Isla Me – “It was hard to choose which book to take home as they were so many to choose from.”
Harry – “I was looking for joke books because Halloween is coming soon.”
Kai – “I was the leader of a long line because I won the game each time.”
Fergus – “We had to try and win the rock, paper, scissors game to get people in our line.”
Mirren – “I was surprised when it was my birthday and I looked at the presents I got.”
Gracie – “I feel loved when my Mummy, Daddy and dog hug me and kiss me.”
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Primary 3 pupils learned about what Fairtrade is, how it benefits others and how we can help.
Maisie W – “We learned to talk about the Fairtrade Mark. The green shows the land, the blue shows the sea or sky, and the black shows a person reaching up to get a Fairtrade item.”
Lucy – “We wrote a description all about Fairtrade.”
Sofia – “We made Fairtrade posters to encourage people to buy a Fairtrade product. We are going to ask to put our posters in shops.”
Isla Ma – “Fairtrade helps farmers in developing countries, giving them a fair price for their bananas.”
Fergus – “We sang a Fairtrade song to learn about some products which can be Fairtrade.”
Fergus – “We collaborated to make our parking garage. I used my problem-solving skills to make the elevator.”
Mackay – “I was using the meta-skills and adapting during the paper plane challenge by making the plane better each time.”
Evie – “I was concentrating when I made the bridge with my team.”
Ritchie – “It was hard to keep the parking garage staying up so we tried to make it stable.”
Kyle – “My mum enjoyed making her paper aeroplane in our challenge.”
Taylor – “I enjoyed sharing my learning with my mum and nana.”
Blaine – “During the open afternoon, I enjoyed showing my dad our class charter.”
Primary 6 have been learning to code using Scratch and 2Code on Purple Mash.
We will be getting some coding homework at some point throughout the year on Purple Mash.
What a great end to bike to school week. We saw 79 bikes parked outside our school today. Everyone enjoyed the first bike breakfast of this academic year before the start of our school day.
We wore bright clothes to school today to highlight how important it is to be seen when walking to and from school. The days are getting shorter and it is getting darker so we want drivers can see us. 
On Friday 20th September P7 attended Dumfries High School to take part in Play in a Day.
They began the day by taking part in a variety of different drama games. The y then went on to learn a rap all about social media.
After that they were split into groups to create a role play based on the dangers of different social media apps.
A lunch time the Sports Leaders led a game of dodgeball for the children.
In the afternoon the children had a final rehearsal before welcoming the parents to watch their production.
Everyone had a fantastic day while developing different skills such as collaborating, communicating, adapting and creativity!
