Month: June 2016

Primary 5/6 couldn’t believe their eyes today, when Mrs Kerr showed them a square of tartan plaid, that had been part of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s original kilt when he came to Scotland on his Jacobite Quest in 1745. They imagined him cowering underneath  it on the cold nights when he was hiding in Cluny’s Cage.

The inscription reads: ” A piece of the plaid worn by Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Culloden, and left by him at his James MacIntosh Hall, Chief of the Clan Chattons”.

They then produced some fabulous creative writing pieces, in a genre of the children’s choice, and Mrs Kerr is looking forward to reading through some poems, imaginative stories, letters and newspaper reports tonight!

The Book Club members have put together a list of some of their favourite books.  We hope this gives you an idea of some books you may like to read over the summer.  Please let us know what you think!

Xavier:

• Horrible Histories (All) – Terry Deary
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (All) – Lemony Snicket
• Harry Potter (All) – JK Rowling
• Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
• Mission Survive (All) – Bear Grylls

Louise:

• Katy – Jacqueline Wilson
• Demon Dentist – David Walliams
• Why the Whales Came – Michael Morpurgo
• The 6 Wives of Henry VIII – Alison Prince
• Hetty Feather – Jacqueline Wilson

Emilia:

• Grampa’s Great Escape – David Walliams
• Matilda – Roald Dahl
• Scrapbook of My Life – Alfie Dyes
• Dork Diaries Puppy Love
• Dork Diaries Drama Queen

James

• Harry Potter (All)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Roald Dahl (All)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (All)
• The Adventures of the Wishing Chair

Bobbi

• Zoella 1 & 2
• Vicky Angel
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (All)
• Alfie Deyes Pointless Book
• The Jungle Book

Freya

• Wolfblood Pull of the Moon
• Wolfblood Call of the Wild
• Wolfblood Wolves Among Us
• The Animal Book
• The Mammal Book

As part of our healthy bodies topic, we have been learning about the different food that contribute to a healthy diet. Tesco kindly let us visit to investigate these food groups further.

Happy after a successful trip!

 We were allowed to touch the fish from the Fishmonger counter!

We got plenty of carbohydrates at the Bakery!

We got a lovely fruit and vegetable taster!

Winners of the ‘blue fruit hunt’

 

In a return to our annual match against St. Teresa’s, we put forward a mixed team of P5-7 pupils. After a tightly fought match, St. Andrew’s managed to win through. Well done to all! It is good to have the   trophy back in our trophy cabinet.

P3 completed their climate zones topic today by showing all they had learned through a k’nex challenge.  The children could choose a Temperate, Polar or Tropical Climate area to make from k’nex.  They had to include plant and animal life from this climate.  Here are some of their brilliant efforts:

P4 went to the science centre on Thursday 16th June. We got to go to the Imax to see a £D film, it was about lemurs in Madagascar. Then we went into the science mall in our groups, we were able to have a look round and investigate all the things that were there. There was a whole floor about the human body, we had great fun leaning about how our body works. We even found out what jobs we could do if we enjoy science.

What a fantastic day!

 

 

 

 

 

Girls excited about the gift shop

 

This morning we had a visit from the Queen of the South elect, Eimear Smith and her attendants.  We were all excited to see the horses and we even had a cheering competition which Lucy and Avi won!

Lauren, our attendant,  welcomed everyone to St Andrew’s and Harvey, the Queen’s Bearer, presented a gift to the Queen.

Some of our pupils were lucky enough to win prizes in the Guid Nychburris Handwriting Competition and they were awarded with their prizes by the Queen.  The following pupils won Highly Commended Certificates:

Jagna (P7), Debbie (P7), Emilia (P6), Leah (P5), Ava-Rose (P3) and Ruby (P3)

We look forward to seeing the Queen and all her attendants in the Guid Nychburris celebrations this weekend.

Good Luck Lauren and Harvey, we hope you have a great day and that the sun shines!

On Monday 6th June P4/5 went on a trip to Stirling Castle and Bannockburn as part of their topic on The Scottish Wars of Independence. The children had a brilliant time and learned lots from Mark and Lesley from Solway Tours. The children behaved perfectly and were a credit to the school.

We want to say a big thank you to all those who organised and came to our annual Family Fun evening last Friday. On a night when the weather threatened but failed to wash us all away, people still turned up in considerable numbers. All seemed to have a good evening. As a whole £1656:75 was raised. Thanks to Mel and all her team!