Today P4/5 learned about the many inventions in the Victorian era including the telephone and the electric light bulb. They then went outdoors and used loose parts to make their own inventions. There were lots of marvellous creations including a bowling alley, a jam making machine and an alarm clock!

P4/5 have been learning about Victorian toys. They looked at similarities and differences between children’s toys nowadays and toys they played with in Victorian times. They then went outside and created their own hopscotch boards.

P4/5 have been trying out yoga. Today they had great fun doing some yoga poses while balancing a beanbag. Some of them also tried partner poses.

P4/5 are settling in well and have been working hard. In Numeracy we have been enjoying using lots of concrete materials and have been reading, writing and verbalising numbers.

We have started our book study on Street Child, involving a Victorian boy called Jim. We have been using the Active Literacy strategies to analyse the text and show our understanding. Our topic is also on the Victorians and this has led to learning in other curricular areas such as researching about Queen Victoria during ICT and even writing our own fact files on her.

We are looking forward to seeing what else Term 1 has in store!

Our floral art display

Our summer holiday writing display