Month: January 2016

 

This Tuesday will see the Stage Two competitive round for the Bananagrams challenge, and will see the following children pitting their wits  against each other:

Group One

Toby P5/6 versus Lauren P6/7

Group Two

Roxabella P4/5 versus Bobbi Lee P6/7

Group Three

Lauren P5/6 versus Leah P4/5

Group Four

Patrycja P5/6 versus Hannah P6/7

 

Good luck everyone!

The Catholic Church in Scotland encourages schools, parishes and other agencies to work closely together in order to celebrate the successes of Catholic education particularly during one week each year.  The purpose of Catholic Education Week is to highlight the significance of education, not only for young people but for society as a whole.  Students, parents, teachers and others are asked to reflect on their own roles in the education process –  at home, in school, in the local parish and in other educational settings.

P4’s visit to Robert Burns associated places last week is in the news.

 

P4 have been very busy learning about the life and times for Robert Burns. We made posters to share what we have been learning about for the Nursery. We wrote our own ‘Tales of Tam O Shanter’ and shared them with P7 as they have been reading the poem in class. We are very proud of our work and enjoyed sharing what we have been learning with others in the school.

 

We shared our posters with Nursery AM and PM.

 

 

P7 were very impressed with Our Tam O Shanter Tales.

On Sunday our P7 pupils participated in the Big Burns Carnival parade and they were FANTASTIC!!! Their hard work in rehearsals certainly paid off as they carried out their set pieces  ( and their more informal interactions) to the awaiting public.  Birds of Paradise was the theme for our school and the children looked fantastic with their faces painted and with their eye catching costumes on. It is great that they  participated in this community event which is broadcast all over the world. They did St. Andrew’s proud! Enjoy some of our pictures from the day.

We made kilts using toy cars to make the lines in the tartan, dipping them in red and yellow paint. We also had haggis, neeps and tatties for snack on Monday 25th of January to celebrate Burns’ birthday. Miss Cullen’s Primary 4 class came in to show us homework that they did, to tell the children facts about Robert Burns. All children enjoyed seeing the older children in the school, some of them sharing the experience with their siblings.

Today we had a special assembly celebrating the Scots language.  Miss Gilfillan told us how important it was to celebrate our heritage and find out more about the country we are all part of.   Each class performed for the rest of the school.  We had poems, songs, dances and even some audience participation!

Please have a look at some of the action in the photos below:

This afternoon for our soft finish we thought we would give parents a test to see if they could do our ‘Big Maths’ sheets. They got to listen to the jingles we play then they had to get their heads down to complete the worksheet in the time given!! Well done parents!!

On Tuesday P4 had a very busy day visiting local places of interest and finding out about Robert Burns. We went to visit his house where he lived in Dumfries, this is also the house where he died. We went to the Mausoleum to see where he had been buried, we found out that it was not the place he was buried in the first place, he was moved to the site of the Mausoleum 19 years after he died. We then had to walk over the  Robert Burns Centre, we watched a film about Burns’ life in the cinema then we went upstairs to see some more artefacts and information about his life. There is a model of Dumfries as it would have looked when Robert Burns was living here. It was really interesting. After that we walked up the really steep hill for lunch at the museum and then we had a wander round. Our last activity of the day was a Burns on the Beat workshop with Dr Fred, he told us about Burns songs and we listened to some music that Burns would have listened to when he was growing up.

We had a really good day, even though we had to walk a lot. Well done P4!!

The first Bananagrams Lunchtime Club seemed to be a big hit today, with 46 children from Primary 4/5, 5/6 and 6/7 taking part.  We managed to all squeeze into the Primary 5/6 classroom (just!) and the first competitive games were played. I will post a list of the winners from each group, along with photographs of today’s antics as soon as possible.  Big thank you to everyone who took part, and also to my volunteer referees, who were an excellent help today. Mrs Kerr