On the 25th of November we walked behind the pipe band. The weather was horrible,wet and snowy. It was very cold. Quite a lot of people were there. We started at the pipe band hall and marched through the village and round near the flats and marched up to the church.  By that time we were all freezing cold and miserable. We all wore Santa hats because it was Christmas. Earlier that day there were some stalls and an ice rink.

By Ava Rhys Wynn

This term we had a Christmas Fair but we did a Guide Dogs Charity  stall with Cato Touw and Kate Parfitt.

We made dog toys out of tennis balls and material. We also made dog treats out of bananas , peanut butter  and oats. Zuzanna made us Guide Dog T-Shirts. We had great Banner too!

At the stall there was a “Guess the Name of the Dog?”, “Guess How Many Treats in a Jar”, there were mini dog plushes, Christmas cards and much much more.

If you click here you’ll go to the Guide Dog website

By Riannon and Zuzanna

In p 6/7 we went out to the Alec bus we learnt about drugs and Alcohol and  what not to do. We did work in teams on the wall, we  also learned   about  peer pressure We watched a video about  it. Next we learned about the good drugs ( kalpol and  pain killers) and bad drugs( weed and cocaine).We think this will help us in later life.

By Thomas And Max.

Choose the ones which suit you best. Bring your results into school when you return, save on Glow or email to

ballater.sch@aberdeenshire.gov.uk .

Numeracy

• Keep a note of the temperature in the morning, afternoon and evening each day.
• Keep a record of the weather
• Display your weather results in a way that suits you: bar chart, picture chart, pie chart.
• What should pedestrians do to keep themselves safe in poor weather?
• Sumdog website activities

Literacy

• Name 3 jobs that the weather would cause problems for. What are the problems the weather would cause?
• Find out about ways people keep themselves warm in poor weather.
• Read for at least 30 minutes each day, try to read different texts e.g. newspapers, magazines, fiction books, factual books, blogs.
• Listen to the news – make notes about news reports that interest you and then use your notes to write a short report in your own words.
• Find an interesting newspaper article. Use different coloured pens to show adjectives, nouns, verbs, commas, full stops and other punctuation you can spot.

Art and Design

• Draw a view from a window in your house- use pencil only
• Design a book cover for a book with the title “My Favourite Place”
• Make something using at least 5 different items of recyclable material.

Health and Well- Being

• Bake or cook something you haven’t made before
• Make up a dance routine to a favourite song
• Tidy your bedroom!
• Build a snowman in your garden, take a picture of it.

Digital Technology 

• Log onto Glow and create a Sway with a wintry theme.
• Use a free app such as Stopmotion, Clips, Chatterkids or iMovie to create something to share with your family.
• Log onto Scratch or use ScratchJn on an iPad and do some coding. What can you make?
• https://www.carnegielibrary.org/storymaker/
• http://www.maths-resources.com/shikaku/
• Add a comment on the class blog.

In P 6/7 we have been learning how to add hyperlinks to our blog posts. There is a variety of blog posts like Scratch and Sumdog. I hope you enjoy visiting all of the posts and reading them.

By: Cato

The first soccer or football was made by Charles Goodyear in 1855.The first football boots where made in the 19th century for King Henry 8th.The newest football boots are the Nike cr7 mercurial superflys and the adidas ace 17+.the newest football is the nike EPL strike football and the Nike la liga strike football.the fastest footballer is Arjan Robben and Antonio velencia Theo Walcott Gareth bale Aaron Lennon And  christiano ronaldo.The player with the best kick and most accurate kick is ronaldo messi greizman benzima Rooney bale abamyang and Neymar.The player with the most skill is Neymar ronaldo messi pelle weah and remy.here is the link to the footballers.

By KIERAN

On Sunday I did a race at Knockburn. It was part of the winter X-country series. It was the first one of the four. I came first and their was a lot of people doing it and I was about 100m a head of everybody else. My brother also did it and he did well. Click here to search the results.

by Wynn

Thunder jackets are jackets for pets.They calm pets down when there is loud noises like fireworks.They are priced from around about £15 to £35 from eBay and Amazon.The thunder jackets design provides a gentle and constant pressure on the pets body.Here is a website that tells you the most frequently asked questions about the thunder jacket.

By Kirsty

This website has lots of fun games.Cool maths games is fun to try.The game that I really like is Fire boy and Water girl.I think you should try this website out by pressing this button.cool maths games.

By Zuzanna

The Hilton is a hotel in Ballater ,  here is the website for the Hillton click here  by Ava