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Today in class we have been learning about Hinduism. We explored the festival of Diwali to find out more about how Hindu’s celebrate, why they celebrate and create our very own Diva Lamps.
We will wait for them to dry overnight and then we will decorate them tomorrow.
Nalan was our expert today, showing us examples of real Diva Lamps alongside giving us tips on how to create our own.
Primary 1 were visited last week by the friendly dragon from Fairyland. He asked for our help. We completed our first challenge which was to make new homes for the 3 little pigs. We listened to the fairy tale, made our own pig puppets, and then created new homes for the pigs using different materials.
We have learning about the different seasons and talking about signs of Autumn, we created our own Autumn trees by tinfoil printing with paint.
In RME, we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. We watched a little girl called Jessica prepare for the festival and enjoy the celebrations. We talked about times in the year that we have celebrations with our own family.
This week, Primary 2/1 participated in money-based challenges linked to ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’.
We:
We are still awaiting more clues to find out who our mystery mail-person is!
Check in with us again soon to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
This week Primary 1 had fun in class taking part in Halloween activities. We made spooky pumpkin art and in writing we had to fill our own witches cauldron.
Later in the week we had a special visitor in class who set us a challenge. More information to follow…
This week, Primary 2/1 received some unexpected mail!
We had been sent a story (‘The Smartest Giant in Town’) and some challenges to go alongside it. The letters were signed with ‘G’ and a footprint. We are starting to make predictions about who the mysterious ‘G’ might be but are hoping we receive some more clues to help us!
We listened to ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ and participated in play-based challenges linked to the story.
We:
Please use the link below to access our Learning Overview for Term 2.
P2&1 Termly Learning Overview – 2
Check in with us again soon to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
Primary Five have been learning all about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. We used paper to create images of the sky on Bonfire Night. 
Talk Money Week is an opportunity for everyone to get involved with events and activities across the UK which help people have more open conversations about their money – from pocket money to pensions – and continue these conversations year-round.
The ‘Magic Mathematicians’ Pupil Voice Group would like to invite you to take part in our Talk Money Challenge. We would like you to think about how we keep money safe.
We would like you to design and create one of the following:
You can use recycled junk or fabric.
Please bring in your finished design by Friday 10th November.
The Magic Mathematicians will choose their favourite designs from the following age categories:
Primary 2/1 recently completed their first topic, ‘Welcome to School!’. The photo above shows a record of our learning journey.
Through this topic we:
We are now getting ready to move on to our next Literacy-based topic. Check in with us again soon to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
We are learning different activities and games to help us with our learning.
We enjoyed the pantomime Cinderella in school on Monday and drew pictures of our favourite part of the show:
B: I loved when they were dancing.”
A: “I liked when they got married.”
O: “I liked when they gave us high fives.”
