Our Weekly School News

Sharing our learning with the school community. 

 

Class News 

Primary 1a

We have all settled in nicely to P1 and are having a great time exploring all the areas and resources. We also really enjoyed visiting the Nature Garden. We have talked about what we’d like to do in P1.

Ethan – “Play with my friends outside.“

Skye – “Learn how to read.”

Melisa – “Ride on the bikes.”

Abby – “Learn about ladybirds.”

Primary 1b

What a fantastic couple of weeks the Primary 1 children have had. They have settled in so well and are getting to know their new environment and friends really well.

We have spent time as a class thinking about our class rules – the children had super ideas.

Kai “Share the toys.”

Charlotte “Put the lids on the pens.”

Flynn “Smile and lots of laughing.”

Ziya “Be superstars.”

Angus “Be rockstars.”

We also have ‘be kind’ and ‘listen to others’ – we thought these were really important rules.

All the children signed with a handprint to say they agree with all the rules.

 

The class have enjoyed exploring the classrooms and balcony, playing with the resources and toys. We are really enjoying our trips to the nature garden and the school library. Hannah chose the story ‘Mr Bump’.

In our circle time we have been talking about things we would like to learn about and do in Primary 1:

Joshua “Dinosaurs and pirates.”

Brodie “Learning about animals.”
Eddie “I want to go around the world.”

Elliot “I want to learn about superheroes.”

Archie “Play with the garage.”

Tiffany “I’d like to learn about spiders and horses.”

Eryithysai “Playing outside.”

We’re going to be busy in Primary 1!

 

Primary 2

 

We read Robot Rumpus and then designed our own robots to help in the house.

“I designed dress up -bot.” Taleah

“I designed ear-ring-bot. He puts my earrings in.” Nell
“I designed sun-bot. He changes the weather.” Riley

“I designed every-bot. He does everything.” Clay

We have been counting and writing the numbers to 100.

Frankie took part in the Kirkcudbright fun run last weekend.

 

Primary 3

 

In Primary 3, we are exploring our new book studies The Enormous Crocodile and The Detective Dog. We have been working in groups to think of amazing adjectives to describe the characters and we have been using our recall skills in our writing activities. We have created our own huge crocodile for our classroom wall and we achieved our challenge to make a dog out of only four different materials.

 

 

Primary 4 

 

This week we have been settling into our new classroom, getting to know each other and learning our new routines. P4 have had a fantastic start to the new school year!

At the beginning of the week we brought in 4 items from home and used these to tell the class more about ourselves. It was lovely to hear about all of the talents and interests we have in the class. The children listened when others were talking and spoke clearly and confidently when it was their turn to share.

In P.E we have been taking part in team games, focusing on co-operation and participation. We have been learning why there are rules and can explain how these rules help to keep ourselves and others safe.

Primary 4/5

 

This week P4/5 have been learning about rights and responsibilities. We have made up our very own class charter and have all signed this. It is a little bit like a set of promises to help us ensure we have a safe and happy classroom. We have started our class novel. It is called ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ and is all about a boy named Ahmet who is a refugee. Over the coming weeks we will be learning about what Ahmet’s life was like before he arrived in the UK and how it was very different to ours.

 

Primary 5

 

First week back after the holidays we listened to music videos in groups to give us ideas about what some expectations in our new classroom might be. We also looked at the UN Rights of the Child and used this to help us think about what a good classmate, teacher and classroom should be like. We narrowed down our ideas to create a class charter which we have all agreed to and signed. On Thursday we worked with Mrs Starkey on 2D and 3D shapes and created some artwork – we have each started a self-portrait. At Friday’s assembly six P5s stood up in front of the school to speak about their achievements over summer:

Yvie – did the highest jump she has ever done on a horse!
Ellie-Jay – Has learned how to do a 360 on a trampoline!
Anna – Won first place at a flower competition!
Erin – Won a Blue Peter badge!
Cullen – Went drumming with the pipe band!
Emma – Ran the Castle Douglas race for the first time and got a medal!

This week we have started our topic of ‘Living Things’ and created a topic web as a class with all of our ideas about what we might cover before the October holidays – lots of interesting concepts.

 

Primary 5/6

 

Fantastic active spelling from P5/6 this week! Code words, rainbow writing and using our other hand made for memorable spelling experiences.

We also improved our talking and listening skills by blindfolding a partner and getting them to do a self portrait from our description. The results were hilarious!

Amy Grierson received a medal for her reading challenge at CD Library.

 

Primary 6

 

Primary Six have began this term by looking at addition and subtraction in Maths. We have been working on laying out our work correctly and have been playing a variety of math games. We started reading Street Child as part of our Victorian topic which we all enjoy so far! We have been comparing Victorian homes to our homes and were surprised at the differences. In PE, we have been playing different team games. Hoop Hop Showdown is one of our favourites.
 

 

Primary 6/7

 

We have been learning to add and subtract 4 digit numbers. P7s have been visiting classes to deliver speeches as part of their elections for House Captain. We are very excited about going to Kingswood or having an outdoor learning week with Mr.Tyson.

Leyland starts boxing this week. Jaimie-Leigh has started a trial for Queen of The South Football Team.

 

 

Primary 7

 

This week has been a busy one for P7! Pupils have been involved in House and Vice Captain elections. Deer candidates visited classes on Monday, Eagle on Tuesday, Hare on Wednesday and Swift on Thursday. We had a record number of pupils taking part and they put in so much effort. Well done to all who participated and good luck for the outcome. Pupils have enjoyed getting used to the new responsibilities of P7 such as tuck shop, buddying and wet weather duty. We have also continued to read our class novel – Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster. It has led to lots of interesting discussions.

 

Reminders

 

P1– P1 Information Evening Tuesday 4th September 6-7pm. PE on Thursday – please send your child to school in their PE kit with school clothes in their bag. Please send you child with old/outdoor clothes on a Friday.If they have waterproofs and wellies please send them in too.

 

P1b–  There is a P1 information evening on Tuesday (4th September) a 6-7pm. Come along to the hall for a chance to learn more about the P1 curriculum and see some of the activities your child will do in class.

 

P7 –  A reminder for our Kingswood residential on Monday- please ensure all medication, money and mobile phones are clearly labelled. Updates and photographs will be posted on the school Facebook page throughout the week.