Code Club Celebration!

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Congratulations to all our Code Clubbers this week! To celebrate learning, we invited family members to our final Code Club session this term. Code Clubbers talked confidently about the animations and games they had created using their coding skills. Certificates were awarded to all, including Mr Muirhead who has been a great help at our Code Club. Miss Purdie, Development Officer, joined us to make a short movie about our Code Club. She is hoping to use this to show other schools how much fun Code Club is and hopefully encourage them to start one too! I would like to thank all parents who joined us today in this celebration. It has been a delight to run Code Club this year and work with such an enthusiastic and motivated group of pupils. Well done everyone! Mrs Dyson

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P5D Artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

We have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and have been amazed at some of the sculptures he created. We especially loved his artwork using ice, snow and leaves. We were inspired by his work and were keen to create our own nature artwork. Mrs Dyson was very pleased with how well we worked with others to create our art and how confidently we spoke about our creations.

Class Learning, Partnership Working

SSPCA officer visits P5D

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

As part of our ‘Around Scotland’ theme, Primary 5D learned more about the wildlife of Scotland from our visitor from the SSPCA. We played a group game similar to Trivial Pursuit and had to answer questions about the animals found in Scotland. The visit was very informative and lots of fun!

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Pitch Pulse and Magic!

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Pupils from P4, P4/5 and P5 enjoyed a visit from two more musicians as part of the Pitch, Pulse and Magic initiative. We were amazed at the playing techniques of the musicians and recognised some of the classical musical pieces from films like ‘Harry Potter’. Pupils worked with the musicians to explore Pitch and we even created our own performance piece linked to an atmospheric poem. This was another great visit and we look forward to exploring ‘Magic’ next term.

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PC Johnstone visits P5D

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Primary 5D learned about Internet Safety when PC Johnstone visited our class. He answered lots of our questions about the role of the police and told us how we can stay safe when online. We watched a short film which reinforced his message.

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P5D visit RSPB Mersehead

March 23, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Primary 5D enjoyed our outing to RSPB Mersehead to learn about the journey of Barnacle Geese. We were amazed at the journey the geese make from Svalbard in the Arctic to Scotland each year. We had great fun creating our own beach art using natural materials. After lunch, we learned about the lifecycle of the Natterjack Toad. This rare and amazing toad is currently hibernating at Mersehead. We visited the bird hide and used binoculars to spot wildlife. Although the weather was wet and windy, we had a great day!

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Bike Breakfast

March 22, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

As part of the Big Pedal Initiative this week, some pupils cycled and scooted to school and had a bike breakfast. This event was supported by Katie from ibike. Thank you Katie for providing breakfast. Well done to all those who cycled and scooted to school even though the weather was cold and a bit wet.

Class Learning, creativity, Whole School

Displays Around the School

March 21, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Displays around the school are looking amazing. The displays certainly show case pupil skills and learning.

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Farewell Miss Reid!

March 19, 2017 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

On Friday afternoon it was Miss Reid’s last day after teaching in P1F for 10 weeks ……so we had a little party! We were very sad to say goodbye as we have loved being taught by Miss Reid and thank her for all the hard work and fantastic lessons. We wish her lots of luck with her class in August and look forward to seeing her next term as she is going to pop back and see us!

Class Learning, Partnership Working

P1F Dinosaur Models

March 19, 2017 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

On Thursday afternoon we invited parents and friends to join us for some fun making junk model dinosaurs! First of all we sang a dinosaur song and then we began creating our dinosaurs. We had a brilliant time making them and we think the mums and dads enjoyed themselves too!! Mrs Fitzsimmons and Miss Reid were extremely impressed with the creativeness shown and would like to thank everyone who came along again for helping and supporting the children.

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