th.  We are also adding to the food bank each day.  Thank you for donations!image