Inter Disciplinary Learning – Page 5

Having a busy time in our morning nursery at Howes Road

By Amy Dunnett 15th February 2019 15th February 2019 3 - 5 Curriculum, Early Learning and Childcare, Health and Well Being, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Nursery @ Howes Road

The children in Nursery have had a very busy time! They have enjoyed welcoming new friends into the playroom and playing together to explore snow –brrr! We love PE with Salvador, climbing and jumping and kicking a ball. We made our own playdough to play with and went drumming in the hall –bang, bang, bang!! No wonder we are tired by the time we get home!

Celebrating Chinese New Year in Room 2

By Amy Dunnett 15th February 2019 15th February 2019 Inter Disciplinary Learning, Primary 1 @ Ashgrove, Uncategorised

Room 2 have had a fantastic week discovering about Chinese New Year. We created Chinese lanterns for our class window by sticking coloured cellophane. Some of us loved looking at the colours when we shone torches through them and others made a fantastic crinkly noise.

We had a big sensory session where we tried out different outfits and hats and explored various Chinese artefacts. The biggest hit had to be the Chinese foods such as prawn crackers, noodles, lychees and sweet chilli sauce which some of us loved to taste and eat while others explored with their hands and feet!

We had a special treat on Thursday as one of the ladies in class brought us in a special ornament to look at which will bring us good fortune and some fortune cookies to open which was great fun!

Room 14 Exploring Our World of Colour

By Clare Russell 7th February 2019 15th February 2019 Core Curriculum, Expressive Arts, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Room 14, Secondary Department, Specialist Areas

Room 14 enjoyed exploring the snow and ice last week. We added food colouring to make the snow change colour. Everyone had fun.

This week, Room 14 had fun exploring the colourful world of musicals in Drama with Sam. We focused on the musical, Hairspray.

Exploring Elmer In Room 9

By Amy Dunnett 6th February 2019 15th February 2019 Core Curriculum, Expressive Arts, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Literacy and Communication, Primary, Room 9

The pupils in Room 9 are continuing to enjoy listening to, looking at and doing work from our Book Study of Elmer by David McKee. Our herd of Elmer’s has expanded. Some of our pupils enjoy playing with these wonderful models they made – the Elmer’s are lined up, placed in order, grouped altogether and observed.

We have also experimented with water and ink, noting what happens when the two combine. The pupils in Room 9 together made a lovely piece of modern art based from this science experiment.

Celebrating Robert Burns with Room 12

By Clare Russell 30th January 2019 15th February 2019 Citizenship, Core Curriculum, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Room 12, Secondary Department

To celebrate Robert Burns, Room 12 did some Scottish artwork. We looked at tartans and designed our own using Interactive Weaver (www.houseoftartan.co.uk). We had to select our colours, then the order they went in and the thread count. We have printed off our tartan designs and displayed them outside our classroom. We also took a copy home.
We made a 3D kilt for Robbie Burns! We had to cut out and colour the Burns figure and then choose from a variety of tartans to make a kilt, which we folded carefully and attached. We could also add a sporran (although this looked equally fabulous as a hat!!)
We made thistles using bubble wrap, purple wool and green paint. We chose from a selection of purples, trimmed the wool and glued it on to card, then we used a circle of bubble wrap to print the main part of the thistle with green paint. We think they look very effective!

Afternoon Nursery Celebrate Burn’s

By Amy Dunnett 29th January 2019 15th February 2019 Inter Disciplinary Learning

Our afternoon nursery had good fun celebrating Burn’s Night.

We explored Scottish items from our Topic Box.

We made tartan pictures.

We wore tartan and listened to Scottish Music.

We looked at pictures of Robbie Burns and listened to a short recitation of ‘ADDRESS TO THE HAGGIS’,

Finally we finished off with a celebratory snack of haggis, neeps and tatties followed by oatcakes and biscuits.

Room 17’s Burns Supper

By Clare Russell 28th January 2019 15th February 2019 Citizenship, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Room 17, Secondary Department

On Burns Day, Room 17 held a Burns Supper. We piped the haggis in, listened to a poem about the haggis, toasted the haggis and ate our haggis, neeps and tatties! We then danced a ceilidh dance we learned and finished our Burns Supper by singing Auld Lang Syne.

Robert Burns Celebrations In Room 11

By Amy Dunnett 25th January 2019 15th February 2019 Citizenship, Expressive Arts, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Primary, Room 11

Children in Room 11 have been having fun and celebrating Robert Burns. They have been listening to Scottish music, tasting and smelling haggis, neeps and tatties. They have also been listening to famous poems “To a Mouse” and “A Red , Red Rose”. We were having fun singing Scottish songs and being part of the whole school Ceilidh! All children loved playing the fiddle too!

Robert Burns Ceilidh

By Amy Dunnett 24th January 2019 15th February 2019 Citizenship, Early Learning and Childcare, Expressive Arts, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Primary, Secondary Department

On Thursday the 24th of January we had our Burns Lunch followed by a very successful Ceilidh. It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying themselves, dancing to the music provided by our Music Therapist, Drumming Instructor and their musical friends. A big Thank You to all of them for coming along to help us celebrate Robert Burns Day.

Fun in the Snow

By Amy Dunnett 23rd January 2019 15th February 2019 Health and Well Being, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Nursery @ Ashgrove, Outdoor Learning

The morning children at Ashgrove had great fun playing in the first snowfall of the New Year. They were able to experience and develop an awareness of changes in their environment. Some of them particularly enjoyed balancing on the logs and examining their footprints whilst others enjoyed running down the ramp.