Today in P2/3 we had an honorary teacher taking part of the maths group who were discussing time. A pupil was away last week and missed some key details and as a class we nominated a pupil to present what they had been learning in the previous week.
She was able to explain the differences and key features of both an analogue and digital clock and how we can show o’clock and half past using the two methods. She than explained how to complete the key pages that they missed in their activity book.
What a super job she did, a potential teacher for the future! We all look forward to having more opportunities to be an honorary teacher in the future.
On Monday we had a visit from the school nurse to discuss and show us how to ensure that we are washing our hands properly – a timely visit given that we are approaching the time of year when bugs start to surface.
We discussed the various points throughout the day that we should wash our hands and why it is important to wash them properly, to reduce the spread of germs from person to person. Nicola demonstrated the correct way to wash our hands, trying to remember to get all of the key areas, she mentioned that the area round the finger nails were the key point that most people miss.
In groups, we were given a special cream to rub all over our hands (to act like the germs) when we placed our hands in the special light box after the cream we could see all the places the germs get to when you rub your hands. Following the instructions Nicola gave us, we then washed our hands to see if we could remove these bugs. When we went back to the special light box we hoped to see no evidence of bugs under the light. Most of us managed to remove all of the germs after a thorough hand wash. Let’s hope that this continues throughout our future hand washing and we’ll try to keep those nasty germs away and stay happy and healthy.
Today we had a fabulous discussion relating to remembrance. We raised issues of why wars start, why the poppy is significant and whether people have learnt anything throughout the many conflicts we have faced throughout the years.
We were made aware of the significance of the humble Jelly Baby and why that can also be used a symbol of peace. The class were all given a Jelly Baby as we watched an animation on remembrance and we discussed our thoughts and feelings afterwards.
Each pupil then contributed a leaf and poppy to our class wreath, which is now proudly displayed on the classroom door.
We were lucky enough to get dancing with Maria Leask. We did the Grand Old Duke Of York, The Bridal March and The Circasian Circle. We had great fun. Here are some pictures.
We are busy learning about plastic. It’s uses and also the pollution it can cause.
We recently went on a walk up to our local shop to find out about how they are trying to reduce the amount of plastic they use.
On the way there we found lots of plastic littering our environment.
We were amazed at how much rubbish was just on this short walk.
After that we went into the shop to ask questions about how they are trying to reduce the plastic use in the shop. That was very interesting too.
We have sent questionnaires to other local shops and have found the answers very interesting. We are delighted our local shops are trying to help the environment by reducing the amount of plastic they use and make available to their customers. Recycling boxes for shopping is we like doing!!!
We are beginning to design our towns and villages. Here we are working with our partners for the planning stage and designing what is going in them. Then we will build them! Keep your eyes peeled for the next stage of our work.
We were lucky enough to have a visit from Dynamic Earth on Monday. We were learning about how to look after our planet. You can look after it by caring for the air, the land and the sea. ‘Earthy’ needs us to look after him. He told us how to look after these and we are going to try our best to do that. Here are some photos.
Primary 2/3 have been learning about the Vikings. They have researched lots of different things and decided what they would like to put into their assembly. They had great time doing this, writing and practising for it. The icing on the cake was our performance today and they loved it. They even got the audience involved They were all stars!
Please take the time to have a look at the photos from it.
