Author: Mrs McIntyre

Well done and thank you P4 and families for the wonderful work you have prepared at home as the finale to our Energy topic.

We invited P3 along to our exhibition of work and have all the models on display outside the classroom to celebrate your efforts.  There has been all sorts of wonderful crafting, woodwork and technology to create wind turbines, solar houses, geo-thermal and hydro electricity models. I am really impressed at how well the children have worked and spoken about their projects and with the enthusiasm they have shown not only for their own work but also in the positive way they have spoken about the projects of their peers.

Good for you all P4!

P4 have been learning all about prepositions in literacy this week.  We learned that prepositions can be to show place, movement or time. We went around the playground and into the forest seeing how many different ones we could use in sentences and act out for the camera!

There were lots of creative ideas and poses!

                   Bibi is on top of the climbing frame and Farrah is behind the wall.

The children were under the trees and inside their dens. Well done to the P4 group leaders/photographers Charlie and Milli  for catching great learning!

 

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Congratulations Autumn, you made a super attendant for our school and had a lovely dry and fun Gala Day!

P7 had an action packed day on Monday 17th June at Braehead Arena, Glasgow.  First we all enjoyed Pikachu Pokemon Detective with a special treat of juice and popcorn.  Then we had fun sitting and chatting with friends at Frankie and Benny’s for lunch.  In the afternoon we had Gravity Trampoline Park booked out for just us.  There were loads of things to do there such as rock climbing, speed challenges, Gladiator style challenges as well as the trampolines.  When the music got turned up, the lights went down and the disco lights came on it was very cool! I think everyone had a fantastic time, P7 did so well earlier this year to raise funds to pay for the whole day out so very well done!

 

 

P2 have been looking at measure in the forest this week.  They tried to find wood as tall as them and used non-standard units to find the length of their arms, shoes, the benches, the den and so on. Some children used sticks, some used leaves, stones or pine cones.  Mr Pumpernickel on BBC Super M. overs got us nice and warmed up for measure before we headed outside. Mrs McIntyre certainly enjoyed the funny song and dance!

Maeve’s shoe was only 4 fir cones long but she found the brick was the same length too!

The bench was ten sticks long.

  

The den was ten sticks long.

Some of the posters the pupils made when they had to research a career they would like to pursue

P5-P7 World of Work

  World of Work was a great success with different fields of jobs coming .  

Some Quotes from the class: “My favourite thing was seeing all the animals ” said the inspirational Archie Hyslop

“When I am older I want to be a green architect and the world of work inspired me to do it “said Samuel Lyagoba.

“It was very interesting learning a lot about glasses and how are eyes work whilst we got to try them out ourselves :)” -Eryk Janas

The pupils  enjoyed and learned valuable information about the different fields.

I hope World of Work will show the children that each field is different and that each should be respected.

Made by Kevin Rayen and George McGeoch Shea Knox

P7 travelled to Whithorn yesterday to celebrate mass with St Teresa’s, St Columba’s, St Joseph’s and St Ninian’s Primary schools.  They learned about St Ninian, participated in a lovely mass, played in the sea and went for an ice cream in Whithorn to finish off a lovely day. Here are a few photos of our day.

 

Many thanks to all the parents, families and friends who came to our Celebration of Learning on Tuesday afternoon.  I have no idea how we all managed to fit into the classroom!  Thank goodness you could enjoy a little more space in the hall when our groups performed their creative dances to The Black Eyed Peas – I Got a Feeling and for those who participated very bravely in the parents against pupils Floorball!

Back in class there was lots of good learning on show and P7 kept everyone busy playing French Body Bingo, Singing in French (even with our fantastic class band accompanying!), taking on Samson Maths speed challenges and guessing the pupils from the baby pictures, making batteries using potatoes and lemons as well as teaching parents how to programme machines using Lego We Do.  It was a great afternoon and the children really enjoyed sharing time with everyone.

Primary seven walked to the top of Criffel on Wednesday to raise funds for SCIAF.  It was a great day.  The weather was good and the sky clear so we enjoyed the fantastic views across the Solway. It certainly was a challenge but everyone did so well.  The regular snack breaks and constant chatter kept everyone in high spirits even when the going got very steep and one or two children got stuck in the mud! Luckily the chance to have a splash in the burn and walk through the tunnel got the boots a bit cleaner! Well done everyone, you were all great hikers and should be proud of your achievement and the way you encouraged one another along the way.  Here are a few photos of the day.