Daily Archives: March 12, 2013

Visitor from Zimbabwe

Last Wednesday Nancy Mteki, who has a residency in Huntly with Deveron Arts, came to talk to the Upper Stages at assembly. She showed us her photographs, which included photos of babies and children. Nancy explained that lots of daily activities, like  bathing babies  and eating is done outside in Zimbabwe. Here, in Scotland, we can usually only eat outside in summer ….if we are lucky!

She told us that the people in Zimbabwe like to make children’s toys, and showed us how to make dolls and footballs using carrier bags and newspapers, things we often just throw away!

Mrs Fitzpatrick and Mrs McIntosh joined in a challenge to make a doll from newspaper and carrier bags. The results were very impressive!

Mr Scrimshaw told the school that there would be a competition for the best doll made from newspaper and carrier bags. We are looking forward to see what pupils of Gordon Primary manage to create by recycling these simple materials!

For more about Nancy and Deveron Arts, click on the link

http://www.deveron-arts.com/nancy-mteki/

Spot light for P3s

On the last week of term the p3s will be busy as they will be performing an Easter play for parents, carers and the school pupils. The play is about Easter they have all got a part. They have been  rehearsing all the free time they have.We hope you are all excited about seeing the play.

by Fiona and Sophie (P5 bloggers)

Fairtrade Sculptures

As part of Fairtrade fortnight, classes have been making Fairtrade Sculptures out of recycled Fairtrade products. Many classes have already made a Sculpture!

P1  – Have made a Fairtrade banana tree!

P4c –  Have made a Fairtrade School!

Mrs Websters P2s – Have made a Fairtrade Rocket!

P4b – Have made a Fairtrade Jumper!

P5b – Have made a Collage of the Fairtrade logo

P5a – Have made a Fairtrade Funky Banana!

The completed sculptures and collages are being displayed in the dinner hall.

Here’s a link to the page on the Fair Trade website where the pictures are shown:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairtradefoundation

By Duncan (P6 Blogger)

Tour Guides

The tours guides are ready to go and give tours around Huntly castle, and there will also be some mini junior guides coming soon…

Primary 5 pupils will be given a chance to watch the current tour guides and decide if they would like the opportunity to train to become a Tour Guide for next year.

Primary 5’s who want to become Tour Guides will have to work really hard. They will have to go through a lot of practicing at home and at school in order to become a successful tour guide. This years’ primary 6 tour guides will help them in their training.

Fairtrade tuckshop big success…..

Yay! Now we will be able to have Fairtrade goodies every Friday at little break!!

Now there will be more cheap goodies at 40P.

Here is the price list.

Choc N toffee 40P,

New stock not sure what it will be at 40P,

Chocolate buttons 60P,

yogurt raisins 65p,

Divine bars milk and dark 85P

Please come and help us raise money for a good cause.

The fairtrade reps and vice reps will be helping Mrs Sell and Mrs FitzPatrick to sell all the goodies.

By Fiona (P5 Blogger and Fairtrade Rep) Sophie (p5 blogger)

Red Nose Day

As you know, it is Red Nose Day on Friday 15th of March. Everyone has been asked to wear something red if they are able.  Red noses have been ordered for some pupils of Gordon primary and other schools as well. This year the theme of the red noses is Dinosaurs.
People have done many things to help raise some money, such as Jessie J, who has shaved all of her hair off  to make it into a wig for a child. Here at Gordon Primary some pupils are bouncing to school on space hoppers to help raise money!

You can donate some money for Red Nose Day. The reason that we are collecting donations is so that we can make a big difference in  Children’s lives.

By Ellie And Caitlin P5

Space Hopping (Comic Relief)

Hello readers today’s post is about space hopping. The people who are space hopping is Chris,Pietra and Christine we are going to be space hopping to school and back, to raise WONGA for Comic Relief. It will be fun but hopefully the snow will go away so we can bounce better. So if you see us at school please think about donating some money towards C0mic Relief!  Also the Huntly Express is coming to see us tomorrow as well, so look out for us we will be in the Huntly Express and you might see us at 8:OO am bouncing  to school !

by Chris and Pietra (P6 bloggers)

P3 Vikings

P3 have been enjoying learning about vikings as their topic. Their challenge at home was to make a viking longhouse with any materials they could find, they were also allowed to use natural materials like sticks and hay. Some have moss for the grass and also some have have put detail inside, such as cooking pots and a fire, animals and simple furniture.

The long houses had no windows, so were very smoky. They had just one room, which was shared by the Vikings and their cattle.

If you would like to see some of the longhouses, go to the glass corridor. Everyone who has walked through the the corridor has remarked how well they have been made.

They have also been finding out about how the Vikings made their clothes. They have been dying materials using different substances such as onions, beetroot, berries and turmeric.

By Cameron & Ellie (p6a Bloggers)