Our Weekly School News
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School News
Our Spring Term ends on Thursday 29th and we will be holding an Easter Assembly in school.
Pupils are very welcome to bring in a Decorated Egg if they wish on Wednesday 28th. There will be a prize (judged by our House Captains) for each class.
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Class News
Primary 1
We had a wonderful trip to the Doach Woods – it was a beautiful day, we weren’t scared! We were hunting for bears. A bear had dropped his porridge oats and we followed the oats around the woods. The bear may have been hiding as we didn’t see him. There was lots of imaginative talk as we explored the woods.
Mrs Cunningham thought the bears might be at the beach as it was so sunny.
Mr Tyson built a fire and we toasted marshmallows – delicious.
Fern – “I liked the marshmallows.”
We have written invitations to our teddy bears inviting them for a picnic on Wednesday 28th March. We walked to the post box to post our invitations and on the way back we went to the park.
Lily – “this is a really fun day.”
We have enjoyed playing our class board games this week : snakes and ladders and splat and spell.
Primary 1/2
We have really been enjoying having visitors in to talk about their jobs! We have learned so much about what they do and how they help others.
We handed in our homework challenges this week and they look fantastic! So much thought, imagination and information added in. Well done!
Primary 2
We have been learning about Sport Relief. We have been learning songs, dances and words for our Assembly.
Noah – “I like our Assembly because I was saying my words.”
Arno – “I liked to learn the songs.”
Eli – “I like doing the dance in the song.”
Cara – “I like being able to help others.”
Georgie – “I am nervous but also very excited.”
Primary 2/3
We started work on measure this week. We have been comparing lengths in P2. P3 have been making metre measures and measuring around the class.
We have been rehearsing for our Assembly on Friday. We made prayer bracelets with Mrs Hart from Jelly Beans.
Leigha – “We enjoyed tasting them.”
Ruby – ” I didn’t want to eat mine I wanted to keep it.”
Primary 3
We were very excited when we got to school on Monday because we noticed there were two unusual birds in our school playground that a lot of us hadn’t seen before. They were even coming and knocking on our classroom door with their beaks! We did some research and discovered they were oyster catchers. As we have been thinking a lot about birds and during outdoor learning we decided to go outside to watch and draw the birds.
“We had to be really quiet and still so we wouldn’t scare them away when we went outside” – Kelvin
“The oyster catchers had red eyes and long orange beaks” – Fraser
“It was a bit tricky trying to draw them as they kept moving!”
In maths we have still been working on multiplication. We have been playing lots of times tables games to help us practice.
“I’ve found times tables much easier the more I practice” – Freya
“At the beginning of times tables it was hard but now I’ve got into it I understand it more” – Kelvin
“The game ‘around the world’ is really fun! It helps me practice my times tables.”
We also had a visit from Angela. Angela works in Tesco and she told us all about different healthy foods and how we can keep ourselves healthy. We even got to try lots of different fruits!
“I tried mango for the first time and really liked it!” – Becky
“I tried passionfruit. I didn’t like it much!” – Fraser
“Passionfruit tasted really sweet. I liked it” – Sam
“Angela told us all about the different food groups” – Holly
In topic we had a look at different farming machinery and we compared the machinery that farmers had to use in the past to what they use now.
Primary 3/4
P3/4 have had a very busy week. Stella came to visit us on Monday and we got to taste lots of different food. ‘I liked the lime & lemon yogurt’ – Freya. Lhlyaijana said she didn’t like the plain yogurt ‘it tasted really bland’.
We have worked really hard putting the finishing touches to our performance for Julia Donaldson. We can’t wait for everyone to see it!
Well done to everyone who got their Silver achievement award.
Primary 4
In maths P4 have been exploring money. The children have been using coins and notes to pay for items and they are working out how much change they should receive.
Our Class cast headphone set arrived. P4 chose a selection of their favourite author’s audiobooks on the ipad and have been enjoying listening to them, wirelessly, around the school.
In topic, we designed and constructed a Viking long ship display outside our classroom, complete with our own shields. We have been learning about Viking clothing and created an outfit for a Viking using authentic materials.
Primary 4/5
This week P4/5 have started to learn about magnetism in science.
Jazmin asked ” Where do magnets come from?”.
Rosie wants to know ” Will magnets still work if you put them in the freezer for an hour?”.
In gymnastics Kacey learned how to do a forward roll and Isla D and Charlotte showed us their skills that they have learned at gymnastic club.
Primary 5
This week in language we were using similies. We learned that similies are when we use words to compare one thing to another. Our similie for today is “We ran the mile like a cheetah today”.
On Monday we all went outside for PE with Mr.Tyson. We played a Maths game, rounders and French cricket.
In Maths we have been doing our times tables and Samson Maths.
Primary 5/6
We have been learning about square numbers in maths this week.
We were learning to write in the style of a newspaper and reported on the events in our murder mystery investigation.
We have also been learning about the parts of the eye and their functions.
Primary 6
“For our Space topic, we had a homework challenge and we created 3D models”- Bob.
“We have been taking part in a Dumfries and Galloway Sumdog Competition”- Elise.
Morven said ” I learned how to do a leap frog in PE”.
Isla L said ” We worked on travelling in gymnastics” and Mia said ” We have been developing our remembering and understanding in reading”.
Primary 6/7
We have been taking part in the D&G Sumdog Competition. We will have our final placing in next week’s news.
We completed our class novel – “The boy in the Striped Pyjamas.”
Our weeks challenge using Kapla was to build a bridge and create letters. Next week we will try to build Anderson Shelters using this.
Primary 7
P7 has very much enjoyed taking part in lots of activities this week.
Thursday – India Day.
Pupils were making samosas, designing and having henna applied, making 3D elephants, doing yoga, painting rangoli patterns and tasting lots of different Indian foods.
We also took part in Sport Relief activities which were lots of fun.
In language we have been learning how to summarise texts, enjoying reading our new, high interest books and learning our spelling words in class.
Reminders
P4 Viking Afternoon on Thursday 29th of March. The children are welcome to dress as a Viking, bringing with them clothes to change in to after lunch. This is optional.
P6 – Please remember to bring your PE kit on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
P6/7 – PE Kit required for a Tuesday.
P7 – Pupils have a research homework task to complete for Monday 16th April.
Wednesday 28th – opt in activity – bring in a Decorated Egg (for 9 am) to be judged by House Captains.
