In Creativity they were working on their Drama skills.

On the first week they were doing some drama games. The class learned communication skills. They used this vital skill when playing warm up drama games, writing scripts and even hot seating !

One of the other skills used was Team Player. Yet again this skill is vital in drama and a lot of other things as well. Being part of a team was very important as they all had to contribute ideas, this skill also links in with communication. They showed being a team player when writing a script and also following a script and organising who all the characters etc. were!

One of the other very important skills was Motivation. Motivation was shown when others weren’t that keen on showing and performing in front of the class. This meant that you would have to respect that they don’t want to but also make sure and motivate them and make sure they are determined.

The most important skill was CONFIDENCE !

Confidence was used when they were…

1. Performing in front of a class
2. Hot Seating
3. Playing games out of comfort zone
4. Doing silly things for fun games

This could be really hard for some people but yet they PULLED THROUGH !

Everyone in the skills academy really enjoyed their 6 weeks and hope to have something similar to it again !

In Design and Manufacture with Miss Douglas pupils were tasked to attach pieces of material together using different methods such as sewing, stapling and gluing. They were also learning to use a template to create exact copies of a shape. The children made a puppet.

In our Community group for P 1 2 3 and 4 we sorted where the new shed was going and what was going in the new shed.

The next week we worked on posters to share the rules.

The next week we made bug houses to put in the secret garden.

The next week we planted sunflowers and wild flowers and strawberry plants  .

On the 20th of March Lisa who works for smoking matters or Quit Your Way came into school and taught several classes about smoking and its dangers.

First we got a sheet and we had to work in a group and put why people smoke and why people don’t smoke.

Next we played a true or false game and we learned many things like there are 4000 chemicals in a cigarette and that it is as addictive as a class A illegal drug.

Next we got shown a bunch of chemicals that were in a cigarette and some of them were nicotine, arsenic, formaldehyde, rat poison and tar.

Then we got shown a powerpoint about the effects of smoking like hairy tongue , black lungs and black and dead teeth. These are all caused because the tar in the cigarette sticks to everything.

Then we got a straw each and we were told to pinch our nose and breath through the straw while running on the spot for twenty seconds and it was very difficult to maintain breathing while running and we were told this is what it feels like to be a heavy smoker.

After that we were asked for two volunteers to come up and take a photo. After they took the photo Lisa did a filter and it gave them a bunch of wrinkles and she said if you smoke it can give you more wrinkles. Overall it was a really interesting lesson.

In Term 3 P5/6 had their assembly about their big topic of WW2. They spoke about evacuees, air raids and they also preformed a drama piece. Have a look at the  photos!

P4 have been doing a presentation about a famous figure in Scottish history. P4 really had fun doing the project. There were powerpoints and posters of all lengths and sizes. We had to choose a famous person in Scottish history. Gabby chose Robert Burns . Evan chose John Logie Baird.  We all now know loads of facts about famous Scots. Everybody loved each others project!

P6/7 has been learning about HOTS (higher order thinking skills). In class they were creating posters to show that they can create questions and understand what section of HOTS it would come under.

Here are this weeks FAR winners! Well done all who won!

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On the 14th of February Primary 4/5 had their amazing class assembly. They were doing their assembly to share all about what they learnt and their amazing experiences. The first thing they talked about was Robert the Bruce. Carrie and Macey were the ones who talked about it. They explained all about the Family Tree of Robert the Bruce. They talked  about what clothes they wore in the time of Robert the Bruce.

Next they talked about the art they did which were mountains and lochs. They also used water colours to paint colour wheels and turned them into eyes.

Then they talked about maths and how the class had been learning about fractions and money.

After that a group of people did a dance which was the Simons dance.

Then they moved onto  Christophe ‘s story which is a book about an African boy that moved to England.After Christophe’s story they did HOTS questions.  HOTS stand for higher order thinking skills. The book they were reading and talking about was called Friend or Foe.

It was a lot of fun doing this and they really enjoyed sharing what they learned.

P4/5 have been doing hockey for P.E . We have been learning how to tackle, pass, shoot and dribble. They got taught by Mr Alison and the High School pupils have been coming to help us develop our hockey skills. The pupils have been playing some little mini games with them.

We always get excited for Thursdays because the high school people are coming in . The high school pupils are very kind  to us  and they tell us if  we are  doing something that we need to work on. This means we are able to improve and develop the skills they tell us we need to work on!