Ella in P5A has been learning British Sign Language and this week she volunteered to teach a short lesson to the class. We learned how to sign please, thank you, hello and goodbye and then we practised signing our names. Next time, Ella and Emma will be teaching us how to sign all the letters of the alphabet.
P6 were fortunate enough to visit The Oriam at Heriot-Watt University today. We met Hope!
Hope is a life-size inflatable whale. Hope measures 13m long and 8m wide, similar to a real-life humpback whale.
She also looks like a real-life humpback whale both outside and inside. We were fortunate enough to go inside Hope. This gave us the opportunity to learn about the internal anatomy of humpback whales, from breathing to feeding as well as the impact of plastic pollution. Our visit gave us the opportunity to think about sustainability and how important whales are to the health of our oceans. We had a whale of a time……
