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!
This week we have been continuing to learn about measuring in maths. We have learnt about length, weight and capacity. Today we have been learning about area and perimeters.
We wrote firework acrostic poems on Wednesday. Last week we worked in groups to create poems and used them to make our own. They were very interesting!
Our topic this term is Light & Dark and this week we looked at different sources of light and what they are used for. We have also made a cave in our classroom.
We also had a visit from a new Gritter. We are entering a competition to name the new gritters. It was really interesting to find out all about them and what they do in the winter.
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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.
We have had caterpillars in our classroom for the last few weeks. They have gotten bigger and bigger every day. They have had special food to eat in their tub. They all climbed to the top and hung in a hook shape. The caterpillars are now all in their cocoons! We hope that the butterflies come out of their cocoons before the holidays!
Today we had a visit from Michael who works with Dogs Against Drugs. It was very interesting.
We spoke about drugs being bad for you and that they are illegal. We also talked about how dangerous they are for our health.
Michael brought in a dog called Thor. We got to stroke him. He was only 20 months old. If Thor smelt drugs on someone, he would sit down in front of the person.
We got to try on handcuffs, we got to try Michael’s baton and Tyler showed us how leg restraints were used! We also got to try on different jackets and vests.
We all got a Dogs Against Drugs keyring.
We really enjoyed our visit.
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!
