Author: Mrs Davidson

Primary 5/6 enjoyed a fascinating visit from local photographer, Phil McMenemy.  Phil came in to talk to the children about his work, and show the children some of his photographs.  He explained in detail the role that light and shadow plays when taking a good picture, explaining the properties of light, and how light can change depending on the season. The children learned that photography literally means to ‘paint with light’, and that Phil, despite being colour blind, has made a successful career from photography.  Phil’s visit proved a great success, not only underlining the children’s learning but also inspiring them that, no matter if there are barriers in your way, if you work hard, you can overcome them and succeed! Phil was christened  “The man who paints with light!”, by the P5/6 class, a nickname he says he is very pleased with!

Primary 3 have been studying Scottish Food and Farming.  As part of this topic we visited the Barony Farm.  It really brought our learning to life as we could get a much better idea of the journey milk takes from farm to our fridge.  Mr Wardrop and Mrs Jamieson were super guides and answered all our questions.

Next time you see one of us please ask us a question (even a tricky one!) to test our knowledge.

P5/6 thoroughly enjoyed showing off their knowledge at their Celebration of Learning on Thursday afternoon.

They started the afternoon retelling a chapter of the novel Peter Pan, using their shadow puppet theatres.  Then they presented power points that they had compiled, documenting their J.M Barrie Walk. The whole class then recited the poem “My Shadow” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Back in the classroom, there were challenges galore!  The children loved testing their parents on the Multiplication Challenge table, some even made it into the 50’s Club!

Mrs Jones was the winner of the Peter Pan Quiz, which was compiled by the children – Congratulations!

We all enjoyed participating in the Tinkerbell art activity, and the adults were very responsible and didn’t get too messy!

Jack, our resident photographer for the day, managed to capture a few of the activities that we all took part in.

Thank you so much to everyone that was able to attend.

 

 

On Friday St Andrew’s had a bit of a spooky feel as all children got in to the ‘spirit’ of things for their Hallowe’en Parties.

The children’s costumes were amazing and they all had great fun playing games such as Hallowe’en corners and spooky statues.

Thank you once again to all involved in organising this Spooktacular Event!

Have a look at some of the fun we had in the photos below: