What a fabulous day we had enjoying Outdoor Education Day in the glorious sunshine! P1-4 had a blast of a morning working together to build their mega-sized 3d junk castles! They all looked fabulous – fit for a knight. P5-7 headed to Aldouran Wetlands to do some 2d triangle shape work. They built their own triangles then completed their ‘Boast Sheet’ full of all the facts and knowledge they had
This morning we had seven very welcome visitors; Sophia, Sean, Ella, Ellie, Ewan, Hamish and Amelia came to spend an hour with us. They will be our new Primary one pupils in August and we are very much looking forward to having them. Their visits will build up over the next few weeks so they will get to know us, and we’ll get to know them! By all accounts, they seemed to enjoy
As part of their Money topic, P1 have been running their playtime tuck-shop every day this week. This will run for this week and next. They have lots of yummy goodies for sale and, with just a little help from Mrs Smith, the P1 pupils are taking turns each day in manning their shop, taking orders, calculating amounts and giving change. Real-life maths and no mistake! P2-6 love visiting the P1 tuck-shop
P1-4 were thrilled to welcome back Kathryn Purchase with her History Alive presentation of ‘Knights and Castles’. This was a perfect way to launch our Castles topic and the children were fascinated with all the interesting facts and gory detail. We can’t wait for the chance to have Kathryn back again! “ I can see that when the Vikings were defeated, lots of castles were built.” Fraser “It
P1-4 are learning about babies and life cycles in HWB. We had some special little visitors into class to help us learn about how to care for a baby. Kerr (4 months) and Olivia (13 weeks) popped in to see us with their mums, Alexa and Sarah. The girls and boys had the chance to ask the mummies lots of questions and will now be taking on the challenge of
The whole school travelled to Logan Gardens today for a ‘Lost Word’ experience. After enjoying a yummy picnic lunch in the gardens, the children joined Kate, our ranger from the Royal Botanical Society of Edinburgh, who used poetry as exploration of our local natural environment and biodiversity in different ways. The focus was on the book, The Lost Words, which is a collaborative project between writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie
P1-4 jumped on a bus to go and visit a bus on Wednesday afternoon! The Wild about Scotland double decker bus has been parked up at Stranraer Academy this week, and children were invited to hop aboard and find out a bit more about Scotland’s biodiversity. The children got to look through microscopes to view tiny animals in more detail, match bones and skulls to animals, look at antlers and
Primary 1-4 had a blast of a time on Tuesday morning when the team from Generation Science came to visit to explain a bit more about the sun, moon and stars in a really fun way! They used giant models of the Earth, sun and moon to show how they orbit and explain the concept of day, night and time (days, months and years) in child-friendly speak. Judging from the
What an active morning P5-7 had at Green Valley today. All Stranraer Academy feeder schools were invited to take part in the annual cross country event. Primary 5 pupils were set the challenge of a 1/2 mile race, whilst P6 and 7s had a mile route to follow. A fast-paced aerobic warm-up got everyone in the zone then it was time for the runs. Well done to everyone for their
This afternoon, the whole school headed outside into the Spring sunshine. The Eco-group’s recent meeting has discussed any litter issues and, as this month highlighted The Great British Clean-Up, we decided to do our bit for the community by doing a litter pick. Boys and girls worked together in small groups to go on the hunt for rubbish which really should have been put in a bin. We’re delighted to
