THE SONGS

We started of singing the songs about four weeks before the play. We had to learn the songs in little bits to make it simpler for the younger ones. Altogether for the second half of the play we learned six songs, (after a lot of practising). Apart from the songs for the play we also learned “Merry Christmas Everyone” and a nutty one called “On Christmas Dayayayayay”.   At the end we all had fun learning the songs.

CB          ATB 

COSTUMES

The children needed to wear pyjamas, slippers, dressing-gown because they were getting ready to go to bed. The mice had to wear a brown t-shirt , dark  trousers, tail, and face paints because mice are dark colours. The toys had to wear a doll costume, an Action Man costume, a Power Ranger, and cowboy. The dog had to wear brown tights, a brown skirt, a brown t-shirt and a brown cardigan. The snowman had to wear a white top and light trousers. The Jack -in -the -box had to wear a striped shirt, cream trousers and a red bow tie.

ET & LSM

PROPS & SPECIAL FX

On the 10^th of Dec. 2008 we had our Christmas play. We had to make some special effects, props and scenery. The special effects were: a big spot light and a disco ball, midnight chimes and a LOUD offstage crash (all of our glockenspiel notes being dropped in a bucket!). The props were: a door, fireplace, Christmas tree, jack in the box’s box, stockings and mince pies. The scenery was a house. The play was fun.

T.P, L.S. and C.G.

On the 21^st of November 2008 Michelle Letowska came in to do the big draw we made quick drawings which was REALY FUN it involved drawing with shut eyes we made post cards and we sent them to Dervarg Primary School.

T.P, L.S. and C.G.

For the past few weeks we have been learning about the Egyptians. We learnt about what they did, what they ate , how they built Pyramids and how they survived every day life. On the last week the whole School had an Egyptian feast. You could try quail, mackerel, radish, aubergine, pomegranate seeds, bacon, dates, figs, puff pastries and grapes. For drinks you could try goat milk or ginger beer or if you didn’t like that you could have lemonade or water. In the end everyone loved it.

HC    CS

CB & HC

On Wednesday the 3^rd of December we went on a pantomime trip. We went to the Kings Theatre, Glasgow, to see Cinderella.  To get there we had to go by train.  When we got there we walked to a church hall to have our lunch.  After lunch we walked to the Kings Theatre which was just across the road.

In the theatre we were sitting in the grand circle.  The panto was 2 hours long and there was an interval in the middle. It was very funny and silly. We Enjoyed being high up because we could see everything.

Afterwards, we went to De Maggios for our dinner.  The food was very tasty.

We went home on the train and arrived at 9pm.

RC & MS

For the last 7 weeks we have been playing samba music. Samba is a Brazilian type of music that they play at carnivals. We use 4 different types of instrument: the Surdo, which is a like a bass drum the

Tamberim, which is a tambourine with no bells, the Shaker, you can guess what that is and the go-go bells, which have two bells that are different notes.

ATB

CB

Rafting

It took an hour to get to where we were going to start. Ben our instructor told us the commands we would have to know before we went onto the water. It took a while for people to get used to the paddling. There was a big rapid called The Washing Machine. The rapids were big and fast.

Disco

The disco was very loud and lots of funky lights. Everyone enjoyed themselves.

On day 2 we went canoeing. Ben, our instructor, showed us the basics and soon we were out on the water. First we learned to turn and then we went on a bit of an adventure. We had to go under a tunnel made of corrugated tin using our hands to pull ourselves through. On their way back Ross and Ciaran capsized and got soaked. Ben towed them back to shore.

    After canoeing we went gorgewalking. We got absolutely drenched. We swam to a rock and did some jumps. Alfie did the biggest jump. some people got swept away by the current but got caught by our instructor.

     In the evening we went to the Inverness Aquadome. There were lots of flumes, The Vortex, The Cyclone and the Lochness Monster. The Cyclone swirled and the Ness Monster was steep, very steep!    

 TP & RC