Today we enjoyed a fabulous trip to Armagh County Museum to learn about Toys from the Past. The children thoroughly enjoyed finding out about the materials the toys were made from and compared them to modern day toys. They had great fun finding out how each toy worked and were all keen to have a turn playing with them. The children were surprised to learn that in the past children only received a toy twice a year - at Christmas and on their birthday. Each child made a simple peg toy - a doll or aeroplane to take home. A great time was had by all.
Congratulations to our boys who recently received their Celebration Certificates. They have all worked so hard, shown great improvement and produced some fantastic work. Well done also to our Good to Be Green Raffle Prize Winner who was delighted with his prize. Well deserved boys!!
Primary 3 have been learning about pirates for their world around us topic, they have loved this topic and have written stories, poems, talked like pirates, coded on treasure islands and much, much more!!
They really enjoyed taking part in the most recent drama activity........ learning to follow the captain onboard their ship!
Enjoy watching 😀
This morning, members of the Confucius Institute from the University of Ulster, came into visit P7T and P7MM to help our classes learn all about Chinese New Year. February 1st is the beginning of Chinese New Year, and this year is the year of the Tiger. Pupils were treated to costume dress up including a Panda outfit and a Dragon. They learned all about the origins of the Chinese New Year, learning about Nian the Dragon, and how he was scared away by the couloir red, loud noises and fire. Pupils loved learning about the tale, and were also treated to some traditional Chinese music. A truly wonderful moment that captivated the entire room. To end the workshop, pupils coloured in and designed their own traditional Chinese Opera masks. They loved asking questions and learning all about Chinese culture. As you can see from the photos, they had a lot of fun! Many thanks to the institute for their time, passion and expertise telling us all about the New Year. Much appreciated!
In Art we drew pictures of old and new teddy bears using pencils. We talked about different types of shading and how we could make the teddy look fluffy. Look at our finished work, isn’t it amazing?
P2LM had Morgan, Bert and Ted came to visit from Mrs McClelland’s house. It was so lovely to meet them and hear all about them. Bert is over 40 years old!
We wrote sentences describing the look and feel of each bear and picked our favourite😊
We brought our favourite teddy bears into school and told our friends all about them. We then completed a piece of writing and drew a picture.
See if you can spot Mrs Heare’s very old teddy in some of the pictures! 🐻😀
Today P7s had some very special visitors from the Confucius Society in the University of Ulster. Today is Chinese New Year, which the the children have been learning about as part of our Robert Hart and China.
We learned about the origins of Chinese New Year; the monster Nian. Some of the children got to dress up in a dragon costume and a panda costume. We learned how to say Hello and Happy New Year in Mandarin. We also listened to some beautiful music on traditional Chinese instruments - have a listen to the videos below. Finally, we were given individual mask packs so that each child could decorate their own mask! Everyone really enjoyed the morning!
