Term 1 is almost over...

Wow! What a busy first term Room 17 have had. We have worked extremely hard in all areas and have learned a lot already. Highlights of term 1 have included going swimming, joining the JASS award and completing our Brazil topic. Seesaw is now fully up and running in primary 6b! We have recorded some videos, taken photos of our work (in all areas of the curriculum) and have posted them on our individual accounts to share. If you wish to sign up to access your child's account please request a slip from Miss Fulton. If there are any issues with signing up we will try to resolve these! All we need is your permission (parental) and your email address to get started! Swimming was a huge success and enjoyed by everyone that was able to attend! We all made lots of progress and developed our confidence in the water. This is an aspect we have been able to enter in to our eJASS profiles. eJASS is an award scheme that was introduced in Kirklandneuk last session. We have been supported again by the PTA to allow us to participate in the award, working at Bronze level. Through the award we have 4 key areas to work on and given time slots to spend on each, in order to fulfill the criteria. JASS will allow us to record our wider achievements outside of school as well as note any relevant experiences or activities that we participate in during the school day. As we progress to primary 7 we will be able to participate at Silver level and on to high school where we can complete our Gold Award as well. JASS is like a mini Duke of Edinburgh Award and will help us in the future should we opt to undertake the greater challenges involved in such an experience. Miss Fulton can't wait to see what our JASS Journey will involve outwith school. Our Brazil topic has been very interesting. We have learned a lot about the country of Brazil, using google earth to bring the country and its features to life! We have researched rainforest animals, found out about the journey of chocolate and are looking forward to sharing what we have learned early in Term 2 at our open Afternoon! Keep an eye out for the date and time of this event! We are all well and truly ready for our October holiday! Have a relaxing, safe and enjoyable week! We will be sure to post more on to our blog in term 2! Until then...over and out Primary 6b and Miss Fulton