World Cup

To close our topic work we are linking it to the world cup. Each group has chosen a team and made a flag and a football strip for their team. The teams are going to design healthy meals and some exercises and we will do the workouts in our teams next week.

Brush, brush, brush your teeth

We enjoyed a visit from Karyn Tait today who reminded us about how to look after our teeth. She brought Harry with her to demonstrate. We got to practise on Harry's friends, remembering to brush gently and in circles.

 

 

 

 

 

She then showed us a plate of sugary foods that it is best to eat at mealtimes if we are going to have them. She showed us a plate of healthy foods that are good to have as snacks. We got a shock when she showed us the number of teaspoons of sugar in some of our favourite treats!

We all went home with smiles on our faces!

SSPCA

We had a visit from Carol who works for the SSPCA in Orkney. She told us lots of interesting things about the animals the SSPCA care for and the different jobs they do. We saw some pictures of animals and heard how they were helped by the SSPCA.

Keeping healthy

We have been learning about what keeps us healthy and the importance of washing our hands to keep germs away.

First of all one person started with their hands covered in glitter; the glitter represented germs. That person shook hands with others and they shook hands with more people and so on. We understand how easily germs can be passed if we do not take care to wash our hands properly.

We then washed our hands following a set of instructions.

Turn on the warm tap and rinse your hands

Use soap and wash palm to palm

Between fingers

Thumbs

Back of hands

Fingertips on palms

Rinse off the soap

Turn off the tap

Shake off as much water as you can

Dry your hands

We are making posters to put up at the sinks to remind people to wash their hands properly.

Sports day

What a super day we had for sports day! The weather was beautiful and so many families and friends came to join in the fun. I didn't get chance to take many photos but I know that there was lots of fun being had and I was very proud of the class for showing such good sportmanship at all times. Well done to the dolphins who were the overall winners.