We have been learning about some of the traditions of Chinese New Year. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, so we made some fantastic Dragon puppets. We learned that red envelopes are given to children and can be filled with sweets or money. We made envelopes with Chinese writing to give to our friends and family.
What year were you born in and which animal represents it?
Happy New Year! Last Week was our first week back at school after our Christmas holiday. Mrs C gave us all a quarter of a space picture and we had to find the other quarters to make a team. Our new teams had time to decide on a team name and design a team flag. Our teams are Space Dogs, Space Creatures, The Stars, Team NASA, Super Space Riders, Planet Cheese and Pluto Planet.
After we designed our team flags, we made a Space Cheer to celebrate all our good work! “5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blast Off!” Finally our hard work began, we worked with our team to create a solar system, labelling and naming our planets in the correct order. Our social goals were to take turns and use good manners.
What do you think of our work?
What do you like about working in a team?
Over the last week or so, we’ve gone ‘craft daft’! We’ve made pom pom penguins, dancing reindeer, snowman puppets, sewn stockings, santa faces and made cards! Have a look at all our hard work.
Which craft activity did you enjoy the most and why?
We’ve made some Christmas Card jigsaws. We hope you like them.
Merry Christmas
Primary 3 and 4 had their Christmas Party today. We’ve been learning some traditional Scottish dances during PE time so we could dance at our party. Of course, no party would be complete without musical chairs, pass the parcel, musical statues and a chance to show off our DISCO skills!
Leave a comment saying what you enjoyed about the party and what you would like for Christmas.
We love using the 2DIY games design software from 2Simple. Today we had to design a Christmas themed platform game, we hope you enjoy playing them!
Use the mouse to click on the game you’d like to play, then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move your character.
Jacob and Ben – use the snowman to to collect all the presents, but avoid the snowballs and the chimney!
Martin, Conner and Jack T – help Rudolph eat all his carrots, but avoid the hot fire!
Did you enjoy our games?
Here are a few videos from our concert. Please be aware that they may take some time to run depending on the speed of your internet connection.
Hip Hop Reindeer
Away in a Manger
Mistletoe
Solfege Santa
Rudolph
Today we had our first Hip Hop Reindeer concert.
What did you enjoy about our concert?
Last week we made our costumes for our Christmas Concert. We then had to go and teach P1 and P2 how to make the antlers too!
To finish our ‘What a lot of rubbish!’ topic, Mrs Barrett had kindly arranged a visit to Bo’ness Recycling Facility to let P3 see how some of the waste is managed in Falkirk Council.
We were all very excited and got prepared for a cold wet morning by wearing warm jackets, hats and wellies. We arrived at the site, put on our high visibility vests and met Dougie, who showed us a racing car that had been made from lots of leftover junk. Splitting into two teams, we started to explore the recycling facilities.
Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse, we pulled down hats and pulled up hoods, but we still got soaked! Even Mrs C’s camera got too wet to work properly!
What did you learn about recycling?
What did you enjoy about your visit?
What was Dougie’s car made from?