Our Weekly School News
An opportunity to share our learning with the school community. We hope that families may find it useful when listening and talking about what your child(ren) have been doing in school.
(More photographs are on our school website. Comments on our activities are also very welcome – click on the small comments link underneath each Post heading on our website.)
Positive Destinations. We are inviting ex-pupils of the school to either post on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/cdpschool/) or email the School – gw08officecastle@dumgal.gov.uk to tell us about what jobs they have done and any achievements they would like to share. This is to add to our ‘Positive Destinations Wall Display’ to give our current pupils some ideas and information about their future aspirations.
Some Class News
Primary 1
We are enjoying our new topic plants, farms and shops.
We can label parts of the plants, list things plants need to grow. We even planted sunflower seed. We are looking after them carefully and looking for changes.
This week, we’ve been learning all about food chains.
Cara has successfully moved from Level 1 to Level 2 in Gymnastics.
Primary 1/2
We are learning about money this week. We have been exploring different coins and we are using these to make different amounts. In our classroom we have a farm shop – we are enjoying putting price tags on the different items and paying with our coins. On Friday 23rd June, we are running a shop in our classroom for the P2 and P3 children. We will be the shopkeepers and we are selling flapjacks, top hats and fruity fizz.
Primary 2a
We finished our work on Food Chains and used the cups to sort out different food chains.
Kianna – “I learned that some animals are too big to eat and they are top of the food chain.”
Chloe – “I learned smaller animals are eaten by the bigger animals.”
Gary – “I learned the herbivores came first in the food chain.
Charlotte – “I liked sorting the food chains on the computer.”
Primary 2b
In Maths we have been weighing things and comparing the weights. We made colourful jelly fish in Art. We investigated what floated and sank and made predictions then tested them. We have been enjoying listening to the talks about sea creatures in class and learning lots of interesting facts.
Primary 3a
This week we have been working with numbers to 1000 learning how to count on and back from any number from 0-1000.
We really enjoyed watching the Drama Club’s performance of Superstan.
Finlay says “It was really good and funny.”
Niamh says “The Drama Club must have worked very hard.”
We have also been working on telling the difference between facts and opinions.
Well done to Eilidh at Karate who got her Orange Belt and Harrison who got his Red Belt.
Primary 3b
We have been researching Roman Gods for our topic and finding out why the Romans invaded Britain.
We have been identifying fact and opinion in reading texts.
We have been looking for patterns in number sequences.
Erin has moved into Mini Squad Gymnastics.
Primary 4
This week we have been learning how to gather information and display it using bar charts. We even gathered some information by speaking in French. We also completed some lovely artwork, using line and shading techniques to make the picture look 3D.
Primary 4/5
We have been working hard on our CDPS Regional Museum in preparation for the opening day next Friday 23rd June. There will be 9 exhibits – The Body, Shells, Fossils, New Transport, Old Transport, Money, WW1, WW2, Swords. Classes will be invited to come along and our families too.
Primary 5/6
We had our final music workshop with Feis Rois this week. We did a concert for P6.
We enjoyed watching some of our class perform in Super Stan this week.
Andrew, Daniel P and Craig are off to Cub Camp this weekend. Ryan P came first at his carriage driving competition.
Primary 6
Most of the class have moved up a level in their spelling – Well Done!
In ICT we have updated our My Merit profiles.
We have been looking at Maths money problems.
We have started to look at the changes that we will go through during puberty and as we grow up.
Reminders for Next Week
P1 – Monday 19th P1 Assembly 11am
Sports Day – Tuesday 20th June 12:30pm
CDPS Regional Museum Friday 23rd June – we will be selling cakes, biscuits etc at a museum café so any donations of home baking would be greatly appreciated – send to P4/5 or P5/6 class
P4/5 & P5/6 School Trip to Edinburgh Museum of Scotland on Monday 26th June.
