Week 7 in Hoy Class

Class four enjoyed a trip to Kirkwall this week as part of the Human Body topic.  Our first visit was to the dentist.  While we were at the dentist we learnt how to brush our teeth properly and we were shown how all the equipment works in the dental surgery. 

We found out how some of the equipment worked.  We each had a turn of the water sprayer and the hoover!  It was quite amusing!

Then anybody who wanted to had a turn in the dentist chair.  We had to put on special glasses which help protect our eyes from the bright light. 

After we had been at the dentist we gathered all our things and walked down to the library.  Once we arrived at the library we were shown where the human body books were and chose some to have a look at. 

We enjoyed sharing the books with each other and reading different texts.

We then walked along to Tesco where we used the staff area to have our lunch.

We then took part in a fruit and vegetable taste session where we were able to taste different foods.  We were given a skewer and shown all the different types of fruit and vegetables.  We then had to pick our favourite food and put it at the bottom of the skewer.   We then placed the foods on the skewer so that the ones we hadn't tasted before were at the top and our favourites were at the bottom.  

Then the fun began...we all did really well to try lots of different fruits and vegetables.  Some were tasty....others were not!!

We also tried special candyfloss flavoured grapes!

We also took part in our last tag rugby session this week.  We  enjoyed playing games and learning how to defend the ball.

We have been busy learning about our sense of touch.  We have been working on touch and feel books which we hope to share with class 1 next week.  We have been learning about group work and how important it is that everyone participates within the group.

On Thursday class four received a visit from the Scottish SPCA.  We learnt about the work they do in Orkney and how important it was to look after animals.

We played a true or false game which taught us facts about animals.  We were quite surprised by some of the facts!