Month: March 2017

Look at what we’ve been up to in Nursery! We’ve had a busy few weeks recently! With sessions of Balance Bikes and Let’s get Sporty, we’ve had a visit from our Dental Health Officer, Pam, and her friend Farley. Aaaaaaand we had a town walk looking at the old buildings and even a story in the Ewart Library, all tying in with our topic about the past.  As you can imagine, we were super tired that day! Currently we are collecting photos of weddings, christenings, confirmations to show each other in Nursery, so if you still have some at home, we would really like to see them!

P5 were busy baking Viking bread today! This is linked with our current History topic, as well as Maths and Literacy. The children enjoyed eating their bread with honey: Viking style! Thanks very much to our parent helpers for leading this activity.

P2 have been out in the forest for the past 3 Fridays. We have been den building, bug hunting and playing in the natural environment, we didn’t even mind the rain on weeks 2 and 3. This has been a great learning experience for the children and they have really enjoyed themselves.

 

 

This week as part of our Cluster Health Programme we have been offering lunch time activities to celebrate girls in sport.  All classes had an activity to attend and received water, fruit snack and a certificate for taking part.  Our Sports Committee Reps, Shannon and Nicole helped promote the event.  Well done all who attended!

On Tuesday 14th March, 12 pupils from Primary 6 and 7 travelled to Glasgow to take part in the Scottish Bridge Union Minibridge competition. All 3 teams played extremely well and came a respectable 7th and joint 11th out of 18 teams. This was no easy task playing against well established teams while only learning the game themselves since last November. All pupils were a credit to the school. A fun day was had by all.

 

Our talented pupil Leah has been busy competing over recent weeks in the Active Schools Super 5s Cross Country competition.   Leah thoroughly enjoyed competing and finished first in her section gaining a gold medal.  Wow well done Leah what an achievement!

On Saturday two teams from St Andrew’s P3/P4 took part in the Dumfries Country Dancing Festival following on from their Jigs and Reels training. They performed their dances superbly,  and have received a Silver accreditation badge from The Royal Scottish Dance Society which will be presented at assembly on Friday. Thank you to all the parents who came and supported the children. They are a credit to you and the school. The feedback from the head judge confirms this – have a read at his comments below!

    

On Thursday 9th and Friday 10th March Primary 6 visited Mrs Chalk in the HE department at St. Joseph’s College. Mrs Chalk spoke to the children about what they had learned in their topic on Food including what we use our senses for when cooking and eating. They discussed safety and hygiene in the kitchen from preparation to clearing away. The children then made fruit kebabs and pancakes while thinking about the appearance, texture and taste of the food. Mrs Chalk, Mrs Barnett and the children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are keen to arrange the next visit.

P3 had a fantastic day trip to New Lanark yesterday were they found out about life in Victorian times.

They started off with a lesson in the Victorian schoolroom. Mr Gough rang the bell and the P3’s were transported back in time to 1825. After dressing like Victorian children; writing on slates, number work, geography and nature work were all undertaken under Mr Gough’s strict rules. Luckily his class finished off with some lively dancing. After a vote, unsurprisingly, the majority of the class said they preferred school now!

A cinema film and a time travelling ride came next, and a visit round the mill houses and village store concluded our visit. What a busy day!

The children were complimented on their fantastic manners by many of the staff at New Lanark. Well done to all in P3 and many thanks to Mrs Seton and Mrs Woods for joining us on our trip.

As part of our building topic we are visiting the forest on a Friday for the next couple of weeks to have a go at building our own dens. The children had great fun using natural resources and materials to build their dens. We hope the weather stays dry for next week….