Thank you for all the lovely presents and cards you have given me this week. I was very touched by the surprise party you organised by yourselves. You proved that not only can you work as a team, but you can also keep secrets really well!
I am sad to see you go, but happy that you are ready for Ross High. As I said in class, please come back for a cupcake and tea party on Friday, 17th August at 12:30 pm. I can’t wait to hear how well you are doing!
Have a fabulous summer break!
Mrs Pearce xx
Yesterday Mr White, a maths teacher from Ross High, came to get to know us and to give us a challenge. He challenged us to construct a cube out of Jelly Babies and dry spaghetti. Our cubes had to be strong enough to withstand throwing and catching and they were supposed to measure 10 cm. We worked in teams and individually to create some excellent cubes and most of them did pass the test! Have a look at some of our photos below:
On Thursday, May 3rd an SSPCA officer called Jenny came in to class to talk to us about how to keep pets healthy and happy. We really enjoyed her talk and the game we played afterward. We learned a lot from her, including what to do if we see an animal in danger or in distress in the community.
Yesterday Mrs Pearce happened to be in such a situation. Whilst walking along the River Esk in Musselburgh she spotted a very young cygnet all alone being attacked by a crow and a seagull. Thinking about what we had learned from Jenny, Mrs Pearce dialled 03000 999999 (the SSPCA number) and asked for help. She then went into the river as it was a shallow, safe area and rescued the little cygnet. The SSPCA officer who happened to turn up to collect it was Jenny! She said that we could call and find out how he/she is doing in a few weeks time!
Jenny, thanks for coming to our school and for doing such a special job!
Last week we started a block of 6 cricket sessions being led by Tranent cricketers Mark, Aidan, Fiona and Fiona from Tranent Cricket Club. Most of us have never played cricket before and we’re having fun learning new skills. Under beautiful blue skies today we learned how to field, practised underarm and overarm throwing and had a chance to take some wickets!
Have a look at our session:
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On Tuesday, the 24th of April we went to the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre near Glasgow. As we had been studying the Transatlantic Slave Trade, we went to David Livingstone’s birthplace to find out more about what this famous Scottish missionary/doctor/explorer did to end the slave trade.
We learned that:
the coal miners were lodgers in David Livingstone’s house. -Aimee
David slept with four of his brothers and sisters in one bed. -Megan F.
24 families had to stay in the same house and each family got only one room to live in. -Ross
bread was kept in a basket hanging from the ceiling so that mice and rats couldn’t get it. -Charlie
the eldest daughter would have to go downstairs with a yoke and buckets to collect the water. -Kate and Ross
David’s Granny put leftover porridge into a drawer to keep for another day. They didn’t waster food. -Jordan
at the age of 10 he worked in a cotton mill. It was exhausting, backbreaking, dangerous work. He didn’t like it. -Taryn
the only food they ate was vegetables, pig’s hooves and sometimes cow’s organs as well. -Chloe
they had outside toilets and no toilet paper. They used leaves and put sand over their waste. -Kloe
even though David Livingstone died in Africa, his body was brought back to Britain (without his heart and his other organs, which were buried under a tree in Africa). -Lauren K. and Lewis
his friends wrapped his body in bark and bamboo sticks and in cotton and carried it for miles to a ship. -Charlie
David Livingstone wasn’t selfish and he cared about the victims of the slave trade. He tried to stop the slave trade by creating other ways to trade handmade items like beads. -Lauren C and Aimee
For the end of our on-going Slavery Topic we will be visiting the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre after the Easter break. Apart from seeing the home of David Livingstone, we’ll get to experience a very informative exhibition on slavery as well. In preparation for this trip, over the holidays please find out five new facts about David Livingstone. You can post them here or bring them to school with you on the 17th.
Ross and Matthew have already completed this task and have a new challenge. (Read the comments to this post to see their answer.) Can YOU be the next to post your answer here?
Aimee and Lauren K. have both completed the task now. Well done to both! You can read their posts by clicking on the speech bubble above. Can anyone work out the link between David Livingstone and Ormiston?
We had a brilliant visit to the Risk Factory in Edinburgh today. This is some of what we learned on our visit:
We learned…
On Friday morning Sanderson’s Wynd opened its doors to the community to share our learning. All classrooms were open for visits from parents and carers. Primary 7 shared what we have learned about Russia. Here are some photos:
Our ship was based on the infamous slaveship, The Zong.
Alex and Jordan worked with Mrs Totten to create our fabulous ship, which was based on the Zong. (The Zong became infamous because its captain threw overboard living people in order to try to claim insurance on its “lost cargo”. The story of the Zong helped the Abolitionist cause.) Thank you to Alex, Jordan and Mrs Totten for their hard work!