Monthly Archives: January 2012

Scottish Celebrations (2)

P4c really enjoyed their Scottish party yesterday- they ceilidh danced, recited Scottish poetry and tasted some Scottish food: oatcakes, cheese and shortbread! Today they will be learning about Robert Burns and their celebrations will come together at the Scottish assembly … Continue reading

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Scottish Poems

For our Scottish Assembly next week P4 have been set a challenge to learn either one of two Scottish poems: ‘The Sair Finger’ by Walter Wingate or ‘The Bumbees’ by J. K. Annand. The winner from the P4c Bootcamp stage- … Continue reading

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Scottish Celebrations!

P4c have been very busy learning some new Scottish country dances. So far they’ve successfully picked up the steps to the Canadian Barn Dance (including the progressive version!), the Military 2-Step, Strip the Willow, Riverside Jig, Virginia Reel, Flying Scotsman … Continue reading

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Blue Monday!

Today is Blue Monday. A combination of the cold weather (icy today!), debt, time since Christmas and failing New Year resolutions makes this date notionally the most depressing day of the year. However, P4c have lots of reasons to be cheerful! … Continue reading

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Mary’s Birth

Today P4c found out about the early life of Mary Queen of Scots. What did you learn? http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/birth-of-mary-queen-of-scots/4117.html

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P4c Detectives!

Mission: figure out the mysterious clues to find out about Mary Queen of Scots’ life on our Glogster. A few days before an in-class lesson, new clues will be added! You can research using the Internet, books, friends or family…have … Continue reading

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Create a Wordle!

Our class wordle:   P4c found that using Wordle was both a fun and a useful assessment tool for our previous topic on India. http://www.wordle.net/

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Welcome Back P4c!

Welcome back to school P4c! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year, thank-you all for your very thoughtful gifts too. We have a busy term ahead- we will be starting our new topic on the life of Mary Queen … Continue reading

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