Logie Durno Primary School – Enthusiastic, Creative, Confident Together

Some excellent programming

One of our P4-7 pupils used what he has learned in ICT to code his own computer game using the programming language Scratch.

I’m (Mr Webster) really proud of his initiative and eagerness to use the skills he has learned at school.

You can play his game by clicking here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/151955983/#player

Even better you can use his game to create your own. All you need to do is:

Follow the link above
Click See Inside
If you don’t have one, sign up for a free Scratch account
Click the orange Remix button to edit the code and create your own masterpiece.

Make sure you share your creations in the comments!

Last week we enjoyed a great school trip to local fruit farm Barra Berries. We toured the poly-tunnels and learned how the different varieties of fruit are grown. We can’t wait to get growing in our school garden!

Open Evening

Here are some pictures from our Open Evening last week. Thank you to all who came out and joined us!

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Last week we had M.A.D groups. The red house were planting some potatoes.

We were doing fractions in maths. The P4s were ordering fractions.

Some of the P7s were adding and subtracting fractions.

One of our other M.A.D groups were making short videos using Puppet Pals 2.

Ceilidh 2017

Thank you to everyone who came and made the ceilidh such as huge success! Here is a selection of pictures from the afternoon.

Active Schools February Mid-Term Holiday Activities

Active Schools are running a mid-term holiday programme. You can see a flyer advertising the programme by clicking here.

More information is here:

https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/leisure-sport-and-culture/active-schools/in-your-area/formartine/meldrum-primary-network/

THIS WEEK 16-20 January 2017

This week we tuned into the BBC 500 Words live lesson.

We learned things about writing a story, including setting, character and plot.

You can find out more about the 500 Words Competition here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1

In our assembly on Friday we were speaking about RESPECT and EFFORT and how to present our work.

Post by I.J & D.K & O.S.

Remembrance Day

Today the school gathered in the garden to mark Remembrance Day. P4-7 lead proceedings. They read out an explanation of what, why and how we mark Remembrance Day. Some members of the class also read John Macrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”.

Before the two minute silence at 11am we added the poppies we made yesterday to a wreath stretching around a tree in the centre of the school garden.

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Kids’ Lit Quiz 2016

On Friday Primary 6&7 attended the NE Scotland heat of the Kids’ Lit Quiz. The Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual literature quiz for students aged 10 – 13 years. Quizzes are held in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom and USA.

In our heat we were one of only 3 primary school teams. The other 14 teams were all made up of first and second year pupils. Our pupils did extremely well, and two of our pupils who came as spectators, managed to beat all the teachers in the room to win extra prizes.

Another highlight was to meet several authors, and have them sign our books.

Well done everyone!

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Our School’s 140th Birthday

On Thursday we celebrated the school’s 140^th birthday with a “through the ages” themed party. The children, who came dressed up as someone from a decade in the school’s history, were joined by family, friends and members of the community.

The primary 4-7 class, who have been studying the Victorians, acted out four scenes depicting what life would have been like for a Victorian child. They also sang a selection of songs from Sweeney Todd.

The whole school played a selection of Victorian party games including charades and pass the slipper. Mr Salter, a local traditional musician, came and played while the children enjoyed further party games.

Of course there was a cake and the candles were blown out by the oldest and youngest pupils.

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