Yesterday p7s and P6s went to the David Keswick centre to take part in the Regional Sprint Relay Competition. All four teams got to take part in 2 races before the final was decided.
The Boys A team came first and the B team boys got to the final !
The girls A team got into the final and came 2nd! Great results for Heathhall!
Well done everyone!
On Thursday 28th March, we were very lucky to have the author, Vivian French visit us in nursery in partnership with Big DoG Dumfries Children’s Book Festival that is happening this weekend and read us two of her books as well as teaching us some new songs.
She read us Captain Crankie and Seadog Steve and then Billy Hippo Learns to Swim.
We enjoyed both of these books and Vivian was really good at keeping us entertained and engaged.
Thank you to Vivian French and the Big DoG Dumfries Children’s Book Festival. The children brought home leaflets about the Big DoG Dumfries Children’s Book Festival, so have a look and see what’s on this weekend!
In skills academy our group was Community. First we made posters and leaflets about the drop off zone then we put them up around the front of the school.
After that we all made bug hotels. We made them by cutting the bottom and the top off the milk carton then we rolled the newspaper up and put them inside to make little rooms for the bugs. Then we made bird feeders by melting butter to fat then getting rice krispies and mixing it together and putting them in yoghurt pots. Then we froze them for the nature garden the next week.
In p7 we have 4 new digital leaders. Jack, Hayden,Milly and Lucia will be helping with the p7 blog and others such as the nursery blog. They will also be helping develop ICT skills in these classes.
They will enjoy their job very much!
Congratulations to the children who got the certificates at assembly this week.
Pupil Awards Teacher Awards
In P7 we have been learning to re draft our writing .We wrote a letter to Mrs McLean about what the effects would be if we introduced social media to school . We also wrote a repot on our visit to the aviation museum and we are currently writing a short story about a mischievous elf and we will be sharing these stories with the infants.
In reading we have been working on our comprehension skills and using HOTS strategies to ask and answer questions which really make us think.
We also presented a talk to the class this term where we had to discuss an environmental issue which interested us.
In numeracy we have been developing our skills with the four number processes in order to solve BODMAS calculations . We have also been working with decimals , fractions and percentages and learning how to convert between these .
In mental maths we have been talking about the different strategies we use to solve calculations .
In HWB with Mr Ross we have been learning about mental illnesses we made leaflets of any illness of our choice.
In P.E with Mr Sharp we have been doing dancing. We made a street dancing dance. we also made gymnastics routines.
In IDL we have been learning about our senses and then we moved on to learning about festivals of light . We even had a visit from 2 Jewish men to tell us about Hanukkah.
During work with technologies we have been updating our own Glow blogs. We also have been using the green screen and movieplus to create a short film about using our senses to keep us safe.
We have created some interesting art work this term showing skills in perspective, tone and collage.
What a busy term!
To celebrate book week Scotland and as part Scottish children’ s book awards the nursery have recently been to the library.The children had the opportunity to listen to a number of stories and were allowed to vote for their favourite stories. They also sang some songs and rhymes!
They had a great time!
Christmas the nursery are making some starry night pictures and thinking about what that makes them feel like. This starry night picture is made by Reuben!
They also made some beautiful snow man cards!
Watch out for his surprise appearance…?!?!?Every day in December the children get to open a door and get a surprise from the tree !!!!
They have also been getting Christmas stories! 
P7 recently went to operation safety . There we were helped by the police, the fire brigade, the paramedics and Scottish Power to be safe with the internet , fire , fire works and being safe around power lines ! We learned about the recovery position (airways, breathing and pulse or circulation). We also learned about fire hazards , how to be safe around fire works and also how to be safe around power lines!
Primary 7 had a great day and developed their skills at keeping themselves safe!
