As we are still developing our website and Facebook page, there are only 3 classes work displayed. As the weeks go on, more classes will be sharing their learning so look out for more updates from the school.

 

Primary 5/6

This week we have been learning about the design process. The 3 steps we looked at were: 1 – Initial ideas, 2 – Development, 3 – Final solution (product).

By using these steps we have been able to create Christmas tree decorations for the church festival.

We have also been learning about persuasive writing and have planned letters for Mr Stevens. We hope to share some of these with you soon.

“We have been practicing ’12 Days of Christmas’ for the Christmas Carol service.”  –  Tanya

“We have been learning about stamina in PE through basketball.”  –  Emily

 

Primary 6

This week we have been taking part in a Dumfries and Galloway Sumdog competition. This involved 112 classes and over 1,530 pupils. We were delighted as we WON!!!. We finished top after a week of maths questions. Not only that but we had one of our class finish in the top 10 student leaderboard, what a great achievement!

To mark Children in Need day, we took part in a fun online quiz and put our knowledge to the test. Here are our winners after some very tricky rounds and questions, ‘The 4 Quizzoteers’.

In maths we have been working on percentages and their equivalents, such as 25% = ¼ = 0.25. Please test our knowledge at home and see how well we can transfer between decimals, percentages and fractions.

Hazel  –  “I enjoyed learning about Louis Pasteur from the Victorian Era.”

Lucas – “I learned how Joseph Lister helped prevent infection in operations.”

Gracie – “I learned that workhouses were horrible and you had to do lots of work.”

 

Primary 7

This week we had a visit from Ella McLellan from Scottish Book Trust. We are thinking of an idea we can work on for our First Minister’s Reading Challenge. For more information about this challenge, why not have a search online where you will find lots of ideas.

We learned how to use Microsoft Teams through our Glow login. This is an app which lets us work together and communicate with each other.

We investigated how the heavy equipment used to build the Titanic was lifted by using pulleys and force meters.

 

Leo said, “I enjoyed investigating with pulleys.”

Eden said, “It was fun getting the chance to talk about what types of books we like reading and where we like to read.”