Konnichiwa!
We had a wonderful visit this week from Ben and Yoko from the Japanese Consulate in Edinburgh. After practising different greetings in Japanese we learned how to count to ten in Japanese and then we used our new number knowledge to answer a quiz all about Japan. We were astonished about some of the answers …did you know that there is a hotel in Japan where you are served by a dinosaur robot? Ben and Yoko also taught us how to make origami sumo wrestlers; we even had our own sumo matches! Arigatou Ben and Yoko.
During writing this week we composed haiku poems .The results were poignant and thought provoking. Some pupils created Japanese and a contrasting Scottish haiku. Some of them are displayed in our writing corridor; please have a look if you are visiting the school.
We have been on an emotional roller coaster this week during our Wonder reading sessions. In the first section of the book we listened to the voice of August, the second section is told through August’s big sister Via. It opens with the words, “Far above the world, planet earth is blue”. We wonder is anyone knows were these words come from?
Within numeracy we are continuing to look at multiples of 10 and problem solving involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
REMINDERS –
PE – Outdoor Kit Mondays
Indoor Kit Wednesdays
Homework –spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths – Mrs Wylie’s Calculators and Denominators – homework due on Thursday 27th September.
We hope everyone has a lovely September weekend .
Thank for your continued support.
Sayonara !
Mrs Wylie , Mrs Muir and Miss Mulhern
