As part of our People Who Help Us topic we have been learning how medical staff help people with asthma as three people in Mrs Hare’s class have this condition.  We learnt WHO has asthma, WHEN people get an asthma attack (the triggers) and WHAT HAPPENS.  Now we feel better able to support people with asthma.  Thank you to Lochlann and Reece who was able to share with us their experiences of having asthma.

Mrs Hare’s class have been learning about the food journey Foncho’s Fairtrade bananas make from Columbia to Britain and why he is happy to be paid a fair price for them.  The children each wrote a part of the story and enjoy eating Fairtrade bananas at snack time.

As you will be aware, there was a whole school photograph taken on Tuesday 4^th February to celebrate the school’s forthcoming 50^th Anniversary. 

You should now have received a copy of the order form for this with included a small sample image.  However, as the image is very small it is difficult to imagine what the actual photograph will look like, so a full sized version is available for you to view at Mrs Strachan’s office.  Please feel free to pop in and have a closer look to help you decide if you would like to purchase a copy of this special commemorative photograph.

All completed order forms and payments should be handed into the office by Friday 7^th March 2014.

In P2R we have been discussing what fun we had during masterclasses and here are some things that we all enjoyed;

• learning about and making the flags of different countries
• making animal pictures from hand prints
• taking part in a variety of activities
• taking part in arts and crafts activities
• cooking and tasting food from different cultures

We all had a fantastic time and look forward to taking part in future masterclasses.

Please note: There will be no afterschool clubs this week.

They will resume  next week.

The children in Mrs Hare’s class have set themselves a verb challenge – they have to add as many verbs as they can to describe what the Olympic athletes are doing as they compete.  Please add some verbs to help us.  So far we have sliding and balancing for figure skating (Jaidon) and pushing and pulling for cross-country skiing (Reece).

Yesterday we did some activities on internet safety in Mrs Hare’s class.  Lee and Kim two cartoon characters showed us how to stay safe online.  Here are our top tips:

Andrew – ‘Don’t tell someone where you live or your phone number’

Ella – ‘ They (people on line) and not friends, they are strangers’

Jaidon – ‘Be polite.  Don’t say nasty stuff’

Robbie – If you feel uh oh tell your mum or dad’