Our Weekly School News – Sharing our learning with the School Community.
School Uniform Orders – If you still wish to order any items of school clothing then please note that the last day for ordering is Tuesday 14th May.
There are a few remaining tickets available for our Mary Poppins Show. Tickets can be bought from the school office.
Nursery and School Inspection.
Our Nursery, Learning Centre and School was an even busier place this week with eight Inspectors visiting classes and focusing on our positive Learning Experiences, Attainment and Achievement. It will be quite a few weeks before Education Scotland and Care Inspectorate will finalise their reports and share the outcome of the Inspection and I will let you know when the reports become available. Could I also please thank parents who kindly responded to the surveys and/or were able to meet with the Inspection Team.
D Tyson
Primary 1a
This week we invited our families in for Storytime! We read ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers, an author and illustrator we’ve been looking at over the last few weeks. We really enjoyed learning about the boy, his aeroplane, his Martian friend and their adventures trying to get back home from the moon.
We did some pieces of independent writing about where we’d go on an aeroplane:
Iris : I want to go to London to see the buses.
Kendyl : I want to go to Florida.
Ethan : I want to go to the McDonalds.
Ollie : I want to go to the Cocobean.
Amelia: I want to go to Africa.
We had a fun homework challenge this week, to design a paper aeroplane and write instructions for a friend. We tested our planes with our families!
Primary 1b
Our Oliver Jeffers story this week was ‘The Way Back Home’. We invited our families in for story time and we loved sharing our new book with them.
Conall : “The boy and the alien were friends.”
Eryithsyai : “The alien put petrol in the boy’s plane.”
We thought about where we would like to go on an aeroplane.
Tiffany : “New York.”
Kai : “Ireland.”
Eddie : “Football stadium.”
Joshua : “Lanzarote.”
The homework challenge this week was to make a paper aeroplane and write a set of instructions so you can teach a friend how to make your plane. We then tested the paper aeroplanes with our families on the field, measuring how far they went. It was a lot of fun!
Zach: “We’ve been learning how to write our numbers.”
Beth: “100 + 100 is 200.”
William: “I like playing with Ziya and Elliot and digging.”
Joshua: “I liked playing with Elliot, Conall, Kai and Zach.”
Charlotte: “I like learning our new numbers, our new letters. I also liked learning about our transport.”
Ziya: “I like brushing my teeth.”
Willow: “I like playing magic tricks in the playground with Miss Scott with the bark.”
Archie: “I love my Dad.”
Primary 2
We were learning about area. We found four large sheets of paper covered our table and then we found out thirty six small sheets covered the table. We also found out the area of our hands and we made pictures of a certain area.
Arran I liked doing area because I like guessing how many big sheets of paper would cover the table.
Evie – I liked to estimate how many squares my picture too.
We looked at shells and we had to draw them with pencils using lots of detail.
Angus drew a razor shell with lots of spikes.
Cara brought some whelks and she drew one of them.
We wrote stories about making sandwiches for a seagull using time openers.
Morgan thought it was funny when they said yuk!
Primary 2/3
We were doing lots of different active spelling activities this week to help us learn our spelling patterns.
Abbie – I like Boggle because I like making my spelling words.
Zoe – I like using the dabbers because I like using lots of colours.
Aiden – I like the sticks because it looked like a robot was doing it.
In PE we continued to work on tennis skills and this week we started to use the volley shot.
Rory – You have to hit it straight away before it bounces.
Alba – We have been doing a number challenge in class. We put a number on the board then we have to write a sum for it.
We read The Lighthouse Keeper’s Catastrophe this week. We had a vote in class and it has been our favourite one of the stories do far.
Darcie – We have been learning about food chains.
Eamon – Something eats something then that gets eaten. So like a chain but with animals.
Wider Achievement
Kyle moved up a class in swimming.
‘I can put my head in the water and turn it to breathe in front crawl now.’ Well done Kyle!
Primary 3
This week, as part of our Food Glorious Food topic, we have been learning about and tasting some traditional Scottish foods. We have been learning to share our opinion with others and give a reason why.
Harrie – ‘I liked the shortbread because it was crunchy.’
Rose – ‘I liked the porridge because it made me feel like I was Goldilocks in the story!’
Nicole and Cara worked together to complete a multiplication and addition challenge in maths.
Nicole – ‘We had to work out the times table and then add a number to figure out the answer.’Cara – ‘I used my times tables – it made me think a lot!’
Wider Achievement
Amber and Kahlen took part in a football tournament – well done!
Amber – ‘I was the defender.’
Kahlen – ‘I was a middle fielder. We were against other teams’.
Primary 3/4
“I liked playing hockey.” – Cameron.
“I liked tasting the different Scottish foods.” – Emma.
“I liked the irn bru because it was fizzy.” – Jazmine.
“I enjoyed enjoying multiplication in maths. I liked using the think boards so use different strategies.” – Fern
“I enjoyed making the disgusting sandwich recipe. I liked giving Fern a star and a wish for her work.” – Ruby
“I enjoyed learning all the different strategies I can use to solve multiplication questions.” – Coby
“I learned that Lockerbie Cheddar is made in Scotland.” – Kacey
“I learned that sometimes raspberries and strawberries can come from Scotland.” – Connor
“I enjoyed learning about all the different farms in Scotland. I know that there are poultry farms, dairy farms, pig farms and arable farms.” – Alex
Wider Achievement
“At Cubs we did firelighting. I did it all by myself.” – Coby
Coby, Jake and Rhys took part in a rugby tournament.
Coby, Connor and Kyle took part in a football competition.
“It was my first time jumping in the deep end at Kircudbright. I was a wee bit nervous but once I had done it the first time I got better” – Cameron
Primary 4
In topic we have been learning about the lungs. We labeled the key parts of the lungs and created a model of them using straws to show the bronchus.
In French we learned a song to recite the days of the week. We ordered the days and drew a picture of something we did on that day.
We have continued to learn about time in maths. We have worked on 15-minute intervals as well as 5- and 1-minute intervals. We have enjoyed using lots of our new maths resources to help us learn, especially the bingo games, time tables dominos and clocks.
In science we have been growing germs on a potato to understand the importance of hand washing and to describe that germs may be present even if they are not seen. We will look at the results of our experiment – yuck!
For spelling we took part in lots of active stations including outdoor chalks, noodles and chocolate playdough.
This week we welcomed Miss Wilson to our classroom, she will be helping us with our learning. We are really looking forward working with her this term.
Wider Achievement
Emily-Rose won a football trophy. She plays for Threave Rovers and played at Newton Stewart.
Primary 4/5
In PE we have been doing athletics.
‘I really enjoyed the skipping’- Shea.
‘I enjoyed my Superscot but I was tired out’- Jesse- Leigh.
In Maths we were learning about BODMAS which stands for Brackets, Operations, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction.
Darragh-’It was something new that I hadn’t done before.’
In Science we received a letter telling us that we had to build a boat and float it. If it could hold a cargo of more than 6 cubes without sinking it was successful.
‘It was fun making it and ours held over 80 cubes’-Charlotte.
Wider Achievement
Freya went to the Galloway Thistles Football Tournament with her Threave Rovers team and they won the trophy.
Primary 5
Emma “We finished off our stained glass windows.”
Isla “I learnt how to draw a lightbulb.”
Jack “We have been learning about multiplication and division in maths.”
Barney “I can divide a three digit number by a single digit.”
Ruby “Me, Rebecca and Holly filmed our own green screen videos in science.”
Olivia “We were using dictionaries to find the definition of words in our reading books.”
Erin “Then we had to write our own sentence with the definition of the word in it.”
Lacey “We found out everything is made of atoms.”
Ruby “The reason why a balloon sticks to your hair is to do with opposite charges being attracted to each other.”
Emma “In big writing we did activities like a board game where we rolled a dice and we had to do the imperative verb. We also did hula hooping, how to draw a flower and how to catch a ball – we wrote our own imperative verbs.”
Wider Achievement
Summer “Me and my dad walked to Gelston and back.”
Emma “I won keep the quote for being nice.”
Freya “I am going to be starting guitar lessons.”
Lucy “I’m going to start guitar, trumpet or saxophone.”
Ellie “I got star gymnast for the whole term.”
Cody “I am able to do a handstand for one second.”
Georgia “I went silaging with my dad for 6 hours last night.”
Eilidh “At the weekend I went camping with my friends and we had marshmallows.”
Yvie “At riding lessons I was riding up to my knee and jumping up to my hip.”
Anna “Yesterday I landed my handspring.”
Sebastian “I achieved a silver award for getting reached 600 house points.”
Anna “I got my gold award for reaching 900 house points.”
Primary 5/6
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Primary 6
Maths
In maths this week we have been looking at money and budgeting. We were showing the inspectors our brilliant money skills as we tried to organise a party with a set budget.
“The maths challenge was challenging but fun.” – Carly
“I enjoyed maths this week.” – Michalina
Writing
In writing this week, we have been looking at different photo prompts and discussing the type of vocabulary we would use in this scenario. We then choose our favourite picture and started to write an imaginative story to match. So far we have got some fabulous story starters and we will continue to work on these next week.
“I enjoyed writing my story.” – Tommy
“I enjoyed how we have started writing our imaginative story.” – Rhianna
Music
In music we have started to look at Italian culture music. We have also been improving our tin whistle skills.
“I really enjoy music in general.” – Tommy
“I enjoy playing the tin whistle.” – Carlie
PE
In PE this week we have continued to use our warm up game of Octopus tig as the whole class gets involved and really enjoyed it. We have been practising our throwing and catching in lacrosse as well as some competitive games.
“I enjoyed PE this week.” – Tiegan
“We played octopus tig as a warm up.” – Eilidh
“Rhianna nearly won octopus tig.” – Megan
Dojo of the Week
Congratulations to Lewis for getting dojo of the week (week ending 3rd May) with 31 points.
Congratulations to Fraser for getting dojo of the week (this week) with 34 points.
Wider Achievement
Megan, Ellie and Lois received a merit in their ballet exam.
Teigan is going to a horse riding parade this weekend.
Fraser is travelling to Moffat for rugby.
Seren is participating in a gymnastics competition in Dundonald.
Reminders
PE kits are needed on Tuesday and Thursday.
Homework is handed out on a Monday and is due back in on a Friday.
Primary 6/7
We have been writing our own Cinquain Poems about The Blitz this week.
In maths we have been learning to tell the time and read timetables.
Mya ” P7s attended the Health and Wellbeing Day at CDHS this week.”
Libby “I made a smoothie with strawberries and melon in Home Economics.”
Jaimie-Leigh “We did Rugby with John and Mr Kay.”
Wider Achievements
Brooke ” I got a new chanter this week.”
Primary 7
I had lots of fun doing the activities at the High School on Wednesday. I really liked the Smoothie Making. I used strawberry yoghurt, pineapple juice, melon, banana and strawberries to make mine. – Connor
I am proud of getting all my questions right in maths this week. We were working out time, speed and distance problems. – Elise.
I really enjoyed doing the Smoothie Making at the High School because I’ve never made a smoothie before and it was fun cutting up the fruit and using the blender. – Hannah.
When we went to the High School I enjoyed doing the Sensory Testing because we rated cookies and crisps. It was great! – Rory L.
At the High School I did table tennis. We learned all the skills such as serving. We got to play rallies against each other and I won. – Bob.
In maths we were calculating time, distance and speed. Working out the distance was easier than the others because I am more confident with multiplying than dividing. – Andrew A.
We were working with calendars in maths. I felt good because I understood it. – Ryan S.
On Tuesday, me Rory and Mya showed the Inspectors around the school . At first we felt nervous but we grew in confidence as it went on . – Mia
Reminders
Group 1 Watersports is on Tuesday. All letters and money to be handed in before then.
P.E kit will be required on Tues, Wed and Fri next week.
