Reminders for the whole school:
Monday – P5, P5/6, P6 Christmas party (afternoon)
Tuesday – P7 Christmas party (6pm – 8pm)
Wednesday – P1, P2 and P2’s from P2/3 Christmas party (afternoon)
Thursday – P3’s from P2/3, P3/4 and P4 Christmas party (afternoon)
Friday – Church Service 10am
Primary 1
This week we have been learning social dances for our Christmas party. We enjoyed dancing with our partners and can’t wait for our party next week!
Duncan said, “I found them easy to learn.”
Ross said, “I liked dancing. I liked the circle dance.”
Aria said, “I liked turning under the ‘arch’ in the St. Bernard’s Waltz.”
Primary 2
The boys and girls in P2 have been learning how to dance traditionally ceilidh dances (The St Bernard’s Waltz and the Circassian Circle).
The dances will be a part of the Christmas party.
“You need to look at the partner you are dancing with,” said Mabel C.
Lydia said, “I keep in time with the music.”
“They’re ceilidh dances,” said Archie.
Holly said, “I like the Circassian Circle!”
It is our Christmas party next Wednesday from 2pm – 3pm. Please come to school in your party clothes.
Primary 2/3
In Drama we have been acting out conversations between Plop the Owl and his father. The conversations were really good and it helped with our reading skills for the script and expression in acting it out.
We also debated in 2 groups. Nocturnal vs Diurnal. We respected views of others and putting our views across kindly.
We visited the Museum to find out all about different kinds of birds. We found more than 70 types of birds at the Museum!
Noah – “It was great fun!”
Kamelia – “It was really interesting.”
Anna – “I found a golden Eagle!”
Primary 3/4
This week we have been learning more about Antarctica and Penguins.
“I didn’t know children were not allowed in Antarctica.” – Gavin
“I didn’t know people could live in such a cold place!” – Madison
“I didn’t realise penguins could live in warm and cold places.” – Rhys
Our class party is on Thursday. Please bring a change of clothes to change into at lunch time.
Primary 4
We’ve moved from sound waves to light waves. We have been learning about colour and experimenting with inks.
We’re enjoying the environmental themes in ‘The Iron Woman’.
“I felt scared when the men turn into fish in ’The Iron Woman’!” – Lachlan
“I like when we talk about the things we see in our minds.” – Sylvie
Primary 5
This week we wrote letters to the Grinch. We had fun telling him what we wanted for Christmas. We don’t think he’d be very pleased with our letters as he hates Christmas and all of the lights on our Christmas trees.
In P.E we have been learning about Scottish dancing. We have been doing dances such as the Dashing White Sergeant.
In maths we have been learning about negative numbers. Negative numbers are the numbers that are below zero.
Lucas said, “Writing to the Grinch was good as he might reply!”
Paige said, “I learned a lot from the dancing.”
“It is nice learning a new thing I can do in maths,” said Carla.
Primary 5/6
We have been learning about the proportions of self-portraits in art.
Our homework challenge for the week was to bake some form of bread, cake or biscuit from scratch, with an adult at home.
We have learned how to safely use a variety of tools, including saws and hammers. We will soon be building houses for the Borrowers.
“This week we have been making tables out of wood and card board with hammers and nails.”- Ollie
“We all did a performance in the Church. There was lots of singing, snacks and stalls.”- Elle
Can all P5/6 please remember to bring a reusable water bottle for class use only.
Primary 6
This week we finished our class novel “Street Child” By Berlie Doherty. After finishing the book we all did accelerated reading tests on it. As a class so far we have read 10.6 million words!
After loving the book so much we decided to do an informal book review, Amazon style! First we looked at real examples on Amazon to see what they were like. From there, we then wrote our own opinions and rated the book out of 5.
In class we have been practising multiplication. Some groups have been working on all of their times tables up to 10 x 10. Others have been multiplying two digits by two digits.
Fraser said, “I learned how to use negative numbers when doing co-ordinates.”
Anelle said, “I enjoyed using Microsoft Sway and recording audio.”
Ayla said, “I learned how to write an Amazon book review with our class novel ‘Street Child’.”
Reminders for next week: Projects are due in on Monday. If you want to, you can bring in board games to play on Friday.
Primary 7
We used Code.org to experiment with coding for ‘Hour of Code’.
Dr Davidson from the Academy visited us to do some work about forces.
We coloured in a picture and then viewed it in an augmented reality app. It was amazing!
We investigated how chemical rockets work by carrying out experiments with vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and with water and vitamin C tablets.
Evan – “It was fun to learn about chemical reactions and carbon dioxide.”
Carlie – “It was fun using the Van de Graaf machine giving Nico a shock.”
Tyler – “It was cool seeing my turtle picture come to life.”
Finlay – “I learned how to use repeat code to program a function of building a house.”
P7 Christmas party is on Tue 17th of December from 6pm-8pm in the school hall.
Wider Achievement
Congratulations to our wonderful dancers who travelled to Castle Douglas to take part in a Stewartry competition. Out of all the participants, the girls were awarded 1st place! Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved!
