Purple class have had a very busy month in school. We enjoyed a lot of physical activity… preparing for sports day! Lots of messy play and practising turn taking with our friends.
Category Archives: Purple Class 2023 / 2024
Purple at The Yard
Purple Beecraigs
Gordon’s Spring Term Music
This term the children have enjoyed experiencing seasonal and Scottish music through songs and games.
In our Scottish topic, we focused on the Three Craws, with body percussion and sensory input for the calls of the birds. When the opportunity arose, we transferred the body percussion to hand held instruments to accompany the song. We used the giant scrunchie to help us move to ceilidh music and had great fun using the Circassian Circle as inspiration for our movement, passing it around and moving it in and out, up and down to the beat and where the music changed.
Where possible, some classes also used Fischy Music Scottish songs and music, having some great fun dancing to the performance videos.
Some classes continued to build on choosing Nursery Rhymes to sing together, always a favourite activity, with the rhymes changing regularly to expand the choices.
We sang All the Snow is Falling Down, using story massage techniques to reinforce the structure of the song and meaning in the words, in a relaxing and calming way.
As we moved into Spring, we played drums, and learned to hold beaters and keep time to When the Band Comes Marching In. The soft beaters provided a safe way to feel the beat by tapping on the arms, feet and tables.
January in Purple Class
Christmas magic carpet in Purple Class
Eco-Committee minutes 17th November
Please find below the minutes of our Eco-Committee meeting held on 17th November.
Our 4th Eco-Schools Green Flag Award
We are delighted to have successfully achieved our 4th Eco-Schools Scotland Green Flag Award. A special thank you to our Eco-Committee for their commitment to this project. Well done to everyone who worked hard to help us make Pinewood more sustainable and protect the environment.