This week our bubbies joined us for some of our PE time.  We were starting our block of racket activities.  We used short tennis rackets and soft trainer tennis balls.  Our buddy helped by rolling and throwing the ball for us to stop it and roll it back and hit it back.  We also had a shot at rolling the ball for our buddies to use the bat to send it back.

Primary 1 having been doing athletics in PE.  We have learnt that athletics consists of running, jumping and throwing.  We have practiced our 6 sports day events, which are

• 30m sprint
• 1 minute, 10m shuttle run
• one handed over head throw
• 2 handed overhead throw
• standing long jump
• 30 second rebound jump

We have had a fabulous couple of days enjoying the spring sunshine, playing together and having fun  

We have continued working on games in PE, but with more of a focus on games with equipment.  We have been mainly using balls, working on aiming, throwing, catching, tracking the ball and basic attacking and defending skills.  We have loved the block.

P1B have been drawing daffodils and making collages.

We have been doing games in PE.  We are aiming to develop  understanding of movement and positioning, cooperation and perform some basic skills in simple contexts.

Here we are working together and following simple tasks.

Wow! What a lot of these metaskills we used during our trip to build dams at the beach

P3 and P1 worked brilliantly together and had a great time.

The children have been using circular shapes to make planets and moons. They have been investigating and exploring different art materials to colour the planets and space. They have stuck on stars. We have talked about volcanoes appearing in icy landscapes and imagining rivers, craters and other rocks.

The children have been using circular shapes to make planets and moons. They have investigated and explored different art materials to make their planets icy- they have used charcoal for space and stuck on stars.

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 BBCTeach

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.