This morning in Mandarin, we were learning how to write Chinese calligraphy. We had special brushes and water and paper that was magic. When you painted on the paper with water, it dissappeared!
Ella says:
“It was really fun and we were learning how to write the symbol for the number 1.”
Maisie says:
“It was good to learn new skills.”
This afternoon, we took our French games outside into the fresh air. We were playing some speaking games using the language about the body that we have been learning. This was a fun way to help us get more confident with speaking French .
Today, we were lucky enough to get to go to Scalloway Junior High School for a concert by the Shetland Youth Wind Band. It was an amazing concert, the band played so many fun and funky songs!
Our classmates Millie, Kanchana and Rebekah joined the wind band for one of their pieces. We were super proud of them…well done girls.
Have a great weekend everyone.
As part of our topic this term, we have been researching different places to live, work, visit and relax in Shetland. This is from the Social Studies section of the Curriculum for Excellence:
Having explored my local area, I can present information on different places to live, work and relax and interesting places to visit. SOC 2-10a
Pupils in P6/7 are turning their research into promotional films about Shetland. They will be learning about film making technology with Mr Tod. At the moment, they are busy writing their scripts for their films….watch this space!
Lucy says:
“This is really fun and a good way of interacting with other members of your class. It is helping us to learn about working together.”
Brooke says:
“I am learning about script writing and I’m having fun.”
P6/7 spent a busy afternoon updating their E-portfolios about their learning this week. They are developing their understanding of evaluative language in the process. Check out your child’s blog at home to see what they’ve been up to this week. Have a great weekend 🙂
Today, we have been lucky enough to have Muriel Miller, from the Scottish Parliament, visiting us. It has been such an interesting and engaging afternoon.
Muriel shared with us some key information about the Scottish Parliament….and we learned all about devolved powers in Scotland.
After this, we got a chance to experience a mini election. We were separated into small groups, in which we had to choose a leader. Each group represented a ‘political party’ and we had some time to create our manifesto. After this, our group leaders presented our manifestos and encouraged us to vote for them. We then had an anonymous vote, using ballot papers. It ended up with a coalition!
Then, we had a parliamentary debate. We debated whether or not smoking should be banned in Scotland. Kanchana was nominated as our Presiding Officer and she did an incredible job at chairing the debate. We all learned about the ceremony and language involved in a parliamentary debate and we were able to use this when we debated. After that, we voted on the issue and our scores were correlated. This information was given to the Presiding Officer, who created the ‘Bill’. Our ‘Bill’ then got signed by the Queen, thus making it law! It was brilliant, and very interesting.
We would like to say a massive thank you to Muriel for making the trip to see us…we want to know more about Scottish politics now!
