Feeling Festive in Term 2

We have had a fantastic term with lots of learning and exciting activities. We were very fortunate to have been given a second block of swimming at the Renfrew Baths. This has allowed us to build and refine our skills.

Our World War One topic was fascinating and we learned so much about how the war began due to tension in Europe followed by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Information about the trenches was very gory and surprisingly most of us enjoyed learning about it! We produced beautiful artwork based on a WW1 artist Paul Nash, paying attention to creating an angry red sky and focusing on building a picture on the foreground of a 'War Ruined Landscape'. To support this topic we had a visit from Mr O'Malley, a history teacher from Renfrew High

School. His presentation was extremely informative and we would love to have him visit us again to help with our history topics.

We also had another extremely important visitor, Dr. Quentin Fogg, an anatomist from Glasgow University. He spoke to us  and Room 13 about the role of muscles in our bodies and we could relate this to our everyday movements and Physical Education at Kirklandneuk. We watched some captivating video clips of Dr. Fogg working on parts of the human body. All of us took part in activities to demonstrate how the body works. It was so much fun! We had a tug of war, used a jump board and worked with our bodies to feel and observe muscle movement.

 

 

For the Christmas Fayre we made 3D gift boxes to house a scented candle. We are pleased that many of these were bought in class and at the fayre to help raise funds for the Primary 7 leavers' dance.

In the class we have two very Responsible Citizens who have volunteered their own Golden Time on many occasions to make Eco posters for each class to remind pupils and staff to recycle and look after our environment. These children are Mhairi Wishart and Faye Henry. I cannot thank both girls enough for their commitment and ingenuity and I am sure the posters will look fantastic on every class' Eco Wall.

I would also like to thank Iona McMillan, Stephen Spiers, Brogan McDowall, Abbey Lorriman, Kayla Davis and Kyle Bunch for all their hard work in learning a French drama presentation to support staff at the French Open Evening. They worked on this presentation in class with myself however I know how much time and effort was put in to continue to learn their lines at home. I was so very proud of each and every one of you.

Primary 6 and Miss Paterson would like to wish you a very safe and relaxing holiday over the festive break.