Just a few photos from today. Well done to Miss Heron and the Pupil Council!

*** Just a few days left to add your favourite book to the blog. Please join in, we love reading your comments!***

World Book Day is on the 7th March 2013. Two years ago we asked people to tell us about their favourite books. They told us the title and author, and a little bit about why it was their favourite. We received 177 comments from pupils, staff and parents but this year we want to  reach even more readers. Our plan is to contact  as many people as possible to find out what they like to read. To add your favourite book, click on  comments above and add your name, book title and author and why you like it. If you joined in last time, you can still take part….. maybe you love the same book or perhaps you’ve found a new favourite. We are going to contact Turriff Library to see if they would like to join our project, along with local organisations and sports teams.Add your comment before 25th March if possible. Please pass on the blog address to a reader and ask them to join in……grannies,granddads, uncles, aunties…. the more the merrier!

Thank you from Mrs Maclean and the blog team 🙂

A couple of pictures, brought in by pupils from P5/20. Thank you for sharing your snowmen. I love the flat one! 🙂

Children should access their class glow group or blog, as directed by their class teacher prior to today. If children are unable to access glow, here is a list of suggested activities.

Learn their poem for Burns poetry recitals later in the week.

Play some maths games here.

Make a snowflake here.

100 word challenge. Using just 100 words, write a story which includes these 5 words: SNOW   DOG   PINK   WINDOW   CRASH Using the comment button at the top of this post, upload your story to the blog.

Build a snowman and take a photo. ( If you’d like to get your photo onto the blog, bring a printed copy to school when we return.)

This week Primary 5 held a Christmas Fayre, selling goods made from either natural materials or recycled materials. Parents and pupils came along to buy their things. Check back next week to see how much they made for the Eco fund. 🙂

We had two very special birthdays this week…. 2 children were 12 years old on the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year!

Happy Birthday from Mrs Maclean and the blog team!

Thank you to everyone who entered our flag competition. The standard of work was very high and we had a difficult job judging the flags. The winners for P4-7 are 1st- Isla Hepburn, 2nd-Abby Ross, 3rd- Georgia Wilson.

The winners for the p1-3s are 1st- Harvey Clark, 2nd- Laurel Christie, 3rd- Katie C , all from P3.

We would also like to award a special prize to Ewan in P4/7 for his super effort in completing the A-Z of Scotland.

Thank you to Miss Philp Smith and the children of Primary 5/19 and 5/20 for their assembly today. Click here to visit The Pod  eco website. Here are further details of their Switch Off Challenge.

Welcome to switch off fortnight 2012, we are the Markethill Eco-committee and we have a challenge for you.

SWITCH OFF AND SAVE

We would like to see if we can reduce the amount of electricity we are using and wasting at home and at school.

We need to save electricity because making electricity using fossil fuels pollutes the environment.  Also Fossil fuels will run out one day .  Then we won’t have petrol or diesel for our cars or oil for our central heating.

So what can you do to help reduce pollution?  Switch off and save.  When you are not using a light switch it off.   When you are finished with the tv switch it off, don’t leave it on stand by.   When you are finished on the computer switch it off properly.  Don’t over fill the kettle when making hot drinks. Don’t spend more time than you need in a very hot shower.

Would you like some eco stickers for your house?  To win stickers and an eco badge you have to try and save electricity at home.  Then get your parents or guardian to comment below about what you’ve been doing to save electricity.

This week we decided to give you some ideas for websites which you could visit. Each member of the team chose a site, and then used their ICT skills to add hyperlinks  to their posts. Have a look at their recommendations and leave them a comment to let them know how you got on.

Mrs Maclean

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