Eilidh on Holiday

Our bear has arrived in Germany and through the blog we have seen her arrive and settle in to her new home, we are the only group left without a bear being sent to us as the students in the university we are paired with have not began their term yet. It's exciting seeing everybody else receive their bear so I can't wait to meet ours and take him/her into nursery.

However I feel that this activity could benefit any age group in primary school. I feel that the bear blog activity not only builds pupils' ICT skills but by linking to another country enables the learning in social studies, particularly the outcome;

By comparing the lifestyle and culture of citizens in another country with those of Scotland, I can discuss the similarities and differences.

SOC 2-19a

This links into our task for Voices of the World from February. We have recently seen the responses and I feel a sense of achievement in the fact that we have created something and people from across the world have replied. I loved to hear that the voices had been recorded rather than typed like ours and feel that if a class did this activity they would feel proud of their work.
It is a good way of learning language whilst linking into social studies and creating a deeper learning experience.