Month: February 2024

P2A  have been mixing paint expressively to make the impression of a forest for our little red riding hood pictures.

 

We had a visit from Clare today. She works for childsmile and regularly pops in to see us brush our teeth. Today she came in to talk to us about our teeth and how to look after them. We spoke about acid attacks on the teeth and how these should be kept to a minimum so sugary treats should be eaten after a meal rather than at snack time. We discussed what foods were good for a snack and what foods were not good for a snack. P2a came up with a list of ideas.

Healthy Snack Ideas

Banana, apple, blueberries, grapes, natural yogurt, watermelon, pear, pineapple, carrot, orange, broccoli, cucumber, breadsticks, crackers, cheese, peppers, cherries and strawberries.

Unhealthy snacks or snack that are not good for your teeth

Chewy sweets, ice cream, lollipop, jelly beans, doughnuts, oreos, fruit winders, raisins, biscuits, chocolate and anything with lots of sugar.

The class did really well and answered the questions brilliantly. They were keen to share what they knew. Clare was also very impressed with how good we were at brushing our teeth in p2. We make sure we get every tooth and know the correct order to brush all of them. We use peerie circle movements and know the correct amount of toothpaste to use. And we are getting better at not chewing our brushes!

This week in music we have been learning about the importance of music during Chinese New Year. As part of our learning we watched a Musical Storyland episode called ‘The Great Race’ by BBC Teach, where members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra play a range of instruments and tell the story.  We saw a new Chinese instrument called a guzheng which is played by plucking the strings.  You can see all the instruments in the picture below.

Photo courtesy of BBC Teach

We also learned that this year is the year of the dragon and in the clip below, you can see us using scarves to move like the dragon dancers that perform at Chinese New Year celebrations.

Today P2 watched Author’s Live which featured authors Tom Nicoll and Ross Collins talking about their picture books There’s Nothing Faster Than A Cheetah and There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy. The class enjoyed listening to the stories and got a lesson on how to draw a cheetah and a Blobfish. 

Tuesday 30^th January 2024 was a special day at Sound Primary School as we were visited by both the Junior and Senior Jarl Squads of 2024.

The Junior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl Skeppare Nokkvesson (aka Oran McCulloch), were in fine voice during their time with us, supported by a group of young local musicians who did a brilliant job. ‘Yes Sir, I can Boogie’ was definitely a highlight! The clip below shows all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song.

The Senior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl King Harald Olafsson (aka Richard Moar) were also pretty spectacular both in sight and sound. A fantastic line up of local musicians provided the music for the Up Helly Aa song and also their squad song which made us all want to get up and dance! Here is a clip of all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song. The Jarl commented how loud and enthusiastic our singing was. High praise indeed from a ‘King’!