Category: Uncategorized

On Thursday 18th May, Primary 6 listened to a very informative talk from PC Trosh about Substance Misuse. They discussed the uses for drugs, positive and negative, and the difference between legal and illegal drugs. They also had time to look at examples and discuss with each other what they looked like and their effects on the body. The class listened very well, answered questions sensibly and asked pertinent questions throughout the talk.  They all agreed they had learned something they didn’t know before, including Mrs Barnett!

Congratulations to Callum, Harvey and Jack on their recent Meccano Mega-Truck build. The boys wanted take their Knex construction skills and apply them to a new set of materials. Meccano was chosen and  they built the truck you see here. Well done chaps!

Congratulations to Connor and Shaun who both won bronze medals at their recent Tae Kwon Do competition. Keep up the good work boys and we will all follow your progress.

The Crazy Unicorn Crafters told us that they are making pencil cases and notebooks out of thread, felt and card.

The Publicity Pigeons said they are writing a thank you note to put in the bulletin.

Zac and Josh from the Organisation Group are sorting out a school disco for all the classes next week.

The Backpacking group need lots more bags, body lotion and shower gel.

To date we have packed 18 bags!

This is the last minute call for donations. Please hand in any other donations by the 20th of May.

P6 Thank you again for handing in all the generous donations! We are well on our way to packing lots more backpacks.

Matthew and Toby.

This week in maths Primary 1 have been using positional language.  We have been giving our little friends the Beebots instructions using left and right turns.  We have been trying to get them to follow chalk paths and even built bridges and progammed them to get through.

 

In Primary 1 this week we have been using different openers in our writing.  We decided to use openers when writing a set of instructions about how to make toast and jam! Of course to do this properly we thought we better make some toast and jam first yum!

 

 

Over the last 3 weeks Primary 7 have been learning about Civil Engineering from our STEM ambassador Mrs Lauryn Steele.  This week we had the grand finale which was to build an amazing full size bridge in our PE hall!  The children were split into 2 teams and given important roles within the group as either deck, cable or pin workers.  The team work was fantastic, as well as the learning gained about the different forces of tension and compression, as well as the different types of bridge structures.  This particular bridge was a Cable Stay bridge but the children have made truss, suspension and cantilever bridges too with the K-Nex in class.  They really enjoyed the challenge to build the strongest structure and it was the Arch bridge built by Harvey, Reign, Freya and Bobbi that actually held the most weight of 4kg!  What a fantastic project this has been for us!

Can we please reassure some of our families about the places they have applied for in regard to their children and their catchment school. If the primary or secondary you have applied for is your catchment school, you will not receive a letter confirming that place, but you do have a place. It is your catchment school so a letter is not necessary. Letters are only issued to those families who have applied for a school that is not their catchment school. We hope this clears things up a little.

The bag packers have been keeping track of donations. They are making sure there isn’t too many of one item coming in.

This week they have noticed we need more donations of shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, shower caps, rulers, small balls, toothpaste and spoons please.

The publicity group are making a PowerPoint explaining in more detail about the backpack project following on from their visits round the classes.

The craft group have started to make pencil cases from felt that has been donated. They have cut out the patterns and are getting ready to sew the pieces together.

The fundraising group are busy organising an event to run during school time – more details to follow next week.

Thank you to everyone who has helped and donated so far. Please keep sending in donations, particularly the items listed above.

Toby and Matthew