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Busy week in P3/2

This week in P3/2 have been very busy.

  • We have been learning all about barn owls.  We know that barn owls have fluffy wings and they are silent when they fly.  They swallow food in one gulp and they eat about 4 rodents a day.  They also do not hoot like other owls they screech.
  • We have also been learning about money.  We have been trying to make a sum of money using the least amount of coins.  We know that you can make an amount of money in lots of different ways.
  • In handwriting we have started to learn about cursive writing.
  • We designed a Christmas card for a competition for the Scottish Government and the theme was NHS.
  • In HWB we have been thinking about our emotions and thinking of things to do if we feel stressed.
  • We have been learning about a recount and learning the different features.  We know you use the words first, next, after and then. We also looked at nouns and plurals. We know plurals often  end in a ‘s’.
  • In Writing we wrote a potion for Hallowe’en. We used lots of different ingredients then wrote the instructions to help other people make our potion.
  • In PE we played some Hallowe’en themed games . It was fun.
  • This week we also said goodbye to Mrs Davis in the office.  We will miss her. We had Mass to celebrate all the work she has done in the school.

Feathery Visitors in P1!!!

Today, Primary 1 had such an exciting afternoon with some very special visitors. As part of our light and dark topic, we have been learning about nocturnal animals. So today, we were visited by 6 owls!

They were so cute! We had:

Chili – Chili is a spectacled owl from the South American jungle. She is 6 years old, and prefers warm weather. Today, she was making lots of ‘hissing’ noises, that reminded Mrs Baty of her cats when they fight. She also kept turning around to face away from us. I think she maybe didn’t like being woken up during the day.

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Cuddles – Cuddles is a barn owl, and is also 6 years old. She is mainly white, with light brown feathers too. She was very calm and friendly, although also kept trying to fly away (it’s okay – she had her lead on, so she couldn’t go far!).

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Otis – Otis is a grey, long eared own. Although we did learn yesterday that owls ears are hidden. We asked about this – Otis is called a long eared owl, but actually it’s not his ears that are sticking up, just feathers. The ears are actually hidden underneath, just as we thought.

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Poppy – Poppy is a small, brown, tropical screech owl. She made some little squeaks whilst we were holding her, but not loud at all. She is also from South America, and is 4 years old. We was very good when we were holding her, and loved strokes on her head. She looked like she was going to sleep! Mrs Baty thought she looked a little bit like a pom pom.

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Bell – Bell is a tengmals owl. She is also very small. She didn’t really want her photo taken, she kept looking away. She was showing off, by showing us how far around she could turn her head. She is originally from Scandinavia, so doesn’t mind the cold weather.

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Daisy – Daisy is a white faced owl. She also has feathers that look like ears. She is originally from South Africa, and is about 6 years old. She was showing off for us by doing a little dance whilst we were having a chat. We were able to hold her too, although she kept fidgeting and flapping her wings.

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We also found out lots more facts about owls. We have been learning that owls are nocturnal animals (meaning they come out at night) but actually we found this is isn’t quite right.

If an owl has dark coloured eyes, they come out at night.

If it has yellow eyes, it comes out during the day.

If it has orange eyes, it comes out at sunrise or sunset.

We also learned that they sleep up to 20 hours a day!

 

We then asked some fantastic questions:

Lennox – How long are their wings?

A – all owls have very big wings for their size

 

Matthew – do they fly fast or slow?

A – they actually fly quite slowly for birds. They only get to about 30mph.

 

Dermott – why are they tied onto logs?

A – they have to be tied up, the same way a dog has a lead when it goes out – so that it doesn’t fly off and hurt itself. The log is so it’s got something comfortable to sit on.

 

Lucas – can they fly really high in the sky?

A – they actually stay very low so they can find food. They don’t go higher than the trees.

 

Overall, we had a fantastic afternoon!!!

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P1’s new topic!

This term our topic is going to be Light and Dark. We are going to learn all about owls too and have got lots of lovely things planned for this topic. This is what we know already and what we would like to learn about.

What do we know already?

Lovisa – My brother held an owl on his arm on our holiday.

Max C – I saw an owl in Livingston.

Dermott – Owls come out at night time.

Joshua – Owls can fly.

Preston – They fly at night time when it is dark.

Sophia – Owls are nocturnal because they sleep in the day and are awake at night.

Jie-Rui – Owls stay in the jungle.

Toby – When it is night time we switch the lights off.

Max A – Owls sleep in the woods.

James H – When it is dark, it is night time and we have to go to sleep.

Thomas – Sometimes they stay in a nest.

Isla – When it is summer time the sun comes up.

What would we like to learn?

Toby – We could go to look at owls.

Thomas – I would like to make an owl nest.

Olivia – We could hold an owl.

Jie-Rui – I would like to make an owl using paper.

Chloe – I would like to draw or paint an owl.

Lennox – We could paint a picture and put them on the wall for the Mummy’s and Daddy’s.

Bhavya – We can learn songs.

 

Twit twoo in Primary 1 & 2

Primaries 1 and 2 have been enjoying reading the story ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.  We have been learning about owls and other nocturnal animals, and have also been looking at day and night.  Yesterday we had a visit from Owl Magic who brought 9 different owls with them for us to look at, learn about and handle.

We learned lots of new things about owls:

I learned that owls eat rats, mice and frogs. – Megan H

We now know that owls have 2 stomachs.  One is for fur and bones and the other is for food to give them energy. – Nia & Milo M.

Owls bring up the fur and bones through their  beak and this is called a pellet. – Lilya & Natan

I learned that some owls have yellow eyes and they are daytime owls, some have orange eyes and they come out at dawn and dusk, and others have black eyes and they come out at night. – Adil

Most of us enjoyed handling the owls and we all had the chance to stroke a Barn Owl called Cuddles.  Mrs Renshaw was so brave as she held an Eagle Owl called Apollo.