We love when we open all the doors to all the classes in the school and we can go and explore the other classrooms and play with a mixture of bairns from other classes!
What a way to start a Monday morning. We welcomed the Shetland Youth Orchestra to our school this morning. They performed a variety of “spooky themed” music – the favourites being Harry Potter and the Ghostbusters! Thanks to the Shetland Youth Orchestra for their visit.
This term in PE we have been doing activities from the Better Movers and Thinkers programme.
“Better Movers and Thinkers (BMT) is an approach to learning and teaching in physical education designed to develop the ability of all children and young people to move and think in a more cohesive way with a specific focus on developing, enhancing and fostering Executive Function (EF) skills within the learning process.” Better Movers and Thinkers Resource Pack.
Although our main focus has been on Coordination & Fluency, we have worked on many different Specific Aspects of Learning including, kinaesthetic awareness, gross and fine motor skills, communication, decision making and stamina are just a few.
Here we are in action.
Today we were looking at materials, including metal, glass, plastic and wood. We spoke about natural materials as well as people-made materials before going on to do some sorting activities. The bairns did brilliant and some excellent team work and communication skills were also observed.
Thank you to everyone who came along this afternoon. Hope you had a lovely time. Was lovely seeing everyone here and from the smiles on the bairns faces, they had a great time.
This week we have been lookin at how it gets dark at night and light during the day. The bairns listened really well to an input and we had a demonstration (by the children) on how the moon orbits Earth and how Earth orbits the sun. The bairns then went on to make their own paper version. Lots of lovely dialogue and discussions were overheard when carrying out their target.
It was a gorgeous day so we decided to move our classroom outside. We did a mixture of targets and free play and we had a super time.
This week, for our big question, we have been looking at the weather and instruments that could be used for measuring different types of weather. This included thermometers, barometers, anemometers, weathervanes and rain gauges. The bairns enjoyed learning about the different instruments and having a go of anemometers. They did a quiz on the different instruments and they did brilliantly. Next week our play project will be weather so I hope to see some of the things they learn this week roll over into next week.
The bairns are always on the go and we love seeing the different learning taking place through their play.
Last year, the bairns planted some tomatoes at the local polycrub. We were delighted to bring some back with the group that visited this week. We got delicious red and yellow tomatoes so we had to have a taste. They were described as being delicious, yummy, sweet, juicy and tasty! We are lucky enough to have a group of bairns visit the polycrub on a Monday afternoon. We also had some tatties back and the canteen staff made some mashed tatties and some tattie salad. Was so lovely for the bairns to see their hard work in action and what it can produce. Thanks to all involved!
