School news
A reminder that next week Monday 21st at 6:30pm – there is a short information session for P4 families (but all P4-7 are welcome) about using My merit – an online resource the school (and High School) uses to record pupil personal achievements. Wednesday 23rd 7pm – Gateway Meeting for P7 families at Castle Douglas High School
Our Weekly Class News
P1 class has been doing topic work and learning all about the moon and what it would be like if the class were to go there. The children worked in pairs to make a model of a rocket which would take them to the moon. Struan and Ceyda made a rocket from bricks. Amber and Caleb used lollipop sticks to create their rocket and Georgie and Arno used pipe cleaners. The whole class had to work hard in their team.
In P1/2 we are enjoying our new Sun, Moon and Stars topic. We have been learning about the moon this week and we enjoyed travelling to the moon in Drama. We also created our own moons using lots of different materials to make the rocky surface.
Alexander – ” We see the moon at night time.”
Rhys – “The moon is rocky.”
P2a have been learning about 3d shapes. Lewis said ” Spheres can roll” and Katie told us ” A cube has 6 faces”. They have also been learning about the alphabet, names and sounds and have been putting them in order. Ollie said ” The vowels are a,o,i,o,u”. Holly said ” I can say the alphabet”. The class have also been learning about day and night. Murray said” We learned that the moon was bigger and brighter on Monday and it was a Super Moon” Kiana said” The next one won’t be until 2034″.
In P2b we painted owls using water colours. We are continuing to learn about Plop. We have enjoyed dressing in our sports clothes for Children in Need. We have started practising our Christmas songs!
Saffron – “I liked learning about the Supermoon.”
This week in P3a we continued rounding to the nearest 10 in maths. Along with that we were using the numbers we had rounded to estimate answers to sums.
For our topic we looked at how rainbows are made and made phases of the moon flipbooks.
This week Duncan won a silver medal in his karate class. Niamh has learned to swim on her own and Eilidh can now dive to the bottom of the deepend. Well done everyone!
This week in P3b we have been learning the four compass points in maths. We are learning to use adjectives and connectives in our personal writing on ‘My Favourite Place.’
We are learning about the phases of the moon. Some of us observed the Super Moon on Monday.
In P4 we have been continuing our book study on Journey and have made lots of good art work including some lanterns with Mrs Harris. We have also been identifying grid references in Maths and building our 3d shapes.
This week in P4/5 Jaimie-Leigh ” We have been learning how to play rugby in P.E”
Rosie – “We have started watching the new version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on DVD.”
Noah S – “We have been learning about probability and chance in maths.”
Aillie and Megan took part in their Ballet Show. Abbie White also took part in a dance show. Heidi and Mylie took part in a ‘Day of Dance’ Noah O took part in a cycling race. Finlay M moved up a level at Lego Club.
P5/6
P6 went to Stronord this week. We all had a great time.
Anna – “Orienteering was the best part and we never got lost.”
Dylan and Harry enjoyed the mountain biking and Dylan thought the pizza was delicious.
Skye thought the mountain biking was hard but it was still good fun.
P5 entered book cover designs to the book fair competition.
In P6 we have been learning about the wind’s direction and speed, using the beaufort scale. We have been learning how to use a compass. We learned how to write personally. We made tornados in Art. We have been learning how to tell the time in French. We are doing volleyball in PE. We had a video conference session with Leswalt Primary School.
Threave Rovers won a football match at the weekend. Cross Stitch girls completed their items. Ava learned the Highland Fling dance. Kayla moved up a group in swimming. Callie and Chloe did their ballet show.
P6/7
Our P6’s visited Stronord on Monday and Tuesday. P7’s took part in current global trend of the ‘Mannequin Challenge’ which you can see.
In maths we have been constructing 3D models using nets and Knex which we hope to show you next week.
In our Daily Mile Challenge we have travelled 967 miles which means we have reached Berlin and Zurich.
This week we say goodbye to Archie and Emily who are going to Callander and also Madison as she goes to Crossmichael. Good luck to you all.
P7
Fundraising fever has hit P7 this week!
The pupils shared information about Children in Need at their assembly on Thursday. They also had a super fundraising day on Friday. The children chose and organised the activities which were – Bake Sale, Guess the bricks in the lego house, skips in a minute, Tombola, guess the animal, lucky dip, guess the page, face painting and how many Pudseys. Thank you to all who kindly donated to these activities. Good luck to Gabriel who is competing in a Dance Show this weekend.
Reminders for Next Week
P1- Nocturnal animal research homework is due in on Monday 21st November.
Tuesday 22nd November is pyjama day
P1/2 – PJ day on Tuesday 22nd November and Book Fair on Mon 21st November.
P5/6 – We have a slot to visit the Book Fair on Monday 21st November.
P6 – Stronord money is due – this must come in before children can go. Please remember PE kits. Stronord Tuesday and Wednesday for P6 boys and we leave at 8:30am.
