This week we were learning the “ai” sound in Phonics. We found four “ai” words in the picture – “rain”, “train”, “rail” and “snail”.

In our second activity we had to decide whether a word needed “ai” or “ee” as its missing sound – we completed this task very well.

We drew mermaids in connection with our “Treasure Island” topic and practised blending colours to create nice effects.

We learned about four famous pirates with our P7 buddies. We found out that William Kidd was born in Dundee and is the only pirate identified as having buried treasure in New York. Captain Blackbeard’s real name was Edward Teach. Anne Bonny was a very good fighter – she behaved just like a male pirate. Grace O’Malley was very successful – she managed a crew of 200 people carrying out pirate robberies of ships which entered her area. Our buddies helped us to write sayings that pirates would have said long ago. They thought of great captions like “Let’s sail the seven seas together!” and “Walk the plank”.

This week we talked about “Red Nose Day” in March – Charlie and Callum were able to tell the class about the clips they have seen on television advertising “Comic Reflief 2015”.

Have a good week. 