All posts by R MacCaskill

P1/2 coastal trips

This term we have visited three different coastal sites to learn about habitats and the different creatures that live there.  We identified different shells and learned about what lived in each.  We began to learn about food chains and sort what we have found into living, non-living and never lived. We were really lucky to have support from the Islay Field Centre to go rock pooling in two different locations. Everyone had so much fun finding creatures in the seaweed. We found so many crabs and sea snails.

 

Mesolithic Topic

P5-7 Mesolithic time!

In our class p5-7 we have been looking at the Mesolithic period and how they lived. To help us we read a book about a boy called Torak he was wearing leather clothes and had to defend for himself because he couldn’t just go to a shop like we can. His Dad had died as well so he was by himself completely. As well, we all wrote our own story to do with Torak and we had to use the Mesolithic vocabulary as well, so it was hard. We learned how the Mesolithic people lived and what they used to do for work. For work, they had to grow crops for food and hunt animals for clothes. In the Mesolithic time they didn’t go to school the just did work straight away without going to any kind of school!

We went on 2 trips to help with our learning, we got to help did for the tools they would have used with professionals. We went to the woods and built our own Mesolithic shelter to have lunch in while keeping away other clans.

By Lauren Morris, P5

archaeological-dig-058

Speech Marks

Speech are used when someone is speaking in a text or book. Speech marks are used in books and in text to tell the reader that someone is speaking.  For example.

“Go to the shop and buy the paper,” said Mum, “don’t forget the

shopping bag.”

When using speech marks you need to make sure that all your punctuation  is inside the speech marks. For example:

“Go and tidy your bed room.” Dad ordered.

We use speech marks because it make it easier for the reader to see when someone else is speaking.

 

By Maggie Brown

Primary 7

Speech Marks – Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech

A direct speech is when you need to put in speech marks “” like that at the beginning and at the end of the speech. Here is an example.

“Can you go and get some milk?” Mum asked.

Indirect Speech

Indirect speech is when you don’t need to put in speech marks here is an example.

Tom said to the children to come inside as it was dinner time.

When To Use Speech Marks

When you use speech marks you need to make sure that you have speech marks at the beginning and the end and make sure that you put the punctuation   inside of the speech marks here is an example.

“Have you done all your Homework?” asked the teacher

By Rhianna

Primary 7

Roald Dahl Week!

099 100 101 102Roald Dahl Week P567

P5, plus the 6’s and 7’s looked at George’s Marvellous Medicine. They created their own spells and used Scratch to make Granny grow and shrink as she drank! Wow!

 

Roald Dahl week P3/4

P3/4 have had a whole week of Roald Dahl. They chose a book called Matilda and they watched the BFG video. They also looked at the work of illustrator Quentin Blake and also they listened to a song from a story called Matilda. And last of all they were choosing a present for Roald Dahl week.

By Fiona.

Roald Dahl Week P1/2

P1/2 had a marvellous week of Roald Dahl. They have read a book by Roald Dahl and enjoyed it very much. The book they read was The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me. P1/2 loved Roald Dahl week.

By Brooklyn

 

P4/5 Christmas Choir

Primary 4/5 sang some Christmas carols in Bowmore co-op. Although we did not ask for money some very kind people gave us money. We decided to spend the money on food and goodies to create two Christmas hampers, we gave these hampers to Gortonvogie and Kirk Care.  The people in Gortonvogie were so happy to hear us sing and it made us feel very proud and kind.

 

By Megan (p4)

101_9959101_9961