This week the school celebrated its 10th birthday! Pictures from the day have been shared from Mr Sam Kelly’s Facebook page, as he very kindly photographed events for us. More photos on our school Facebook page also.

On Friday, we welcomed visitors into school to talk about bagpipes. We were shown the chanter and the bagpipes. Please contact the school or local pipe band if this is something you would like to have more information about.

 

Primary 1

This week we have continued to learn in our groups. In our groups we have a variety of different ways to learn. Working in groups make up most of our learning in P1.
Duncan – “I like doing cutting and sticking in groups.”
Fraser “I like learning new things and doing new things.”
Tom “I like learning and doing my words.”

 

Primary 2

P2 has been developing French language. The boys and girls learned the names of some French food and how to ask for food and share their likes and dislikes. P2 tried some French food during a French tea party, to celebrate the school birthday.
“It tasted nice.” Ethan
“The croissant with chocolate was good.” Brody
“The cheese was too cheesy!” Mabel C

 

Primary 2/3

This week we went out and about to try and find the original location of Kirkcudbright Castle.
We also learned about why a castle would be built in a certain place and where the stones from that castle went once it fell into disrepair.

 

Primary 3/4

In class we finished off our dog fouling posters for Andrew.
P3/4 has been helping put a ‘History of Sports Day’ board for the open day.
Mia – “I’m really proud of mine and Aaron’s poster.”
Gavin – “I have been working on my pencil control.”
Cael – “I have enjoyed thinking about what future sports days would look like.”

 

Primary 4

Our main focus this week has been our Scottish History projects. These have sharpened up our note-taking skills, our research skills and our organization skills. They’re shaping up to be quite a collection!
Seumas said, “It was really good fun trying to figure out fractions, take away and division.”
Abbi said, “It was fun learning new things on the subject we were researching.”
Have a lovely break!

 

Primary 5

This week we have been learning how to make riddles and here is an example of Keir’s riddle… “What never comes back until tomorrow?” Leave your answers in the comments section.
We went back in time and finished our diary write up as a Celt.
We went on Zoopla and compared todays houses and the Celtic homes. We made a PowerPoint about the Celts and showed them to each other.
Paige said – “The diary write up was fun.”
Ryan said – “Our houses are bigger and better than the Celts lived in.”

 

Primary 5/6

We have been learning about the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse. We had PC Brown visiting our class to discuss the consequences.
We have been working hard towards completing our 500 words creative stories.
We have also completed our home for the Borrowers. This completed our learning of design, construction and material choices.
“We are close to finishing our 500 words to put forward.” Elle
“We had PC Brown to come in to talk about drugs and drug medicine from a Doctor.” Aaran

 

Primary 6

This week, as part of our Scotland topic, we created stained glass windows with tissue paper, using Charles Rennie Mackintosh as inspiration.
This week it was ‘Safer Internet Awareness’ and we discussed how we can stay safe online and protect ourselves. For more information please visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk for some excellent guidance.
In writing we have been writing clear instructions for a partner to follow. After this we tried to write them in Scots!
Eliza – “I learned about beats in music with Mrs Pearsall.”
Asha – “In maths set we have been learning about time zones.”
Kaden – “I have learned how to use speech marks accurately.”

REMINDERS
On Monday 24th February, P6 are curling. Please remember warm clothing, clean trainers and a packed lunch.
Our Lockerbie Manor assembly is on Friday 28th of February at 2pm.

 

Primary 7

We’ve started to read our new class novel – ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. We compared a variety of covers the book has had. We thought about why each cover was chosen and how it made us feel.
Mrs Thorburn and some S1’s and S6’s came to visit and talk to us about the Academy. We were able to ask questions and we each got a copy of the prospectus.
We spoke about how to stay safe on the internet for Internet Safety Day. We learned about our online identity and what is safe to share.
Nairn – “So far in our novel we have met Bruno who has moved from Berlin to the country and is not happy about it.”
Mahsun – “I asked if they sell sweets at the Academy. Some others asked if there was any bullying.”
Tal – “We completed a quiz about internet safety and I got 70%.”

Reminders
On Thursday 27th of February we have our P7 class photo.