We had our Celebrating Success Assembly today to share our learning on the Ancient Celts. Here are our thoughts and memories of it.

I enjoyed singing the Boudicca song and putting actions to it – Melissa

I liked taking part in the Boudicca drama as I was a warrior – Amber

I liked making the faces of shock and horror when the Celts were losing the battle in our drama – Angus

It was great to see our parents come to see our assembly – Kelsey

I enjoyed the whole assembly and the topic because it was about the Celts – Tia/Alexander

The drama about Boudicca was my favourite part – Kieran

My favourite part was saying my lines in the play as I used actions and expression – Toby

I had to fall to the ground when my character died in the play and it was fun – Jamie

I enjoyed all of it, especially the song and the play where I was Queen Boudicca – Meah

The song and play, especially the song, was fantastic and I enjoyed the whole assembly – Sophie Lee

I liked the battle in the play – Tara

I had to read my Haiku poem and I enjoyed that and the song – Gabrielle

Wearing the blue face paint as I was a warrior and the daughter of Boudicca was exciting – Chloe

We said a rap about the Celts at the beginning of our assembly and that was fun – Ffion

I enjoyed showing my parents around the classroom to share my learning with them – Cyrus

We have been looking after some stick insects in our classroom and we all got the change to hold them. Oliver thought they were very soft to hold but Christopher thought they were tickly.

In maths we sorted a packet of sweets using colours and organised each colour into straight lines so we could compare them. Callum sorted the yellow sweets and that was the longest line. We worked together in small groups to make a pictogram of our bug hunt results and Maris noticed that we found the most woodlice. We also used a computer game to show the results of our bug hunt which Findlay enjoyed.

In number we have been using our large ten frame to show numbers to 10 using our bodies and to help with subtraction.

We worked in small groups to sequence the life cycle of different minibeasts (ladybird, butterfly, honey bee and ant). Brodie thinks his group worked well together so everyone got a turn.

During outdoor learning with Ms Ferguson we were clearing the nursery garden of weeds ready to plant some new flowers.

In art, we created snail pictures using collage in the style of Henri Matisse. Kaila enjoyed making her snail pictures.

Today the 5th of October, a football coach called Lyn came to the school to begin teaching us skills to become better with a ball.

First we did a warm up by running round a circle of cones and when she blew the whistle we had to follow a command. Then we each got a ball and dribbled it in the circle of cones.

After that we had to pass the ball from foot to foot followed by lots of different games and skills.

We really enjoyed it and we have 5 more weeks to be the best we can with a football.

We spent the afternoon with a Ranger from Beecraigs to enhance our learning in our Minibeasts topic. We began the afternoon in the classroom telling him everything we had already learned and then headed outside to see what minibeasts we could find in the playground. We had a great afternoon sharing our learning with the ranger and were very excited to be able to take a closer look at the minibeasts we found by collecting them in little tubs with magnifying glasses attached.

Our comments on the trip

Melissa – The exhibition was terrific because we saw real Celtic things.

Cyrus – I enjoyed digging in the workshop and finding a smashed pot that looked like a pizza.

Ffion – I liked looking in the trays to find things in the workshop.

Kelsey – I enjoyed being an archaeologist and digging up the past.

Angus – I liked listening to the information from the touch screens.

Alexander – My favourite bit was seeing the film about the Celtic art.

Lewis – I enjoyed the digging, but I found something hard which I couldn’t dig up so had to move somewhere else where I dug up a rock.

Tia – I enjoyed the handling session because I got to wear a real torc.

Meah and Sophie Lee – I enjoyed everything!!!!!

Chloe – I really liked the real Celtic chariot in the exhibition.

Toby – I liked seeing the Celtic man made out of stone.

Amber – The Celtic warrior helmet was my favourite thing in the exhibition.

Kieran – I enjoyed using the tweezers to pick out different things from the trays.

Jack – I liked the Celtic bowl with all the faces around it.

Helen/ Tara – We enjoyed everything too.

Gabrielle – I liked seeing the Celtic money .

On Wednesday 14th September P 3/4/5 went to the National Museum in Edinburgh to visit the Celt exhibition as part of our topic on the Celts.

We had a great time, learned a lot (but knew a lot too!!!!), but were not allowed to take photos in the exhibition. However we did take pictures of us enjoying the workshop where we were archaeologists for a day.

Here are some of those photos of us in action.