Primary 1a have had such a busy week this week!
We have been learning all about Scotland, by looking at stories, videos and pictures.
Here are some of the things we have learned:
Inverness is near the top – Daniella
Tartan is a kind of pattern – Daniella
‘Heid’ means head – Dermott
Edinburgh Castle is in Edinburgh – Dermott
Our ‘lugs’ are our ears – Lucas
Inverness is in Scotland – Lucas
‘Bahookie’ is your bum – Lennox
The Scottish slower is the Thistle – Matthew
Sometimes the thistle is blue – Matthew
The thistle is green and purple – Olivia
The Scottish flag is blue and white – Toby
Loch Ness is near Inverness – Ava
The flag has stripes that look like an X – Daniel
Nessie is in Loch Ness – Hugh John
Edinburgh used to be called Auld Reekie – Daniella
In Edinburgh people used to poop in a bucket and throw it out of the window. They shouted ‘Gar De Lui’ – Olivia
Edinburgh used to be very smoky because they used a fire to cook and keep warm – Daniella
Edinburgh Castle is on top of an extinct volcano- Matthew
The volcano doesn’t have any red in it – Hugh John
It doesn’t have any lava – Daniella
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This week we have written some amazing descriptions of our Hamish McHaggis (who is helping us to find out more about Scotland). We all remembered to use capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, and we are even learning to use adjectives to describe something (ie he has a shiny red nose).
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Today we were learning all about Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We learned that he lived in Glasgow, and he was an artist. We made our own pictures based on his. We decided that for it to be similar, we had to have a pink flower, some stripes, and some small squares.
Don’t they look amazing?
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Also today, we had a very special visitor, who came to sing some songs with us. She brought lots of fun props to help us with some of the songs!
I’m sure the children will all be exhausted after such a busy week!!
