The children have been thoroughly engaged with their focus story, Snow Lambs by Debbi Gliori. They worked collaboratively to create a beautiful scene inspired by the story, showing great creativity and teamwork. As part of their learning, the children discussed the text in depth and prepared thoughtful questions, developing their understanding and curiosity.
The Snow Lambs is about a little boy Sam and his sheepdog Bess. When Bess goes missing one snowy night, Sam imagines all the the terrible things that might have happened to her, his fears running parallel to his own evening activities. As he takes his bath, he thinks of how dirty Bess will be, when she gets home; as he listens to his bedtime story - a tale of monsters! - he hopes Bess isn't as frightened as he is; and when there is a power outage, plunging him into darkness, he wonders how Bess will find her way home, in the dark. Sam thinks he hears Bess in the storm and he runs downstairs to open the front door of the farm house. To his surprise, Sam finds that their sheepdog has guided home the best ewe on the farm to lamb. And later, when the storm is over and the wind has dropped from a howl to a whisper
We were delighted to welcome Joseph and Jessica from Primary Seven, who stepped into character and magically became two characters from the story. The children had the opportunity to ask them questions, putting their inference skills into action and deepening their understanding of the story’s themes. The excitement grew even more when the children discovered that Joseph is a real-life farmer who helps Farmer Joe every day on his farm!
We are incredibly proud of all the children’s fantastic work, and we would like to say a special thank you to Joseph and Jessica for helping to bring this wonderful story to life in school.
