Lots of children enjoyed taking part in a ‘walking bus’ with ‘Think Circus’ performers to launch our school zone project.

P2a completed their Roots of Empathy program with instructor Mrs Harris-Toner. Each visit the children enjoyed getting to know Baby Angus and seeing how he was changing and growing. We connected with our Roots of Empathy family through regular visits and news with mum Miss Younger and Baby Angus. And on their last visit Angus delighted the children by showing us he could crawl across the green blanket. Also we had a very special visit from big brother Arthur, who was our first Roots of Empathy baby in 2018. The children loved to see how happy Angus was to see his brother and Arthur was happy to answer all the children’s questions. 

The lessons gave the children an opportunity to share their feelings and experiences. The children especially enjoyed the art activities, story books, learning how to look after a baby and thinking of their wishes for Baby Angus as he grows up. Last month the children said a big thank you and fond goodbye to Angus and Miss Younger. This week the children were delighted to receive their well deserved certificates. 

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P1-P3 had a fantastic Sports Day yesterday! We even got an ice lolly afterwards! Lots of fun had by all!

We enjoyed another lovely visit from Miss Younger and baby Angus. In the previous lesson we had been discussing how people are the same in many ways, but there are also many ways we are different. Also P2a discovered we all have different temperament traits and every family is unique. The children wrote letters and created drawings for Angus telling him what is important to them. We learned that Angus has recently been on his first family holiday abroad and really enjoyed it. Also the children were excited that Angus now has two teeth and that he is communicating more by making lots of new sounds.

Miss Younger told us Angus loves his food and he enjoys lots of different flavours. At the visit Angus enjoyed a strawberry yogurt and a pancake in front of the children, this enabled the children to read baby Angus’s facial cues on how he felt about the food and how much he enjoyed feeding himself the pancake.

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Look at us hard at work making amounts of money using a variety of coins. We also used the iPads to play sorting coin games and shopping games.  

P2a took their learning outside last week into the lovely sunshine. We used chalk to practise writing words with our current weekly sound. 

This month P2a have been discovering how babies understand long before we realise, so it is very important to communicate and respond to babies. The children enjoyed their visit from baby Angus and his mum Miss Younger, he was showing us how he communicates his feelings and wishes to his mum with body gestures, facial cues and making a variety of sounds. Baby Angus was not feeling well and his mum thinks he may be teething. P2a were sharing with Miss Younger how they feel when they are teething and their new teeth are trying to come through.

The children sang nursery rhymes to Angus and created a book of their drawings which was presented to him, of their favourite nursery rhymes and songs. Also Miss Younger told us all Angus news since we last saw him and how he enjoys the swings at the park. In addition P2a were learning how to read baby Angus’s emotions and this helps us to read each other’s emotions. They noticed that cuddles from his mum, were helping baby Angus feel better.

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This year’s entries for the Easter Egg Competition. The standard has been very high again.

Primary 2 had a fantastic day out on Monday to the science festival at the City Art Centre. We took part in lots of different activities including digging for dinosaur bones, making instruments at the sound workshop, becoming wild vets, exploring electricity, learning how wind turbines generate energy and enjoyed some free time in the imagination playground. Happy faces all round!

This term, P2a have been finding out how to keep a baby safe, especially as babies develop and reaching new milestones and facing new safety issues. They really enjoyed Angus’s visit with his mum, where Miss Younger shared with the children how she keeps Angus safe. Also the children loved learning how Angus is trying some foods, especially fruit and veg. In addition how Angus is becoming stronger and rolling over from back to front. The children discovered how vulnerable babies are, how dependent they are on their family and how they must never be left alone. 

In addition the children enjoyed sharing their knowledge and experience of home safety tips: always place a baby on their back when they are going to sleep, not leaving hot beverages on the edge of a table, keeping toxic chemicals out of reach, removing potential electrical hazards and Online safety. Also discovering how mums-to-be keep themselves and their babies healthy during pregnancy.

Through learning how to keep a baby safe, the children appreciated that they can play a part in keeping themselves and others safe. Whether it is in the park, playing games online, crossing the road, at school or at home.

For more information please ask Mrs Harris-Toner and Miss McArthur. Also check out http://www.rootsofempathy.org