A good Friday for us all

We took every resource we had to school today which included loads of additional card and stationary bought locally last night. We have mastered the art of cycling with full back packs and baskets overflowing. And yes Natasha has a new bike! I am sure we must be a talking point as we plough through the traffic every day.Claire sings songs from Mamma Mia , Natasha always looks calm and dignified and I talk for Scotland to every poor cyclist who draws up beside me at traffic lights.
We arrived at the gates of Say Ta Nar to the heart warming welcome of the whole school and immediately went underneath the house to spend some time and share gifts with the kindergarten.

Thank you Primary 1 for your card and presents

We talked to the children about Pirniehall nursery and infant classes and handed over their pictures and gifts of pencils and an interesting incense mobile! Claire and Natasha had fun showing the little ones how to use their chunky calculators and there were lots of smiling faces and an excited air in the kindergarten as we returned upstairs to teach.

We love our calculators!!

The upper school were on alert waiting for us and within minutes they were engaged in pairs talking and planning their writing on the whiteboards that we had introduced earlier.

Children fully engaged in their writing on whiteboards.

They produced great Say Ta Nar booklets and drawings that we will be sharing with Pirniehall in the new session. Claire has now taught three great songs and it is amazing to hear how well they are singing them already. Pho Cho arrived at this point with Neesha and the baby.The good news was that all was well and everyone clapped and hugged at the relief of seeing this lovely family looking happy and together again.

Claire in full flow!

Claire's new toys go down a storm!

We were encouraged to continue with our planned day and after eating a tasty lunch made for us by the tireless and resilient Neesha , we started the afternoon session. Natasha demonstrated a lesson based on the work of Matisse using pastels and charcoal and the children created lovely art work which is now proudly displayed in school.They then enjoyed participating in active langauge games to develop their word skills.

Loving the different Art and Language games

While this was happening I chatted to the older pupils and discussed the stunning photographs they took last year of their homes and local community. They all received a Nothing Special booklet with some of their published photographs and were excited to see themselves in print. Pho Cho helped explain about our Eco project and that we wanted to find out more about SayTa Nar and their Global footprint. We handed out cameras so that they could start capturing images that represented how they take care of their environment to compare with our ongoing work at Pirniehall.

An interesting Eco discussion.

At the end of the day Pho Cho played guitar as the children sang enthusiastically to their Scottish teachers before leaving for the weekend. See you Monday teachers!

The baby enjoys the music too.

Teachers were heading for the laundry and to update the blog. We have an exciting weekend planned with lots of early starts and although we are exhausted we will enjoy every experience.

Singing a Pirnie favourite - We like!