Term 2 week 5

This week Class four have been busy learning about Viking Longhouses.  We thought about the different things a Viking Long house has and then compared it with our own houses.  We found quite a lot of differences. 

We started planning a Viking Longhouse on paper.  We thought about what it needed to have and what we could use to make each item. 

Then we began making our Viking Longhouses.  We thought carefully about our group work.  We have to make sure that everyone has a job to do and that everyone is helping and listening to each other. 

We have also finished our information for our Viking museum.  We plan to invite other classes to visit our museum next week. 

During games with Lorna we have been working on our ball control and skills.  We enjoyed playing netball this week.  We had to think about our positions and finding a space to pass the ball to.

Term 2 week 4

It has been another busy week in Hoy class this week.  We have been busy learning about Viking artefacts and Viking clothing.  We have nearly finished the information to make our Viking museum so watch this space in the coming weeks!

This week we have learnt a lot about Viking clothing.  We found out that the Vikings used materials which were natural and could be found from animals or the land.  

We got ourselves into groups then we had the challenge of making a life sized cut out of a Viking in their appropriate clothing. 

We then worked together to paint the Vikings. 

We are very proud of our efforts.  We think you'll agree we have done a great job making Vikings.  We have a Viking warrior, blacksmith, woman, child, farmer and merchant.  

We have set out all the artefacts which Sandra has let us borrow so we can see them clearly for using in our museum.  

We hope to have our museum finished next week.

During games with Lorna this week we were working on our hand and eye co - ordination. We had to try really hard to balance balls on our bats.  We then had a relay race where we had to hit the balls in the air then catch them on the bat again.  It was very tricky!

Week 1 - 3 Term Two

(After a very hectic first few weeks I have finally manged to get photos on the blog again.  Sorry there has been a few technical blips!)

Class four started the term by thinking about measurement.  We thought about the relationship between cm and m.  We then took various pieces of equipment for measuring length outside.  We searched for various items with certain lengths and then we had to measure certain items. 

We then celebrated Guy Fawkes by writing a piece of poetry about the things we see and hear on bonfire night.  After we had written some really good poems with adjectives and bits of alliteration we then decided to make some fireworks using junk materials. 

Last term class four had been busy making touch and feel books.  During the first week back we went through to class one to share our learning on the senses.

We read our touch and feel books to them and they enjoyed feeling the different textures and discussing them. 

Here we are with our finished fireworks!

During week two we have been learning about Carroll diagrams and different ways to show information.

It wasn't always as easy as we thought, especially when some things could actually go in two different categories.

We have been enjoying starting our Vikings topic. We have found out about where the Vikings came from and have also made some posters displaying important dates in Viking history.  We made posters to display this information then added it into our own timeline.

On Tuesday we were very lucky to have a visit from Sandra Miller one of the Rangers from Historic Scotland.  Sandra took her box of Viking artefacts to show us.  We really enjoyed learning about the Vikings from her stories and exploring the artefacts was great fun too.

We have continued our Vikings topic by learning about Saint Magnus.  We are enjoying learning the story of St Magnus and how he was very different to ordinary Vikings. 

We are now planning to make a Viking Museum in our classroom using the artefacts.  We have been finding out about each object, taking photos of them and comparing them to objects we would use today.

Our finished Viking pictures in our class timelines.  As you can see the Viking age took place a long time ago and took up quite a lot of years in history!

In games with Lorna we have been working on ball skills.  We have been thinking about or throwing and catching skills along with some team games.