This afternoon P1 welcomed all their parents, relatives and friends to come and play! They had a great time showing everyone how they learn their sounds and many of the games they play to practice their skills. Thank you very much to everyone for coming along and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Vivian French visited school today to talk to all classes about her career as an author. Vivian read and created stories with classes throughout her visit and answered questions from the pupils. Thank you to Wigtown Book Festival for organising this event for us.
Here are this week’s award winners including some from the same families! Also this week, we were delighted to see the first two awards nominated by Mrs Gray for P.E this week. Well done all!
P1/2 enjoyed a visit from PC Blacklock where they learned about the role of the police, their vehicles, how to contact them and their uniform. They had the opportunity to ask lots of questions to help with their topic work in class. Their favourite part was getting to dress up in items of uniform; perhaps we have some future Police Officers in our class.
Primary 5 have been carrying out their own investigations into substances which dissolve and factors which affect the rate of dissolving. They had to organise equipment, think about the procedure and how they were going to ensure each test was fair, make predictions and then carry out the experiment with a partner. Pupils learned how temperature, particle size, surface area of containers and stirring all affected the speed of dissolving.
Mrs Dyson has introduced the Micro:bits to Primary 5 pupils and has been impressed with how quickly the class have learned to create code and download them to the micro:bit. After creating their flashing heart badge, pupils experimented with creating their own designs, which included spelling out names and flashing initials.
During the first week of term, Primary 5 looked at the work of Dr Seuss and had fun drawing their own Cat in a Hat and creating their own Seuss inspired characters and cityscapes. Mrs Dyson likes how bright and cheerful the display is outside our classroom.
Primary 5 pupils have been developing their teamwork skills during their Outdoor Learning sessions. Mrs Dyson was pleased to hear so much positive language being used as pupils supported each other during completion of each challenge – Roller Ball, Amazing Maze and our Photography Challenge!
Primary 4/5 have been learning about Tri Golf with Mrs Gray in P.E Today they were out with Mrs McLean brushing up on their swings and puts.
