Author: Mrs Davidson

Today we decided to make the most of the good weather and take our spelling learning outdoors.  We tested each other on our spelling words whilst practising our skipping and basketball dribbling skills.

Hello we are a group of 5 Primary 7s and over the next few weeks we will be keeping you up to date with what’s going on in St Andrew’s.  Please keep checking for our regular updates!

In Primary 3 over the first few weeks of term we have been busy taking our learning outside.  Last week we were artists and chose different aspects of nature to do observational drawings.   This week we did our maths measure work outdoors which involved estimating and measuring objects in our woodlands using centimetres.  We made sure we had some time for a bit of imaginative play and tree climbing too!

This week we have been really busy.  Yesterday we wrote emails to Mr V.  We also did symmetry outside.  In art with Mr P we started working on some Victorian art looking at a famous artist called Turner.

Today we had assembly and then topic where we looked at living and non-living things.  We have also fitted in our spelling tests with Mrs Woods.

by Danny

Today the school is bright and colourful with children (and staff) dressed as their favourite book characters.

Classes met this morning in the hall to take part in our parade and share their amazing outfits!  There are a number of book related activities going on today and we even have some classes from St Michael’s Primary joining us to do activities with the children.

During Lent we are also holding a Book Swap to raise funds for SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund).  Children are welcome to bring in a book they have enjoyed reading but no longer want and place it on our book case at the front of the school.  For a small donation they are then welcome to take a new book for home.

This week saw the start of our next 4 week job club block.  The children met at the school bright and early on Tuesday morning and headed down to the Dock Park for circuits and some relays.  We hope to build up our stamina over the weeks and increase our continued jogging time.  Our couch Angela was impressed with how well we did in week 1, a lot of the boys and girls showed the jogging skills they have built up from attending the local Park Run at the weekends.

For the first week we were lucky with the weather so fingers crossed for 3 more weeks of the same!

This week’s Blogging Team

This week we have been working on our times tables.  We have been working on our 2,3,4,5 and 10 some are now on to their 6 too! We play fun games to help us.

In topic we have been learning about the Victorians.  We found out about the rich and poor and the food that they ate.  We can’t wait to find out more.

With Mr Parkhouse we drew some Belted Galloway cows ready for printing next week.

We have been talking about being Responsible Citizens, for example looking after the little ones, caring for our environment and keeping personal information safe on the internet.