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P1/2 prepare to blast off
P1/2 have just finished building their Space Station and are looking forward to their trip into space. They have been been busy with their astronaut training – fitness and fine motor skills using different gloves, tweezers and litter pickers so that they can conduct space repairs in the Space Work Module (with tumble drier pipe and gloves!). The astronaut food is ready and we are just waiting for our spacesuits to arrive…….
Robert Burns Day
Every year our school has a Burns celebration and all the classes in the school take part to learn a Scottish poem and also some of the main Scottish country dances. We enjoyed learning Strip The Willow it was so much fun. On Wednesday 21st January all the classes got assessed and in all the classes only six people got through to the finals. Then on the Thursday each of the finalists took it in turn to say it on front of three judges. On Friday 23rd January we had Burns Lunch and then everyone’s friends and family came up for a ceilidh where we also found out the results of the poem!!
Here Are The Results:
P7-Adress To The Haggis 1st Elizabeth Macmillan 2nd Abbie Morris 3rd Annie Farrell
P6- Twa Corbies 1st Bronagh Newman 2nd Ross Thompson 3rd Mirren Brown
P5- My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose 1st Struan Colthart 2nd Ruaridh Macdonald 3rd Natalie Logan
P4- Oor Dentist 1st Rowan Morris 2nd Matthew Campbell 3rd Rebecca Morris
P3- The Brickies On The Building Site 1st Ellen Brown 2nd Holly Mckechnie 3rd Alexander Mctavish
P2- Sair Finger 1st Katherine Borthwick 2nd Dearbhla Newman 3rd Charlotte Rose and Millie Hollyoake
P1- Owe You Canne Throw A Sanne 1st Ricky 2nd Ciara 3rd Phoenix Davey
Overall we had a great time!!
By Emily and Jodie
Visit From Maggie Bell
Today Thusday 22nd Januray I had a visit from a lady called Maggie who makes bags. As part of my Endeavour i am making a bag from scratch and she was going to come in and talk about different bags. She taught me how to make handles and how to put lining in the inside of my bag. Also she showed me some of her bags which has giving me some ideas. Thanks very much !!!
By Jodie 🙂
The Woollen Mill
On Tuesday 20th January we went to the Woollen Mill. We had a look around the Wollen Mill and found out how they make tweed. This was for our Endeavour projects on wool and making bags.
By Emily, Jodie and Emma 🙂
P7 photography composition
Last week our class p7 entered a competition about photography and architecture run by the Scottish Civil trust. We went a walk round the village looking for photographs to take. There were all kinds of photos like roof tops, paths & drain pipes and they were taken at different angels to make them look eye catching. When we got back from the walk round the village we looked though all of our photo’s and picked out the best photo and edited it a wee bit to make it look better. Then they could enter it in to the competition.
by Logan Porter and William Monaghan
Musical Flight Art
As part of our 10 Pieces music topic we have been creating art in response to pieces of classical music. We have created abstract pieces and yesterday we made art based on the theme of flight in response to a piece of music. This is Beth’s picture based on the piece Mars by Holst.
Abbie and Emma’s visit to Islay High School
On Thursday 18th January we went to lslay High School for an Endeavour visit. Abbie went to a music room to record herself playing her fiddle. She recorded 3 tracks for her CD that she is making for her Endeavour. After recording she had to edit her tracks. The 3 tracks were the Mist Covered Mountains, The Fiddler and the Yetts of Muckart, The Bears Dance and The Road to Goven and The Banjo Breakdown.
Emma went to the gym, the maths room and then she fed the gold fish. Mrs Young and Emma went to the library where she read Fuzzbuzz. Lastly she to the music room and played the piano.
By Abbie and Emma
Address To A Haggis
In class we have been learning a poem called address to a haggis for Robert Burns day, which is next week in school. Have a listen here … haggie
Gymnastics
P7 have been learning all about gymnastics and have been doing it for P.E. We have been focusing on four key things : Rotation, inversion, balance and flight. Rotation means rotating round, inversion is upside down, balance is just balancing and flight is when you jump or are in the air. But remember that when you are doing balance you have to hold it for extended period of time. We went into groups and made mini sequences to show our ability to do rotation, inversion, flight and balance. We were moving to the classical music the BBC 10 Pieces program. At the end we had to peer assess and self assess our ability to perform the four key things. We were all very enthusiastic and exited to be able to have an opportunity to learn about gymnastics.
By Jodie and Izzy 🙂
