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  Primary 6 were asked to choose a make and model of plane built and flown between 1914 and 1945. They had to research information about their chosen plane including where and when was it built, what purpose was it built for and who designed and built it. They also had to think about how advances in technology would have helped in the construction and performance of the plane if it had been built today.

The children worked very hard on their homework and came up with some excellent posters and models. They are now proudly displayed outside the Primary 6 classroom.

This afternoon Primary 1 visited Georgetown library as part of our Book Week celebrations.  Firstly the very friendly librarian read a book in Scots which we found really funny.  Then we had a chance to look for books and share them with the adults that were with us.  Before we left we got another story, it was about ‘The Shark in the Park’ which is one of our favourite books.

We then walked back to school (and managed not to slip on the icy pavements!) just in time for the home time bell.

As part of Book Week Scotland in Primary 1 we decided to  invite our grown ups in to join us in some fun book based activities.  For our book ‘A Shark in the Park on a Windy Day!’ we created a craft shark which looked pretty scary!   For ‘ Hare and  Tortoise’, we had a bit of a race with our grown ups to see who was fastest.  For ‘There’s a Bear on My Chair’  we tested the adults rhyming skills.  There was also a chance to visit our lovely colourful library to share some quiet time with a good book.

At the end of the afternoon each child was gifted with their book bag which they can now share and enjoy at home!

One of our pupils, Matthew, is proud to announce that his new game is online. Matthew created this game from scratch using a programme called Scratch. Links to the Scratch website are on the sidebar. You can play  Matthew’s game by following this link.

Our friends, The Singing Children of Africa will be joining us again next Wednesday. The children and their teachers will join us for the day here in school and then perform in St. Andrew’s Church in the evening at 7pm. If you would like to listen to one of the songs they will be performing then click on the video link below. They will also be performing at the Plainstanes, Midsteeple on Tuesday 6th of September at4pm till 6pm.

Our Primary one children have now been with us for a couple of days. They are making a super start to their time at St. Andrew’s. We wish them a restful weekend before they join us again next week.

This week we welcomed our new Primary 1 children in to the St Andrew’s School Community.  They have had a great start making new friends and getting to know their way around the school.  As you can see from our photos lunchtime was very popular!

We’d like to welcome everyone back to school after our annual summer break. We have lots of new children and adults joining us this term. You are all most welcome to St. Andrew’s. We hope that you find it to be a friendly and supportive place to learn.

We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe summer holiday. We wish our outgoing primary seven class well  when they start their new schools in August.

Staff return to school on Wednesday 17th of August.

Children return to school on Thursday 18th of August.

Primary 5/6 couldn’t believe their eyes today, when Mrs Kerr showed them a square of tartan plaid, that had been part of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s original kilt when he came to Scotland on his Jacobite Quest in 1745. They imagined him cowering underneath  it on the cold nights when he was hiding in Cluny’s Cage.

The inscription reads: ” A piece of the plaid worn by Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Culloden, and left by him at his James MacIntosh Hall, Chief of the Clan Chattons”.

They then produced some fabulous creative writing pieces, in a genre of the children’s choice, and Mrs Kerr is looking forward to reading through some poems, imaginative stories, letters and newspaper reports tonight!