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Gordon Gets Dancing!!!

As part of a dance set up by the Scottish Ballet, the whole of Gordon Primary had learnt a dance . The dance was called the Big Dance. It was great fun !.

One by one the clases got taught the dance by Mrs Raeburn and some of her helpers who were Fiona, Ellie, Faye, Nicole, Sophie, Caitlin, Philippa, Norah, Lola, Fiona, Amelia and Emma. 16th of May the whole school had learnt the dance. After lunch the whole school went down to the all weather pitch to do the dance.  Everybody enjoyed it and had great fun.

By Fiona P6 Blogger.

School disco

This Thursday there is the end of term disco.

 The discos are always really fun and always a good time to have fun in school which isn’t maths and spelling. There will be lots of music so hopefully some funky moves!!!

But the disco is not free, you will pay £2.50  (snack and drink included.) As you come in the main entrance then you will go through to the big hall. All of the money raised will go towards the P.T.A .

Everybody will not be in one big disco the hall is not big enough. So if you are P1-3 your disco will be at 6:00PM and will end at 7:00PM. The upper stages disco will start at 7:15PM and will finish at 8:30 PM.

 

By Fiona P6 Blogger

Sports Relief Run!

Gordon Primary School were aiming to run the distance  from Huntly to Glasgow for Sports Relief, each class took turns to go down to the field with Miss Hext, who organised the activity. First there was a big warm up then they ran around the field as many times as they could manage. They nearly made it to Paris which was a lot further than they were supposed to go!

Everyone was aloud to wear something red to school and to bring a donation towards Sports relief.

We raised over £340  towards Sports Relief, kept fit and had fun all at the same time!  Well Done to everyone who participated!

By Morgan (P6 Blogger)

Celtic Soup

 

How to make Celtic soup

Last week we made Celtic soup. We put in, two carrots, one leek, one stick of celery, parsley, ¼ of turnip, ½ cups of broth mix, 2 cups of water.

This is how to make the soup:1.First carefully peel the carrots.2.next slice the turnip up.3.After that chop the celery stick.4.then take off the skin of the leek then cut.5.Slice the carrots in half then slice the rest.6.Add the broth mix and the water to the pan.7.Put all of the ingredients in the pan with the broth mix and the water.8.After that cook the soup on a low heat for about 2 hours.9Then enjoy your home made soup.

And we made it in the Deveron building and we had fun making the soup.

 By Rachel and Charis P4B

Fairtrade Fortnight

Gordon Primary  joined in enthusiastically with Fairtrade Fortnight. All classes in the school made posters promoting this years’ Fairtrade campaign to make bananas fair “Stick with Foncho”

All posters included the Fairtrade logo, the website address (www.stickwithfoncho.org.uk) and some bananas. Posters were displayed around our school and the Secondary school.

The Fairtrade group also sold Fairtrade bananas at morning break in the glass corridor. These proved very popular and provided a healthy snack for pupils and staff. Pupils and staff were also invited to draw their own cartoon banana on a poster of a giant banana.

Parents, pupils and staff also sent in banana recipes which will be made into a leaflet which will be given out to all families.

Banana Recipes.

Thanks to Vicky Dunbar for this banana recipe

Vickys Free-From Banana Loaf, Gluten, Dairy, Egg, Soy & Nut-Free

320 grams – Gluten-Free Plain Flour Mix

2 teaspoon – Gluten-Free Baking Powder

2 teaspoon – baking soda / bicarb of soda

1 teaspoon – xanthan gum

1 teaspoon – salt

1 teaspoon – ground cinnamon

125 ml – olive oil plus extra for greasing

3 large – bananas, mashed well

150 ml – rice milk

150 ml – agave nectar

1/2 teaspoon – vanilla extract

150 grams – optional extras such as cherries, chocolate chips (I use Moo-Free brand), chopped walnuts etc

Prep time is 110 min, serves 20.

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to gas 3 / 170C / 162°C and grease 2 loaf tins

2 In a bowl combine the flour mix, baking powder & soda, xanthan gum, salt and cinnamon

3 Add the oil, agave nectar, rice milk and vanilla and stir until mixture is smooth

4 Stir in the mashed bananas & any optional extras you might like to add and split the mixture into the tins, they should fill around half way up

5 Bake for 35 minutes then turn the tins around and bake for a further 20 minutes

6 The loaf should bounce back when pressed lightly on top and a skewer test will indicate that it’s done

7 Let it sit in the tins for 20 minutes before removing and setting the loaves on a wire rack to cool

8 Cover the unsliced loaf with clingfilm and store in a lidded container for up to 3 days

9 This makes 2 banana loaves each with 10 servings

Ballroom Dancing

For P.E. primary 6A and 6B classes have been doing ballroom dancing. We have been learning the Elephant Walk- it is very funny to do or to watch, also the song is very catchy. The Quick Waltz is very elegant, then there is the Mambo which is very hard and you need to be fast at it. 

Mr.Robertson has been teaching us the dances, it is fun.         

By Morgan Minty P6A Blogger.