We have been learning about knights. On Tuesday afternoon we got busy making our own shields and swords.

'It was really good fun!' Andrew.
'I felt happy making them,' Chloe.
'I felt smart when I held my shield and sword,' Michaela.

Earl's and Bishop's Palaces

We went to visit the Earl's and Bishop's Palaces. We enjoyed exploring all the different rooms. We found lots of cellers, some chambers, a kitchen and the great hall. We really liked looking in the well and standing in the huge fireplaces.

Folk Festival Musicians

On Thursday a group of musicians called The Pooziers came to visit the school. We really enjoyed listening to them play their instruments and sing.



It was really good fun clapping along to the beat of the music.



We even got to have a go of the harp!

Drama with Mr Giles

On Wednesday we went to the hall to work with the drama teacher. We had a great time walking and waving like a King or Queen.




Then we walked in a procession. There was a king, queen, prince, princess and two guards. Can you tell who's who? We had to work as a team, making sure the group stayed together.



Mr Giles also showed us how to bow and curtsey like a king and queen would.

The Royal Wedding

On Friday 29th April we celebrated the Royal Wedding. Before the big day we had a

lot of preparation to do. 

We designed invitations for everyone in P1C, P1F and P1A asking them to attend our

Royal Wedding celebrations.  

 

We made our own Union Jack flags.

We followed a recipe carefully to make shortbread. 

After looking at pictures of Prince William and Catherine Middleton's souvenir

plates we designed our own ones. 

We wrote lists of all the things that would have to be done before the wedding. 

Miss Corse set us 'The Big Cake Challenge'.  We worked in groups of four to make a big wedding cake.  We had to cut out all the pieces and then glue them in order.  It was important for us to speak to the other people in our group about the task and work as a team to be able to complete the challenge in the time we were given. 



Finally the big day arrived!  We all came to school very excited, wearing our special clothes and the wedding hats/headbands that we'd made for our homework task. 

In the morning, before the wedding, we had lots of different tasks to do with class 1F. 

We decorated our shortbread. 

We made beaded necklaces and flowers to wear.



Then it was time to watch the wedding.  We all gathered in Miss Falconer's room in time to see Kate arriving at Westminster Abbey.  We all thought she looked

beautiful in her dress. 

Then we ended our celebrations with some dancing in the activity area.  It was decorated with balloons and the bunting we had made earlier in the week. 

Easter Egg Hunt

On Good Friday we went on an egg hunt.  We had to search the playground, with our partner, to find 10 easter eggs.  All of the eggs had a sum on them.  When we found an egg we had to work out the answer and record it on our answer sheet. 

We really enjoyed finding the eggs and working out the answers with our partner.  Some of us thought this was the best maths lesson ever!

Our first laptop lesson!

On Tuesday we had our first lesson with the laptops.  We learned how to turn them on and log in, we opened a Word document and typed our names and a few sentences.  We also learned how to shut down the laptops correctly. 

Bridge Challenge

As part of our 'Splish, Splash, Splosh' topic Miss Corse set us a brigde challenge.  We had to build a bridge that would allow the hedgehog to cross safely from one table to the other.  We had to think carefully about the materials we would use and how best to join them together. 

Look at us in P.E!

We have been doing gymnastics with Mrs Cromarty.  We have been balancing, rolling on the floor and using lots of different equipment. 

We had to work hard but it was really good fun!



Comic Relief

On Friday there were lots of different things happening to help raise money for Comic Relief.

Some of us came to school dressed up. We were really excited seeing what everyone had dressed up as! Cat in the Hat, Mr Birthday, Mary Poppins, a police man and lots of other characters joined us in class for the day!



We went on a balloon hunt that the P6's had organised for us. We had to search the corridors for eight balloons with different letters on them.

In class we all made our own Red Nose headbands.

Tree planting at Muddisdale

On Thursday afternoon we went to Muddisdale to do some tree planting. We went with P1F and some very helpful P7's. We had to listen carefully to know how to plant the trees. Then we got into small groups to begin the planting.




It was hard work using the big shovel to dig a hole for the tree.






We were all really pleased with the trees we planted. Now when we go to Muddisdale we can look and see how well our trees are growing.

Carnival Time

We have been learning about the Carnvals that happen in Trinidad at this time of year. We decided join in the fun and celebrate too!

First of all we made brightly coloured masks, shakers and crowns.

On carnival day we got to try some limbo dancing, played our shakers and even had a game of cricket.