Traditional Tales - Term 3

This term we have been learning about Traditional Tales.  We learned that these are old stories that are often passed down through the generations and different versions of the same story are retold.  We had a think about stories we are familiar with and came up with quite a list including; 

Goldilocks and the 3 bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, 3 Billy Goats, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Gingerbread Man, The 3 Little Pigs, Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid, 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 

We will be playing writing, reading, talking and listening to many of these stories this term. We are also going to be writing our own stories thinking in particular about our characters, the settings, problems and solutions. 

Loose Parts Play with the 3 Billy Goats Gruff

Construction - Building houses for the 3 Little Pigs 

We thought about the Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution in the Goldilocks Story.

We made a list of what we would take to Little Red Riding Hood's Granny in our baskets. 

We tasted some porridge. We made a graph to show how many children like porridge and those who don't. 

The girls completed this 100 piece jigsaw in less than 10 minutes!!

The writing table was busy with children designing WANTED posters. There were a few different villains to be found and some big rewards on offer to those who helped to find them!

Robbie Burns Day

On Thursday, the school celebrated Robbie Burns Day.  Primary 4 pupils came along to read "The Selkirk Grace" to P1-3, and some of us were brave enough to try haggis!

 
 

Topic - Thinking about the world of work

At the end of last term, we invited Claire Sim from 'The Orkney Employment Consultancy' to speak to our class about the world of work - we had lots of questions about employment and the decisions we will need to make later in our school life. 
'Why do you need a job?'
'How do you find one?'
'How do you decide what job is the right one for you?'

Claire explained to us how important it is to think carefully about what job we would like to do in the future, and we discussed what our future goals might be when we are adults.  We also thought about what job we might like to do when we grow up and why.

Thanks to Claire for coming along to talk to us!

Topic: Another visitor!

Today we welcomed our final visitor for our topic 'People who help us, the world of work, and local shops'.  Last term, we had discussed shops that we knew within our local environment, and identified a range of shops and premises providing different services in Kirkwall.  We then discussed where our favourite shop was and why, with the majority of us picking 'The Old Library'!

Ashley from The Old Library team came along to tell us all about the shop: it's history, the changes it has gone through since it was first opened in 1990, how a successful shop is run, and to answer our questions.  We found out how the services 'Grooves' provided have changed over the years and got to look at old records and video tapes - some of us have seen Mums and Dads (or Grannies and Grandads) use these!  We found out how the shop has expanded its services and staff over the time, and now provides retail under a number of brands and areas within 'The Old Library'.

Thanks to Ashley for taking the time to visit!