Monthly Archives: February 2017

Marc’s presentation

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Marc brought in some photos and objects today to help us with our topic – Stories of the Sea.

Jenna – He told us about how his Great Great Grandad recovered wood from the wreck of the ship De Han, which sank off Lerwick around 1640. He recovered it in 1922 and someone his Granny knew made a candlestick and replica cannon from the wood.

Marc – It was African Kapok wood.

James – You can see the same cannon at the Shetland Hotel.

Peter – He brought in a plague with a diver on it.

Kealan – He brought in pictures of his Great Great Grandad with his diving suit on

Jenson – Once, when I went up to Unst I saw a beach filled with jelly fish. We got to see photos of the divers lifting up Prospect using inflatables. We also got to see photos of Marc sailing and the medals he has won.

Ella – I once saw an otter eating a squid. It must be hard being a diver

Chenet – We saw Marc’s Dad work hard to lift the boat up

Michael – I really liked the pictures of sea life

Jed – We saw photos of his Dad diving for Ocean Kinetics

Thank you Marc for bringing this in to show us!

 

Learning about Fish

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Yesterday we had a visit from Jill Hood – Health Improvement Officer. We learned a lot about fish and how it is healthy for us.

We learned:

  • It is recommended that we eat fish twice a week
  • A group of fish is called a school
  • Fish lay eggs
  • Fish contain protein which is good for our muscles and it is low in fat
  • Fish is good for your brain
  • Oily fish is more healthy – it contains more nutrients, such as Omega 3 fatty acids which help us to absorb vitamins A, D and E.

For us to get fish on a plate, it must first go through different stages of production:

  1. The fish is caught
  2. The boat puts the fish to a factory where it is cleaned, sorted and gutted
  3. It is then frozen and transported around the world

We also learned about how salt is taken from the sea. It takes about 20000 litres of sea water to produce 2 tonnes of salt.

We enjoyed sorting fish into oily and white fish in our table groups.

Thank you for coming to visit us, Jill – we learned a lot!

Drumming with Joy

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Today we have our second drumming session with Joy. We are really enjoying it and are looking forward to our performance in March.

Numeracy Fun – Mandarin and Marshmallows!

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We enjoyed our Mandarin lesson today. We learned how to count up to ten in Mandarin with Ms Che. She then taught us how to use chopsticks and used them to count out pasta. It was quite tricky but lots of fun!

In numeracy, we have been learning about estimating. Jenson brought in some mini marshmallows to give us a group challenge. We split into two teams to see who could get the closest estimate. Well done to the winning team!