Everyone loves pancake day!

We love science!

We are enjoying our “Healthy Bodies” topic and had a really good time finding out more about our bodies and what we can do to keep ourselves healthy.

 

We all enjoyed studying the human skeleton and found out lots of interesting facts!  Then we had fun making pasta skeletons. 🙂

 

We had a really special time this Up Helly Aa as the Jarl came to our classroom to help us design our shields before the big day!

This week we begin our third four‑week block of PE. So far this term, the class has enjoyed learning dance and handball, and we wanted to share what we’ve been working on.

Dance

In our dance block, pupils explored how to use movement to express ideas. We focused on:

• Using imagination and responding to different stimuli
• Travelling, stillness, shapes, jumps and gestures
• Changing rhythm, speed, level and direction
• Repeating patterns in movement
• Showing expression and confidence

The children had great fun experimenting with creative movement and performing short sequences.

Handball

During handball, we concentrated on building throwing and catching skills and taking part in small‑sided games. Pupils learned some of the key rules of the sport:

• Players have 3 seconds to pass or shoot
• Players may take 3 steps only while holding the ball

We also practised moving into space to make successful passes and talked about how handball is a fast‑paced, exciting team game.

Here we are being Catherine Wheel fireworks.

Here are some pictures of our first week of handball.