P5/6 has been very busy this term

Mathematics: In maths p5/6 have been learning about how to change mixed numbers to   improper fractions and back again with Mrs Clanachan. With Mrs Sloan they have been learning the formal written method.

Literacy: In literacy p5/6 were learning to write a recount so they wrote a recount about the blitz.  Also p5/6 did persuasive writing and debates. The debates were about  whether every household should have a pet and should you be gaming if you’re under the age of 16?

French: In French p5/6 has been learning all about their body for example: hair, how tall and eye colour. They were also learning the alphabet in French.

IDL:  In IDL p5/6 were learning all about WW2. They learned all about the evacuees to the blitz and the Anderson shelters to the black outs then p5/6 moved on from WW2 and moved to forces which are air resistance, gravity, friction and magnetism.

Art: In art p5/6 have been linking it to their topic which is forces so they built a bridge with card and dictionaries. They got little weights to see how long the bridge would last.

Quit your way talk: p5/6  got a talk from Lisa who works with ‘Quit your way’ which can help people to stop smoking. A couple of people got to experiment with all of the chemicals that are in the drug  which is really harmful for your body.

On Tuesday 26th of March, Ethan, Reece W, Ellie and Eva went to Troqueer Primary for the Roatary Quiz.

There were 8 rounds including Maths and Numeracy, expressive arts, science and modern technology, observation, Scotland and its people, Pot luck and more.

Out of 13 schools we came 5th!

Well done to the participants! Here are the photos:

In term 3 P5 have been doing quite a lot in maths.

‘With Mrs Clanachan we are currently doing decimal fractions as well as equivalent fractions, changing mixed numbers, simplifying fractions and fractions of amounts. We have also been doing number talks which is when we get a sum and we have to figure out as many ways to do the sum as possible . We have also been doing  maths with Mrs Sim. We have been doing 12 and 24 hour time ,time durations ,converting between minutes, hours and seconds. We have been doing pie charts and bar graphs.’

They have also been doing stuff about Victorians. They compared the life then and now. They did art on Charles Rennie Mackintosh and they made a rose.

On world book day they brought in their favourite book and recreated the front cover then made a summary of the book.

Also they have been on a school trip to New Lanark. They did a presentation on it.

On Wednesday 27th of March primary 6 and 7 went to King George the V for a cross country competition.

In the P6 girls  Sophie Allison was 1st,  Elli Johnstone was 2nd, Katie Bell came 18th  and Hannah Ramsay 22nd. As a team they came 1st.

P6 boys  Luca Robertson came 4th, Mitchell Jardine came 16th and Talan Mason came 17th. As a team they came 3rd.

P7 girls Jena came 32nd and Alicia came 25th.

P7 boys Cameron Robertson came 1st, Logan was 17th, Charlie came7th, Reece came 8th and  Taylor came 9th. As a team they came 2nd.

Well done to everyone for taking part!

In food and health skills academy on week 1 they were choosing what they wanted their diner to be, they chose an American diner as well as this they did a poster of all the foods they wanted in their diner. In week 2 they went onto the computers to do online shopping but didn’t buy anything because they had a budget of £50  so they created a list of all the things they wanted but staying in the budget.  During week 3 in food and health they were learing all about bacteria and germs and they did an experiment on how people pass on germs really easily.  On week four the skills academy group did a risk assessment for their diner and allergies. Mrs Clanachan wrote a list so they could try all the foods that she wrote down. During the fifth week they had their taste test afternoon. There was kiwi, spicy  cheese, pea snacks, mango, avocado, guacamole, humus and carrots. The last week it was their diner week and they had smoothies, popcorn, tortilla chips, dip, chicken wings and bagels. The lower food and health skills academy  came along but before they came along p4/7 had to decorate the classroom to make it look all American so they put on songs and made table cloths for the tables . People had serving jobs, waiter jobs, welcoming jobs and cleaning up  jobs. Here are some photos

Today we drew the winners for the Easter hamper raffle. Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to all the winners! Please contact the office to collect your prize.

Hamper Winners:

Nursery Gardening Hamper: M Findlater c/o Charlie Loughran

P1 Baking Hamper: Lawrence Rainbow

P1/2 Picnic Hamper: Olivia Jardine

P2 Fun In The Sun Hamper: Aimee Stewart

P2/3 Mexican Hamper Brodie Loughran

P3/4 Birthday Hamper: Andy Hunter

P4 Arts And Crafts Hamper: Walter Newsome

P4/5 Italian Hamper: Joshua Kay

P5 Family Night In Hamper: Pam Newsome

P5/6 Chinese Hamper: Laura Gallagher

P6/7 Chocolate/Sweets Hamper: Ian Galashan

P7 Pamper Night Hamper: Zuzanne Dalziel

Drink Hamper: Troy Patterson

Gift Voucher winners!

£10 Tesco Voucher: Doreen Evans

£10 Revived Voucher: Ian Topping

£10 Serenity Voucher: Jane Cooper

£10 M&S Voucher: Mike Grunwell

£250 Floor Store Voucher: Tracey Caven

On Thursday 28^th 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.

The Winners of the Pupil Certificates for the 28th of March 2019 were…

The Winners of theTeacher Certificates for the 28th of March 2019 were…

Well Done to everyone !!

In Skills Academy with Miss Anderson and Mrs Sloan Primary 1-4 were doing Creativity. They made some puppets. They also did some drama games and they also made some music in groups. All of the kids really enjoyed doing this and they hoped to do something like it again in the future.

Thank you to Miss Anderson and Mrs Sloan!