Author: Mrs McWhirter McWhirter
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Book Week Fun
As it was Book Week Scotland this week, we enjoyed sharing favourite stories from home and also explored the lovely books and activities in the Read, Write, Count bags that came for P.1, P.2 and P.3. Cactus Joe was all about friendship and tied in perfectly after our anti-bullying focus and friendship posters from last…
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Children in Need 2025
Today we celebrated Children in Need. The Bladnoch Bandit committee shared an informative presentation at assembly this week and prepared some fun activities for us to take part in. They linked this important charity with two key articles from UNCRC – 19 (the right to be protected from harm) and 24 (the right to good…
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UNCRC in P.1-4
This week we have been learning more about what UNCRC stands for, what it does and why it is important. To help us understand we used the ABCDE approach (the rights are for ALL children up to the age of 18), they begin at BIRTH, they CAN’T be taken away, they DON’T have to be…
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Fireworks Fun!
This week we have been researching Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. We created our own bonfires using a technique called blow-painting and shall finish them next week with the addition of real twigs and a sprinkle of gold glitter. We also created fireworks in milk, using food colouring and fairy liquid. This was a…
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Halloween Fun in P.1-4
This week we have had lots of fun creating potions with water, food colouring, bicarbonate soda, vinegar and washing up liquid! We also added glitter and some herbs/spices to create different smells and textures. At construction we created pumpkins, ghosts and haunted houses with lego and multi-link cubes. For craft, we designed our own pumpkins…
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2D and 3D Shape
Over the past two weeks we have been learning about 2D and 3D shape. We have had fun sorting and matching new shapes, creating patterns on the lightboards and drawing round shapes to make people, houses and vehicles. We also investigated which shapes can tile and created some pretty impressive tessellations. P.3/4 tried their hand…
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2D Shape in P.1-4
This week we have been exploring 2D shapes, including pentagons, hexagons and octagons. P.4s have also been getting to grips with regular and irregular polygons. We have been sorting and matching shapes, creating shapes with matchsticks and rods, as well as creating pictures on the lightboard.
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STEM in P.1-4
This week we have had lots of opportunities to work collaboratively in the creation of various structures, including bridges, castles, beds, farms and rainbows! The older pupils have been kind and considerate when working alongside our P.1 pupils and our wee class is really beginning to feel like a team. There has also been lots…
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Lighthouse Musicians Concert
This week three Lighthouse Musicians came to perform the most wonderful concert for us all. They played a huge variety of music from various genres, some of which we recognised and some of which we did not. We very much enjoyed singing along with some familiar movie tracks such as You’ve Got a Friend in…
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Multi-Sports in P.1-4
This week we enjoyed our first session with Connor Cluckie from Active Schools. He is joining us every Friday for the next three weeks, focusing on a different sport each time. It was all about rugby today and we enjoyed various warm ups and drills to help build on skills such as passing and catching,…
