We have had a busy first week back at school which ended in a visit from the Scalloway Fire Festival Jarl Squad!
We made our own helmets and shields with lots of different designs and patterns.
We thought the Jarl Squads outfits were cool and fantastic!
Last week Mr Renwick came to our class. He taught us how to set up our own eportfolios on Glow. We all have 3 posts each already!
We have all added tiles to our launch pad so we can get to them quickly.
We really enjoyed doing it and are looking forward to adding to our eportfolios through the year.
Welcome to a new school year in the P2/3 classroom!
This term we have been doing Fairyland as a topic. We have been very busy turning our classroom into Fairyland!
We had a visit from a Dragon who left us a letter asking us to turn the classroom into Fairyland because the real Fairyland was disappearing and the Dragon was worried that none of his fairyland friends would have anywhere to live. So far, we have made a giant beanstalk, Jack, magic beans, a cow, a castle and a giant! We have also made dragon masks and Hansel & Gretel sweetie houses.
We have also made a dragon based on what we think our visiting dragon looks like.
We have been reading lots of Fairytales and have really enjoyed them all.
Two weeks ago we mummified tomatoes. We had been learning about how Ancient Egyptians mummified the bodies of the Pharaohs. We decided to mummify tomatoes to see how it worked.
First we cut a hole in the tomato, then we scooped out all the seeds. We cleaned our tomatoes inside and out with an anti bacterial wipe to wipe away any bacteria that was on the tomato. We then filled the tomatoes with a mixture of salt and bicarbonate of soda (natron) and put the tomatoes in a tub and poured the rest of the mixture over it. Â We kept two control tomatoes as well.
We left them for two weeks to see what would happen!
The tomatoes left in the mixture had shrivelled up and all the moisture had been taken out of them. The skin was no longer smooth, it was very wrinkly. There was no mould on any of our tomatoes but there was mould on the control one.
The tomatoes smelt horrible after being in the mixture!
We all enjoyed taking part in the experiment!
We have been learning about shape. We have learnt the names of 2D shapes and 3D objects. We have been going on shape hunts! We have been looking for 2D shapes in 3D objects. We have done this in the playground and in the classroom. It has been really good fun! We have looked at 2D nets and then made 3D objects from them. We made cubes, cuboids, triangular-based pyramids, square-based pyramids, triangular prisms and Mrs Spowart made a dodecahedron which has 12 sides and Josh and Freya made an icosahedron which has 20 faces!
We have really enjoyed learning about shape!
Every day this term, in all weathers, we have walked our daily mile. We are doing this to keep fit and healthy.
We signed up to World Walking as a school and are taking part in the Road to Rio. We are tracking how many miles we walk each day and putting this on to the website. It tells us how many steps we have taken each day and how many miles we have walked. So far we have walked from Melbourne to Sydney as a whole school!
We have really enjoyed going out every day for our walk! Some comments from the class are:
‘It’s really fun and it’s good for our health.’ Bobby
‘It’s good for keeping us fit and healthy.’ Isla
‘It keeps us good and strong and fit.’ Isaac
‘I enjoy walking with my friends because I like talking to them.’ Luke
‘I enjoy running with Alex, Isaac, Josh and Ellis.’ Taylor
‘I enjoy speaking with Jan, we talk about how many laps we have done.’ Regan
We are hoping to keep doing it every day!
We were very lucky this week as we got to see Little Tikes Up Helly Aa procession. Bobby and Alex got dressed up in their suits from the Nesting & Girlsta Up Helly Aa. It was lovely to see them in their suits again. We watched Little Tikes walk past with their Jarl and their Galley. The Jarl had his squad with him!
After they had walked past we all joined the procession. We then marched to the back of  the school where the galley was taken into a field and burnt. We really enjoyed sharing this with Little Tikes, P1 and all the parents. It was great fun to watch and take part.
We went on a trip to the Museum last week. First, Yvonne showed us the map of Scandinavia. Then she showed us pictures of a Viking Long Ship and a Long House. We went to see the Sixareen. Yvonne told us a Viking Long Ship would be at least twice the size of the Sixareen. We then went to the cabinets to see all the Viking Artefacts that have been found in Shetland and other places. There were two girls from Norway that were dressed in Viking clothes. After we had looked at all these, we had our snack and then we were given clay to make a Thor’
s hammer to wear around our neck. We really enjoyed our trip and would love to go back again another time!
This term we have been learning about Vikings. In groups we have been finding out about lots of different things. Our groups have been looking for information about their home life, long ships, what they wore and how their clothes were made, what games they played, what artefacts have been found, what weapons they used and how they were made and their Gods and Goddesses. We have found it really interesting and we are going to make posters on the information we have found.
We have also been making our own Viking Long ships in class which we will be taking home soon!
We are really looking forward to the Nesting & Girlsta Jarl Squad coming to the Tingwall Hall this afternoon as Bobby and Alex are both in the squad!
