This afternoon Primary 7 were joined by Primary 2 at Play in a Pod, together some of the children created a theatre and stage and put together a production of Beauty and the Beast! Well done everyone!

Primary 7 have been given the fantastic opportunity of accessing a children’s newspaper, First News. This will be used for various literacy activities in the coming terms and today they were introduced to the online platform, iHub. First News iHub allows the pupils access to global news stories, interactive comprehensions, vocabulary puzzles, polls and debates. The news gallery enables pupils to create their own news using the content that excites them the most.

Alongside the online platform is a weekly newspaper that will be sent to the school and pupils will have access to this. The newspaper will provide them with an accessible way to understand the world, enrich their knowledge and build confidence in sharing ideas and opinions, whilst supporting their personal reading development.

The pupils were very enthusiastic about First News and are looking forward to using it.   iHub can be accessed from home at https://ihub.firstnews.co.uk/ and each pupil has their own log in.

Primary 7 and Primary 1 spent some together at Play in a Pod. Primary 7 helped their buddies to create different characters and settings from some of their favourite fairy tales.

Primary 7 did an amazing job organising and running the Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising an incredible £1015.92! The pupils have decided to split the money equally between Macmillan and Breast Cancer Care Scotland. Well done Primary 7 and thank you so much to all the parents, carers and family members that supported Primary 7.

Primary 7 attended Safe Taysiders yesterday which was held at Baluniefield Police Station.  Pupils were learning safety lessons for life and were put to the test to see how they would handle a variety of emergency situations.

Special scenarios were staged by representatives from the emergency services and other Community Safety Partnerships agencies. These are tailored to test the reactions of the young people and educate them about to what to do if they are ever faced with a real emergency situation.  These scenarios included dealing with fire, internet safety, anti social behaviour, stranger danger, electricity dangers, drugs and alcohol, flood dangers and safe travel.

Primary 7 took part in various activities during Fit Thursday including boxercise, gymnastics, football and table tennis. Everyone displayed a growth mindset when faced with a new challenge or activity, well done Primary 7!

Primary 7 are hosting the Macmillan Coffee Morning next Thursday, 27th September from 10am – 1130am. If you can donate a prize for the raffle or have any items for the bric-a-brac please hand these in at the office. Cakes and home-baking can also be handed in next week. Thank you, from Primary 7 and Mrs Paton.

Primary 7 have been discussing growth mindset and what it means to us in our everyday lives. Eight words were written down – dedication, success, risks, mistakes, perseverance, effort, courage and creativity – and they had to write what the word means to them or draw a picture to illustrate what it means. Everyone discussed that mistakes are the way to learn, they allow thinking to happen and they are central to the learning process, great job Primary 7!

This morning Primary 7 visited Menzieshill library with their buddies, this gave the Primary 7’s a chance to read a story to their buddy and show them how to take books out.

This afternoon the Scottish SPCA visited Primary 7 and they took part in a workshop. They found out ways in which we can all be responsible animal citizens and played a game testing their knowledge of pet animals.