This afternoon the children worked in pairs to make a launcher.
They worked out different ways to make their characters go further or higher. There were lots of target games, challenges and fair testing going on.
French
Joni was our volunteer today to help us learn the french words for different parts of our bodies. We also played ‘Jacques a dit’ which is just like ‘Simon Says’ but in french.
Mandy’s quilt by Dena
mandy brought in her beautiful quilt to show me and the class because I made my own one. We had been chatting in school with Mo about making quilts.
We saw symmetry, patterns, shapes,fractions, angles and lots of measuring involved in making a quilt.
Something old for Show and Tell
Last week the children had the task of bringing in something old to share with the class and tell us about. There were lots of great artefacts brought in and we have set up our own little Museum area in the classroom.
We also had two grannies and a grandad in to visit us and tell us what life was like for them when they were little and talk a little about what Shetland was like many years ago.
Theo’s granny came in and showed the children her fair isle knitting.
Freddie and Elins granny came in and shared lots of memories of when she was a peerie lass.
We also had a lovely visit from Fin’s grandad who delighted the children by spoiling them ( as grandparents are expected to do) with a sweetie.
P3/4 on tour
Primary 3-4 went on a bus tour of their local environment
First they visited Anderson and Co and learned all about the job of a butcher and also looked around the shop where they received a piece of fruit for their snack.
They then went to the Wormadale viewpoint to look at the shape of the landscape and islands. However the weather was not great so only a few hardy tourists ventured off the bus.
After that it was back on the bus and over to Shetland Silvercraft where they learned all about how the beautiful local jewellery is made and got to see around the workshop and the shop.
Then it was over to Bonhoga Gallery to see the exhibition by local artists and have a quick look around the shop and café.
The Weisdale Kirk was the next stop and they got to explore the different parts of a church and Reverend Dobbie explained about the role of a minister in the community.
There were lots of hungry children by this point so it was off up to Kergord woods for packed lunches and an extra special playtime amongst the trees.
There was one more stop after lunch to Robinson and Morrisons where the children got to post their own postcards which they had written. They also learned about food miles and find out the types of things sold in the shop.
It was a very busy but amazing day out for all the pupils. It has led on to fantastic pieces of follow up work in the classroom including writing letters, reports and further research on the different places we visited. Thankyou so much to the local businesses for being so welcoming and accommodating during our mini-tour.
