P1 soup making
Last week the P1s made soup and bread. As part of their project The Harvest.
For the soup they used lentils, neeps and carrots, then put it in a slow cooker. It sounds like lots of fun and they all enjoyed it.
By Fiona P7 Blogger
Children in need
To support Children in Need most of the school turned up in spots and stripes. We also raised lots of money as a school out of 1 and 2p coins – over £400!! With all of the money we managed to fill up a whole recycling bin. Some of the costumes were brilliant.
The Nursery children were also getting busy for children in need. They were colouring in Pudseys, face painting and making biscuits.
by Fiona P7 Blogger
Gardening Club
The gardening club has been busy this term, getting the sensory garden and allotment ready for winter.
Pupils helped fill a new raised bed. Others were busy tidying the shed and painting it.Some did some weeding and also took photos of weeds to make an identification chart so the budding gardeners can pull up weeds correctly.
The group also made a list of equipment needed for the allotment, such as trowels, more watering cans, large pots etc.
Gardening club is now finished for the winter, but the gardening club are going to go by train to Inverurie next week to buy the gardening equipment
Remembrance Day
On the 11th of November, the P7s and all of the P1s went to the war memorial and Mrs McIntosh gave a speech about Huntly during WWI. Mrs Gilchrist’s class made a poppy wreath and two of them laid it on the memorial. Mrs Player’s class also made a wreath with left over poppies and Emma went and laid it. The photographer from “The Huntly Express” came and took pictures of all of the children. The P7s were partnered with a P1 and and walked very smartly down the avenue. Well Done!
By Sophie and Amy, P7 bloggers
children in need
This Friday it is Children in Need day! Pupils can wear spots or stripes. Donations this year will be brown coins (1p 2p).
Playmakers
This year there will be a new team of play makers! The playmakers are primary 7s. On the 5th of Dec a hopeful group of primary sevens will go to the Stewarts Hall find out about about equipment, safe games and how organise fun games with younger children. Sadly only 15 people will be able to be a fully qualified play maker.
The play makers will play fun games with the P1-P3.
By Fiona and India P7 bloogers
Shoeboxes for Romania
This year we collected a phenomenal 102 shoeboxes! Lots of people handed in a shoebox and bits and bobs to put in them. Mrs McIntosh’s class expertly packed all of the boxes that needed filled up a bit and also created some more from the bits and bobs. Six primary 7 volunteers loaded the shoeboxes into a large jeep and now they are on their journey to Romania. Lots of pupils donated £2.00 towards the charity “Vision Romania .” This money will go towards the cost of transporting the boxes to Romania, where they will be given to orphaned Romanian children for Christmas. The Huntly Express came to photograph the boxes being loaded into the jeep.
Thank you to everyone involved in contributing to and organising the shoeboxes!
By Fiona and Ellie
World War Two Day
The primary sevens went to the World War Two Day, which was in the secondary. This happened on the Tuesday before the holidays.The whole year came to school in clothes that we thought the children back then would of worn. They all went over to the secondary at 10:15 and came back at 2:30.
When they first went into the hall, they went straight into 1939 mode! The teacher, picked a boy and a girl and made them count everyone and then sit them down in their seats without a single noise!The p7s were given a spelling test and a maths test, many people found it tricky.They then did some maths and it was VERY hard! They were then brought back to 2014, everyone sighed in relief. For the rest of the time, they were learning all about the war. Everyone had a really fun time and most of them want to do it again!
By Sophie and Amy
Cello demonstration
Mr Barclay visited the primary 5 classes to give a cello demonstration to the pupils. Children were able to find out what a cello looks and sounds like, to help them decide if they would like to have lessons and learn to play the cello.
Mr Barclay asked the children if they recognised the tune …and then played the theme tune from the Simpsons! He also played a very beautiful song called the Swan. The p5s asked him questions about his cello, including how much his cello cost (thousand of pounds!) and how old it was (About 300 years!).
It was very interesting to hear the cello, and lots of pupils were keen to learn to play one.
Gordon Primary Blog 2014 – 2015
Welcome to Gordon Primary School’s new blog for 2014!
