This afternoon we took part in the Hour of Code – ‘a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries through a one-hour introduction to computer science and computer programming.’
We really enjoyed it and tried lots of different coding games including Scratch, Flappy Bird, Frozen, Star Wars and Minecraft.
Wednesday was Kaylee’s birthday – she was 10! We hope you had a super day!
By popular demand, this afternoon we took part in the mannequin challenge – we managed to stay completely still, Miss McIntyre was amazed!!
Today we went to watch the P7s perform Scrooge. It was about Scrooge, a man who didn’t like Christmas. He ended up liking Christmas because his wife was upset and he met his old working partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts – Christmas Past, Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.
Here is what we thought:
Jenson – I liked Scrooge because Harry played him well.
Lauree-Ann – It was really good! It would have been really hard to memorise all their lines!
Ella – I thought that it was quite funny and I really enjoyed it! I could tell that they had worked really hard on it.
Chenet – I thought they acted really well.
Kealan – It was not comfortable sitting down because we had the whole school there!!
Erin – They did a brilliant job – well done P7!
Peter – I would really like to read the book one day!
Mark – Well done!!
Today we had our last visit from Jill Hood, Health Improvement Officer. She came in to talk to us about our emotional wellbeing. We spoke about how it is normal to have lots of feelings and then spoke about some of the people we could go to if we needed support.
Can you guess which feelings we are demonstrating here?
We also learned about mindfulness and relaxation techniques. A couple of us actually fell asleep!
This afternoon we celebrated the start of Advent. We learned about the reasons behind advent calendars and about different ways it is celebrated around the world before starting to make lovely wintery pictures.
We have an advent candle which we will burn each day as we get closer to Christmas.
Today it was Theo’s turn to blow out the candle. We also have a chocolate advent calendar and, as we have become interested in riddles, we have an interactive Christmas riddle advent calendar to open each day. Can you guess the answer to today’s riddle?
I was first made popular in England after Queen Victoria’s husband Albert put me up in Windsor Castle.
I used to be decorated with candles, sweets and cakes.
Today I am decorated with fairy lights, tinsel and decorations.
Today I come in all sizes and colours.
What am I?
Yesterday was Erin’s birthday! We hope you had a lovely day.
Yesterday we had a visit from Louise from the SSPCA.
Chenet – She told us lots of things about caring for our pets.
Isaac and Erin – We saw a story about kittens on buses and dogs in vans.
Ella – We learned that you can go to jail for hurting animals.
Thank you for visiting us!!
On Tuesday we had a special assembly with Mr Grieve who came to speak to us about the food bank. Here is what we had to say about this:
Ella – Mr Grieve came in
Lauree-Ann & Erin – They don’t let the same people come all the times
Chenet – They don’t have fresh food. They just have tins and packets.
Thank you to Michael who was our photographer.
As we are a Rights Respecting School, we celebrated Outright Day on Tuesday 22 November. We worked with other pupils from our house groups and took part in 3 activities. We learned about the importance of children’s rights across the world. We found out about refugee children and how they are denied their rights because of dangers in their countries.
We went around 3 classrooms and did different activities in mixed age groups from Primary 1-7. We listened to a song, watched videos and took part in different activities.
Here are some photos from Miss McIntyre’s classroom:
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